When Xu Chuilu was hesitating, Xiao Fangdao suddenly withdrew his gaze and looked aside.

——Great She is a limited-time option that will disappear if you don't choose it.

This made her feel a little thankful, a little regretful, and a little grateful.She waved to Shui Lian: "There is a gazebo over there, Ming Jian and I are going to have dinner inside, can you come over and do me a favor?"

He looked around and saw that Xiao Fangdao had disappeared, so he nodded in agreement.

The so-called gazebo is only useful in summer. In winter, it is windy and bleak. It is not much better than standing outside, and it only saves the effort to hold an umbrella.Shui Lian went into the pavilion one step ahead of the two, and wiped off the water stains and fallen leaves on the stone table, it looked like a boy who came to clean up the tables and chairs.

The food box in Xuanjian's hand was of a different type from the previous ones. It looked rather wide and heavy. When it was placed on the table, there was a muffled sound. She gently removed the lid, and steam burst out of it.Xu Chuilu was greatly surprised, hot food in the mountains was not easy to come by, the dishes looked like those of the restaurant in Puzhou, it had been several hours, the weather was cold, how could it be possible to maintain such a temperature?

"This is..." Xu Chuilu's nose, which was almost numb from the cold, was filled with the fragrance, "There are copper utensils in the wooden box?"

Xuanjian took out three wooden bowls, and handed chopsticks to the three of them: "It's a copper cupboard. It's a heavy item, so I only brought one. The elder sister said that the journey would be difficult, so she ordered me to bring some hot food. With cooking utensils, it is inconvenient to start a fire in the wild, but it is more convenient to eat dry food after this meal."

"What about Cang Wu and Eldest Sister?"

Xuan Jian glanced at the carriage: "Doctor Cang is full from pastries, and now he seems to be going to take a nap in the carriage. As for the eldest sister, she doesn't like us to care about her."

"Then leave them alone." Xu Chuilu said.

The two look alike from a willful point of view.

Shui Lian lowered her chopsticks, silently listening to the two women chatting.

"I think the restaurant chef's skills are not as good as yours, but it's a waste for you to be a cook, and it's a waste to just cook for us..." The soups and dishes in the Jianfu are distinct and rich in categories. There was an intoxicating warmth, "Well, can cooking really help you practice martial arts?"

"There are many things in common. Cooking and martial arts both emphasize control. The dishes are endlessly varied and the moves are unpredictable. It's just that the taste of the dishes is different. The purpose of martial arts is only to retreat, injure, seize, and kill. , not as interesting as the former, and not as pleasant as the former." Xuan Jian had a smile on his face, but his voice was tinged with melancholy.

"..."

Xu Chuilu couldn't figure out how Xiao Fangdao could teach such an apprentice. Xiao Fangdao's martial arts are sharp and sharp, and there are no false moves. Every move must have something to fall on and something to use, while Xuanjian is more about comprehension. Full of pity for the creatures of vegetation, she learned Xiao Fangdao's composure, but she couldn't learn her coldness and ruthlessness.

Unconsciously, she has begun to worry about Xuanjian's future.

"I'm done." Xuan Jian put down the bowl and chopsticks, and said to the two.

Xu Chuilu nodded: "Well, you go back and rest, we will clean up after eating."

Xuan Jian glanced at Shui Lian, turned around and returned to the carriage without further words.

There were only two people left in the pavilion, Shui Lian finally said, "The Drinking River Sword is indeed not mine."

so direct? !

Xu Chuilu raised her head from the mouth of the bowl and said seriously: "You eat too little, let's talk about eating more."

Shui Lian was taken aback, she didn't know why the other party suddenly acted like a sister, and because she couldn't refuse what happened just now, she had no choice but to eat another half bowl as she wished.

At this moment, she was mentally prepared.

Shui Lian must have a relationship with that bandit, and it is the reason why he doesn't want to speak to outsiders. He might ask himself to hide this matter, or simply forget everything that happened just now...

"Say it."

She wiped off the grease on the corners of her lips, and sat upright.

Shui Lian also became nervous: "Zhou Qu and I are old acquaintances, but that happened many years ago. I didn't deal with it properly just now, and I caused you to take risks. I'm sorry."

"I was the one who got out of the car myself. I am the only one who can get back what's on the sword. I wanted to change the sword for you, but I didn't expect you to start fighting without saying a word. In fact, I didn't hear anything, nor did I I will suspect you because of this, even if you don't look for me..."

"I understand." Shui Lian interrupted her, "I also told you voluntarily. If you want to report to the suzerain, I have no complaints."

Xu Chuilu smiled wryly, this was a bit like Liu Bei's solitude.

The implication is, of course, that she had better keep her mouth shut.

He told all the old stories of Yikui Mountain and the origin of the Yinhe Sword, the description was detailed, the words were sincere, and there was no empty words.After hearing this, Xu Chuilu didn't think there was any need to conceal the matter, so she said: "You have the time to tell me these things, why don't you explain it to her directly."

Shui Lian was in a depressed mood: "She really doesn't care about her disciple's background, otherwise she wouldn't use me. Maybe she doesn't care, but I can't think so."

Seeing him weeping, Xu Chuilu panicked: "Okay, it's not a big deal, she won't tell me unless she asks me."

"……Um."

Shui Lian knew that this was the biggest promise she could make, after all, no one could be sure that they could lie in front of the suzerain.

He thought, he should have returned the Drinking River Sword just now, and if He Zhan hadn't been there, he would have done so—but wouldn't that mean admitting that he was wrong?But if he really felt that he was wrong, he should have felt guilty all these years, but he didn't.

He just wanted to solve his troubles, his own troubles.

As it was then, so it is now.

Shui Lian found that he could no longer find a high-sounding reason to excuse herself, so she stared absently at the leftovers in the pan, letting her eyes rise and fall with the oil slick on the soup.

The soup flows because of the wind.

He heard the wind, his limbs reacted faster than he could think, his toes swept back against the bottom of the stone bench, he pulled out his waist to drink the river with one hand, grabbed Xu Cuilu with the other, and sent her out of the pavilion.

"Someone is under attack, go back to the convoy, don't come out."

The moment Xu Chuilu dazzled, Shui Lian had already wrestled with the black shadow.

The other party is obviously a master, and the two faced each other, and they separated and reunited at once, so quickly that only two blurred clusters of color could be seen.

She should have fled quickly according to Shui Lian's instructions, but something caught her attention and made her stand on the stone steps under the pavilion without moving.

The assassin was dressed in black, with a black hat and black curtains. He was tall and tall, and looked familiar.

Of course, the most familiar thing is the rough round cake on her shoulder that does not match the style of this fierce fighting.

With her bare hands, she was able to fight Shui Lian with ease. Shui Lian didn't want to confront him head-on, and wanted to trap him in the pavilion, beating his hands and feet.At this time, the suzerain is not around, he must have the highest martial arts, if he can't subdue this person, he will definitely put his companions in danger.

After a few tricks, he finally felt a little weird.

The opponent turned out to be aiming at his Drinking River Sword too. Although the moves were fierce but not fatal, the intention was to snatch the sword rather than hurt people.

Being grabbed by her wrist, he suddenly felt pain in his right arm, and he couldn't help but let go of the sword.The moment the sword entered the opponent's hand, the opponent laughed lightly, turned around and jumped out.

It's still raining.

Shui Lian's eyes moved slightly, he leaned over to pick up the paper umbrella lying under the railing, held the tip of the umbrella, raised his energy to catch up with the man, stretched out his arms and stabbed forward, as if to hit his elbow with the handle of the umbrella, and the opponent deflected it with one hand In his attack, he took the paper umbrella by the way.

In a daze, Xu Chuilu watched her jump up like a bird's wings skimming the water, and embraced herself into the pitch blackness, and then, like slanting rain, she disappeared into a verdant and rugged path with the wind.

There is a distance between the mountain pavilion and the carriage, but this movement is enough to arouse the vigilance of the warriors, both Cang Wu and Xuan Jian got out of the carriage, and ran towards the embarrassing Shui Lian with panicked faces.

Standing in the rain, his whole body was drenched, Cangwu raised his arms on tiptoe, barely covered him under the umbrella, frowned and said: "What happened just now? Where is Minglu?"

"The second sister was robbed." His voice seemed cooler than the rain.

Xuan Jian tugged at his sleeve anxiously: "Who is it? The person who fought against you?"

"It's the eldest sister."

Cang Wu was so startled that his five fingers lost strength, he couldn't hold the umbrella head firmly for a while, the umbrella bone tilted, and suddenly hit the top of Shui Lian's head.

……

The black masked man in front of him is Xiao Fangdao.

Xu Chuilu discovered it earlier than Shui Lian.

Xiao Fangdao tore off the scarf, raised his eyebrows and looked at her: "You have good eyesight."

"No." Xu Chuilu said modestly, "The main reason is that I met it once before, so I won't make a fuss."

"There are no such stupid bandits. A few people dare to rob the Puzhou area. They are either in another ambush or under the instigation of others."

Xu Chuilu understood: "Do you want to follow up and have a look?"

"I've seen it."

That's right, the time she was eating was enough for Xiao Fangdao to do many things.

"Well, so now it's..."

"Come back and get the sword."

"That's Shui Lian's sword, and why did you bring me?"

"smoothly."

Row.

The pendant is smooth and reasonable.

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