After Chu Nanfeng went south to Wuyi Mountain in search of Mahilan Wuzhu, he turned westward and looked for the prefectures and counties with many lakes on the west coast of the Yangtze River. One afternoon, he passed by a village more than sixty miles away from Luling, Jizhou, but he felt
Feeling hungry, I found the only inn in the village, went in and ordered some food. While I was waiting for the food to be served at the dining table on the right side of the hall, I saw a horse and horse stopping in front of the inn.
A young woman in a green skirt jumped off the horse, reached out to hug the little girl sitting in front of the saddle, and handed the horse to the waiter who was leading the horse. She had a bag on her shoulder, a sword in her left hand, and the five or six men in her right hand.
A little girl who looked about 20 years old entered the store. The young woman was about 27 or 28 years old. Her hair was tied into a low ponytail and tied back with two pendant silver hairpins. Her skin was slightly dark, and her face was not decorated with makeup.
, but saw that the simple and beautiful face was tinged with melancholy.
The little girl seemed to have not yet woken up. After being carried off the horse by the young woman, she rubbed her eyes, looked aggrieved, and followed the young woman into the shop with her small mouth pouted.
The shop has a middle aisle with four square tables on the left and right. Chu Nanfeng was the only one in the shop at this time. The young woman looked at it with melancholy eyes, took a seat at the square table against the wall on the left, and ordered some food.
Finally, I heard the little girl murmuring: "Mom, I don't want to go back to my mother-in-law, I want..." But seeing the young woman's eyes slightly angry, she murmured, and her lips trembled with tears falling down at the same time.
The young woman sighed, gently stroked the little girl's hair with her hand, and said softly: "My mother-in-law has taken care of you since you were a child. You have been separated from her for more than a month. How can you..."
"I don't want to go back, I want to have a lot of fun with my daddy..." the little girl swallowed with tears in her eyes.
"We still have your favorite puppy at home, and the boat you like to ride on, have you forgotten?" The young woman wiped away the tears from the corners of the little girl's eyes with her hands and sighed.
The little girl curled her lips and turned her head and said: "Dad promised Cui'er to ask someone to bring the puppy. There is also a boat in the pond at Daddy's house. Wuwu... why not be with Daddy? Why?"
Perhaps because she was afraid that the little girl's shouting would disturb others, the young woman raised her head and glanced at Chu Nanfeng and the shopkeeper in the hall. Her haggard face became even more melancholy. She looked at the crying little girl and said in a deep voice: "You little girl
At your age, if you have good food and fun for a month, you will forget about your mother-in-law who has taken care of you since you were a child, so you don’t want your mother-in-law?"
The little girl saw the young woman's eyebrows raised and her eyes stern, but she lowered her head and swallowed harder, not daring to respond.
At this time, the waiter had brought the food to the table. The young woman picked up the small bowl, put some of the three dishes into the bowl, and placed it in front of the little girl. "Eat, you can go on your way when you are full."
The little girl thought she was very hungry, wiped her tears, picked up her chopsticks and started eating.
After a while, the sound of horse hooves came from the village road. Through the door of the store, Chu Nanfeng saw four people on horseback on the road coming from the south. Among them, a man pretending to be a man jumped off his horse and ran into the store to take a look. The young woman looked around.
Seeing this well-dressed man, his expression suddenly changed, but the well-dressed man turned around and shouted: "Madam is in this shop..."
The three men jumped off their horses after hearing this. One of them, a man in his thirties, was wearing a brocade robe, a white face and no beard, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. He was very handsome. He walked quickly into the shop, followed by a man wearing a black robe.
The old man and the man in well-dressed clothes followed closely. Seeing the handsome man come in, the young woman turned pale, raised the long sword on the bench with her left hand, stood up, stared at the handsome man, her eyes were sad, but she said nothing.
The little girl put down her chopsticks, shouted "Daddy" with a smile, pushed away the bench, and ran over. The young woman stretched out her hand to pull, but the old man in black robe who came to her grabbed her right hand, but she felt her whole body numb and her feet As soon as I softened, I sat down on the bench.
Chu Nanfeng, who was eating, frowned slightly when he saw this. He saw that the old man in black robe was in the realm of spiritual consciousness, while the young woman was only in the solid yuan realm.
The handsome man knelt down and hugged the little girl, "Do you miss daddy?"
The little girl giggled and said, "Tui'er misses her daddy."
"How about Cui'er go back with her father?" the handsome man said.
The little girl named Cui'er nodded happily, suddenly feeling something, she turned to look at the young woman, and timidly said: "What about mother? I want mother to go back with me too..." When the young woman heard this, His expression was mixed with sadness and joy.
The handsome man touched the little girl's face and said, "Tui'er will go back first. Mom misses her mother-in-law. Dad advises your mother to go back together." After hearing this, Cui'er nodded and tried to walk towards the young woman, but was stopped by the handsome man. He picked him up and handed it to the well-dressed man behind him, "You two will take the young lady back home first..."
After hearing this, Tweetie tugged on the handsome man's sleeve, "Tweetie wants to go with daddy..."
Hearing this, the handsome man smiled and said, "Then you wait outside for a while until daddy tries to persuade your mother." He winked at the well-dressed man as he spoke.
Tweetie just let go after hearing this, and was carried out of the store by a man in a well-dressed suit. The young woman looked anxious and called out "Tweety...", trying to break free and trying to stop her, but in the end she couldn't. However, after a while, she gradually faded away. The sound of horse hooves was mixed with the sound of Cui Er crying "Dad, Mom...".
The young woman thought she was extremely angry and glared coldly at the old man in black robe who had clasped his right hand. She turned to the handsome man and said hatefully: "Qi Zhousheng, you know Cui'er lives with me by the lake, fishing and farming. You live a life of poverty, so for more than a month, you have deliberately tried to seduce her with delicious and fun things, and you have been with her almost every step of the way, just to make her forget about her mother-in-law... and forget about me, right?" in your words. Two lines of clear tears have already fallen down.
The handsome man who called Qi Zhousheng blushed slightly, "How could my wife speak like this? Why did you leave without saying goodbye overnight? If you miss your mother-in-law, I will send someone to Shaozhou."
Chu Nanfeng was already unhappy when he saw the old man in black robes bullying the young woman, but he thought it was a family matter and he didn't know what was going on, so he couldn't help himself. When he heard this, his heart was shocked, Shaozhou It was in Southern Han Dynasty, more than 700 miles away from here. This young woman took her daughter away without stopping overnight. She must have been greatly aggrieved.
"Haha..." The young woman smiled sadly: "You want my mother-in-law to go to Shaozhou... so that you can kill her and me together, right?"
Qi Zhousheng was shocked and said, "Why do you say this, madam? How could your husband hurt your mother-in-law and you..."
The young woman sneered, "Hey, when I come back, my husband must have fulfilled my wish... If I don't leave, how can I survive at this time?"
Qi Zhousheng's face turned pale and he lost his voice: "You...that letter..."
"I guess my guess is good... Cui'er has been taken away. If you want to kill her now, you can kill her. She doesn't know who killed her mother..." The young woman's face was also pale, she paused and smiled sadly. He said: "If you dare not take action in front of everyone, you can take me to a remote place and kill me."
A trace of gloom flashed across Qi Zhousheng's handsome face. He glanced at the calm-looking Chu Nanfeng and the panicked shopkeeper and others, and said to the old man in black robe: "Let go, madam."
The old man hesitated for a moment, let go of the young woman's pulse, and retreated to Qi Zhousheng's side.
"Madam, I think there is a misunderstanding..." Qi Zhousheng saw that the young woman had a look of contempt on her face, but could not speak any more. He shook his head, sighed, and called for the old man in black robe to turn around and come out together.
The horse leaves.
The young woman's lips were trembling, her face was filled with grief and anger. After hearing the sound of horse hooves disappearing, she finally couldn't control herself. Her face burst into tears. She pressed her hand on the square table, moved her steps, and staggered out of the store. The waiter stopped talking when he saw this, and looked at
He turned to the shopkeeper at the counter. The shopkeeper thought he was a kind person and sighed: "Take the horse to the lady... and forget about the money for the food."
The waiter in the shop was stunned, sighed, and went to the backyard to get the horse.
Chu Nanfeng stood up, came to the counter, and handed the ingot of silver that he had broken off with his qi machine to the shopkeeper. This silver was worth one tael. With the cost of his meals, it was more than enough to give him half an ingot. That shop
The shopkeeper was stunned. Chu Nanfeng pointed at the food on the young woman's table, "Let's count them together." After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
He broke the silver ingot, intending to use it as a hidden weapon. As long as the old man in black robe or Qi Zhousheng committed an attack on the young woman, he would come to her rescue.
In front of the inn, I saw the young woman taking the horse, taking out a bunch of copper coins from her waist and handing it to the waiter, getting on the horse and heading north.
Chu Nanfeng smiled bitterly and shook his head, and then started heading north. He climbed the mountain to Shibuya, and riding a horse was inconvenient. Moreover, with his cultivation skills, his speed was no less than that of a horse that can travel thousands of miles a day.
After leaving the village, they had walked for about half an hour when they heard the sound of horse hooves behind them and a fast horse galloping past. The man on the horse was none other than Qi Zhousheng seen in the inn. Chu Nanfeng thought about it and
Keep up the momentum and follow behind.
After galloping for a cup of tea, they saw Qi Zhousheng chasing the young woman on a hillside road. When the young woman saw Qi Zhousheng chasing after him, she reined in her horse and dismounted. She looked at Qi Zhousheng with a pale face and said sadly: "You are going to do it after all.
Decided to kill me."
Qi Zhousheng was silent for a moment, and the young woman said coldly: "Eighteen years ago, your parents died, and it was my mother who took you in. My family lived frugally so that you could practice literature and martial arts. When I was pregnant with Cui'er, you
I left home to join the army, but there was no news... In the past six years, I have adhered to the ways of a woman, fished and farmed with my mother and raised my daughter, I burned incense and prayed to Buddha every day, hoping that you would be safe and sound outside..." When I said this, I burst into tears.
Down.
Geng swallowed his tears and looked at Qi Zhousheng, who had a slightly ashamed face, and said angrily: "But in exchange for your ungrateful treatment, if Cui'er hadn't accidentally shown me the letter in the study that day, I'm afraid I would have
I will never know your wolf-dog heart until your death..."
"My husband should be aware of the kindness I have received and should be reborn. My eyes are so sick that I cannot tolerate a grain of sand. I hope you will have mercy on me. When I return, your husband must have fulfilled my wish... Huh, this letter is murderous."
There was no blood, but I had to guess for a long time, hey, what kind of general in Shaozhou you are, you must have been given by that evil woman, right?"
Qi Zhousheng's face turned red when he heard this, and he said calmly: "Smell the fragrance...I..."
"At that time, I thought, if you want to marry another concubine, why would you come back to me after six years of absence... But thinking about the fact that most female eunuchs are in power in the Southern Han Dynasty, I realized that you came here for Cui'er, and that evil woman didn't want to
When you give birth to a son, you have such evil thoughts, is it right to kill me and take away the son?"
"The kindness of knowing and meeting... Haha, are you coveting glory and wealth? What about my mother's kindness in raising you? Where is my love for Xu Wenxiang in serving you porridge and tea?" The young woman named Xu Wenxiang said coldly.
Qi Zhousheng thought he was speechless and remained silent for a long time. He looked up to the sky and sighed, "I am ashamed of my wife. As long as my wife swears that she will not look for Cui'er from now on, I...I..."
"You're not going to kill me today, are you? Hehe, Cui'er is my heartthrob, how can I let her follow your bad example..." Xu Wenxiang slowly drew out the long sword and said with an expression of absolute determination:
"If I don't die today, I will go back to find Cui'er."
When Qi Zhousheng saw Xu Wenxiang coming forward with his sword in hand, he murmured: "Don't force me...don't force me..." But he already drew his sword and stabbed it out.
Chu Nanfeng, who was hiding under the tree on the slope, sneered in his heart and was about to shoot out the leaves in his hand, but when he saw Xu Wenxiang's move, he couldn't help but feel shocked. It turned out that this move was the secret skill of Mahilan's sect, "Tai Su Eleven"
The move "Pull out the fog and explore the flowers" in "Sword".
Qi Zhousheng's cultivation is the ultimate achievement of returning to the true state, which is much better than Xu Wenxiang's Gu Yuan realm. Seeing Xu Wenxiang's sword attack, her sword style changes in an unpredictable way.
, stabbed Xu Wenxiang straight in the face, thinking that his skill was better than that of Xu Wenxiang, and he could defeat all tricks with one force.
Seeing this, Xu Wenxiang dodged to the left side of his body, lowered his wrist, raised his sword, and struck out with one move. He only heard two "dang, dang" sounds, but he opened Qi Zhousheng's long sword.
Zhou Sheng's wrist.
Qi Zhousheng was startled, took a step back, and asked with surprise on his face: "Where did you learn this sword technique?"
It turned out that he had learned swordsmanship from a Taoist temple in Mengshan, and after he had completed his studies, he taught Xu Wenxiang a few moves for self-defense. Unexpectedly, Xu Wenxiang's swordsmanship at this time was wonderful, and he had never seen it before, and he was surprised.
Next, I will inquire from the exit.
Xu Wenxiang didn't reply, but he attacked again with his sword. The light, shadow, and flowers seemed impeccable. Qi Zhousheng snorted coldly, thrust out with his sword, the sword light swayed, and the sword intention gathered into a ball of air, but it was a move that cut into Xu Wenxiang.
Even though Xu Wenxiang's sword moves were exquisite and varied, Xu Wenxiang's energy was weak. After being broken into the sword stance by Qi Zhousheng, he saw the remaining force of the sword coming at him, which was unstoppable, so he had to dodge and retreat quickly.
Qi Zhousheng was unyielding, and when she was about to withdraw her attack, an empty door appeared in front of her, and he stabbed out with another sword. Xu Wenxiang saw the sword light shooting out, but he didn't know where the sword was coming from, and he was shocked.
, but heard a voice ring out, "Retire the position of Kun, gather smoke into clouds..."
She had practiced this move "Gathering Smoke into Clouds" thousands of times. After hearing this, her central thought was born, and her body retreated to the northwest. With the move "Gathering Smoke into Clouds", the tip of the sword was exactly
Hitting the blade of Qi Zhousheng's stabbing sword.
Amidst the crisp sound of "dang", another voice was heard saying, "Step into the palace, push the clouds and see the moon." He stepped forward with one foot and slashed horizontally with his sword. Qi Zhousheng was about to change his move, but when he met
The sword energy from the front came to his neck, and he hurriedly raised his sword in front of him, and at the same time he quickly retreated backwards. With a "dang" sound, he blocked Xu Wenxiang's sword attack.
"Gathering Qi into beads, dripping water makes waves..." In the voice, the sword movements in Xu Wenxiang's hands appeared layer by layer. The sword Qi was everywhere. Although Qi Zhousheng wanted to rely on the strong Qi machine to win, Xu Wenxiang was given guidance at this time.
The sword moves changed extremely quickly, and the moves took advantage of him. Attacking him would save him, but he could only parry. He also thought that the person who gave the advice must be Xu Wenxiang's helper. He was shocked and hurriedly rushed back.
retreat.
Xu Wenxiang was much weaker than Qi Zhousheng, so his pursuit was not as fast as his. Qi Zhousheng quickly retreated, but he also opened a distance of ten feet. When he stood still, seeing that Xu Wenxiang's remaining momentum was about to disappear, Qi Zhousheng shouted violently,
The long sword slashed out. There was no trick in his sword, but he used all his strength to cultivate in the True Realm. He wanted to force Xu Wenxiang away, grab the horse and run away. When he saw the tip of the sword was close to two feet in front of Xu Wenxiang, that
The voice sounded again: "Go to the Sunda position, weave silk nets..."
Qi Zhousheng felt a burst of sword energy hit his right chest, so he had to turn sideways and dodge to the left, but a gust of cold wind hit his right side. He barely escaped Xu Wenxiang's blow, and broke out in a cold sweat. It turned out that there was a flaw in his sword.
It's right at the right side.
As soon as he stood still, he heard another sound of "threading a needle, breaking the ice to get water". Qi Zhousheng saw the sword light blooming like a flower, and the sword energy came towards him. In his busy schedule, he met the sword with a sword, but it was missed, but he felt that the sword on his right wrist was in the air.
The pain was severe, but he couldn't control the long sword. When he took it out, a cold light flashed in front of his eyes, and the long sword was already lying on his left shoulder. However, he felt that the sword blade attached to his neck was cold to the heart, and Qi Zhousheng suddenly felt like a ghost.
, sweating profusely, he said in a trembling voice: "Wen Xiang... Madam..." with a look of horror on his face.
Looking at the person in front of him who had been thinking about him day and night for the past six years, Xu Wenxiang was filled with grief and anger, and tears fell down her cheeks. But thinking about the days when the couple got along in the past, she felt even sadder.
When he was stunned, he saw a middle-aged scribe quietly falling behind Qi Zhousheng. He was the one who had just dined at the next table in the inn. Knowing that he had given him some advice, he nodded gratefully in surprise and turned around.
Then he said coldly to Qi Zhousheng: "If you and I change our identities at this moment, will you... kill me?"
Chu Nanfeng sighed secretly when he heard this, knowing that Xu Wenxiang had no intention of killing Qi Zhousheng. This question was just to find a reason for himself not to kill. He only heard Qi Zhousheng say: "How can you kill as a husband?"
My husband has never had this kind of desire for you, my wife. If you don’t believe me, I can swear to you..."
"I've never had this intention before. Humph, if it weren't for Cui'er, I... I would kill you, this beast, with one sword." Xu Wenxiang said in a hateful voice.
"Tweedy... yes, yes, my lady asked me to go back, I will send someone to send Tweedy back immediately..." Qi Zhousheng glanced at the long sword with cold light and swallowed.
Xu Wenxiang thought that Cui'er had been gone for more than two hours and it was impossible to chase her now. However, she thought that Xu Zhousheng, a wolf-hearted person, must have broken his words. He didn't know what to do and couldn't help but look at Chu Nanfeng.
Chu Nanfeng put his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky, but when he felt Xu Wenxiang looking at him, he sighed and came to Qi Zhousheng's side. When he moved his right hand, Qi Zhousheng suddenly felt that the energy in his body was sluggish, and he heard a cold voice ringing in his ears:
"Within five days, send the little girl to her mother, and I will restore your Qi with you..."
Qi Zhousheng looked sideways and saw the middle-aged scribe he saw in the inn. He was surprised and was about to nod his head in agreement, but felt that his neck was cold and Xu Wenxiang's long sword was not removed. He couldn't help but look pleading on his face. Xu Wenxiang was silent for a moment.
, sighed, and finally took back the sword.
Qi Zhoushang breathed a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed to Chu Nanfeng and said: "Junior, go and do it immediately." Blood flowed from his right wrist while cupping his fists. When he saw Chu Nanfeng nodded, he felt happy, turned around and ran to his mount quickly.
Next to him, he held the horse's rein with his left hand, reluctantly got on the horse, clamped his legs together, and urged the horse to run away.
Looking at Qi Zhousheng's retreating back, Xu Wenxiang was stunned for a while, shook his head silently, and turned to Chu Nanfeng. He was about to thank him with a bow, but heard Chu Nanfeng ask first: "Who is your swordsman?"
Given?"
She had just defeated Qi Zhousheng after being taught by Chu Nanfeng. She was surprised that Chu Nanfeng was familiar with her swordsmanship. After hearing this, she hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Junior Xu Wenxiang has seen my benefactor, and this junior's sword
I learned law from Xiangu Nunnery on Dragon King Island..."
"Dragon King Island? Xiangu Nunnery?" Chu Nanfeng was startled and asked again: "Is your master a member of the Qi family?"
Xu Wenxiang shook her head: "My master has not become a monk."
"Then... what is her last name?" Chu Nanfeng felt his blood boiling, and the longing that had been suppressed in his heart for more than ten years suddenly fluctuated.
Xu Wenxiang saw Chu Nanfeng's eager look and responded quickly in surprise: "I don't even know the master's name, I just heard that the master's wife in the nunnery always calls her Chu Shi..."
"Principal Chu? Then...then how old is she and what does she look like?" The voice was trembling. Even though Chu Nanfeng had reached the Nascent Soul realm, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart.
"Master wears a curtain all year round, but his true appearance cannot be seen. However, judging from the skin on Master's hands, I think he is in his fifties..."
"Fifty years." Chu Nanfeng's heart suddenly sank. Xu Wenxiang's last words were like a basin of cold water poured down from the head. If Ma Xilan was thirty-nine years old at this time, and she was an ordinary woman who did not do farming or housework,
Most of the hands are delicate, but Xu Wenxiang judged them to be in their fifties, which shows that the skin is rough... but her thoughts were confused for a while.
Xu Wenxiang saw that he was silent, but did not dare to disturb him. After a long time, Chu Nanfeng asked: "Where is Dragon King Island?"
"It is in the southwest of Xinyu City, my hometown, in the Fairy Lake. It is about two hundred miles away from here..."
"Fairy Lake?" Chu Nanfeng was shocked. He suddenly remembered the verse about the fairy shadows in thousands of mountains and rivers, and vaguely felt that Ma Xilan might be the master Xu Wenxiang said.
And he banned Qi Zhousheng's martial arts skills, and he originally planned to go to her hometown with Xu Wenxiang in order to make an appointment to go to Qi Zhousheng's ban five days later. He nodded and said: "Okay, I will go with you to Fairy Lake.
Just leave."
Xu Wenxiang saw that Chu Nanfeng was familiar with his sect's swordsmanship, and he guessed that the elders of his sect didn't know it either. Hearing this, he was overjoyed: "Junior, I obey."
Looking around, he saw only one mount that he was riding on. He felt confused and asked: "My benefactor's mount?"
Chu Nanfeng smiled faintly when he heard this, but signaled Xu Wenxiang to get on the horse and set off. Then he approached the horse, patted the horse's back with his hand, and urged the horse to gallop. With a movement of his body, he was walking side by side with Xu Wenxiang who was galloping, but Xu Wenxiang was secretly speechless.
, admiring endlessly.
When they arrived at the small village to the west of Fairy Lake, it was almost midnight. Xu Wenxiang led Chu Nanfeng to the gate of a fenced courtyard, opened the half-height wooden door and said: "My dear friend, please come in..." Then he walked towards the flashing lights.
He said at the door of the main house: "Mother, I'm back."
Then he saw a woman over fifty years old walking over. She glanced at Chu Nanfeng with a suspicious face and said to Xu Wenxiang, "Why are you back? Where's Cui'er? Where's Zhousheng?"
Xu Wenxiang sighed and hurriedly helped her mother into the house, hoping to tell what happened. After a long time, the two of them came out, but Xu's mother came to Chu Nanfeng with tears in her eyes, and she even choked.
, but he was about to kneel down and thank him. When Chu Nanfeng saw this, he hurriedly stopped him: "You must never do this..."
"If it weren't for the help of our benefactor, my mother and I would never see each other again in this life... This beast has not seen each other for several years, but it has become so vicious..." Xu's mother was filled with grief and resentment. She seemed to have thought of something and paused. After a moment, he turned to Xu Wenxiang and said: "My benefactor must be hungry, Xiang'er, hurry up and get something to eat with your benefactor..."
"Yes, mother." Xu Wenxiang nodded hurriedly, turned around, took the square stool, and asked Chu Nanfeng to sit down.