The cold moonlight shines on the towering tung trees, leaving mottled tree shadows on the ground. The branches and leaves are blown by the wind, and the tung flowers like snowflakes fall one after another, and the fragrance of the flowers fills the nose. The blue bridge can be seen in the moonlight.

There was a petite figure behind the rockery, squatting by a pool of water and looking at the reflection in the water. It was the little princess Zhu Qingxiao he was looking for.

Lan Qiao tiptoed towards Zhu Qingxiao, but Zhu Qingxiao was completely unaware, completely immersed in worries about her future destiny. It wasn't until Lan Qiao coughed lightly behind her that her delicate body trembled suddenly.

He opened his mouth wide and almost screamed. When he realized that the person coming was Lan Qiao, Zhu Qingxiao could no longer control himself and threw herself into his arms. All her anxiety and grievances turned into tears of reunion, and she was stained with tears.

It got Lan Qiao's clothes wet.

She was so excited that she cried and laughed in Lan Qiao's arms, panting violently at the same time. Lan Qiao had to gently stroke her back with his hand to calm down her excitement. Zhu Qing

Xiao straightened her messy hair, hugged Lan Qiao tightly and said softly: "I know Brother Lan Qiao will definitely come to save me, he will!"

Lan Qiao saw that her clothes were thin, so he took off his robe and put it on Zhu Qingxiao: "We drove out of the city overnight. We are exposed late at night, so don't catch a cold." He took the opportunity to get rid of her close body.

Zhu Qingxiao felt the remaining body temperature and breath on Lan Qiao's robe, and couldn't help but feel a sense of intoxicating happiness. She said "Hmm" with a slight blush on her pretty face, and then said: "Thank you, Brother Lan Qiao."

Seeing that she was fine, Lan Qiao said in a deep voice, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's leave quickly."

Zhu Qingxiao nodded obediently, letting Lan Qiao hold her little hand, and the two of them walked towards the moon gate one after the other.

Lan Qiao pulled Zhu Qingxiao around the rockery, and was about to walk into the corridor along the bluestone path under the tung trees, when he suddenly heard a burst of wind coming from behind. Lan Qiao didn't even have time to look back, and looked out of the corner of his eye.

He saw a golden light shooting from his left rear. In a hurry, he didn't even have time to draw his sword, but the golden light hit his left arm, leaving an inch-long wound.

Then Zhu Qingxiao next to her also groaned, as if she had tripped, and fell heavily to the ground. Not only did the robe Lan Qiao put on her fall down, but also the bits and pieces in his robe were spilled.

Scattered all over the place.

The wound hurt, but Lan Qiao calmed down instead. He was used to holding a sword in his right hand, so the gap on the left rear was his biggest flaw. The sneak attacker targeted this angle as soon as he came up to attack. His thinking was meticulous and his methods were ruthless.

Spicy, you can tell from this.

Lan Qiao slowly turned around, and saw a masked girl wearing a gauze dress not far away looking at him coldly. At the right time, the bright moon hung high, and the moonlight poured down from behind the girl towards Lan Qiao, making Lan Qiao

Only a silhouette of Qiao could be seen. She had her black hair hanging loosely, letting it flutter in the floral-scented evening breeze. Her gauze dress revealed her graceful body curves under the bright moon, and her skirt had a slight hem.

Turning it over, a pair of snow-white bare feet were exposed under the skirt.

"Poppy!" Zhu Qingxiao, who was lying on the ground, couldn't help but gasped when she thought of the masked girl who slapped her during the day.

Lan Qiao secretly blamed himself for being careless, and raised his hand to Poppy and said, "It turns out it's Miss Poppy who wants to kill all our brothers. I'm disrespectful."

The girl Poppy suddenly moved a few feet closer like a ghost, covered her mouth through the veil and smiled: "Since Mr. Lan is here, why bother to leave in a hurry? How about staying and talking to the little girl?"

Lan Qiao looked at her coldly and said in silence for a moment: "How do you know?" His question was confusing, but he believed that Poppy must understand what he meant.

Sure enough, Poppy chuckled and said, "Young Master Lan wants to know how the little girl suddenly appeared here when she was supposed to be massaging and applying medicine to the hall master? Where did he show his weakness and was discovered by the little girl?

"

Lan Qiao said calmly: "Please give me some advice, Miss."

"Master Lan, do you know why we extinguished the candles even though we were in the house?" Poppy said angrily, "The moonlight is very good tonight, and the moonlight outside the house is bright. If a lamp is lit inside the house, not only will it be impossible to see outside the house through the window paper, but it will also be easier to see outside.

People outside can peek into the house. But if the lamp is not lit, the moonlight outside the window can cast a shadow on the window of an distinguished guest like Mr. Lan. As long as he is not a blind person or a fool, who can't guess it? "

Lan Qiao's heart sank and he said, "So you knew I was eavesdropping outside the window and you still deliberately said so many words?"

"If there are only a few words, wouldn't it make Mr. Lan suspect that we are on guard?" Poppy seemed to be bored standing there, reaching out to play with the hem of her skirt, "Just to pretend to say nothing without noticing, but...

Only by concealing the key point that Mr. Lan wants to know most can he be convinced. In the end, the little girl started playing with the medicine bottle. Mr. Lan must have thought that this was a good opportunity to rescue the little princess, so the little girl followed him secretly.

The young master takes action at the most unprepared moment."

"If you want to drive us all to death, then just take action, so why do you have to say so much to me?" Lan Qiao snorted, "Do you think this long wound can make me surrender?"

"Because the little girl wants to delay time." Poppy said naughtily like a little girl, "After all, it takes some time for the poison to take effect."

Lan Qiao's expression changed, and he suddenly found that the wound on his left arm had started to become numb at some point. Even if he suppressed it with his internal strength, the numbness was still spreading to other parts of his body bit by bit.

That golden light is poisonous!

Poppy smiled sweetly and said: "I have to say that chatting with Mr. Lan is a pleasant thing. Now that the poison has spread in Mr. Lan, even if you are so cruel that you cut off your left arm at shoulder level, it will be too late."

When Zhu Qingxiao heard this, he immediately panicked, stared at Poppy and said, "You poisonous woman!"

Poppy smiled and said: "I just thought the little princess was complimenting me."

Lan Qiao bit his lip and forced himself to calm down. His eyes fell on the debris scattered from Zhu Qingxiao's robe when he fell. He looked around and suddenly found an exquisite sachet, and his heart moved.

He knelt down to pick up the sachet, held it to the tip of his nose, and took a deep breath.

A floral scent mixed with medicinal fragrance passed into Lan Qiao's nasal cavity through the sachet. Unexpectedly, he felt that the numbness in the injured area was relieved, and he also regained some feeling in his left arm. He couldn't help but stand with a smile.

Get up.

It turns out that this sachet has the effect of relieving poisoning, Lan Qiao thought as he pulled out the Dawn Sword with a clang, pointing the sword's edge at the poppy under the moonlight.

The matter has come to this point, and it seems difficult to let it go without a fight.

The snow-white tung flowers fell in the wind, decorating the rockery and paths in the garden, and also dotted the white jade plates in the water on the ground. The poppy's dress and hair, which were originally flying in the wind, suddenly calmed down, looking extremely strange.

And in this most beautiful and quiet silence, Lan Qiao took action!

As soon as he made a move, he used Lan Ruohai's most proud nine skills, the Nine Day Breaking Moves. Using the tip of his toes, he rose up into the air. The Dawn Sword took advantage of the moonlight and turned into countless piercing sword lights. It violently attacked Poppy from top to bottom.

Let the light of day appear.

Poppy's body moved sideways quickly, moving towards the rockery as lightly as if her feet were not touching the ground.

Lan Qiao had long known that she would have a weird move to deal with it. The sky suddenly appeared and she was halfway through the attack but suddenly stopped. The Dawn Sword drew an astonishing arc and turned in the direction where the girl was moving sideways. It was a move of steaming clouds and rosy clouds.

Poppy showed a look of surprise, and her body drifted back. At the same time, the golden light shot out from the cuffs, and hit Lan Qiao's Dawn Sword like a poisonous snake, making a crisp "ding" sound.

This time Lan Qiao finally saw the golden light clearly. It turned out to be a gold chain nearly eight feet long. One end was a golden cross arrow, and the other end was divided into five parts, and five rings were used to put them on the girl.

On slender and nimble fingers.

The best way to deal with this kind of whip-like weapon is to fight hand-to-hand. As soon as Lan Qiao landed, he took three steps forward in a row, and the Dawn Sword swished out like the wind, and pressed towards Poppy with several swords.

go.

Seeing Lan Qiao's fierce attack, Poppy moved her fingers to take back the golden chain, but Lan Qiao attacked faster, forcing her to retreat and find it difficult to parry.

Seeing that she was falling to the leeward, Poppy suddenly shook the gold chain again, and the arrow shot out and wrapped around a branch of the tung tree. At the same time, she used her strength to pull, and the whole person soared into the sky, while the tung flowers on the tree were covered with snow.

Like falling downward.

Lan Qiao wanted to force the antidote from her body, but how could he let her escape like this? He flew up with a stamp of his feet, and the Dawn Sword was so powerful that it cut off the entire branch she was climbing up with.

Poppy had no leverage and began to fall downwards. The golden chain in her hand switched from defense to offense. Five golden lights in a row were like the five petals of a plum blossom, pointing towards Lan Qiao's chest, taking full advantage of the long-range weapon.

Lan Qiao made a cloud of clouds fill the east in the sky, and the Dawn Sword turned into a fine sword curtain under the moonlight, blocking the five golden lights like a strong shield. At the same time, like an eagle fighting a rabbit, it flew toward the falling poppies.

Poppy finally showed a horrified look. After landing, she was about to retreat, but found that she had retreated to the wall and had no way to retreat. She wanted to dodge to the side again, but she was a little slow and was held by Lan Qiao's Dawn Sword on her neck.

At this point, Lan Qiao could see her clearly. After the battle just now, her scattered black hair was stained with a few flower petals, and her thin shirt was already messy. Her skin, like cream, was looming, becoming more and more crystal clear under the moonlight. She

Her face was pale, and her beautiful features were covered by the silk scarf, revealing only a pair of beautiful eyes that looked like the bright moon in the sky. The mist between them seemed to hide endless stories.

I don't know if she was affected by the fight just now, but a cut was made on Poppy's skirt by the sword energy, revealing a section of flawless breasts as white as jade. Her bare feet were twisting uneasily under the skirt. Under the moonlight, Lan Qiao was only a little dazzled.

The numbness in his left arm became stronger again. Lan Qiao took out the sachet and took another sip. The poison was suppressed again. Poppy looked at him with flashing eyes, her eyes dim, wondering if the fragrance in his hand seemed to have a miraculous detoxification effect.

Nang was surprised.

Lan Qiao suddenly felt something strange. When he saw her right hand moving slightly, he knew that she wanted to take the opportunity to sneak attack him. He immediately grabbed her right wrist and pressed her tightly against the wall. He shouted: "Don't play with me.

Huahua, hand over the antidote quickly!"

Poppy snorted and twisted her delicate body as if struggling, but made no move to take out the antidote. Lan Qiao pressed close to her, feeling the softness and heat of her girlish body, and at the same time her nose was filled with her unique fragrance.

His body breathed, and he couldn't help but feel shaken. He softened a little and secretly blamed himself for being too rude. His tone changed to Judo: "I didn't want to offend the girl, but the girl is too powerful, so I had to take this step."

Seeing that Poppy still made no move, thinking that she was stalling for time to wait for her poison to take effect, Lan Qiao couldn't help feeling slightly angry, gritting his teeth and said: "The girl is so vicious, she wants to see if I am poisonous? Well, let me see first.

Look at the face of a witch like you." Then he used the tip of the sword to pick out the silk scarf that covered her face.

Poppy struggled with her wrist, but found that it was still held tightly by Lan Qiao. Her eyes showed a pleading look, and as she watched Lan Qiao's Dawn Sword getting closer and closer, she actually shed a tear.

Lan Qiao said angrily: "Weren't you very eloquent just now? Why don't you speak now? Tears are falling. Do you blame me for bullying you?"

Poppy moved her wrist again, and at the same time her chest heaved and gasped a few times, and finally said in a very aggrieved voice: "How can I get the antidote when you are pressing me down like this?"

Lan Qiao breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to stretch out her left hand to wipe the sweat on her forehead, but found that the left half of her body had become numb at some point. She let go slightly, but the sword was still on her slender waist.

On the jade neck.

"How can you be so rude to others? I really want to poison you to death. The worst I can do is die with you." Poppy squeaked, reached into her arms, and took out two pills, one red and one black.

Qiao wanted to stretch out his left hand to pick it up, but his left hand was so numb that he couldn't lift it up. It was very inconvenient to hold the Dawn Sword with his right hand.

While hesitating, Poppy whispered: "Open your mouth."

Lan Qiao then obediently opened his mouth and let her delicate hands feed the pill into his mouth and swallowed it. At first, he was worried that the antidote she gave was fake, but he was relieved when he found that the numbness on the left side of his body had indeed dissipated: "Girl's

He is really clever in treating poison."

Poppy gave Lan Qiao a disdainful look, as if to say, "You don't have to say this."

When the signs of poisoning disappeared, Lan Qiao breathed a long sigh of relief, put the Dawn Sword back into its sheath, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Miss."

"You are lucky today. Don't let me touch you next time." Poppy shook her head lightly, turned around, and walked away lightly with bare feet.

"Poppy..." Lan Qiao chewed on the meaning of her name and stared blankly at her back. Everything seemed as unreal as a dream.
Chapter completed!