Baiyun Hidden Sword [Lu Xiaofeng + Sword III]

The Red Leaf Ferry at dusk was much colder than in the daytime. The punter half-lyed on his boat with a dog’s tail grass in his mouth, thinking that he would tie up the boat for dinner in half an hour.

After a busy day, it is natural to have a full meal. It is best to have another jar of water and wine. After eating and drinking, go back and sleep well. Thinking about it, I feel very refreshed.

The cold spring has not completely faded, and the evening wind can still make people shiver, and the flags of the inn not far away are also fluttering against the wind, making a rattling sound.

"Boater, take me to the other side."

The one who came over to do business was a young and beautiful girl. She was dressed in gold, which made her fair complexion, bright eyes and white teeth, making her look very attractive.

Of course, no matter how good-looking she is, she is not as eye-catching as the sword she is carrying on her back. The boatman who has supported the boat at Hongye Ferry for decades knows that there are all kinds of strange people in the rivers and lakes, so he is very understanding and didn't ask a word.

The girl in golden clothes is naturally Ye Linghan. Originally, she planned to start from Ye Gucheng and continue to find clues about the person who taught him the mist in Jiuxi. She rushed back to the gate of Yangzhou city before noon tomorrow.

Since realizing that Sikong Zhaixing has helped her a lot, and saved her life in the desert last time, now that she is needed somewhere, she will naturally not push back.

And although Sikong Zhaixing is like Lu Xiaofeng who is sometimes reliable and sometimes unreliable, he will not do things that are too embarrassing for his friends.

That's why she rushed to the ferry in a hurry, and before the sun went down completely, she could walk for a while, otherwise she would definitely not be able to return to the gate of Yangzhou City before noon tomorrow.

The boatman was proficient and rowed very fast, and he reached the other side in a while, but it was just in the wilderness, and she couldn't find any place to stay for a while.

It's not that she has no experience of sleeping outside alone, but in the desert, after all, the environment is the same everywhere, so it's not easy to make people think wildly. This kind of dense forest is different, and because of the fact that her own shadow is extinguished under the firelight , looking extremely uncomfortable.

Holding the epee, Ye Linghan tried hard to think of other things, from the group of statues in the Tibetan Sword Villa to the beautiful singing and dancing in Qixiufang, the more she thought about it, the more helpless she became.

She was very happy when she called Ye Gucheng Junior Brother earlier, but after calming down and thinking about it, to find the person who taught him that Jiuxi Miyan is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack, taking ten thousand steps back, even if she finds it, it does not mean that she can go back ah.

The firewood picked up when it was just dawn was almost burned, and the epee in her arms had not been touched overnight, and there was still a layer of dew on the hilt, and the palm of her hand was so cold that she almost dropped it.

Sikong Zhaixing had already arrived at the gate of Yangzhou City and was waiting for her, and he was overjoyed when he saw her appear on time.

Anyway, he has been doing one thing at a time, and Ye Linghan has long been used to it, "What's the matter in such a hurry?"

"The thing is like this, I made a bet with Lu Xiaofeng..."

Ye Linghan couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth when she heard the beginning, "...what are you two doing?"

"It's nothing more than that he has encountered some trouble recently and wants me to go there to help, but he lost to me so I won't go."

The so-called guessing the beginning but not the ending, Ye Linghan didn't know the whole story until the two found a place to sit down and eat.

The bet between Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zhaixing was secondary, but this time Lu Xiaofeng needed the help of a master swordsman, so he naturally thought of Ye Linghan.

"So there is a reason why I came to you in such a hurry. Dugu Yihe is not a small person, and you must have been in trouble in the past. What's more, the trouble he got into this time is not just Dugu Yihe alone, nor is the Yan family in Guanzhong. What kind of stubble."

"...You will be so kind? Tell me not to go?" Ye Linghan looked suspicious, "But even if he comes to ask me for help, I may not necessarily help."

"That's right!"

"I don't have any money to take, so what are you going to do?"

"...Ye Linghan, are you promising?!"

"But I can't be the only sword master he knows, I don't even know I'm so good?!"

Sikong Zhaixing chewed the beef in his mouth and waved his hands, "He probably wants to use your swordsmanship, which is different from most swordsmen in Jianghu, to frighten Dugu Yihe first, after all, your sword is really unique."

The implication of this is that you don't think you are great, you are typical and think too much.

She curled her lips, "You know it very well, so what's his situation now?"

"You don't need to know about it. Anyway, he can't find you to help him, so he has to find that person. After all, they are still friends."

Ye Linghan became even more curious, "Who is who?"

"Ximen Chuixue!"

It's not the first time she's heard of this name. When she was in the desert, she had heard it mentioned by Jianghu people by chance. Later, she heard it from Huamanlou in Baihualou. He is a famous swordsman in Jianghu in recent years. , and even people in the world have begun to argue about who is better, him or Ye Gucheng.

Thinking of what he heard in the teahouse at that time, Ye Linghan couldn't help laughing, "Oh, it's him."

"...Why, it sounds like you're not afraid of him at all?"

"Sikong, we've known each other for so long, right..." She paused meaningfully, then lowered her voice, "I'll tell you a secret, do you want to hear it?"

"What secret?" Sikong Zhaixing was taken aback by her chattering appearance, but he still answered in a rather dignified manner, "Tell me?"

"Actually... Ye Gucheng is my junior brother."

"Ye Linghan, you have to have a limit when you tease me."

"Who's kidding you? Since he is a hidden sword disciple who entered the door later than me, of course he is my junior brother!"

Only when she waved her hands at the nonsense Sikong Zhaixing and refocused on the dishes in front of her, "Okay, okay, eat first, didn't you say you were hungry last night, let's go quickly after eating, don't give me food." If Lu Xiaofeng found it, it would be terrible."

As soon as the words were spoken, a red-robed figure flashed in from outside the inn. His movements were so fast that the waiter at the door felt a gust of wind flashing in front of his eyes. In a blink of an eye, it seemed that there was an extra person on the table by the window out of thin air.

"I knew you would definitely ask her to come here and tell her not to help me. Compared with going down the river to find Ye Linghan, it would be more convenient to follow you monkey spirit directly."

It wasn't long before we met at Baihualou last time, but Lu Xiaofeng's expression changed a lot. Ye Linghan wondered why he insisted on asking him for help, so he opened the skylight and said, "Didn't Sikong say that you knew Ximen Chuuxue and came to see me?" What are you doing?"

"I think you know the reason." Lu Xiaofeng unceremoniously drank the wine on the table, "Your sword has been seen by very few people, and it happens that you focus on external skills. Compared with Ximen, you can restrain Dugu Yihe better. .”

"It's easy for you to say, whether it's about Jianghu experience or fighting experience, can she compare with Dugu Yihe? It's too dangerous."

"No." Lu Xiaofeng interrupted: "I've seen Dugu Yihe's move, it can't be used against her."

The two of them tended to quarrel over this topic, and Ye Linghan listened annoyed and noisy, "You both shut up, don't let anyone make up my mind, I will go if I want, and I won't go if I don't want to, there is nothing I can do I."

"Linghan, you are short of money. If you do me this favor, I will naturally pay you, okay?"

"Lu Xiaoji, you..."

"So what are you nervous about, monkey spirit? I can really guarantee that there will be no problem. Dugu Yihe will definitely be overcome by you!"

Ye Linghan was about to speak when he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure appearing at the door from the corner of his eye, and immediately forgot what he was going to say, and immediately stood up from his seat and slipped over, "What a coincidence, junior brother!"

The visitor just frowned slightly after being patted on the shoulder by her like this, "It's a coincidence, Miss Ye."

"Meeting each other is worse than meeting by chance. Junior brother, do you want to have a glass of wine together?" Speaking of this, she couldn't help but looked outside the door, "Hey, junior brother, where's your apprentice?"

"I can't see..."

"When did you have a junior brother, Ling..." The voice paused quite obviously when his eyes met the person coming, and Lu Xiaofeng also had a frightened expression, "...Ye Gucheng?"

Sikong Zhaixing, who was still pretending to be her nonsense before, even felt that he was more than half awake from the wine, his face was full of disbelief, and he pushed Lu Xiaofeng with his elbow, "...is that really Ye Gucheng?"

Lu Xiaofeng smiled and stood up, "I'm afraid there is only Baiyun City Master Baiyun among the top swordsmen in the world at this half age, so even though I have never met him before, I boldly guessed it. Now it seems that I must have guessed right."

The man's frowning eyebrows also loosened a lot, "I've heard about the name of Lu Xiaofeng with four eyebrows for a long time, and seeing him today really deserves his reputation."

"You've never met before, but you can recognize who the other party is?" Ye Linghan finally remembered and took his hand off Ye Gucheng's shoulder, "Since I recognize you all, junior brother...won't you have a glass of wine together?"

"Wait, you... what's going on?"

"Oh, he is a Tibetan sword disciple who entered the door later than me, so of course he is my junior brother." Ye Linghan smiled sincerely.

Lu Xiaofeng wanted to ask Ye Gucheng to verify the truth, but the other party also had a 'forget it' expression, so he didn't even know how to speak.

Ye Gucheng's arrogance and indifference are not the same as Ximen Chuuxue's. It's not like rejecting people thousands of miles away, but it's the kind that the closer you get, the more you can't help but want to back off. I'm afraid that Ye Linghan is the only one who doesn't know about this meal. The one in the situation still had a happy face, "Why isn't my nephew with you, brother?"

"...he has something to do."

"Oh, let's invite him to drink again next time." Ye Linghan didn't care about the helpless tone of the other party, and called himself "junior brother" very comfortably.

Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zaixing are both the best of the best, and after a meal, the atmosphere between the two of them has naturally become ambiguous.

But even so, Lu Xiaofeng still admired Ye Linghan's ability to make people helpless.

After all, the opponent is the famous Baiyun City Lord, and he is the target of almost all sword practitioners in the world.

Ye Gucheng seemed to have something important to do, so he turned and left after dinner. Ye Linghan originally wanted to catch up, but this time the other party probably wanted to get rid of her, and disappeared as soon as he went out.

"You are really brave enough to recognize Ye Gucheng as your junior." Lu Xiaofeng hugged her chest and glanced at her, with a teasing tone, "Actually, no matter how old you are, you can't stop his senior sister."

"Hey, you can't say that. He entered the school later than me, so he is naturally my junior!"

"I haven't heard of any sects in Ye Gucheng?"

"He learned my hidden sword tricks, of course he is my great hidden sword!" Ye Linghan snorted, "Hey, everyone is gone, don't talk about this, what did you say before, I will help you, can you give me remuneration?"

"Of course!"

"Oh, let's talk about how to get paid!"

Sikong Zhaixing listened beside him, and he had no intention of stopping him at all. After knowing Ye Linghan for more than two years, he was still clear about his temper. Once he wanted to do it, it was basically impossible for anyone to persuade him.

Although Lu Xiaofeng's words did have a certain degree of credibility, but Dugu Yihe was the head of Emei after all, as a friend, he was really worried at this time.

"Anyway, I don't want to take care of your troublesome things, you just have to be careful."

"Even Linghan is willing to make a move, Monkey Spirit, don't you really want to join in the fun?"

"You Lu Xiaoji, don't forget that you lost a bet to me, why do you still want to ask me for help?"