Sorry, I am still number one in the world [Comprehensive]

Yan Liushuang was really curious about how Ximen Chuuxue recognized her in such a short period of time and called out that "sister", so after finishing the messy hair, she tentatively asked: "How do you know?" it's me?"

Back then Ximen Chuuxue lived in South China Sea for several years, but they didn't communicate much.

This kid likes to be quiet, and he often practices swords by himself at the seaside. They say they are cousins, but the actual relationship is probably not as close as he and Ye Gucheng.

So this is even more strange.

Ximen Chuuxue looked down at the knife at her waist, and said after a while, "Intuition."

Yan Liushuang: "..." What did you say?

Seeing her astonished expression of disbelief, Ximen Chuuxue added: "Besides, in the whole world, only sister has such aura of martial arts."

Yan Liushuang knew that there was a gap between her martial arts and theirs, so this reason was reasonable.

In any case, Ximen Chuuxue recognized her and didn't treat her as a thief who broke into his house for no reason.

And if he can recognize himself, Ye Gucheng must be able to, too.

Thinking of this, Yan Liushuang couldn't help but recall Guichai's ambiguous attitude every time he mentioned this world.

When she spoke again, her heart beat a little faster unconsciously.

She asked Ximen Chuuxue: "In the past two years... has anything major happened?"

Ximen Chuixue said: "After sister disappeared, my uncle became ill."

When Ximen Chuuxue came back, the master swordsmith had declared that he would never open the furnace again.

Yan Feng has never been good at this, and in order to take care of his sick father, he has no energy to spend on it.

The technology passed down by the Yan family from generation to generation is broken in this generation, but neither father nor son cares about it anymore.

"Other than that, there is only one thing left." Ximen Chuuxue paused at this point.

Yan Liushuang knew that the last incident was probably about Ye Gucheng, and she felt a little nervous.

She took a deep breath and said, "What's the matter?"

Ximen Chuuxue: "Ye Gucheng invited Dugu Yihe, head of Emei, to fight against the capital on the night of Shangyuan."

This incident was widely circulated in Jianghu, but Ximen Chuuxue frowned the first time he heard about it, he felt that something was wrong.

During the two years that Yan Liushuang had been missing, Ye Gucheng had been looking for her.

Ximen Chuuxue knew him very well, he knew that he was by no means a person who would give up easily, it was only two years ago, how could he have the leisure to invite Emei to a decisive battle with the head of Emei?

So this time when Lu Xiaofeng came over and asked him if he would go to the capital to watch this decisive battle, he who never liked to go out almost agreed without hesitation.

The moment before Yan Liushuang fell into the pond of Wanmei Villa, Lu Xiaofeng was still saying: "Then let's go together, I just want to see what the final battle between two top swordsmen will be like."

However, according to Ximen Chuuxue, this decisive battle should not be just a decisive battle.

He intuited that what Ye Gucheng did was related to his missing cousin.

Now that Yan Liushuang learned about this, she felt the same way.

She thought for a while, and then asked, "How long is it until Shangyuan?"

Ximen Chuuxue said for a month and a half.

Wanmei Villa is in Taiyuan, and it will take at least a month to travel from Taiyuan to the capital.

After a rough estimate, Yan Liushuang decided to set off directly, so that he might be able to intercept Ye Gucheng before Shangyuan and ask what was going on.

Of course, even if there was no such thing, she still wanted to see Ye Gucheng as soon as possible.

Twenty years, she thought.

Although it has been shorter than originally expected, it is still a long time.

She looks so good that every time she dreams of Ye Gucheng, she knows it's just a dream.

After that, she asked Ximen Chuuxue to borrow horses and money.

Ximen Chuuxue thought for a moment and said, "Let me go on the road together with sister."

She didn't refuse: "Alright."

After listening to their conversation, Lu Xiaofeng at the side naturally understood Yan Liushuang's identity.

Of course he had heard of "The First Knife in the South China Sea", but he never knew that Ximen Chuuxue was actually her cousin!

When the two went to prepare the carriage together, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help asking Ximen Chuuxue: "Why didn't you tell me before that you have a cousin?"

Ximen Chuuxue looked indifferent: "You never asked."

He not only has a cousin, but also a cousin.

Lu Xiaofeng scratched his face, thinking the same.

But he still has a question: "Since you are cousins, you just recognized her, why does she seem surprised?"

Ximen Fuxue: "Because she didn't look like this before."

Lu Xiaofeng: "???"

Ximen Chuuxue didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, he turned his head and told the housekeeper of Wanmei Villa to prepare the dry food and clothes needed for going south to the south of the Yangtze River.

Just as the butler was about to bow, he added, "By the way, I'll ask someone to prepare some sets of women's clothing."

Butler: "Women's clothes?!"

Ximen Fuxue nodded, but didn't explain much.

Seeing the old man standing in a mess in the cold wind, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but went up to pat him on the shoulder, and said a few more words for his friend.

Lu Xiaofeng said: "It's Ximen's cousin, she will go on the road with me, you just watch and prepare."

Only then did the housekeeper suddenly realize: "So that's how it is."

The next moment, he raised his voice and said in shock: "The owner's cousin?! Is that the Miss Yan who has been missing for two years?!"

Lu Xiaofeng touched his chin and nodded yes.

The servants of Wanmei Mountain Villa are used to Ximen Chuuxue, the picky master, so they acted very quickly. After half an hour, they prepared a spacious car with everything according to Ximen Chuuxue's instructions. carriage.

When Yan Liushuang sat in the car, she found that there was a large pile of delicate, fragrant pastries on hand.

Looks like this cousin still has a sweet tooth, she thought.

As the carriage drove all the way down the hill, Lu Xiaofeng who was sitting opposite her couldn't help staring at her all the way.

After Yan Liushuang came back, she only cared about asking her cousin what had happened in the past two years, but she was really blind to this friend of her cousin.

Thinking that everyone would have to travel together for the next month, she raised her eyebrows and looked back, asking, "What's your name?"

Lu Xiaofeng reported his name with a smile, and added a word of Phoenix.

He was handsome, and he was even more flirtatious when he smiled. The half-closed eyes reminded Yan Liushuang of Bai Baiyu, whom she had just bid farewell to.

She thought that in a few years, this little phoenix might also become the disaster that countless girls in the Jianghu yearn for like the Master of the Sword Hall.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help asking him: "How did you meet A Xue?"

Obviously, these two people have completely different personalities, so it's not surprising that they can become friends.

Lu Xiaofeng said with a bitter face: "I made a bet with a friend to go to Wanmei Villa to steal wine, but I bumped into Ximen and he went back to Taiyuan, and was caught right away."

Ximen Chuuxue, who was eating plum cake, added: "He stole the main entrance."

Lu Xiaofeng: "..."

Lu Xiaofeng said: "I thought there was no one there!"

Yan Liushuang twitched her lips slightly when she heard this.

She still remembered that when Ximen Chuixue first arrived in South China Sea and lived in Yan's house, he also choked on Yan's wind like this.

No matter how indifferent he looks, his appearance in front of those close to him has not changed at all.

Ximen Chuuxue hasn't changed at all, what about Ye Gucheng?

Yan Liushuang found that she couldn't imagine what Ye Gucheng would be like now.

In the past 20 years, in order to give herself the strength to go on and complete all the tasks, she has almost always forced herself not to think about him.

Now that she was finally back here, on her way to meet him, she didn't feel much relief.

The ghost messenger used to say that compared with the time you have to go through, his point is nothing.

But Yan Liushuang didn't think so.It is true that she has been separated from him for 20 years, but at least she knows where he is and that they will always meet again.

What about Ye Gucheng?Ye Gucheng didn't know anything, he didn't know if she was alive or dead, where she was, let alone whether they would meet again in the future.

Every time Yan Liushuang thought about this, she felt as if a pair of hands were churning in her chest, making her heartbeat unbalanced and difficult to breathe, and her whole body felt unspeakable pain.

Just when she lowered her eyes and became silent, Ximen Chuuxue who was beside her suddenly pushed the pastry box in her hand towards her.

The boy said calmly, "Eat, sister."

She froze for a moment, then stretched out her hand to pick out a random piece, and said, "Thank you."

Although he didn't say it clearly, Yan Liushuang knew that he understood her depression at the moment, so he took the initiative to speak, and used this box of pastries to divert her attention.

The sweet sweet-scented osmanthus smell spread all the way from between the teeth, and for a moment, she did feel a lot less uncomfortable.

On the way to Jiangnan, Yan Liushuang listened to Lu Xiaofeng tell a lot of interesting stories about Jianghu.

This kid is eloquent and funny, and when he gets together with the seemingly cold and heartless Ximen Chuuxue, he can bring the other party a lot of words.

With the two of them around, Yan Liushuang had a relaxed and happy life before arriving in Jinling.

They entered the city on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

Jiangnan, which has always had little snow, is extremely cold this year. It is said that it has started snowing since New Year's Eve, and it didn't stop until the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

But the bad weather didn't stop those Jiang Hu knights who came from all over to watch the decisive battle between the Lord of Baiyun and the Head of Emei. At least when they arrived in Jinling, the streets were full of discussions about this decisive battle.

Yan Liushuang knew that Ye Gucheng must have arrived in Jinling, so as soon as she entered the city, she wanted to get out of the car to find out where he lived.

Ximen Chuuxue didn't stop her, but only told her where she lived for the past two days.

"Sister, if you can't find out, you can come and find me first." Ximen Chuuxue said, "No matter what, he will definitely show up the night after tomorrow."

Yan Liushuang nodded in response, and then jumped off the carriage.

This capital has hardly changed from what she remembered, and she can even recognize the place where she drank in the past.

However, she inquired around, but all she got was useless information.

No one has seen Ye Gucheng, and no one knows where he is.

Yan Liushuang had no choice but to go to the place Ximen Chuuxue said first.

On the first night when she came to the capital, she suffered from insomnia after a long absence.

In the morning of the second day, she wanted to go out to inquire again, but as soon as she got to the yard, she heard Lu Xiaofeng exclaiming: "How could you change the place! And it's changed to such a terrible place!"

Yan Liushuang hurriedly walked over to him and asked, "What change place?"

Seeing her coming out, Lu Xiaofeng restrained his expression a little, and then explained to her: "It is said that the news came out last night that Ye Gucheng and Dugu Yihe will switch to a decisive battle at the top of the Forbidden City."

Yan Liushuang: "...the top of the Forbidden City?!"

He nodded: "Now the people in the city who came to watch the decisive battle are talking about it, saying that the two of them are crazy."

Yan Liushuang was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked him: "Do you know where Dugu Yihe lives?"

Lu Xiaofeng stroked his chin and said, "Sister Shuang wants to ask Dugu Yihe?"

She nodded: "Since they changed the location, Ah Cheng must have sent someone to contact him."

Lu Xiaofeng thought about it and said it made sense.

Afterwards, he took Yan Liushuang out to find out which inn the people sent by Emei were staying at. He had many acquaintances in the capital, including many powerful local snakes. After a quarter of an hour, he found out clearly.

It's just that the road doesn't stop there.

Dugu Yihe said that he and Ye Gucheng had discussed changing places half a month ago, but they hadn't announced it to the public at the time. As for the past few days, they hadn't met each other.

Yan Liushuang felt that the direction of this matter was becoming more and more confusing, but she couldn't see Ye Gucheng, so she couldn't ask clearly.

Confused, she had no choice but to ask Dugu Yihe: "May I ask who was the head of Dugu or him who proposed to change places at that time?"

Dugu Yihe said it was Ye Gucheng.

"The time hasn't changed, has it? Is it still tomorrow night?" She asked again.

"Yes, at midnight tomorrow night."

"Thank you, Head Dugu." She cupped her hands, "Excuse me."

Seeing that she was about to leave, Dugu Yihe actually stopped her: "Miss."

Yan Liushuang: "?"

He narrowed his eyes and said, "Girl use a knife?"

Yan Liushuang saw the fighting spirit in his eyes, and felt a little helpless.

She didn't speak, but Dugu Yihe continued.

Dugu Yihe said: "Although I am a swordsman, I also use a knife. To tell you the truth, I haven't seen a swordsman who can make me feel ready to fight for almost 20 years. If I win the battle tomorrow night, I don't know Can I ask the girl for advice?"

Yan Liushuang understood what he said sincerely.

But thinking of his opponent tomorrow night, Yan Liushuang couldn't help but said: "Sect Leader Dugu is too confident, there is no set date for tomorrow night's battle."

Dugu Yihe laughed loudly, unexpectedly he didn't care at all, he just said: "Then let's wait and see."

He was so confident, and he was not affected by Yan Liushuang's words at all, but Yan Liushuang looked at him again.

When leaving the inn where the Emei Clan lived, Lu Xiaofeng asked her what to do next.

She could only sigh and said, "Just wait, it will be fine until tomorrow night."

Lu Xiaofeng: "But tomorrow night is Shangyuan..."

On the night of Shangyuan, according to the usual practice, the emperor would go to the city tower to watch the lanterns and have fun with the people. At that time, the guards of the entire Forbidden City will become very strict, and it may be difficult to find an opportunity to enter.

Yan Liushuang didn't take it seriously when she heard his worries.

She said: "Don't look for opportunities, just go in directly."

Lu Xiaofeng: "???" Go straight in? !

Yan Liushuang took it for granted: "That's right, the guards in the palace want to stop me?"

Lu Xiaofeng knew how powerful she was from Ximen Chuuxue early in the morning, but when she heard her words, she still couldn't help feeling that she was a little brash.

He said that there were [-] forbidden soldiers in the palace.

Yan Liushuang thought for a while and asked him, "How many imperial troops do you think Dugu Yihe can defeat with his martial arts?"

Lu Xiaofeng scratched his face and said, "A few hundred?"

She hummed, and said again: "But he probably won't be able to hold a knife under my hands."

Lu Xiaofeng: "???" Sister, what did you say?

If it was said that Yan Liushuang could beat Dugu Yihe, of course Lu Xiaofeng would believe it.

But it's impossible for Dugu Yihe to be unable to survive even a single blow, right? He is the majestic leader of Emei? !

With such doubts in mind, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly looked forward to the battle at the top of the Forbidden City in Shangyuan Night.

He was really curious about what Yan Liushuang would look like.

At three o'clock on the night of Haiyuan, he went out with Yan Liushuang and Ximen Chuuxue.

He originally thought that there would not be too many people on the road at this time, but as soon as they reached the road leading to the imperial city, they saw many masked swordsmen heading there.

Lu Xiaofeng was very surprised: "Why are so many people going? Could it be that they made an appointment to break into the palace together? Just to watch the decisive battle between Ye Gucheng and Dugu Yihe?"

Ximen Chuuxue also frowned, this matter was more complicated than he expected, he didn't understand what Ye Gucheng wanted to do.

No matter what, it has come to this time, and of course they have to go to the palace.

When passing through the gate of the imperial city, they were stopped.

"Where's the token?" asked the guard guarding the gate, "You can't enter without a token."

"What token?" Lu Xiaofeng was startled.

The guard waved his hands impatiently: "Go, go, go if you don't have one."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Liushuang drew the knife directly.

At this time, most of the knight-errants who came to watch the battle had already entered, and all they thought about was the imminent battle, so how could they care about those who couldn't get in.

But Yan Liushuang's knife made them all stop.

People within fifty feet felt a chill behind their backs, as if an unparalleled sharp knife had been cut across their necks, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

As for the two guards who stopped them just now, they were so frightened that they lost their legs.

Yan Liushuang stared at them, and said word by word: "I just want to go in and find someone, will you let me in or not?"

The guards looked at each other, seemingly exchanging glances, and finally took two steps back together.

To be honest, after they really gave in, Yan Liushuang's doubts became more serious.

This is the royal bodyguard, no matter how bad his martial arts are, he should still be somewhat loyal, right?

Ximen Chuuxue and Lu Xiaofeng also felt the same way.

When walking towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony with the crowd, Lu Xiaofeng was still struggling: "There are so many people with tokens, there is no reason why I couldn't receive any news before this, and those guards are too frightening." ?”

There are too many doubts about this matter, and he is itchy until he breaks the casserole, which has caused him to scratch his head and ears very much now.

During the conversation, the three of them had already reached His Highness Taihe, Yan Liushuang said: "Anyway, Jin has come in, go up first, do you want my help?"

Ximen Chuixue: "..."

Lu Xiaofeng also: "..."

Although they are not as famous as those two people in the decisive battle tonight, they are still extremely talented. How could they even need help from others on the top of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

It was meaningless for Yan Liushuang to be rejected, so she just said, "I'll see you then."

After saying that, she raised her breath and rushed up, the movement was so fast that the people around couldn't see clearly.

Seeing this, Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuixue hurriedly followed.

At this time, a large group of people had gathered on the top of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but they were still very conspicuous among them, because only three of them did not wear masks on their faces.

At least Yan Liushuang felt a lot of eyes of unknown meaning cast on her, but she didn't care, she only had one person in her mind, and that person was coming soon.

Everyone is counting the time in their hearts, and she is no exception.

Count from one to ten, and then count from ten to hundreds.

From the moon to the mid-heaven, the child's hour finally arrives.

The two protagonists of tonight finally appeared.

The moment they climbed to the top of the Hall of Supreme Harmony together, all the whispered discussions stopped.

Lu Xiaofeng looked at the white clothes opposite Dugu Yihe, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Baiyun City Lord is really as handsome as the rumors say.

But at the same time, he caught a glimpse of Ximen Chuuxue's expression, which was very strange, like doubt and disbelief.

Looking at Yan Liushuang again, it seems to be the same.

So he tentatively asked, "What's wrong?"

Yan Liushuang: "...that's not Ah Cheng."

Lu Xiaofeng: "?!"

Not Ye Gucheng?Who is that!

Ye Gucheng has traveled a lot in the Central Plains in the past two years, and of course there are many people who know him.

But at this moment, except for Ximen Chuuxue and Yan Liushuang, no one else saw anything wrong...

"Then who is he?" Lu Xiaofeng felt that he had caught something.

"It's my brother." Yan Liushuang stared at Yan Feng, who was dressed as Ye Gucheng opposite Dugu Yihe, with complicated eyes.

A person's face can be changed through disguise, but the habit of holding a sword that a swordsman has developed since childhood is hard to change.

She and Ximen Chuuxue were able to recognize that it was not Ye Gucheng from such a long distance, relying on the movement of Yan Feng holding the sword.

But why did Yan Feng pretend to be Ye Gucheng to fight?

And Ye Gucheng, where did he go?

……

Ye Gucheng didn't go anywhere, he was in the palace.

At this time, he was standing in the emperor's bedroom with a sword in his hand, with an old and a young standing beside him.

The younger one had already put on a dragon robe, and his face was almost the same as that of the little emperor on the dragon bed. Under the dim light in the bedroom, it was impossible to tell the difference between the two.

"What are you waiting for, City Lord Ye?" Nan Wang led his son in the dragon robe and urged him, "As long as you kill him with a sword, I will immediately issue an imperial decree to seize the Taiping Palace and return your fiancée to you!" you."

Ye Gucheng's eyes darkened when he heard the words.

A year ago, Nan Wang came to him and said that he had news about Yan Liushuang and wanted to cooperate with him.

Ye Gucheng had already searched all over Jinling at that time, and he barely dug three feet into the ground. Hearing what Nanwang said, he had no reason not to agree.

Nan Wang said: "Miss Yan disappeared so strangely that she couldn't even find her body. Seeing that she had pointed out my son back then, I couldn't help but check it out. In the end, she told me to stay in Prince Taiping's mansion." I see."

When Ye Gucheng heard the news, his first reaction was that Yan Liushuang could not be trapped by the Taiping Palace.

And it's not that he hasn't been to Prince Taiping's Mansion. He had been there as early as when the news came back to South China Sea, but he found nothing.

"I know this." Nan Wang said, "I also discovered it by accident. Miss Yan seems to have lost her memory and martial arts, and was imprisoned by my nephew in his mother's old residence."

Ye Gucheng only thought it was ridiculous, but he had been looking for it for so long, but there was no news at all. Now that he heard such news, even if he was not sure whether it was true or not, he still wanted to take a look.

Nan Wang stopped him and said that if you go, you will definitely die, because not long after the uterus of King Taiping returned to Beijing, he somehow obtained the right to lead the imperial army from the emperor for King Taiping.

"Now their father and son have the military power in their hands, and the emperor has one heart with them." Nan Wang said, "No matter how good your martial arts are, you can't save people if you break in."

"So?" Ye Gucheng asked.

"That's why I came to seek your cooperation, City Lord Ye." Nan Wang smiled, "As long as City Lord Ye can help me realize my plan, how difficult is it to lose the military power in the hands of my good brother?"

The plan he said was naturally to kill the emperor and make Li Daitao, the son of the Southern Prince, stiff.

Ye Gucheng thought for a long time after hearing this, he felt that since King Nan could do such a thing, he would surely be able to silence him who knew the inside story, but he finally agreed.

He wanted to gamble.

It was not a bet on whether the King of Nan would attack him, but a bet on whether the little emperor on the dragon chair would cooperate with him.

At this moment, he and the father and son entered the emperor's bedroom, and he also drew his sword under the urging of Nan Wang.

But that sword was pointed at Nanwang.

Nan Wang turned pale with shock: "Are you crazy?!"

He ignored it, and turned his head to look at the emperor who had just woken up on the dragon bed.

Ye Gucheng said: "Your Majesty, how about we make a deal?"

As expected of the emperor, under such circumstances, he didn't panic at all, and turned over and sat up with great interest and asked him, "Oh? Tell me, Lord Ye?"

"Your Majesty has now issued a decree to withdraw the military power from Prince Taiping and his son, and bring the person I am looking for, and I will help Your Majesty kill this traitor." Ye Gucheng said.