Baiyun Hidden Sword [Lu Xiaofeng + Sword III]

"Ximen Chuixue."

"...Are you kidding me?" Ye Linghan was taken aback by the name, and broke away from Ye Gucheng's hand without any scruples and rushed forward, "Senior, are you sure you remember correctly?!"

"What, you know him?"

She turned her head and glanced at Ye Gucheng, who was also surprised, and spread her hands, "...what do you think, Junior Brother?"

"...Ximen Chuuxue is the owner of Wanmei Villa."

The people who were moving the corpse stopped suddenly, and the oldest one pondered for a while, "My brother-in-law Simon Ang is indeed the owner of Wanmei Villa, so it can't be wrong."

Those people moved quickly and cleaned up the corpses in a short while. After returning from the flower field, none of them talked too much. They returned to the house without even looking at her and Ye Gucheng.

Seeing that the two of them remained still, the old man chased them away again after packing up the herbs, saying that the Nanhai Xie family does not entertain outsiders, and asked the two to leave quickly.

Ye Linghan was actually a little weak-legged, but he didn't want to stay in this very evil place, so he tugged at Ye Gucheng's sleeve and said, "Can't you go back to Baiyun City today?"

"...I can arrive in the early morning." Ye Gucheng sensed that she was not in the right mood, so he raised his hand to help her without a trace.

She was also not polite to him, she bit her lip and thought for a while, "Then shall we go back?"

The two-day journey is very tight, and the boatman's physical strength may not be able to keep up, but as she said, this island is indeed not suitable for staying for a long time, and the important thing is to leave early.

"Okay, go back."

Although the communication was not very pleasant, Ye Gucheng said goodbye to the old man who didn't look at them out of politeness: "Excuse me."

"wait."

"Anything else?"

"Since you are the owner of Feixian Island, you also saved me the trip. I helped you this time. My Xie family and Feixian Island will be clean from now on. From now on, we will never see each other again."

Ye Linghan didn't bother to wonder what happened between the Xie family in the South China Sea and Feixian Island. She just wanted to leave quickly. When passing by the flower field, her mind was full of the image of the man who had lost his meridians before.

This family must want to become immortals and go crazy, so they are so indifferent to family affection. I am afraid that it was because of this reason that the Chunyang disciple sent him here and finally took him away.

After getting on the boat, she was still a little uneasy, and sighed several times, "...I don't think they need to lie, but..."

"Ok?"

"...It's nothing, I just thought of Ximen Chuuxue, could it be because of his cold nature and this group of people?" After she finished speaking, she shook her head again, "Lu Xiaofeng said that his master is dead, what is there to look for?"

Ye Gucheng didn't open his mouth, what he was thinking about was the duel between himself and Ximen Chuuxue. Calculating the time, August [-]th was only more than two months away.

"Forget it, I'll go back to Longmen as soon as possible, it's really empty fun."

The news from Huamanlou, the clues from Ximen Chuuxue's sword, and the past from Ye Gucheng's experience, all of them were left by the same person.

Still dead.

"...But this time is not suitable for going to the desert." She suddenly thought of something, she tilted her head and said, "You and Ximen Chuuxue still have two months to duel, right?"

"good."

"Then when are you going to the Central Plains?"

Ye Gucheng didn't hesitate, "July [-]th."

"Hey, let me go with you. It just so happens that I have to figure out how Master Ximen Chuuxue got that sword." She lowered her head, her voice lowered a lot, "... I hope Ye Qi is okay."

"...Ye Qi?" Ye Gucheng didn't have any impression of this name, but he always felt that she had mentioned it by accident, so he was a little curious.

"Didn't I tell you that Ximen Chuuxue's sword was made of profound crystals? The reason I'm so sure is because the hilt is the same as my... senior brother's. It's unique and no one can imitate it."

When she said this, she was rarely calm and gentle, as if she was recalling some pretty good past, she laughed again after she finished speaking, "...But I should be worrying blindly, my senior brother is very powerful."

Ye Gucheng didn't know what to reply, so she pursed her lips and stopped talking, but she raised her head again after a while, with a playful smile, "If Ximen Chuuxue really has anything to do with my senior brother, then you can let me know when you are in a decisive battle." He called you uncle."

"..."

Sure enough, after seeing his helpless expression, Ye Linghan felt much better, "Then it's settled, I will go to the Central Plains with you on July [-]th."

Ye Gucheng nodded, "OK."

When it was getting dark, it started to rain again, much smaller than the previous one. The boatman did not slow down his speed after wearing the coir raincoat, but when he saw her open the curtain and wanted to get out of the cabin, he swung desperately He waved her back.

The sea surface was filled with not-so-thick fog, and the only light was the lamp hanging on the other side of the cabin, which could only illuminate a distance of less than a few feet around the ship.

The wet and salty sea breeze came gently with the rain, and it didn't hurt much when it blew on his face. Ye Linghan pulled the curtain and looked outside for a long time before giving up.

"Speaking of which, how do you identify the direction at sea?"

Ye Gucheng didn't close his eyes the night before, and now his tone seemed a little tired, "On sunny days, there are sun, moon and stars, but on rainy days, it depends on Si Nan."

She curled her lips, but she didn't see the boatman using Sinan. It seemed that he had already had experience in the sea for more than ten years.

Under the dim light, the man looked pretty with his eyes closed and dozed off. She stared at it for a while and then looked away guiltily. Thinking of the previous scene of shamelessly hugging him to sleep, she still couldn't help but feel a little hot on her face.

Ye Linghan didn't know exactly when the other party fell asleep, but when he realized it, he had already slept there for a while.

The light smell on the man's body has not diminished in the slightest, and with a little more tea fragrance, it is probably his usual smell. She lay down again with great difficulty, and looked at him carefully again under the dim yellow light that had not been blown out. Fan, no matter how you look at it, it is impeccable.

On weekdays, it's okay to flirt casually, but in this atmosphere, Ye Linghan still blushes rather hopelessly after staring at such good-looking eyebrows.

They were very lucky, they didn't encounter any storms all day and night, and after a rain, it was sunny all the way to Baiyun City.

It was not yet dawn, and the boatman did not come in to call them after he landed the boat. Ye Linghan slept soundly all this time, and when he woke up, he was already in the other courtyard next to the city lord's mansion.

There was an osmanthus cake made for her by Shi Qi on the table, and an unknown spice was still burning in the incense burner beside the bed, which smelled good but didn't irritate her arms.

She tried hard to recall for a long time but couldn't remember when she came back, and finally patted her head and got out of bed to wash and eat.

There were not many people in the other courtyard, and no one came until she tidied herself up and was ready to go shopping next door.

The visitor was a little surprised to see that she had already woken up, "Why doesn't Ms. Ye take more rest?"

As she was arranging her headdress, she bit a hairpin and turned her head with difficulty. When she saw that it was Shiqi, she immediately let go of her hand, "Hey, hey, you came just in time. Help me, my head seems to be stuck."

Seventeen immediately walked over to take the hairpin in her hand, removed all the messy hair accessories on her head, and picked up the comb again to help her smooth her long hair, "Let's do it all over again."

She is very dexterous, she already knows how to comb Ye Linghan's hairstyle after seeing Ye Linghan's hairstyle a few times, and she combed it for her in a short while, "Okay, it shouldn't be easy to unravel like this."

Ye Linghan stared at the figure in the mirror for a long time, "Seventeen, you are really amazing... I haven't been able to comb my hair as quickly as you have for so many years."

The beauty standing behind her lowered her head and smiled, "If Miss Ye doesn't mind, I can often come to help her comb her hair in the future."

"No, no, it's too much trouble for you, and I won't stay in Feixian Island for long, so why don't you tell me that you like him?"

Seventeen also frowned at this topic, but answered irrelevantly, "Miss Ye is leaving?"

"On July [-]th, I will go with my junior brother. I also have something to ask Ximen Chuuxue."

"……so."

"Yeah, that's it, so you really don't intend to tell him that you like him before this?" She turned to face the evasive Shiqi, "...you think about it, what if Junior Brother loses to Ximen Chuuxue and returns?" I'm not coming anymore... No, you can't think like this, in short,... If you don't seize the opportunity for this kind of thing, you will regret it later!"

Even if she said so, Shi Qi just shook her head and smiled, "The city lord doesn't like me, Miss Ye should not mention it."

"How do you know that he doesn't like you? How can he know that you like him if you don't tell him? What if he thinks you like someone else... Let me tell you that this kind of thing is not calculated like you..."

Most of her nonsensical reasoning is regret for that incident at the beginning, so naturally she couldn't convince Shi Qi, and in the end she just left her mouth dry.

"Look at his character, even if he likes someone, he won't take the initiative to say it... Don't be shy at a time like this Seventeen!"

"..."

"Forget it, I won't tell you if you don't like it. By the way, is there any sweet-scented osmanthus cake? I almost vomited from eating dried meat during the few days at sea!" When I see a group of lunatics, I get scared when I think about it.”

"madman?"

Ye Linghan didn't regard her as an outsider, and when she saw her confusion, she described it all, and at the end, she didn't forget to ask if you think this family is all crazy.

"...Xie Shi?"

"Yes." She nodded while holding the teacup in both hands, not paying attention to Shi Qi's subtle expression after she nodded, and that expression had disappeared the next moment.

"May I go get some more pastries for Miss Ye?"