The Great Hero [Comprehensive Martial Arts]

It was a very long cave, dark, humid, and hot, and there was an indescribable smell in the air. A ghostly black shadow passed through the cave without a sound and came to the end—— At the end, there is actually a huge underground cave.

There were several torches hanging in the cave, and the bright fire light illuminated the surroundings clearly, but the center of the cave was still dark.

In the dimness, sat a white-haired old man whose face could not be seen clearly, and a huge bronze mirror stood in front of the old man.She looked in the mirror, raised her hand to comb her temples, and then asked the visitor without raising her head: "How is it? Did you find out?"

"My boy is not doing well." The young man in black kneeling on the ground raised his head slightly, revealing a pale face, "That man has been staying with a swordsman all along, and my boy didn't find a good opportunity to do it, so he only tried it once. , was also stopped by that swordsman."

The old man paused as he combed his hair: "Did he find you?"

"Probably not. After the test failed, the boy immediately evacuated the scene."

"Forget it." The old man stood up from the chair, walked slowly in front of the young man, gently stroked his somewhat messy hair with wrinkled hands, and said softly, "Good boy, thank you for your hard work."

The young man's pale face suddenly turned red: "Mother, don't you want to go home with the child?"

"..." The old man's fingers trembled, and a bit of bitterness gradually appeared on his old face: "I have already been expelled from the Tang Sect, and I am not eligible to go back. You should not mention this matter again in the future."

"Can--"

"No but!"

Before the young man could finish speaking, the old man scolded in a stern tone: "As the current head of the sect, you should lead by example, and you can't ignore family rules and sect laws just because of personal interests."

"……Yes."

Although still unwilling, under the stern gaze of the old man, the young man had no choice but to bow his head and say yes.

Seeing the unwillingness on the young man's face, the old man couldn't help sighing, she withdrew her arm, turned back to the mirror, sat down on the wide chair: "Okay, tell me about the swordsman .”

"That swordsman is the Lord of Baiyun City."

"Ye Gucheng?"

"Yes."

The old man couldn't help frowning, and there was a bit of doubt in his eyes: "Why did Ye Gucheng stay with him? Could it be that I was wrong?" The killer who claimed to be Zhu Xiao, wasn't she looking for him? people?

But if so, where did the cold poison on that person come from?

"Ye Gucheng may not know the origin of the other party. According to my boy, it's too early to make a conclusion." Hearing the old man's murmur, the young man hurriedly replied: "My boy will continue to send people to follow him. No, we will find out sooner or later."

"Okay, remember to be careful, and don't reveal your identity before you can determine the origin of the other party."

"Yes."

Chu Xiao was very angry.

Although he didn't get the trick, he couldn't bear the resentment in his heart.

The unknown assailant not only 'provoked' him face to face, but also ruined his and Ye Gucheng's wonderful first meal at the same table. If this incident is not recovered, where will his face be put in the future?

After learning from Ye Gucheng that the other party was suspected to be from the Tang Sect, Chu Xiao immediately sent his subordinates to Shuzhong to investigate.Of course, he didn't forget to let his subordinates focus on investigating the problem of cold poison.

Ye Gucheng thought about one thing.

In fact, Chu Xiao knew the source of the cold poison very well, he just didn't suspect that the Tang Sect was directly related to this incident.

The one who poisoned the Queen Mother was just an ordinary palace man, and the person who bribed him—Chu Xiao felt that the mastermind behind the scenes was most likely the King of Nan—as for the poison, although it came from Tang Dynasty. However, in Chu Xiao's view, it is unlikely that a power in the world like the Tang Sect will get involved in the disputes over imperial power.

However, after this sneak attack, Chu Xiao will inevitably have some other doubts.

He felt that the Tang clan might have colluded with Nan Wang in private. After all, the precedent of rebellion with the help of Jianghu forces was not unique in all dynasties.

After finishing the deployment, Chu Xiao received another secret letter from the capital.

This letter was written by Wu Gui, but the content conveyed the meaning of Emperor Qing. Emperor Qing said that Nan Wang could not send it away for the time being, because he wanted to take this opportunity to find out those who had different intentions in the court.

As for the Prince Nan who looked exactly like him...Emperor Qing actually didn't let Chu Xiao do anything.

After reading the secret letter, Chu Xiao was about to explode!He understood the principle of putting a long line to catch big fish, but Emperor Qing didn't have to keep the face of Prince Nan as bait.

Doesn't he feel disgusted?

Emperor Qing probably really didn't mind being intimidated. At the end of the letter, he didn't forget to tell Chu Xiao that when the time was right to send Nan Wang and his son, he would ask Chu Xiao to take Nan Wang's son back for him to see with his own eyes.

Chu Xiao: If it wasn't for my own brother, I really want to call him mentally retarded.

To be honest, Chu Xiao disapproved of Emperor Qing's arrangement in every possible way, but because of his brother's so-called 'arrangement', he could only stand still.

On the fifth day of June, it was sunny.

Ye Gucheng was the same as in the past, he got up to practice his sword at Mao, and Chu Xiao stepped out from the other side of the wall punctually. When Ye Gucheng finished his sword practice, the two went to the hall to have dinner together.

But this day, after breakfast, Ye Gucheng seldom took the initiative to speak to Chu Xiao.

He said that it was time for him to return to Feixian Island.

After getting along in the past few days, although the relationship between Ye Gucheng and Chu Xiao is not close, but with Chu Xiao's persistent efforts, the two of them can barely be regarded as close friends.

Of course, this friend is what Chu Xiao thought for himself, but Ye Gucheng never admitted it himself.

Perhaps out of politeness, Ye Gucheng informed Chu Xiao when he was leaving.As for Chu Xiao's reaction, to be honest, it was somewhat beyond Ye Gucheng's expectations.

"Feixian Island... I heard that it is a place as beautiful as a fairyland." Chu Xiao held his chin and stared at Ye Gucheng with a pair of smiling eyes: "My lord, do you mind spending more time when you go back?" Take someone with you?"

Nanwang can't move for the time being, and Tangmen doesn't know when the results will be found. Chu Xiao is worrying that he has nothing to do recently. It would be a good time to go to Feixian Island with Ye Gucheng. pretty good idea.

Ye Gucheng: "..."

Chu Xiao rolled his eyes, and said with a rogue laugh: "It doesn't matter if you want to take me with you, anyway, there are so many boats going out to sea, I can go to Feixian Island by just taking one."

"You..." Ye Gucheng looked up at the young man, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes, and finally, he only let out a soft sigh.

"Then I'll take it as if you agreed." Chu Xiao grinned, his eyes showed a little color, as if he was sure that Ye Gucheng would not reject him, "When are you going to leave? If you leave today, then I have to go back and pack my bags."

Ye Gucheng... really didn't reject him.

He just watched Chu Xiao climb over the courtyard wall in silence, and after a while, he turned back with ease, and stood in front of him with his luggage.

Feixian Island is located in the eastern part of the South China Sea, and it is rich in valuable Dongzhu. The population on the island is not large, only tens of thousands of people, but every family is very rich. Naturally there will be dedicated ships.

It was a large ship about tens of feet long, and it was docked by the pier. Looking around, the huge ship occupied almost one-third of the pier, comparing the ordinary fishing boats docked beside it to small ants.

With the package in hand, Chu Xiao followed Ye Gucheng staggeringly, and boarded the ship.

The crew on the boat should all come from Feixian Island, and they were extremely awed by Ye Gucheng's attitude. When they saw him board the boat, they immediately bowed their heads and proclaimed the city owner.

"City Lord." Several white-clothed maids with beautiful appearance and dignified demeanor came forward, and after paying their respects to Ye Gucheng, they turned their eyes to Chu Xiao, and the maid at the head asked softly: "Excuse me ?”

Ye Gucheng: "Guest."

Chu Xiao: "Friend!"

The two spoke almost simultaneously.

Maid in white: "..." So is it an ordinary guest or a friend of the city lord?

Chu Xiao blinked and looked at Ye Gucheng.

"...Friend." After a while, Ye Gucheng was finally 'defeated' by someone's flickering eyes.

Chu Xiao: Hehehe, he has worked so hard for so long, Ye Gucheng finally regards him as a friend, super fulfilling (p≧w≦q)

After boarding this ship, Chu Xiao realized how one-sided his previous understanding of Ye Gucheng was.He only knew that Ye Gucheng was the lord of Baiyun City, a peerless swordsman, and a person with a particularly cold personality, but he didn't know that Ye Gucheng was actually a rich local tyrant!

The guest room where Chu Xiao lives is not far from Ye Gucheng’s room, the most luxurious room in the inn with the highest scale, even worse, the food is top-notch, the tea is top-notch, and the cook’s craftsmanship is also top-notch. Even the accessories worn by the maids are no worse than Miss Dahu's... To be honest, Chu Xiao has the urge to hug her thigh.

It's not that he's worthless, it's that Ye Gucheng is too rich.

To be honest, even Emperor Qing did not live as extravagantly as Ye Gucheng.

As for Chu Xiao, although he has the conditions to live such a luxurious life, but with his brother leading by example, he is too embarrassed to enjoy it alone ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Of course, impulsiveness is impulsive, Chu Xiao is still quite 'reserved' in nature, at most he raised the frequency of harassing Ye Gucheng a little bit higher, um, really only a little bit.

It was the first time for Chu Xiao to go to sea. He was a little seasick two days ago because he was not used to it. He basically stayed indoors. After he got used to the rough sea, he started to go to Yegucheng frequently under the banner of "asking for advice". Run around the house.

Xu Shi was used to being pestered by Chu Xiao in the inn, but Ye Gucheng didn't think there was anything wrong.

But those maids who watched Chu Xiao sneak into Ye Gucheng's house every day were a little uneasy.

These maids all came out of the city lord's mansion with Ye Gucheng. They have served Ye Gucheng for at least seven or eight years. It can be said that they are the people who know Ye Gucheng best. into his own room, but the entire City Lord's Mansion is well aware of this.

In the entire city lord's mansion, only the old butler of the city lord's mansion is the only one who can enter Ye Gucheng's room at will. Others, even the personal maids, would never dare to step into Ye Gucheng's private room without being summoned. field.

however--

Seeing Chu Xiao No. 11 running into Ye Gucheng's room without knocking, the maids guarding the door: "..." I always feel like I'm dreaming.

The city owner actually made his first friend in 30 years, the city owner allowed other people to eat at the same table as him, the city owner didn’t even get angry when he was interrupted in the middle of taking a shower—oh no, the city owner was still angry.

When Ye Gucheng is unhappy, he usually only adopts one way of expressing it, that is to vent his air-conditioning, but unfortunately, this method is of no use to Chu Xiao.

A crowd of onlookers who were shivering from the cold air: Sure enough, he is indeed a man who can be friends with the city lord!

"I, I, I, I didn't do it on purpose!" Chu Xiao didn't expect the timing of his intrusion to be so coincidental. Cough, although he is a little bit lustful towards Ye Gucheng, but the occasional verbal provocation is already the limit. He still can't do this kind of thing like breaking into a room to watch a beauty come out of the bath.

To put it bluntly, it means that there is only lust but no lust.

Chu Xiao turned around quickly, covered his nose and explained in a low voice: "I suddenly realized a move just now, and I was thinking about coming to see you, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect you to be taking a bath."

He usually comes here at this time, Ye Gucheng is usually reading a book or sitting quietly, who would know that suddenly today——

Ye Gucheng put on his clothes and stood up with a cold face: "Won't you knock on the door before you come in?"

"I..." Chu Xiao knew he was right, but he felt a little inexplicably wronged: "I'm not used to it." He usually didn't knock on the door when he came to look for Ye Gucheng.

So it's still my fault?Ye Gucheng's eyebrows moved slightly, and the corners of his eyes twitched undetectably.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems...it was really his fault.

If he had warned Chu Xiao when he barged in without knocking, maybe this situation would not have happened today.

After the hot tide in his nasal cavity subsided, Chu Xiao turned around cautiously: "You, aren't you angry?"

Ye Gucheng: "...Why are you blushing?"

Looking at Chu Xiao's red face that seemed to be smoking, Ye Gucheng's eyes suddenly turned subtle.

He had vaguely noticed before that Chu Xiao seemed to have some ambiguous thoughts about him, but Chu Xiao did not show any abnormalities most of the time, which made him unsure of the other party's thoughts, thinking that he was thinking too much.

But now it seems...

Chu Xiao immediately covered his face: "Isn't this the first time for me?"

Ye Gucheng's eyes froze, and the mood made by Chu Xiao's reply became more subtle.

The first time, the first time what, did you see a man taking a shower?

"Cough, actually I didn't see anything just now." Chu Xiao quietly opened his fingers, glanced at the wet clothes on Ye Gucheng's body, and the scalding temperature on his face seemed to rise a bit.

The beauty has four-pack abs, I really want to touch it, it must feel super good (*/ω＼*)

Ye Gucheng: "..." silently wrapped his clothes tightly.

Chu Xiao: Ah, I can’t see it anymore ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Looking at someone's eyes full of regret, Ye Gucheng suddenly had the urge to draw his sword, but it's a pity that although he always carries his own sword with him, he naturally doesn't take the sword with him when he takes a bath of.

Chu Xiao with bad intuition: "I just took a look!"

"You." Ye Gucheng took a deep breath: "Get out!" If he heard this person say a word more, he might not be able to restrain the urge to do it.

Alright alright.

Chu Xiao slipped out of the room quite sensible.

Under the gaze of the maids who seemed to be looking at something rare, Chu Xiao silently walked to the deck with his face in his hands. The salty sea breeze gradually blew away the heat on his face, and also cooled Chu Xiao's heart. A thumping little heart.

He realized belatedly that Ye Gucheng probably saw through his little thoughts.

After all, his performance was so obvious just now.

Done!

Ye Gucheng will stab him to death with a sword later, right?