[Sword Three + Big Shots] Fifth Year

night.

A night where you can't see your fingers.

Yue Huanshan waited for the rabbit for nearly two months, and finally got the cunning rabbit, but...

"The person fighting me is a woman." Yue Huanshan was very sure.

"How do you know?" Chen Xi asked him.

Yue Huanshan pointed to himself, and replied: "I smell the fragrance of rouge on her body."

He took out a ball of cloth bag from his arms, which contained two needle-shaped hidden weapons.

"This is a hidden weapon she wanted to plot against Zhu Fugui. I intercepted it, but unfortunately let her run away." Yue Huanshan said.

Yang Fan smiled indifferently, "It's okay, I'm afraid she won't run away."

Run to catch big fish.

Chen Xi picked up a concealed weapon with a handkerchief and sniffed it, and said to them, "It's highly poisonous."

Seeing blood seal the throat, a hidden weapon is enough to kill a cow.

Yang Fan took the empty teacup and put it upside down on the table, put two on the table, tapped the bottom of the cup, and said, "A man named Lin and a woman. Master Yue, if you smell that fragrance again, you Can you recognize that woman?"

Yue Huanshan thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's hard, the smell of rouge is nothing special, but..."

Yang Fan asked, "But what?"

"But her rouge smells very strong." Yue Huanshan said after choosing his words carefully, "It doesn't look like a girl from a good family."

"Oh." Yang Fan nodded, lost in thought.

After hearing Yue Huanshan's words, Chen Xi covered his mouth and snickered.

Yue Huanshan frowned at her and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Chen Xi stopped laughing before answering his question: "I'm laughing, you can tell whether a woman is from a good family just by the shade of rouge."

Yue Huanshan didn't take it seriously, "It's not difficult, like you, do you use rouge?"

Chen Xi shook his head, "Never."

"That's it. A woman using such heavy rouge can only mean one thing." Yue Huanshan said.

Chen Xi asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Yue Huanshan said: "This woman wants to attract men's attention."

"You mean seduction?"

"You can say that in a vulgar way." Yue Huanshan nodded, in exchange for Chen Xi's eyes.

After the two finished discussing the relationship between women and Rouge, Yang Fan also recovered from his thoughts.

"I see." Yang Fan said, "I probably guessed the identity of this woman."

Chen Xi and Yue Huanshan looked at each other, Chen Xi smiled and said: "I thought of it so soon, people with big heads are indeed smarter."

Yue Huanshan asked: "What are you going to do?"

Yang Fan smiled and said one word: "Wait."

"We have already alerted the enemy this time, and I don't think they will take the next step for the time being." Yang Fan said, "It's just that the current calm is brewing a bigger storm in the future. If there is any movement from the other party, I will notify you. Before that, Be careful with everything."

Chen Xi asked, "What about you?"

Yang Fan replied: "Of course I'm going back to the temple, and I'll stop by to see some old friends."

"Oh."

Yang Fan is still living with his group of monk friends. It can be said that he has not returned home once in these years. There are even rumors that Mr. Yang's son has died of illness.

In short, there is no such person as Yang Fan in Jianghu, and everyone who knows him is his friend.

Once Yang Fan left, Chen Xi and Yue Huanshan should go back to their original lives, but this time, unexpectedly, Yue Huanshan invited Chen Xi to his estate.

"The third day of next month is my 50th birthday, and Qiuniang is going to send you an invitation, why don't I tell you directly," he said.

Chen Xi said "Oh" and said with a smile: "Fifty birthday? Didn't you say you are thirty years older than me? Why are you still fifty when I am 21 this year?"

Yue Huanshan said: "What I told you earlier was the false age, and the birthday will be one year less."

"I see." Chen Xi nodded, "But I didn't prepare any gift for you."

Yue Huanshan raised his eyebrows and looked at her sideways, "Can you prepare a decent gift?"

Chen Xi was a little embarrassed. After all, the customs in Miaojiang and the Central Plains were different. The gift she prepared rashly might be a disaster in the eyes of others. Of course, the person in front of him would not misunderstand him, but his birthday is not only his own. one person.

Embarrassment is embarrassment, but she didn't lose her mouth, "I didn't expect you to look down on me so much."

"I'm just telling the truth." Yue Huanshan said, "You don't need to prepare, anyway, Qiuniang is looking for you."

"Oh, if Qiuniang didn't tell me, you didn't intend to invite me at all, did you?" Chen Xi fought Yue Huanshan.

Yue Huanshan smiled helplessly, and raised his hands in surrender, "You can criticize me no matter what, okay, I won't say anything, just pretend that I am passing on Qiuniang's message."

Chen Xi stared at him silently.

Yue Huanshan glanced at her, but couldn't see his face, and said in a nasty way: "You must be really unhappy, or... you carried your tripod to my birthday banquet?"

He was born beautiful, and making such an aggrieved appearance can easily arouse women's sympathy. Chen Xi wished he was blind just by looking at it, and immediately instigated him: "Good idea! Who do you think my fault is?" Is there anything you can eat?"

Yue Huanshan showed a successful smile, and quickly made a decision for her: "In this case, you can go back to the village with me."

Chen Xi sighed: "Okay, okay... Dashan, does Qiuniang know that you sacrifice your appearance so much as a father?"

Yue Huanshan: "..."

Guanlan Villa, the largest villa in the south of the Yangtze River.

It is an important checkpoint on the North-South Commercial Road.

It is also the residence of Yue Huanshan, a well-known figure in the world.

Although its wealth is not as good as that of Jinxiu Villa in the north, it is famous all over the world because of the master's fame.

Yue Huanshan's birthday is the busiest day of the year for Guanlan Villa.

Every manager, down to every servant, has to be busy from the cock crowing in the morning to the third watch at night.

Even if Chen Xi had saved the dignitaries of the dynasty, he had never seen such a spectacular scene as Guanlan Villa.

After hearing what she said, Yue Qiuniang covered her mouth and smiled and said, "It is said that my father's birthday will be busy, but in fact, the village was already very busy a month ago. Because there is no hostess in the village, if you don't come, I'm afraid Don't steal this laziness."

Yue Qiuniang's mother passed away when she was very young, so Yue Huanshan loved her only daughter very much. Others could clearly see that Yue Huanshan had planned to let her daughter inherit the huge villa.

Yue Qiuniang's appearance probably followed her mother's, not as stunningly beautiful as Yue Huanshan, but she was also a talented woman with a handsome appearance and an easy-going personality.

A large part of the reason why Yue Qiuniang has such a good relationship with Chen Xi is because of Yue Huanshan, and another part of the reason is probably only Yue Qiuniang herself knows.

"It turns out that you called me here just to be lazy." Chen Xi had an expression that I found out, "I said why I chose Dashan's birthday instead of yours, and he didn't even intend to invite me. Woolen cloth."

Yue Qiuniang hastily explained: "My father didn't do it on purpose, because it's his birthday, all three religions and nine streams are here, good and evil are mixed, he is also worried that you will get into trouble."

After hearing her explanation, Chen Xi didn't know whether to cry or laugh, "Your father even told you about the things I like to cause trouble?"

"It's not because this girl is always pestering me to listen to your affairs. I really have nothing to say, so I just mentioned it. I didn't expect her to remember it so clearly." Yue Huanshan returned to Guanlan Villa and changed into a The owner's black embroidered gold robe, the white jade crown on his head and his face reflect each other, showing a myriad of manners.

The two turned their heads and saw Yue Huanshan standing behind them.

Yue Qiuniang hurriedly stood up, pulled Yue Huanshan's arm to make him sit down, "Dad, sit down!"

Yue Huanshan followed good manners, sat in Yue Qiuniang's original seat, and asked, "How are you chatting?"

"Very good." Chen Xi replied with a smile.

"Ah!" Yue Qiuniang suddenly whispered, "Father, Ah Xi, I suddenly realized that there are still things that have not been arranged, so excuse me first! Dad, you can have a good chat with Ah Xi."

Without giving them a chance to speak at all, Yue Qiuniang ran away in small steps.

Chen Xi and Yue Huanshan watched her slip away: "..."

Yue Huanshan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to Chen Xi: "This girl is always like this, she is reckless."

"...It always feels weird." Chen Xi scratched her cheek, and she blinked for no reason.

"When you say that, I also feel..." Yue Huanshan was silent, he seemed to be beginning to lose sight of his daughter's thoughts, "Tell me, if you were a man, I would understand her reaction, but You're a woman, shouldn't you..." As she spoke, she looked Chen Xi up and down.

"Bah, don't talk nonsense!" Chen Xi glared at him, "If it's what you think, I don't need you to do it, I will jump into my pot by myself."

Yue Huanshan couldn't help laughing, "Where are you thinking? Qiuniang is so likely to like women."

Chen Xi snorted, "It's not that you can't speak clearly."

Yue Huanshan shrugged. He had already realized that it would be unwise to argue with a woman. At least he was not as energetic as Yang Fan.Especially this Chen Xi who is not afraid of him at all, even if he is reasonable, he will be said to have run away in the end.

He thought well, as long as he stopped, Chen Xi would find a way to change the topic by himself.

"Aren't you busy? Qiuniang said that your birthday will be very busy."

Yue Huanshan smiled, "Didn't Qiuniang tell you that I am the happiest person in the whole villa?"

Chen Xi said: "Okay, idler. Since you are so free, why don't you accompany me to visit your Guanlan Villa."

"Extremely honored." Yue Huanshan nodded, stood up and raised his hand and said, "Please, Miss Chen."

"Puchi." Chen Xi patted him hard on the back, "Why do I feel so sore when you call him that, don't you feel awkward?"

They have known each other for so long, she basically called him "Dashan", he hardly ever called her, even when there were many people, he would call her by her first name, no wonder Chen Xi felt awkward.

Yue Huanshan nodded and said, "Actually, my goosebumps are all on the back of my hands."

"Then you can still scream?" It deserves it!

Just like what Yue Qiuniang said, there were so many people in the villa during this period, Chen Xi and Yue Huanshan basically didn't go shopping much, Yue Huanshan only picked a few places that no one would go to, and took Chen Xi for a tour .

This day was fairly ordinary, and Chen Xi began to feel that Yue Huanshan really understood her. She would feel uncomfortable after staying in Guanlan Villa for a long time, and her medicine house would be better.

As a result, Yue Huanshan invited her over for dinner early the next morning. There was only her and Yue Huanshan on the big table, and Yue Qiuniang was not seen.

"Where is Qiu Niang?" Chen Xi couldn't help asking.

Then she saw that Yue Huanshan's expression was not quite right.

"I scolded you yesterday, so I probably won't come out today." Yue Huanshan looked down at the dishes on the table, but didn't look at her.

Chen Xi's intuition told her that Qiuniang was blamed by Yue Huanshan, and it was most likely related to her, so he asked, "What's the matter?"

Yue Huanshan put down his chopsticks and waved his hands to let all the waiters around him go down.

After clearing the scene, Yue Huanshan said apologetically, "Chen Xi, it's my fault. If I had known Qiuniang had this in mind, I would have explained it to her earlier."

"What are you thinking?" Why is she getting more and more incomprehensible?

Yue Huanshan took a deep breath, as if going all out, and said like a bolt from the blue: "Qiu Niang hopes that I can marry you as her stepmother."

Chen Xi was stunned on the spot.

Yue Huanshan smiled wryly, "That's why I scolded her, it will be fine when she figures it out."

Chen Xi recovered from the shock, and said: "In the end, it's because of me. Why do you blame her? Just make it clear. Why don't I order some side dishes later and persuade her."

"Thank you." Yue Huanshan nodded.

Chen Xishi ate breakfast without taste. Maybe she had never cared what others thought of her relationship with Yue Huanshan before today, but after what happened to Qiuniang, she felt that she needed to pay attention to how she got along with Yue Huanshan. way out.

She said silently in her heart, this is the Central Plains, not Miaojiang, Chen Xi, you can go your own way, but you must not treat their customs as nothing.

To stay in this land, one must learn to adapt to its mode of existence.