Subversion of the plot [Comprehensive]

Tao Shuobai entered the room, but saw Ximen Chuixue's complexion was snow-white, lying quietly on the bed, there were more than a dozen sword wounds on his plain white clothes, some deep and some shallow, with some mottled blood stains, no doubt the wounds were very serious Heavy.It's not a surprise, after all, there is still a gap between Ximen Chuuxue and Dugu Yihe today, even if he can break through Dugu Yihe's sword double kill Qiqi 49 style, but he can't compete with Dugu Yihe's deep internal strength, three If you can't win within ten moves, you can't win, and the final result is to lose your life.

"Master Peach." Ye Gucheng nodded at him, although he was the one who brought Ximen Chuuxue back, but there was no trace of worry on his face.After all, it was the first time he and Ximen Chuuxue met, and for a person like Ye Gucheng, even if he had emotions, he would not easily show them on his face.

Young Master Peach, it seems like an unfamiliar title, but in fact, although the two of them have met rarely, they are no strangers.For example, Ye Gucheng, Ximen Chuuxue, and even Tao Shuobai himself, they are not the kind of enthusiastic and outgoing people like Lu Xiaofeng, and they cannot judge friendship just by their names.

"City Master Ye, what's going on?" Lu Xiaofeng couldn't care about anything else at this time, she was very worried about Ximen Chuuxue's condition, and felt even more guilty.If he hadn't invited Ximen Chuixue to come over, he wouldn't have...

"Dugu Yihe is dead." Ye Gucheng's words were very brief, but Lu Xiaofeng immediately understood.

That is to say, even though Ximen Chuuxue was so injured that he seemed to be dying, Dugu Yihe, who was competing with him, lost his life. Ximen Chuuxue undoubtedly won.In other words, it was a miserable victory.

"What? Ximen Chuuxue killed my master?" The Emei Sixiu outside hadn't left yet. When they heard this, they immediately became angry. If Yao Meier and the others didn't stop the door, they wouldn't care about Ximen Chuuxue's injury. rushed in.

Lu Xiaofeng was always able to adjust the atmosphere, so he couldn't open his mouth at this time to say that it's inevitable that someone loses his life in the competition, after all, it's a family of four delicate girls, this is indeed too cruel.

Hua Manxin didn't have so many scruples, he glanced at the four of them lightly, and sneered slightly: "A martial arts contest between masters, there are winners and losers. Could it be that Dugu Yihe can't afford to lose? Or you Emei can't afford to lose?"

"You!" Emei Si's delicate face flushed.

Ye Gucheng glanced at Hua Manxin, then at Hua Manlou, but didn't ask any questions.

Tao Shuobai ignored them, and went to the bed to diagnose Ximen Chuuxue's pulse.Even if he is not a doctor, the life with tomorrow is not in vain. He has learned at least five points of tomorrow's medical skills. Although dispensing medicine is not flexible, he does not use ordinary medicine, as long as he knows the symptoms.

After some examination, the most severe sword wound was on his chest, but fortunately it was a little bit off, otherwise Ximen Chuuxue would have died on the spot.

Tao Shuobai didn't have any life-hanging pills, so he turned Yang Qi into a trace of vitality and transmitted it into Ximen Chuuxue's body to help him protect his heart veins, and then said to everyone: "It's a fluke, it can be saved."

Yao Meier breathed a sigh of relief, and accidentally caught a glimpse of a pretty maid staring at her.Yao Meier frowned slightly, suspicious in her heart, and recognized that the other party was the person brought by Ye Gucheng.

It was Lianqing who was looking at Yao Meier. Lianqing was only interested in Ximen Chuuxue's maid at first, but after looking at it, she vaguely sensed that Yao Meier was different, but she couldn't tell what the difference was.Lianqing thought, would the other party have the same background as her own?However, Yao Meier's appearance is very ordinary, her face is solemn, she has a particularly loyal temperament, and she didn't move forward when she saw that Ximen Chuuxue was injured, she kept her duty, not like a time-traveling girl.At this time, Lianqing had forgotten that she herself was very rational, otherwise she would have been purged by Baiyun City very early, let alone her current position as chief maid.

Lu Xiaofeng asked: "Brother Tao, what do you need?"

"It's inconvenient here, and it's more convenient to go back to Wanmei Villa for treatment." Tao Shuobai and Ximen Chuuxue have also discussed medical skills, and Ximen Chuuxue has indeed researched in this area, and there are many good medicinal materials in the village.

"Exactly, the matter here is not over yet, so I can only trouble Brother Tao." Lu Xiaofeng was relieved when he learned that Ximen Chuuxue was safe, and planned to settle the case here before moving on. Do your job.

"It's not too late." Tao Shuobai glanced at Yao Meier.

"Young Master Peach, wait a moment, I'll go get ready right away." Yao Meier immediately understood, and immediately went to pack her things and prepare the carriage.

Ye Gucheng also waved his hand at Lianqing, without saying a word, but Lianqing was well-trained and understood, and immediately prepared to leave with a cool and pretty face.In fact, at this moment, Lianqing's whole heart was trembling with excitement, the city owner Ye Gucheng v the village owner Ximen Chuuxue?Or Sword God v Sword Fairy?

Hua Manxin suddenly glanced at Lianqing, somehow feeling that this maid was weird.

Lianqing was excited, and left quickly, and the screen exploded in her mind: Where did the fake Huamanlou come from?Why are you acting so native?

Seeing that everyone was about to leave, Emei Sixiu refused.

Hua Manxin began to taunt again: "Oh, I'm really not worth doing for Senior Dugu. He worked so hard to raise his apprentice, and no one collected his body when he died."

"Manxin!" Hua Manlou cut off his words helplessly, and said to Emei Sixiu: "You probably don't know that your master Dugu Yihe's real name is Yan Duhe, he is an old official of the Jinpeng Dynasty, and he is also the president of Qingyilou. handle."

Shi Xiuyun said angrily: "We don't know what you are talking about Yan Duhe, but how could my master be from the Tsingyi Building? The reason why the old master came here is because he got the news that the first floor of the Tsingyi Building is in the The small building on the hill behind Zhuguangbaoqi Pavilion, and the owner is Huo Xiu!"

This time Shangguan Feiyan died long ago, there was no poisoned flying needle to hinder them from telling the truth, nor Shi Xiuyun who died because of it, nor Sun Xiuqing who was treated by Ximen Chuuxue because of it.In this life, Shi Xiuyun did not fall in love with Huamanlou, and Sun Xiuqing did not meet Ximen Chuuxue, maybe it was a good thing.

Lu Xiaofeng was shocked when he heard these words: "Huo Xiu?"

Huo Xiu is Lu Xiaofeng's friend, and Huo Xiu is a very lonely and eccentric old man who is extremely rich.

As the senior sister of Emei Sixiu, Ma Xiuzhen should be more prudent. Shi Xiuyun, who is impulsive, plans to restrain her master first and inform other senior brothers about it.Even if they want to kill Ximen Chuuxue, what the other party said is also reasonable, the master died in a competition with others, even if they really want to take revenge, they Emei sect must be upright.

Tao Shuobai wanted to heal Ximen Chuuxue, so he naturally went to Wanmei Villa, while Huamanlou had to stay with Lu Xiaofeng.Surprisingly, Hua Manxin wanted to stay.

Hua Manxin smiled calmly: "The first floor of Tsing Yi Building must be very difficult. Ximen Chuuxue can't go there. Can Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou break through? I will go with them."

"Manxin, you go with Master." Hua Manlou knew that he hadn't practiced martial arts for long, and was worried that he would not be able to protect himself, let alone going to such a dangerous place as the first floor of Qingyi Building.

"I'm good at tricks and using poison, and I can always come in handy."

Huamanlou has to admit that in Tao Shuobai's teaching, Huamanxin is the best at learning, she is simply amazingly talented.

"Let Manxin stay." Tao Shuobai saw that Huamanxin had other plans, and ignored him, anyway, he and Huamanlou were both wearing mahogany plaques, if there was any danger, he would know immediately.

At that moment, the group bid farewell.

Tao Shuobai wanted to take care of Ximen Chuuxue, so he was naturally on the carriage in Wanmei Villa, and Ye Gucheng was also here if he had something to say to him.Seeing this, Yao Meier tactfully withdrew, and saw that the maid of Baiyun City invited them to board the car, she was not polite.

Inside the car, Tao Shuobai asked, "When did the city lord come to the Central Plains?"

"I just came here. I heard that Ximen Chuuxue came to Zhuguang Baoqi Pavilion. I saw him and Dugu Yihe in a match. Ximen Chuuxue's sword is very fast." Although Ye Gucheng had seen Ximen Chuuxue before, he had heard his name for a long time. Especially Tao Shuobai mentioned it, which made him attach great importance to it.Seeing it now, Ximen Chuuxue's swordsmanship has really advanced very quickly, but Ye Gucheng is confident that he can beat him, but...

Ye Gucheng said: "According to common sense, Ximen Chuuxue will lose in this competition."

Indeed, in terms of swordsmanship, although Ximen Chuuxue is fast, Dugu Yihe is also fast, and he can kill both with sword and sword, it is difficult to detect.At this time, it is necessary to compete for internal strength. Obviously, Ximen Chuuxue is too young and does not have enough internal accumulation, so he is no match for Dugu Yihe.However, Ximen Chuuxue survived, but Dugu Yihe died.

This time the plot has changed, Huo Tianqing was injured by Ximen Chuuxue, even if he wanted to drain Dugu Yihe's internal energy, he could do nothing.Huo Tianqing definitely didn't go, otherwise he wouldn't survive.

Ye Gucheng added: "Within [-] moves, Ximen Chuuxue never broke through the flaws of double killing with swords, and his internal strength was limited, so he was defeated, but..." Ye Gucheng's eyes lit up slightly, and the corner of his mouth even showed a slightly amazed smile: "His sword is indeed very fast. The only thing that can't be defeated in martial arts in the world is speed. He suddenly put all his eggs in one basket and used an extremely fast sword technique. It is awe-inspiring and icy-cold. It only has castration and no return. It really forcibly broke the double kill with sword and sword."

Even so, Dugu Yihe is not an ordinary person after all, after a hard fight, Ximen Chuuxue was also seriously injured and fell into a coma.

"Ximen Chuuxue will definitely gain a lot this time." In this matter, Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuuxue's state of mind can be understood. To a swordsman, other people's life, or his own life, is not important, what is important is breakthrough, pursuit Progress in the way of the sword.

At this moment, Lu Xiaofeng and the others came to the back mountain of Zhuguang Baoqi Pavilion.

The sky was slightly bright, and the dew covered the grass and trees on the mountain, which wet the hem of the clothes.In the mist, the small building on the mountain is looming, revealing a little orange light.It was very quiet all around, not even the chirping of birds and insects could be heard, which was very strange, but the three of them were not timid and pushed open the door of the small building.

"Huo Tianqing!" Lu Xiaofeng exclaimed. To be honest, there were many speculations when Huo Tianqing killed Yan Tieshan. It was not surprising to see Huo Tianqing here. What was unexpected was that what he saw now was the dead Huo Tianqing.

Hua Manxin raised his eyebrows: "When the person is dead, Lu Xiaoji doesn't have to fight with him anymore."

Lu Xiaofeng looked at him in surprise, he didn't expect him to call himself "Lu Xiaoji", and the tone was very familiar.Lu Xiaofeng didn't mind this, but just found it strange, especially since the other party had the exact same face as Huamanlou.

Hua Manxin knew that she had slipped the words, so she wasn't worried, anyway, Lu Xiaofeng was generally very forgiving.

The small building is indeed full of traps, and trick poisons were used, but Lu Xiaofeng has a smart head, and Hua Manxin who is good at trap poisons, Hua Manlou's kung fu is high, it is really not difficult for the three of them to break through.In the end, Huo Xiu bound himself into a cocoon and was locked in an organ cage. Lu Xiaofeng and Huo Xiu were once friends, and they couldn't bear to kill. Hua Man Lou never killed people, but Hua Man Xin did not.

The three came out, destroyed the mechanism of the small building, and sealed it.

Huo Xiu was the incognito Shangguanmu, and now with his death, the Jinpeng dynasty case is completely over.All the four old ministers of that year died, even King Jinpeng was a fake, and Danfeng Feiyan also died, leaving only Shangguan Xueer who loved to lie and deceive others.Seeing that the investigation of the case was over, Lu Xiaofeng ignored the rest, and planned to find Shangguan Xue'er, she was a little girl after all, she wanted to settle down, but in the end she couldn't find anyone.

Hua Manxin didn't go with them, so he excused himself to go to Wanmei Villa first, and separated from them.In fact, Hua Manxin re-opened the mechanism of the small building, and even improved it, taking Huo Xiu's wealth accumulated all his life into his pocket - back then, the four old ministers each kept a part of the treasure, and Huo Xiu not only owned a quarter of his , and got another quarter of Yan Tieshan's, and both of them belonged to the rich people. Today's wealth has doubled from the original basis. Such a large amount of wealth can be described as rich.

I spent all my heart and time looking for and researching the contact information of Tsing Yi Building. Tsing Yi Building has a total of [-] floors. I spent more than a month either recruiting or killing these people by tricks, poison, or internal force. Kung fu, it is possible to gather the forces of Tsing Yi Lou.The elixir that Tao Shuobai gave him earlier to increase his internal strength really came in handy. Now his internal strength is comparable to that of a top-notch master, and he is supported by poisons. In addition, he seems to be born good at fending off people. The difficulty is not high.

After closing the Tsing Yi Building, he ordered the forces to lie dormant, and then went to Wanmei Villa.

It was taken for granted that when he arrived, Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou had already arrived, and Hua Manlou could finally let go of his longing for him.

"Manxin, why did you arrive?" Hua Manlou was really worried about this younger brother.

"I got lost." Hua Manxin didn't blush and her heart didn't beat, she panicked like drinking water and eating.

Hua Manlou was indeed not suspicious, and even Lu Xiaofeng made a few jokes, not because they were careless, but because they never thought that Hua Manxin would lie, let alone that Hua Manxin would do anything special.

Only Tao Shuobai cast a glance, it was a very transparent look.

"Shuobai, how is the owner of Ximen?" Hua Manxin didn't feel guilty, but followed him as always.

"It's nothing serious." Tao Shuobai grabbed his hand, inspected it for traces, and frowned slightly.

Hua Manxin didn't hide anything from him: "Those things are wasted if you lose them, so it's better to use them."

"It's good that you know what's in your mind." Thinking about it, he deliberately added a sentence: "I told you earlier, Lu Xiaofeng has a lot of luck, it is very good for you to be friends, if you are enemies... Huo Xiu and others It is a lesson from the past.”

Hua Manxin didn't take it seriously: "I'm not that stupid, Lu Xiaoji is Hua Manlou's friend."

In fact, Hua Manxin also regards Lu Xiaofeng as a friend.Even if Lu Xiaofeng didn't know him, he was Lu Xiaofeng who knew Huamanlou together. At that time, Huamanlou couldn't see, and he never went out in Peach Blossom Castle. With Lu Xiaofeng as a friend, every time he came back, he would talk about everything outside Not only did Huamanlou look forward to Lu Xiaofeng's arrival, but Huamanxin also looked forward to Lu Xiaofeng's arrival.

Tao Shuobai stopped asking him about those things, and said: "Ximen Chuuxue just needs to rest now, Hua Manlou plans to go back to the small building, Lu Xiaofeng also has something to leave, I will stay for a while longer, wait for Ximen Chuuxue to fully recover before leaving. "

"I'll stay with you." Hua Manxin said immediately.

"Practice martial arts well!" Tao Shuobai stretched out his hand and pressed hard on his shoulder, which really brought him a pained expression.Just when the pulse was checked, it was found that he was not full of energy and blood, and had been injured, but luckily it was not serious.Although Hua Manxin managed to close the Tsing Yi Building in the end, even though he has deep internal strength and means, he lacks combat experience after all, so injuries are unavoidable.

Seeing being exposed, Hua Manxin didn't hide anymore, and put on a weak look and leaned against him: "I suddenly feel very tired, let's sleep for a while, I will definitely practice martial arts tomorrow."

Tao Shuobai lowered his eyes and thought about something, leading him to the bedside: "Lie down."

"What's wrong?" Despite being suspicious, Hua Manxin did it obediently.

Tao Shuobai grabbed his wrist, like sending yang qi to tomorrow, slowly flushing his body with yang qi.Over and over again, Hua Manxin fell into a deep sleep, and didn't withdraw her hand until the next day when the sky was bright and peachy.Lu Xiaofeng bid farewell to Huamanlou and left together, while Tao Shuobai took care of Ximen Chuixue's situation, while continuing to infuse Huamanxin with yang energy, but several days passed, but there was no sign of taking root.

Tao Shuobai already had a feeling, maybe it would be impossible for him to build a foundation this time.

In the main courtyard, two men in white are playing chess, and there are two cups of tea beside the chessboard, with a faint tea fragrance.

Lianqing stood at the gate of the courtyard with a fruit plate in her hand, and she didn't go in for a long time, because this scene was so pleasing to the eye, she couldn't bear to break the tranquility and beauty.

But at this time someone came over: "Why don't you go in?"

Lianqing turned her head and saw that it was Yao Meier who came, her eyes flickered slightly.

In the past few days in Wanmei Villa, she has put in a lot of effort to inquire about Yao Meier's past experience. Although Yao Meier seems to have no flaws, but Lianqing has a golden finger. It is almost certain that Yao Meier is the same as herself. , is a soul wear.Even though Yao Meier looked very sensible and kept a low profile, she didn't have any intention of mixing with the plot, but for the sake of safety, Lianqing didn't intend to recognize fellow villagers, and Yao Meier was the same.Lianqing knew that Yao Meier also suspected her, but they didn't reveal it to each other, and the relationship was much closer.

Lianqing didn't hide anything, and sighed slightly, feeling very emotional: "The city lord has always been alone. It stands to reason that it is a blessing to have a confidant in the way of swordsmanship, but... I am a little worried."

This worry naturally originated from the First World War in the Forbidden City.

Yao Meier understood, squinted slightly and looked at the two people in the courtyard, but said: "Many things have changed, how do you know that the future will not change."

Lian paused for a moment, then glanced towards the direction of the guest house, with some meaning: "You said the two over there..."

Yao Meier smiled and said: "That is a distinguished guest, not only a distinguished guest of our villa, but also a distinguished guest of Baiyun City Lord."

"That's right." Lianqing knew that no matter whether the identities of the two people were weird or not, since they had nothing to do with them, there was no need to make trouble.

In the early morning of the next day, Ye Gucheng came to see Ximen Chuuxue and offered to say goodbye.

Although Ximen Chuuxue was seriously injured before, Ye Gucheng stayed here not to wait for him to heal his injuries, but because of Tao Shuobai's "superior medical skills", Ximen Chuuxue woke up in a few days, and his body recovered quickly. It is inevitable for skilled swordsmen to have some verbal exchanges.Of course, the two are not just talking about swords, they also dabble in miscellaneous studies such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Their thoughts are similar and different, but their pursuit of kendo is the same.

Ximen Chuuxue didn't hold back, but just said: "Looking forward to a fight with you."

Ye Gucheng also had a fighting spirit in his eyes: "Okay! It's just that I have some trivial matters that I have not yet dealt with, and the owner of the village has not recovered from his injuries. You and I will set a date in a few days."

"Very good."

Lianqing outside the door held back her trembling hands, wanting to cry but no tears, is she still going to fight to the death?

Another half month later, Tao Shuobai and Hua Manxin left Wanmei Villa, wandering towards the south of the Yangtze River.Hua Manxin has no secrets in front of Tao Shuobai, so she takes advantage of this time to reorganize the Tsing Yi Building, and at the same time, she doesn't relax about the news from the world.

When he was about to arrive in Jiangnan, Hua Manxin received a piece of news, with both surprise and interest in his voice: "There is an embroidery thief in the rivers and lakes."

"Huh?" Tao Shuobai naturally knew the plot, but just asked casually to see where the plot progressed.

"It is said that this person has done more than a dozen major cases and embroidered seventy or eighty blind men." At this point, Hua Manxin smiled coldly.He thought of the ten years when Huamanlou was invisible, and the hard work Huamanlou had put in to become self-reliant, but there were people like this who intentionally made people blind.He suppressed this emotion, and continued: "Actually, no one knows whether this person is a man or a woman. He always wears a red jacket and a beard, and sits there leisurely embroidering flowers. After finishing the case, he will show up at the scene. He left behind a piece of red satin embroidered with black peonies. The cases he worked on included 80 volumes of priceless calligraphy and paintings collected by Hua Yuxuan, 9 taels of gold escorted by the Zhenyuan Escort, a batch of red goods from Zhendongbao, Zhenshahe [-] taels of gold leaves, and eighteen dendrobium pearls from the treasury of the Nanwang Mansion. Tsk, this appetite is really not small."

"Lu Xiaofeng took care of it?"

"Not yet, but I think it will be soon. Trouble always likes to find him." Hua Manxin was rather gloating.

Then Hua Manxin looked at other news, but became more and more interested in the Embroidered Thief, maybe he can cooperate with Lu Xiaofeng.Lu Xiaoji only likes to solve cases and decrypt them, but he is interested in those stolen wealth, but... his eyes fell on another piece of news—Grandma Xiong's sugar-fried chestnuts?

Glancing to the side, Tao Shuobai happened to be eating fried chestnuts with sugar, luckily he didn't buy it on a full moon night, and the seller wasn't a stooped old lady.

Seeing him staring at the chestnuts, Tao Shuobai peeled one off and handed it to his mouth.

He took advantage of the situation and ate it, but he was thinking in his heart that he had to find a way to kill Grandma Xiong. After all, Grandma Xiong didn't say why he killed people, he just killed people. If one day he sold Grandma Xiong's chestnuts, it would be troublesome.Over the past few years, he has long discovered that Tao Shuobai is interested in many things, and he is particularly greedy for fresh food, as long as he has never tasted it, he is willing to try it.

"By the way, Huamanlou sent a message saying that we will eat vegetarian food made by Master Bitter Gourd in a few days. If you are interested, you can go with him." Hua Manxin is not unwilling to accompany him, but he knows very well that although he He looks the same as Huamanlou, but he is not the same kind of person. Tao Shuo was born with aloofness and aloofness, but he might not be in the eyes of Master Kugua.In order for them to eat vegetarian food smoothly, he still didn't go.

"It's just a vegetarian meal. You are not practicing your cooking skills. I am still waiting." Tao Shuobai saw through him and declined his kindness. Although he likes to try new things, it depends on the situation.

Hua Manxin was startled when she heard the words, and then she felt happy in her heart: "Yes."