It wasn't really a big deal to overeat. After a while, Shangluo was bouncing around again. She was being chased for debt by Lu Hanjiang and disappeared as soon as she took a puff of cigarette.
Lu Hanjiang took out his money bag, weighed it, and sighed again.
The long curtain by the window moved slightly, and Huangfu Xiaoyuan's figure appeared in the room. After Lu Hanjiang put the money bag away, he asked: "How is it?"
Huangfu Xiaoyuan shook her head: "The sword room and the dungeon are all on guard. It is very laborious to find out the information, and the other groups have gained nothing."
Of course, Huangfu Xiaoyuan was not the only one of the Jinyi guards who sneaked into the Zhujian Villa. There were also many subordinates for her to dispatch. It would be unknown how long it would take for her to explore this huge Villa with her own strength.
"Then take your time. I'll go to Miss A-Lan's place first to try my luck and see if I can find out anything."
Lu Hanjiang said, and suddenly stopped Huangfu Xiaoyuan when she was about to leave: "Wait a minute, who is leading the team in Huashan this time to participate in the sword tasting competition?"
"It's Gu Qianhan, the wife of the former Huashan sect Shang Jidao," Huangfu Xiaoyuan thought for a while and said, "After Shang Jidao died, she took over the Huashan sect, but she didn't seem to intend to formally take over, so
I have never paid any attention to the various factions in the Jianghu."
"It's her."
Lu Hanjiang thought of the dead Shang Jidao, and with a thought, he said with a smile: "That will be much easier. Tonight, as a Jin Yiwei, you go to see Mrs. Gu and negotiate a deal with her."
Huangfu Xiaoyuan seemed to have thought of something, was startled for a moment, and said in deep thought: "What are you talking about?"
Lu Hanjiang breathed a sigh of relief, took a pen and paper and wrote something on a piece of paper, handed it to Huangfu Xiaoyuan, and said, "In exchange for her secret, let her hand over Qi Li."
Huangfu Xiaoyuan was silent for a long time this time. She looked at Lu Hanjiang, who also followed his gaze, and their eyes met. She said in a deep voice: "Is it because of Shangluo? Aren't you worried that things will be beyond your control?
, she’s not that slow.”
Lu Hanjiang smiled softly and picked up the teapot, only to find that it was empty. He had to put it down slowly. He looked away and said calmly: "Xiaoyuan, you are wrong again this time. That girl is very smart, smarter than you think."
Much more, she knows everything."
Huangfu Xiaoyuan was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "Then if that's the case, why did she..."
Lu Hanjiang closed his eyes and began to recite: "After the death of the Fan family, the people who have the bell want to carry it away, but the bell cannot be carried. Destroy it with a hammer, but the bell still has a sound. I am afraid that people will hear it and take it away, so suddenly
Cover your ears."
Huangfu Xiaoyuan frowned more and more: "Although I come from a wealthy family, I have also read stories about deceiving others. Are you saying that Shangluo did it on purpose?"
"Obvious, isn't it?"
Lu Hanjiang stood up, took clean water and poured it into the pot, put it on the stove and started boiling it. He slowly said: "Revenge can only happen once and countless times. She has been deceiving herself, as if her martial arts talent is actually
It’s not that it’s hopelessly bad, but it’s always a lazy attitude to avoid it.”
"Why?" Huangfu Xiaoyuan asked in confusion.
Lu Hanjiang stretched his hand to the stove to keep warm. The warm feeling quickly filled his body, but his eyes were still cold: "She used her stupidity and incompetence to deceive herself, and chose to escape because of her own weakness, so she could forget with peace of mind.
The hatred I once had lives freely."
While he was talking, the lid of the kettle was blown open by the rising heat. Lu Hanjiang put his hand on it and covered it tightly.
Huangfu Xiaoyuan was staring at the stove in confusion. After she came to her senses, she looked at Lu Hanjiang with a complex expression and said, "In this case, wouldn't it be useless for you to find Qi Li?"
"Originally, maybe it was like this, but now it's different."
Lu Hanjiang let go of his hand, and the hot air suddenly opened the lid of the kettle. He stared at the boiling hot water and said softly: "To put it simply, she was too involved in the drama. She seemed to have forgotten who she really was in the past.
What does it look like?”
While speaking, Lu Hanjiang broke off half of the firewood and threw it into the stove. The sputtering firelight was reflected in his dark eyes. He could only hear him saying casually: "It's almost time to wake up from the dream."
It’s time.”
Huangfu Xiaoyuan didn't speak, and looked at the roaring fire quietly.
"To be honest, I had a lot of fun. It was a unique pretending game. She turned herself into a carefree little sister, and I played the role of a good big brother. Unfortunately, she seemed to be addicted to it.
.”
After Lu Hanjiang finished speaking, the cold wind blowing in outside the house seemed to have dropped a few degrees lower. The fire was obviously so bright, but Huangfu Xiaoyuan's heart seemed to have sunk into a lake of ice.
"I'll leave this matter to you. Maybe that girl will pay more attention to martial arts in the future, or maybe...who knows, what will happen next, to be honest, I'm also looking forward to it."
Lu Hanjiang's smile was very cold and indifferent, but very real. With a flicker of his eyes, he stepped forward and naturally tied Huangfu Xiaoyuan's loose cloak straps, and then nodded with satisfaction: "Don't freeze, right?"
Okay, do you have any questions?"
"......No."
Huangfu Xiaoyuan saw very clearly that that was Lu Hanjiang's true appearance. In front of her, he had never deliberately hidden his dark thoughts.
Cruel tenderness, but sincere, her body greedily longed for this reality, even if it was heart-gnawing poison, the sweet taste had made her unable to extricate herself.
She suddenly felt a little stuffy in her heart. She shook her head silently at Lu Hanjiang and left the room. The cold wind blowing against her face disturbed her heart.
His badness and distortion were something she had experienced a long time ago. The pretending game he talked about seemed to have its own shadow. Even though she was unwilling to admit it, Huangfu Xiaoyuan seemed to have fallen into it.
She was trying hard to imitate the most annoying person, because only in this way could she get close to Lu Hanjiang, and only in this way could she continue to stay by his side.
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Huangfu Xiaoyuan found an uninhabited corner and hid. On the treetops where she looked, flower bundles twisted into spiral shapes slowly bloomed. On the edge of the shadow, she strived to move towards a world full of sunshine.
She picked up a stone, threw it out, and knocked down the flower. She saw it fall into the soil and lose its luster.
"That's fine, as long as it continues like this..."
Burying her head in her arms, Huangfu Xiaoyuan kept repeating the same words, letting herself stay alone in this forgotten place.
...
Not long after Huangfu Xiaoyuan left, Ah Lan came. She took Lu Hanjiang's tea unceremoniously, drank it, and said with a smile: "I thought I saw your sister going out just now. Is she okay?"
"It's just that I'm full, it's not a big problem."
Lu Hanjiang poured her another cup of tea and asked, "To be honest, I haven't asked you yet, Miss Allan, why did you come to Zhujian Villa this time...?"
Ah Lan's hand holding the tea paused. She hesitated for a moment, put it down, looked at Lu Hanjiang and said, "Mr. Lu, do you know that my two swords were both forged by Master Gu Ming of this Sword Forging Villa.
"
Lu Hanjiang nodded and said, "Many people have been spreading the word about this matter recently, and naturally I have also heard about it."
Ah Lan took off the two swords from her back and placed them on the table. The green and red swords were placed together, giving off a strange brilliance. She said slowly: "Master Lu and I are friends, then I
There is no need to hide it, my father once said that he actually entrusted Master Gu Ming to forge three weapons."
Lu Hanjiang's eyes narrowed slightly, pretending not to know: "Is this happening?"
"In addition to Yueying Fenyang, the third weapon is called Xingxuan. I am here to get back Xingxuan."
Ah Lan looked at Lu Hanjiang seriously and asked, "Master Lu, can you help me?"