Youming dressed up as a girl, and together with Yi Dan and Yuwen Songxian, they set off from Yangzhou on horseback and went up the land route along the canal. In the evening, they arrived in Baoying County.

Baoying County has a flat terrain, dense rivers and lakes, beautiful scenery, birds and flowers. At this time, it is the golden autumn and August, and the osmanthus trees on both sides of the road are already fragrant. There are also large and small lakes, the late lotus flowers that are in full bloom are very beautiful. And the endless green lotus leaves spread all over the lake, all the way to the horizon. The three of them rode horses along the main road on the shore, as if they were in a sea of green. From time to time, the dragonfly rested on the pink petals, and the frog shook as it jumped between the lotus leaves, making the dewdrops on the lotus leaves tumble and jump like crystal crystals. Wild ducks roam in and out of the lake, and their whereabouts are hard to find. The geese spread their wings in the sky, as if embracing the blood-red sunset. This situation is like being in a beautiful picture. It's a pity that the three of them have no time to take a closer look on their horses, so they can only walk around and watch the flowers.

After a while, the three of them came to a temple by the lake. The temple is hung with three big characters of "Zhenru Temple", sitting in the north and facing south, and the east side is built according to the lake. The temple looks a little old, but it is very quaint, and the house is the same as the headquarters of the Knife Grinding Gang in Youzhou, the atmosphere is magnificent and solemn.

Youming pointed to the temple in front of him and said, "Senior sister, Brother Yuwen, look, there is a temple in front, let's go and ask for directions."

When the three of them came to the temple courtyard, they saw a woman dressed as a nun sweeping the floor. Yi Dan dismounted, stepped forward with his hands folded, and asked respectfully, "Master, do you know where this treasure should have a Ning Kun Sect?"

The nun turned around and saw that she was in her forties, and her silhouette was still very beautiful. She looked at Yi Dan, then looked at the three of them's outfits and said, "From here, walk ten miles north along the shore of the lake, and you will arrive."

"Really, thank you, Master," Yi Dan said happily.

The nun did not speak, but folded her hands and bowed.

Yi Dan turned back to the two and said, "This master said, walk ten miles north and you will be there."

"Well, how can I say it, we will be able to reach our destination before dark, so hurry up" Yuwen Song said first.

After thanking the nun, Yi Dan continued north along the path she had guided. After walking for about two or three miles, Yi Dan found that the road under his feet was getting softer and softer, and the horse's hooves were sinking deeper and deeper. She felt that something was not right, so she asked Yuwen Song first, "Brother Yuwen, it doesn't seem right." The road is getting softer and softer, and the horse's legs are almost half submerged, no, I don't think we can go any further."

"Yes, Senior Sister, I don't think it's like a road, it's like a muddy pool," Youming said.

Yu Wensong walked on the side of the lake first, and the horse's knees were almost completely submerged in the mud. Yuwen Song hurriedly said: "Yes, I also feel that something is wrong, this way is definitely not right"

"Then let's turn our horses around and go back," Yi Dan said.

Yi Dan and Youming's horses successfully turned back, but Yuwen Songxian's horses were so deep that they couldn't pull them out. Yuwen Song first began to panic a little, and rode on the horse and shouted desperately, "Ride, drive, come out, pull it out" The horse struggled a few times, but instead fell deeper. Yi Dan looked back and saw that the horse under Yuwen Songxian's crotch had sunk into his stomach, and it was impossible to pull it out again.

"Brother Yuwen, I'm afraid we're going to encounter a swamp, don't worry about the horse, come over first" Yi Dan shouted anxiously.

At this time, the horse also began to panic, but the more it moved, the deeper it sank. Yuwen Song shouted anxiously: "My legs are also stuck in the mud, I can't move, I can't use light gong."

Yi Dan was in a hurry, and took out the nine-section whip from his waist and threw it out, shouting: "Grab the whip quickly"

Yuwen Song grabbed the whip first, and Yi Dan pulled him hard, and finally pulled him back from the horse.

Youming jumped off the ground, deliberately stood on the ground, swaying up and down, but felt that the ground under his feet was all soft, so he exclaimed: "It's not good, it seems that this whole piece is a quagmire, let's get out of here quickly, otherwise we will sink in a while."

"That's right, Sister Dan'er, you should also get off the horse, don't let the horse's hooves add any more burden," Yuwen Song hurriedly reminded.

When Yi Dan heard this, he immediately jumped lightly from his horse. The three of them led the two horses and walked back cautiously.

After a while, they finally walked back to the solid road, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief. The three of them looked back and saw that the horses had completely disappeared from the quagmire. Yi Dan sighed: "Hey, it's a pity for that horse."

"Hmph, this is obviously a swamp quagmire, so why would the nun tell lies to deceive us?

"Hey, forget it, Brother Yuwen, maybe people are also unintentional, or let's find another way," Yi Dan said.

Youming was carrying Yuwen Songxian's baggage, and suddenly a green apple fell out. Youming picked it up and said, "Brother Yuwen, do you still bring fruit?" You think so thoughtfully, I happen to be a little thirsty, this one fell to the ground, I'll eat it" Saying that, Youming wiped the apple with his sleeve, opened his mouth and took a bite.

"Don't eat" Youming just took a small bite, and Yuwen Song hurriedly stopped first.

"What's the matter, Brother Yuwen, why can't you eat it?" Youming asked as he chewed.

"This thing is not for eating," Yuwen Song said as he took the apple from Youming's hand first.

"Aren't you here to eat?" asked Youming curiously.

"I'm bringing it with me, just in case" Yu Wensong looked at the apple first, and then stuffed it back into the baggage.

"Alright then, it looks like I'm out of luck," Youming said with a shrug.

The three of them shuffled back, looking for another way as they went. At this time, I only listened to the crisp and melodious singing voices of several women in the lotus lake next to me: "The turquoise lake is my home, even the lotus leaves reflect the colorful glow, the fish fat lotus root is strong and singing, and the flowers are beautiful and elegant." Autumn goes to spring, a few cold and summer, hard-working hands are not worried, crabs always walk sideways, and the flowers are beautiful and elegant."

A beautiful tune, repeated several times. Even the frogs on the lotus leaves raised their heads and quietly listened to this heavenly song. Yi Dan's footsteps became slower and slower, and she felt a pure and bright heart and extremely melancholy thoughts from this clear singing.

Yi Dan listened to the beautiful tune and walked more and more slowly, and finally in a gap in the lotus leaves, he saw a looming flat boat not far from the lake.

"Senior sister, why did you stop and go quickly, if you don't go for a while, it will be dark" Youming walked in front and led the horse, turned back and shouted to Yi Dan.

"Listen, junior brother, this song is like a poem and a painting," Yi Dan exclaimed.

"yes, I guess it's the fishermen here," Youming said.

At this time, among the lotus leaves in the lake, there was the sound of several women playing. Yi Dan thought to himself, if it was really fishermen, maybe they knew where the Ningkun Sect was, and maybe they wouldn't know. So she made up her mind to ask a few of the women in the lake.

Seeing the boat coming to the shore more and more, Yi Dan shouted loudly: "Hey, the girl boating in the lake, can I ask you?"

The flat boat slowly rowed over through the lotus leaf bushes. On the boat sat three women wearing hats and green clothes. The boat got closer and closer, and Yi Dan saw the appearance of the three women clearly. They are all like lotus flowers, pink and elegant, like jade mountains, collecting Qiong Yao's fairies, shuttling through the fairyland of green leaves and pink flowers against the setting sun.

Yi Dan and the three of them were all attracted by the beauty and beauty in front of them, and silently admired them paddling lightly.

The eighteen-year-old woman sitting on the bow of the boat said, "May I ask you, girl, what do you want to ask?"

"A few girls, take the liberty to inquire, I wonder how many of you know where this Baoying's Ning Kun Sect is?" Yi Dan asked.

The girl looked at the three of them and said, "I don't know, I haven't heard of it."

The smart and clever Yi Dan guessed the mystery from the girl's eyes, and then thought about the nun before, maybe she lied because she saw Yuwen Songxian, so Yi Dan hurriedly said: "Oh, this is my eldest brother, he sent me and my junior sister all the way, and he is going back soon."

At this time, a woman in the middle of the boat said: "I don't know what you want to do in the Ningkun Sect, girl?" Yi Dan said: "That's the case, I was in danger in Yangzhou City last night, but fortunately, a woman came to the rescue." I know that this woman is from the Baoying Ningkun faction, so I specially came to the door to thank you, but I don't know where this Ningkun faction is. So I'm here to ask a few girls about it, I wonder if a few girls have heard of it?"

The woman sitting at the bow of the boat said coldly: "Since the girl has escaped, let's live well, and there is no need to go to the Ningkun Sect to thank you."

"To receive favors, of course, you must repay your kindness. Isn't it a pity that I know that my benefactor is near here, but I can't find a trace of him?" Yi Dan said.

At this time, the woman in the middle of the boat said, "If the girl really thinks of the Ningkun faction, we can take you there."

"Really, how many people really know where the Ning Kun Sect is?" Yi Dan asked happily.

The woman at the bow of the boat said, "Yuxiu, have you forgotten our rules?

The woman in the middle said, "I think this girl is delicate, gentle and friendly, and she is certainly not a bad person. It's okay, I'm measured in this matter, don't worry."

Yi Dan heard the woman in the middle say this, and guessed that they were people from the Ningkun faction, so he asked: "A few girls, I just went to visit to thank you, there is no malice, please rest assured."

The girl at the bow of the boat jumped to her feet, stepped on two ruffles and flew ashore. The other two also rowed the boat to the shore and came ashore. The girl who flew up said, "May I ask the girl, what time was the person from the Ningkun Sect yesterday, and where did they save you?"

Yi Dan understood, and was checking things with her at this time, so he replied honestly: "At that time, on the upper floor of the back house of the Spring Appreciation Courtyard, I was in a daze and unconscious, and a veiled woman saved me."

The woman heard this, and the woman who had been in the middle of the boat nodded her head. The woman in the middle of the boat came up and said in a kind tone, "Girl, my name is Yuxiu, what do you call me?"

"Hello Miss Yuxiu, it's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Yi Dan," Yi Dan said respectfully.

Yi Dan pointed at Youming and said, "This is my junior sister's name... Bless... Xiaoyu, her name is Xiaoyu" Yi Dan had an idea and gave Youming a name.

"Hello Miss Xiaoyu!" Yuxiu greeted Youming, of course, she didn't see that Youming, who was clear-eyed and dressed as a woman, was a boy.

Youming was just about to open his mouth to respond, but Yi Dan turned around and glared at him, and then said to Na Yuxiu with a smile: "A few girls, I'm really sorry! My junior sister can't speak since she was born, please forgive me."

"Really, it's a shame that you can't talk because you're so good-looking," Yuxiu said.

"However, she can hear our voices" After that, Yi Dan turned his face to Youming and said, "Senior sister, don't hurry up and salute a few sisters"

You Ming had no choice but to nod and smile at the girls. Yi Dan pointed to Yuwen Songxian, just about to introduce. The woman on the boat just now didn't look at Yu Wen Songxian, turned her head to the side and said, "Men don't need to be introduced, we don't welcome men here, it's better to leave quickly."

Yuxiu said to Yi Dan: "I'm sorry, this is my senior sister, my name is Yuxue." It's not that she doesn't understand people, but we have rules, no man is allowed to enter Baohe Village, otherwise he will be killed."

Yi Dan looked at Yuwen Songxian in embarrassment, and Yuwen Songxian also had an idea and said, "It's okay. Sister, since the benefactors have rules, then my brother will not go, it just so happens that your sister-in-law is still over there leading the horse and waiting for me, I will go back with her first, you must thank the benefactor for me" said, and kept winking at Yi Dan.

Youming looked at Yuwen Songxian inexplicably, not knowing what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. Where did a sister-in-law suddenly come out? Youming was just about to speak, but was blocked back by the clever Yi Dan: "Yes, okay then." Since you won't go with us, brother, then please go back with your sister-in-law first. With these girls leading the way, we'll be fine."

"Okay, I'll take my leave first," said Yu Wensong, who turned around first and returned to leave the way he came.

After Yi Danmu saw Yuwen Song leave first, he asked that Yuxiu: "Miss Yuxiu, are you a few people from the Ningkun Sect?"

"Yes, Miss Yi, several of us are disciples of the Ningkun Sect," Yuxiu said.

"It's so good, I didn't expect to meet you here," Yi Dan said happily.

Yuxiu pointed at the younger girl and said, "This is our little junior sister Yulu, who is only fourteen years old this year and has only been here for two months, she is more shy and less to say, please don't be surprised."

"Why, when I was her age, I was shyer than her. May I ask a few girls, are you playing on this lake?" Yi Dan said.

"We're not playing, we're in the lake, looking at the ripening of lotus roots, and catching some crabs by the way. I was also infected by this beautiful scenery for a while, and I couldn't help but sing. In fact, this poem was written by the late head of our Ningkun faction," Yuxiu said.

"Really, no wonder it sounds so good. Could it be that the lotus flowers in this lake are all planted by you, girl?" Yi Dan asked.

"Yes, we are also taking care of these small lakes around. Our Ningkun sect has been growing lotus roots here for more than 100 years," Yuxiu said.

"It's so wonderful, such a day is leisurely and comfortable, you are really like a god in the world," Yi Dan said with praise.

"It's really pleasant now, but after a while, I'm going to start digging lotus roots, that's a chore," Yuxiu said, Yuxiu took out a small bamboo basket from the boat, and the bamboo basket was full of freshly caught crabs, still jumping around, squeezing each other, and making a clanging sound. Yuxiu gently tied the rope of the boat to the stone stake on the shore, and said to Yi Dan: "Let's go, two girls, let's go back to Baohezhuang together now."

"Okay, then I'll have to bother a few girls to lead the way" With that, Yi Dan reached out and took Youming's hand, preparing to go back with the three women of the Ningkun Sect. At this time, a strange woman suddenly screamed behind her: "Wait for me, wait for me, Dan'er, wait for your sister-in-law"

Yi Dan looked back and almost didn't fall into the lake. I saw that Yuwen Songxian, disguised as a middle-aged woman. She combed on the women's hair ornaments, changed into a pink silk gauze dress, her lips were red like blood, her eyes were purple as if they had been smoked, and the rouge of her skin was as red as a monkey's ass, just like the incense lady in the spring garden, and even better, it was still shiny. However, the thick peach blossom pollen covered his original man's outline, and he looked like a middle-aged woman who was diligent in dressing up, but the most unexpected thing for the two of them was that his chest was tall. Only then did the two of them understand what was going on with the apple that had just dropped.

The three women of the Ningkun faction looked at each other, and the eccentric Yi Dan guessed at once that the 'sister-in-law' in front of him was Yuwen Songxian disguised. So she hurriedly grabbed Yuwen Songxian's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, why are you here too, isn't the eldest brother going back with you?"

Yuwen Song raised his voice first, pinched his tone, scratched his head and said: "Hey, your dead ghost brother, she thinks I'm too fat, and says that she will crush his horse, and won't let me go back with him." Hey, the man really doesn't have a good thing, I'm going to cut him off, woo woo woo" said, and waved his handkerchief, pretending to wipe his tears to express his grievances.

Yi Dan saw Yuwen Songxian's appearance and pretentious demeanor. I used up my greatest endurance, and I endured it, endured, endured, endured. In the end, for the sake of his own big business, he finally resisted the urge to laugh and said, "Okay, let the eldest brother go back alone, sister-in-law, you can go with us, how about it?"

Yi Dan never dreamed that Yuwen Songxian actually had this trick, and he couldn't do it without admiring him.

"Miss Yuxiu, this is my sister-in-law. Will she come with us?" Yi Dan asked Yuxiu.

Yuxiu looked at the sister-in-law and said, "Since she is also a woman with a hard life, of course there is no problem, let's go."

At this time, Youming couldn't help it, hid in the back, covered his mouth and laughed secretly. Yu Wensong patted Youming's head first, and squeezed out a contrived tone: "Little mute, what's so funny? You also laugh at my sister-in-law, I'm fat, right?"

Youming desperately resisted the urge to laugh wildly, leaned in front of Yuwen Songxian's ear, raised his hand and put it on his mouth, and whispered: "It's not fat, it's strong, but it's more like a woman than me" said, and at the same time pointed to Yuwen Songxian's weird chest: "That apple, I have bitten a bite." Yuwen Song heard this first, raised his hands, helped the two apples on his chest upward, raised his head, and rolled his eyes: "Hmph" ignored it.

Youming turned his face and covered his mouth, and there was another crazy muffled laugh.

"Sister-in-law, junior sister, what are you two talking about? Hurry up..."In the joy, Yi Dan's voice came urging him.

"Eh, good rat, here we are..."Yu Wensong first shook his handkerchief, held back an octave of his voice, and chased after him while shouting. That posture and expression are not inferior to the fragrant lady in the spring courtyard. Youming followed closely behind, so happy that he couldn't do it.