At noon that day, on Mo Forget Island in Fairy Lake, a surprised Xu Wenxiang looked at Xiao Muyun who had just landed on the island and said, "Junior Sister, why are you the only one here? Where is Junior Brother? Where are Master and Sir?"
Xiao Muyun was frustrated and went south to Moforget Island. He originally thought that Chu Nanfeng and Ma Xilan would return to the island. Unexpectedly, Xu Wenxiang inquired about the whereabouts of Chu Nanfeng and his wife. However, he was disappointed. He looked up at the wooden house and said with a smile: "Master
After having a great wedding with my wife...I want to visit the places I wanted to see before."
Xu Wenxiang heard that Ma Xilan and Chu Nanfeng had got married. Although she regretted not attending her master's wedding, she was very happy in her heart. Thinking of the meeting between Chu Nanfeng and Ma Xilan, she nodded with tears of joy and pointed to a tree not far away.
The peach tree said: "Well, I...I deliberately buried two jars of good wine under the peach tree."
Xiao Muyun looked around and said, "Senior sister is really amazing. In the past two months, one person has planted peach trees all over the Moforget Island." Seeing that there were many peach trees planted on the island, he praised her.
"When spring comes next year, peach blossoms will bloom all over the island. Master and husband will definitely like it then..."
Xu Wenxiang smiled. She thought that Ma Xilan had been lonely for a long time, and now that she was reunited with Chu Nanfeng, she planted more peach trees on the island to hope that they would be happy.
"I think it's senior sister or Murakami. I just went to senior sister's yard, but there were only two people, Cui'er and my mother-in-law..." Xiao Muyun paused and then said: "Why don't you bring your mother-in-law and Cui'er to live on the island?
No need to rush back and forth every day.”
"I have brought Cui'er to the island twice. No matter what I said the third time, I didn't want to come back again... Hey, I am a child at heart. I like the liveliness of the village, and my mother is reluctant to leave the village." Xu Wenxiang's face showed.
Helpless, "In two days, there will be a market in the town. I will take my junior sister to buy some household items. Then I will be able to live on the island, so that I won't have to worry about someone coming to the island..."
Xiao Muyun looked at several wooden houses in the south and said, "Hehe, let's decorate the wooden houses of Master and Mistress to give them a surprise when they return to the island."
"Yeah." Xu Wenxiang smiled and asked, "Where is the junior brother? Didn't he come to the island with his junior sister?"
Xiao Muyun shook his head and said calmly: "I think he will be here soon." However, he did not tell Xu Wenxiang about Xiao Yanbei's death.
That day, Luo Xiaoyao galloped to catch up with her, but Xiao Muyun was both annoyed and happy that Luo Xiaoyao was chasing her. Just as Fan Chongfeng said, because of Xiao Yanbei's death, her heart was filled with emotions.
He could not let go of his grudge, and he was even more angry at Luo Xiaoyao for helping him to defeat De Shou.
But thinking that Luo Xiaoyao could admit his mistake to him, he would forgive him. Little did he know that after Luo Xiaoyao caught up with her, he just followed her silently all the way without any words of comfort. The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. When he arrived at Yichun City in Yuanzhou,
He stopped at an inn but did not leave. He secretly inquired about the shortcut to Fairy Lake. When he found out clearly, he took advantage of Luo Xiaoyao's unpreparedness and led his horse to the island first.
Xu Wenxiang thought about the last time she went to the island of Luo, and the two Xiaos got along well with each other and laughed and chatted happily. But now when Luo Xiaoyao was mentioned, Xiao Muyun's face showed no smile, secretly guessing that the two must have misunderstood.
But considering the nature of the two boys and girls, it is normal for them to have disagreements. If they were alone on this island for a few days, they should be able to talk to each other and eliminate the misunderstanding. He smiled and said: "I will take my junior sister to catch some fish and bring them back to Murakami.
Make some soup and taste my craftsmanship with your junior brother later, how about it?"
But knowing that Xu Wenxiang's cooking skills were extraordinary, Xiao Muyun nodded in agreement upon hearing this. The two of them came to the island shore where the fishing boat was docked, untied the boat's reins, and went fishing with poles.
While boating for a while, I also caught a few herrings. While they were talking and laughing, they heard a voice coming from a fishing boat in the distance: "The girl from the Xu family...is she a girl from the Xu family?"
Xu Wenxiang raised his eyes and looked around, and could vaguely see that the person shouting was a man from the Cai family in the village, so he sailed up to meet him and said, "Brother Cai, what's the matter?"
When the two ships approached, the man surnamed Cai said in a panic: "Sister Xu, you are so easy to find... Go back quickly, your Cui'er is gone, your mother is crying."
Xu Wenxiang's heart skipped a beat, and after saying thank you, she drove quickly toward the village on the west bank with her pole, and when she came to her small courtyard, she saw two grandmothers from the Lu family comforting Xu's mother in the courtyard.
Seeing Xu Wenxiang return, Xu's mother cried and said: "Axiang, Cui'er...she thinks she was kidnapped by that beast."
Xu Wenxiang was shocked, knowing that the beast Xu's mother was talking about was Qi Zhousheng, so she said: "Mom, don't be anxious, let's tell the story first..."
"After Miss Xiao left, I thought about preparing some good dishes for lunch, so I made some preparations in the kitchen. Cui'er was playing alone in the courtyard. I don't know when... I just heard Cui'er seeming to be talking to someone. I
So I asked Cui'er in the room, but didn't hear her answer. When I came out, she was nowhere to be seen, woo, woo..."
"I ran out of the courtyard to watch, that..." Xu's mother pointed to the east and sobbed: "There was a carriage on the road over there. A man in a cloak carried Cui'er and got into the carriage. I called Cui'er, and she looked like
I responded, and then... the carriage flew away, and I chased and shouted, but..."
"We rushed over when we heard your mother's cry." An old woman continued: "But there was no sign of the carriage, so I went to the lake and asked the Cai family to look for you. Alas..."
Xu Wenxiang nodded, thanked the two grandmothers, and after sending them out of the hospital, he thought for a moment and said: "It is undoubtedly Qi Zhou who gave birth to this beast. If not Cui'er would have cried... I didn't expect him to dare to come. I just
I regret that I didn’t listen to my husband’s words.”
The last time Xiao Muyun came here, he had already heard about the incident between Xu Wenxiang and Qi Zhousheng. He frowned and said, "It's been more than an hour since I landed on the island. How long is the distance to Shaozhou?"
"It's nearly 900 miles away. They are riding in a carriage. I might not be able to catch them now..."
Xiao Muyun pondered for a moment and asked in detail about the situation of his entourage when Qi Zhousheng brought Qi Cui. He guessed that Qi Zhousheng must have brought the masters around him at that time, and naturally wanted to inquire about the cultivation level of his entourage.
, in order to come up with countermeasures.
It's a pity that Xu Wenxiang only has the "Gu Yuan Realm" skills. From the situation she described, we can only guess that the two old men should only have the skills of the Divine Mind Realm. However, I think if they had the cultivation level of holding pills, they would definitely fight against Chu Nanfeng at that time.
"This guy must have someone to rely on, so he dared to kidnap Tweet," Xiao Muyun muttered: "But he won't hurt Tweet... This matter can be planned slowly."
Xu Wenxiang nodded, supported Xu's mother and said, "What my junior sister said is reasonable. That beast will not harm Cui'er. Mother can rest assured that she will find a way to go to Shaozhou to take Cui'er back."
"But... your master and Mr. Chu are not here. That beast has martial arts training and is a member of the official family. How can you two weak women get there?" Xu's mother stopped crying and looked worried.
"Grandma, don't worry, my senior sister and I will find a way to deal with it... Please go inside and rest, don't worry about Cui'er and break your body."
Xu Wenxiang also comforted Xu's mother and helped her into the house to rest. When she came to the courtyard, she said to Xiao Muyun who was thinking: "This beast kidnapped Cui'er this time. He thought he had checked my whereabouts in advance... But
My husband once warned him that if he bothers me again, he will destroy his martial arts skills. He values martial arts very much, and now he dares to kidnap Cui'er. What's the point of this? Could it be that he has found some kind of backer?"
Xiao Muyun shook his head and muttered: "Back then, when he was sealed by his master, he took the risk of bringing Qi Cui in exchange for restoring his martial arts. It can be seen that this martial arts is the basis for his prosperity and wealth, and is more important than his life...
"
"If he found someone to rely on... I think it is unlikely, but I think if the person he is looking for can't defeat the master, when the master finds him, even if he doesn't kill him, his martial arts will be destroyed..."
"What does junior sister mean?" Xu Wenxiang asked doubtfully.
"It should be that after he kidnapped Qi Cui, he will go to a place where he thinks we can't find him..."
"Ah?" Xu Wenxiang screamed, fearing that Xu's mother would hear, so she lowered her voice, "If, as my junior sister guessed, this guy must be ready to take Cui'er away, what should we do?
"
Xiao Muyun hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "Senior Sister, please tell me the address of that man's house. I will rush to Shaozhou to find out first. Senior Brother Luo... I think he will be here soon. When the time comes, Senior Sister will rush to meet him together."
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Taking advantage of Luo Xiaoyao's unpreparedness, she asked the waiter to prepare horses in advance and took a shortcut to Fairy Lake. At most, she would not miss Luo Xiaoyao by a stick of incense. Yuanzhou Yichun was only a hundred miles away from Fairy Lake, so Luo Xiaoyao should have arrived.
, he was nowhere to be seen, and he was also confused in his heart.
She didn't know that when Luo Xiaoyao saw her leaving, he also asked the waiter to prepare his horse and chase after her. After chasing for a while, no one was seen, and then turned back to the shop to find the waiter to inquire. Only then did she know that Xiao Muyun had taken a shortcut.
It took nearly half an hour.
When they arrived at Fairy Lake, they went directly from the east ferry and found Old Man Zhang to ferry to Moforget Island. Not long after Xiao Muyun and Xu Wenxiang left the island from the west, Luo Xiaoyao went to Moforget Island from the east and found that there was no one on the island.
, I guessed that Chu Nanfeng and his wife had not returned to the island yet, but they thought that Xiao Muyun should have gone to Xu Wenxiang's home, so he also wanted to take a boat to the village, but found that he had been neglected and did not leave old man Zhang to wait, and there were few people on the Mo Forget Island.
Come here, for a while I can only sigh while looking at the lake on the edge of the island.
"It's absolutely impossible." Xu Wenxiang said anxiously after hearing this: "Not only are there people holding pills around that guy, there are at least two masters of the spiritual realm. Besides, Cui'er... If it weren't for me, she would definitely not be willing to follow my junior sister.
return."
She thought that Xu Cui was young and playful, and was confused by Qi Zhousheng. Even if Xiao Muyun had a chance to outsmart him, Xu Cui would cry and refuse to come back with her.
Xiao Muyun frowned. Based on her inference, she thought that Qi Zhousheng should have no one who could hold the elixir. However, she and Luo Xiaoyao practiced the sword formation taught by Chu Nanfeng together.
But there will be a battle. But I know that Luo Xiaoyao will definitely come, but I don’t dare to delay now, and I have a change of heart, "Then senior sister will go with me to inquire first, leave a message to my mother-in-law, and ask him to go and meet with senior brother when he arrives...
"
But fearing that Qi Zhousheng would lead Qi Cui away, Xu Wenxiang wanted to catch up as soon as possible. Even if he couldn't take it by force, it would not be too late to find Qi Zhousheng's new location and make plans in the future. Hearing this, he nodded in agreement and met Xiao Muyun.
Rush to Shaozhou immediately.
The two of them rode fast, whipped their whips, and drove all night. Finally, they arrived at Shaozhou at midnight the next day. They found an inn, settled in for a while, changed into men's clothes, put on their curtains and hats, and went straight to the house where Xu Wenxiang's mother and daughter lived.
But seeing the door of the house open and a servant standing at the door, Xu Wenxiang felt a little calm and whispered to Xiao Muyun: "Junior sister, I guess this guy hasn't left yet. I recognize the servant at the door."
"This guy must be on guard..." Xiao Muyun looked around and said, "Stand guard here first. If there is a servant familiar to Senior Sister who is discharged from the hospital, follow him and then try to inquire."
Although the house is in the middle of the west of the city, it is a few streets away from the busy city. There are few pedestrians on the street. The two of them did not dare to stop and watch in front of the house to avoid making others suspicious, so they had to walk slowly eastward. They arrived.
At the intersection of the east side streets, he saw a fifteen or sixteen year old girl dressed as a maid walking out of the alley. Xu Wenxiang felt happy, "Xiaoyu?...Junior sister, I recognize this girl."
"Oh?" Xiao Muyun said softly: "Follow me first, and I'll find a remote place to ask her."
As the maid named Xiaoyu walked through two streets, at the entrance of an alley, Xu Wenxiang quickly pulled Xiaoyu into the alley, covered Xiaoyu's mouth that was about to scream, lifted the curtain and veil, and whispered
: "Xiaoyu, it's me."
Xiaoyu, who looked frightened, saw Xu Wenxiang's face and said, "Madam? Ah, it is indeed madam."
When Xu Wenxiang was in Shaozhou, Xiaoyu had been waiting by her side, but now she was dressed in men's clothing, which made Xiaoyu stunned for a moment.
Xu Wenxiang nodded, "Then... are the master and the young lady in the house?"
"Master? Miss..." After Xiaoyu came to her senses, she was asked by Xu Wenxiang again, her face showed confusion. She was startled for a moment and replied: "Slave, that day... after you took away the miss, Madam, you never saw her again.
Come back later."
"What?" Xu Wenxiang was shocked, but it had been more than two months since he wanted to escape back to Fairy Lake. How could Qi Zhousheng not return to the house? Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment.
Xiao Muyun knew something was fishy and asked, "Who is in charge of the house? How long have you been in this house?"
"Madam, when the master is not in the house, housekeeper Chen is usually in charge." Xiaoyu blushed and lowered her head and said, "This slave and other servants have only been in this house for more than three months..."
"Ah?" Xu Wenxiang was even more shocked, "I asked you how long you have been here? Why...why did you say it was more than two years?"
"The slave is at fault." Xiaoyu said in fear: "When the slave arrived at the house, Butler Chen ordered the slave to say this. I don't know why, but I have to obey..."
Xiao Muyun and Xu Wenxiang glanced at each other, already knowing something in their hearts. Xu Wensheng sighed secretly and thought, Qi Zhousheng had already married another woman, how could he bring him into the real mansion? I guess he had already lured his mother and daughter here.
Chu deliberately set up a false trap, "Then why did you leave the house?"
"Six days ago, Steward Chen brought... I don't know where..." At this point, Xiaoyu's face turned red, and she hesitated and said: "He brought a young master with two beautiful women.
While they were having fun in the house, the two women sent their slaves out to buy some female sex toys. The slaves came out of the backyard for convenience."
"Then Butler Chen...is he always in the house when he is normal?" Xiao Muyun asked.
"Madam, after the master left, Butler Chen went out every day and only returned to the house in the evening. The slaves and others were so happy that they had no one to restrain them, so they couldn't wait to..." Xiaoyu said softly.
Xiao Muyun guessed that Qi Zhousheng had already taken precautions to find out any more useful information from Xiaoyu, so he took out a few taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to Xiaoyu, "You must not talk to me about what you saw about Madam today."
Others speak up."
Xiaoyu timidly looked at the silver coins in her hand, then raised her head to look at Xu Wenxiang, "I was born in poverty and have a humble status. Madam treats me like family. All the servants in the house remember Madam's kindness. Although I don't know what happened between Madam and Master."
What's the matter... But I will never tell others what happened today, this silver..." He paused for a moment, and although there was reluctance in his eyes, he pushed the silver back.
It should be noted that in these troubled times, copper coins in various dynasties depreciated rapidly, and there was less silver in circulation. However, these five taels of silver could be equivalent to the rations of an ordinary people's family of three for half a year.
Although Xiao Muyun came from a noble family, he also knew the value of silver. Seeing Xiaoyu's refusal, and seeing her character, he added a few more taels of silver and said: "Don't refuse anymore. If you don't sell yourself as a slave, you can find a good family."
Good morning and home."
Xiao Yu nodded with tears in her eyes. Xiao Muyun stuffed the silver coins into her hands, turned around and left with Xu Wenxiang, and said as they walked: "I think Qi Zhousheng must have had plans to come here. It seems like what he said to his senior sister that day,
Official titles such as tooth general must be fraudulent."
After a brief pause, he added: "It seems that he must have another residence now... I think he is trying to follow the housekeeper named Chen, and we should be able to find out what happened."
Xu Wenxiang shook her head, but did not reply. Xiao Muyun guessed that she had something on her mind, so she stopped talking. When the two of them walked to the door of the inn, they suddenly heard Xu Wenxiang say: "Tui'er has a naughty nature, likes to go out, and is nice.
Snacks, when I first came here for more than half a month, I took her to the busy market across the street more than ten times." After saying this, he pointed to the right side of the inn, thinking that the busy market in his mouth was where he pointed.
"Senior Sister, you mean... to explore that busy city?"
"Although that guy has a vicious heart, he still loves Tweetie. I think if he had not left immediately, he might have taken Tweetie to visit this busy city." Xu Wenxiang nodded, "I want to wait and watch there first.
, or you may meet Cui'er, and Xiaoyu said that Butler Chen will return to the house in the evening...it won't be too late to make plans then."
Xiao Muyun knew that she was impatient, but thought that what she said was reasonable, so he nodded in agreement, looked up at the sky, and said, "When Cui'er left, we were separated from you and me for more than an hour. We also traveled all night, so I guess she won't come here at this time.
After visiting the busy city, you and I will take a short rest at the inn to recharge our spirits, and then go back in the afternoon."
"That's fine...Junior Brother Luo may come looking for him then."
After Shenshi, the two of them left the inn and walked to the busy market across the street. Xu Wenxiang led Xiao Muyun to a soup shop and sat down. They ordered two bowls of Baiwei soup and said while eating: "Junior sister, that dried fruit shop diagonally across the street, the ones in it are
Tweety especially likes candied dried fruits, and she always buys her favorite candied sweets from this store every time she visits.”
"Okay." Xiao Muyun whispered: "If we can't meet him here, I'll try to find Butler Chen tonight and ask him. I'm sure he will know the inside story."
The two of them had just finished drinking the soup when they heard Xu Wenxiang whisper: "Junior sister, it's Cui'er..."
Xiao Muyun glanced sideways, and among the crowds of people walking back and forth, Xu Cui was being led into the dried fruit shop by a handsome man in his twenties and eighties, wearing a brocade robe. He guessed that the man must be Qi Zhousheng, so he met Xu Cui.
Wen Xiang said: "Senior sister will pick up Cui'er later. Don't stay. Just go out of the city first. I will block the guy."
Xu Wenxiang put on her curtain hat and walked out of the store. She looked up at the people on the street. She didn't see the two old men following Qi Zhousheng, so she returned to the store and whispered to Xiao Muyun, "That guy doesn't seem to have any followers, but he has great skills."
It is also a return to true cultivation. Junior sister, please be careful and we will wait for you outside the North City."
She was also worried that Xiao Muyun would make a mistake, but knowing that now was the best time to get Xu Cui back, she could only give it a try.
Xiao Muyun nodded, put on his curtain hat and walked out of the store with Xu Wenxiang. He happened to see Qi Zhousheng holding a red box in his right hand and holding a laughing Xu Cui with his left hand. He walked out of the dried fruit store and walked towards the street. Xiao Muyun whispered
: "Do it."
Xu Wenxiang stepped forward, and when he was near the street, he bent down and quickly picked up Xu Cui. Unexpectedly, Qi Zhousheng threw the candied fruit box in his right hand, and when Xu Cui screamed "Daddy", he grabbed him.
Xu Wenxiang saw a sword light on his right shoulder, and a sharp and piercing sword energy struck towards his left shoulder. Qi Zhousheng was shocked, stepped back, and grabbed a stunned passerby in front of him.
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Xiao Muyun used his sword to stop Qi Zhousheng from chasing Xu Wenxiang, but when he saw Qi Zhousheng grabbing an innocent passerby to block him, he hurriedly sheathed the sword with his right hand and galloped forward to block Xu Wenxiang. He raised his sword and stared at the passerby who was still in his hand.
Qi Zhousheng shouted: "Let's go quickly." He urged Xu Wenxiang to go first.
Qi Zhousheng did not bring a weapon at this time, and he did not dare to let go of the passerby in his hands. But when he heard Xu Cui calling "Mother" not far away, his heart was shocked. He did not expect that Xu Wenxiang would come looking for him at this time, but he wanted Master Xu Wenxiang to come.
The elders of the sect may have also arrived, and they were even more panicked. After holding the passerby in their hands, they quickly stepped back five or six steps, paused, pushed the passerby towards Xiao Muyun, turned around and fled quickly.
At this time, the passers-by on the street were so scared that they scattered in all directions. When Qi Zhousheng pushed the passers-by, Xiao Muyun felt a sword energy coming from behind him. He was startled and hurriedly dodged to the left and turned around with a scream.
Looking over, I saw that the passerby was lying on the ground rolling over, half of his bloody hand and buttocks falling to his side.
But he saw an old man in his fifties wearing a black shirt, holding a machete and looking at him coldly. Not far away, Xu Wenxiang was being surrounded by two women dressed as guards, and Xu Cui was already wearing a girdle.
A silver crown, in the hands of a woman wearing ordinary clothes.
This woman was Zhuo Qinglian. It turned out that she was browsing calligraphy and painting in a neighboring street with her entourage and escorts. When she heard the exclamations of passers-by, she came over but stopped Xu Wenxiang.
The sword-wielding Lu Gongfeng and another surnamed Lin were facing each other in front of the official sedan by the street wall. Xu Wenxiang only looked at the pedestrians on the street, but did not see Qi Zhousheng's entourage at the corner of the wall.
Xiao Muyun knew that something was wrong, but from the skill of the old man holding the sword, he could tell that he was a master of the spiritual realm. He did not dare to neglect at that moment, and struck down with the "Silver Que Dew Drop" move, and quickly attacked the old man's left shoulder.
With a "dang" sound, the 'Jingjia' connected with the scimitar. Xiao Muyun's right hand was slightly shaken, and his heart felt at ease. He knew that this old man had only a small degree of spiritual awareness, and with a strong courage, he was the "integration of Taisu's eleven swords".
"Qihuazhu" and "Dripping Water Rising Waves" attacked one after another.
This worshiper surnamed Lu felt that Xiao Muyun's sword energy was replaced by sword intention, which was extremely fast and mysterious. Although his cultivation was a bit better, he did not dare to touch head-on. He stepped lightly and retreated backwards. At the same time, he used his sword to make moves to protect his body.
forward.
Xiao Muyun was not a person who acted on his own initiative. He knew that Xu Wenxiang might have a hard time escaping and that he was unable to save him. He just wanted to force the old man in front of him away and wait for an opportunity to escape before making plans. When he saw the old man holding the knife retreating violently, he scolded him and used the "Jade Plate" move.
"Qianhao" was used, attacking while defending. At the same time, he kicked off his feet and jumped towards the roof.
Just as he landed on his feet, there was a "whoosh, whoosh" sound, and three hidden arrows came towards him. With a move of 'Pull out the clouds and see the moon', Fang shot down the arrows. The figure on his left side flickered, followed by a sword energy attack.
, Busy is using the move "Bixu Wuyun". Following the footwork of the move, he spins his body and "dangs" the move. He takes a step back with the person coming and takes a closer look. In front of him is another old man in black clothes.
, holding swords facing each other, with a look of caution on their faces.