Looking for plums under the moon

The people in the cabin were startled and suspicious, and hurriedly asked: "Shen Luo is seriously ill? When did it happen!"

The beggar said: "Just a few days ago, my brother in Pingchuan sent news that Shen Luo had a strange disease, stayed in the room all day without eating or drinking, and was so thin that only a handful of bones remained... ...How could he still go to the martial arts conference with his appearance?"

"Is the source of your news accurate?"

The beggar stared and said, "That's the brother who died with me! He's working in Pingchuan now, and he knows everything there!"

"Then did he ever say what kind of illness Shen Luo is suffering from? Is it an occasional cold or something unspeakable?"

The beggar shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"If the proud son of a generation had sores on his face and pus in his mouth, it would be terrible..."

While everyone was sighing deeply, someone suddenly laughed out loud, "Haha, I laughed to death..."

It was a girl's voice.

"You yellow-haired girl, what's so funny!" A big man raised his eyebrows and said angrily.

Xiao Chou also looked back, and after seeing who it was, he hurriedly grabbed Ling Guyue and said in surprise: "Senior brother, look quickly! It's them!"

Ling Guyue looked sideways slightly, and saw that sitting in the other corner of the cabin were actually two teenagers from Longyue Villa who happened to meet on the road.

The girl smiled and said, "Aren't you talking about that proud son of Pingchuan with sores all over his face? I imagined it, it really made people laugh, haha..."

"Junior Sister," the boy opposite gave her a helpless look, "Don't cause trouble..."

The girl replied innocently: "Brother, this laugh is like shit, how can I bear it!"

The young man shook his head and said, "Junior Sister, stop talking nonsense..."

Seeing that the two teenagers were ignoring him from the beginning to the end, the big man couldn't help but get even more angry, "My lord is talking here, why are you interrupting! Besides, can you make fun of the seniors!"

The girl made a face at her senior brother, held back a smile and said: "People in the Jianghu, of course, compete in martial arts, only those who have no skills will use their age to suppress others!"

The big man sneered and said, "When I killed you, you two little bastards didn't know where to nurse!"

Seeing his vulgarity, the girl frowned and said: "When it comes to martial arts qualifications, I'm afraid everyone here will call us two seniors, where are you a wild dog, barking here!"

"The arrogant young man!" The big man slapped the table and stood up, with a shiny knife on his neck, "Today, I will teach you a lesson for your parents!" After saying that, he walked towards her.

I don't know what kind of martial arts the big man practiced, his footsteps are so heavy, every step he takes, it feels like a heavy hammer hitting the wooden board under his feet, shaking the tables and chairs around him.

Someone at the side had already recognized him, and said in surprise, "This knife is... Yadao! He is Yadao!"

"Is he actually a Yaknife?" Everyone was amazed.

Yadao is a mysterious figure who appeared in the rivers and lakes recently. This person is both good and evil. Sometimes he does evil things, and sometimes he draws his sword to help the injustice. People have different opinions on him.Because the weapon in his hand is a knife shaped like a crescent moon and as bright as the moonlight, he was given the nickname Yadao.

Yadao stepped forward, came to the table of the two teenagers, released his aura, and stepped on the stool. In an instant, the old wooden stool fell apart, splashing everyone.

The girl raised her hand to block the flying sawdust, and took something from her arm without changing her expression.

Looking closely, he saw that it was a slender long whip, because it was similar in color to the woman's clothes and was wrapped around her arm by her, so she hadn't noticed this weapon just now.

The big man snorted coldly: "Stinky girl who plays with whips, let my toothed knife cut off your unruly snake whip today!"

The girl cupped her hands and said proudly: "Please enlighten me!"

As soon as the words fell, the long whip wrapped in the shadow of the knife waved in the narrow cabin, blowing past everyone's ears with the sound of whistling wind,

"Give way to the side!" Someone in the crowd yelled, and people were startled by the danger of this contest, and they all covered their heads and avoided the surroundings.

All of a sudden, broken tables and chairs flew around the entire cabin, throwing them against the wall and making loud noises.

"Smelly girl, look at the knife!" Yadao swung the big knife in his hand into a watertight mask, and pressed it towards the girl.

"Huh!" The girl snorted softly, her petite body nimbly dodged under his clumsy white blade, and suddenly the lotus steps glowed, turning into several afterimages, and before anyone could see her movements clearly, they had already reached the tooth knife behind.

The girl said: "I don't want to play with you anymore!" After finishing speaking, the long whip swept across the upper Yadao's right arm like a snake, and wrapped around his neck like a living thing.

"Uh!" Yadao felt a chill on his neck, and then he couldn't breathe. The knife in his hand also fell out of his hand and fell to the wooden floor.

The young man watched all this quietly, neither surprised nor delighted, as if everything was within his expectations.

"How? Are you convinced?" The girl suddenly tightened the whip, and the big man suddenly felt suffocated, his face was flushed, and he hissed: "Submit! I will!"

Only then did the girl let go of the whip, turned around and said to everyone, "Who is senior, have you all seen it?"

The onlookers saw it clearly and whispered aside, saying that this young girl was unfathomable.

Just when the girl turned her back to the tooth knife, a cold light flashed in the big man's eyes, he suddenly jumped up, grabbed the knife that was as bright as snow and rushed towards him.

Xiao Chou stood up and exclaimed, "Be careful behind!"

It was too late to say it, and then it was too fast, before everyone recovered, the young man made a quick move, and the green shadow flew by like lightning, first he pressed his finger on the Qimen acupoint of Yadao, and then clicked separately His pyloric and atrium points.

Yadao's hand holding the knife suddenly went numb, and the knife fell in response, and then he knelt down uncontrollably, with several lines of heat flowing from his face.

The girl turned her head and saw that the seven orifices of the tooth knife were bleeding, and she was staring at herself.

"Despicable!" the girl spat.

When everyone was dumbfounded, Xiao Chou applauded: "What a quick skill!"

The girl glanced at him appreciatively, "Little brother, you still have insight!"

Xiao Chou was very excited, and asked Ling Guyue in a low voice: "Brother, can I go talk to them?"

Ling Guyue nodded, "Go."

Xiao Chou excitedly walked to the table of the brothers and sisters and started chatting with them.

Everyone seemed to have scruples about the pair of teenagers, and they all moved away from them, wishing to sit as far away as possible.As for the tooth knife who had been kneeling on the ground, after the acupoints were untied, he wiped his face and went to the deck in desperation.

Just when there was confusion, Ling Guyue kept paying attention to a person in the cabin.

The beggar who had been leaning against the wall before took advantage of the chaos and fumbled in the luggage of the crowd, and stuffed many things into the skirt of his clothes. Seeing that the crowd came back to their senses, he stopped, and was about to slip away quietly, but looked up. There is a person standing in front of the meeting.Dressed in red, covered with black gauze.

With a thump in his heart, he hurriedly took a step to the left, but the person in front of him also took a step to the left.

"Brother, make way for your convenience." The beggar raised his head and smiled guiltily.

Ling Guyue said: "I have a question to ask your Excellency, can I explain it?"

The beggar looked back and saw that the crowd resumed their joking and joking. It seemed that he hadn't found any loss of property yet, so he felt relieved and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say."

Ling Guyue invited him to sit down and asked: "You just said that Shen Luo is seriously ill...is it true?"

The beggar said firmly, "It's absolutely true!"

Ling Guyue frowned and said, "Why did he suddenly fall ill?"

The beggar said mysteriously: "My brother told me...it is very likely because of his senior brother Ling Guyue...by the way, do you recognize Ling Guyue?"

Ling Guyue was taken aback, "What does this have to do with Ling Guyue?"

The beggar said, "Then I don't know... But now that name has become a taboo in Pingchuan, you can't even mention it, otherwise you will..." The beggar made a 'click' in the middle of his neck with his hand posture, "I don't know what kind of big conflict happened between their brothers..."

Ling Guyue's heart was inexplicably sour, she thought, Shen Luo really couldn't pretend anymore, it seemed that Ping Chuan couldn't tolerate him anymore.

"Are you also a supporter of Shen Luo?" Beggar looked at the person in front of him strangely.

Ling Guyue didn't answer, the beggar only thought he had acquiesced, rolled his eyes, and said: "Don't worry, Shen Luo will definitely be fine, he is the head of Pingchuan, even if he really suffers from some incurable disease, Pingchuan's The holy medicine Tianshucao is with him, just rest for a few more days!"

Ling Guyue remained silent, and the beggar thought of slipping away, and said tentatively: "If the hero has nothing else to ask... I'll leave first?" After saying that, she rubbed the soles of her feet with oil and walked out.

Ling Guyue was dazed for a long time, and when she came back to her senses, she realized that the person opposite had long since disappeared.

Xiao Chou was still gossiping with the two teenagers from Longyue Mountain Villa, his eyes were beaming and he was almost dancing.

Ling Guyue felt that the cabin was a little stuffy, so she got up and went outside.

Unknowingly, the sky outside has turned gloomy.There are yellow clouds rolling in the sky, and the surging river water also looks turbid and yellow.

In the front left not far away, another boat gradually appeared, with vermilion wooden painting boats and four-cornered palace lanterns, it looked much more delicate than this boat.

Ling Guyue looked around, and saw a person standing on the bow of the boat, vaguely saw the appearance of a son, that person was white and thin, it was Lin Jue.

Ling Guyue thought: Why did you meet him again?

At this time, Xiao Chou shouted from behind: "Brother, why did you come out?"

Ling Guyue looked back, Xiao Chou got out of the cabin, walked to his side and looked towards the sky, "Is it going to rain again?"

Ling Guyue sighed: "It seems that you have to inform the two friends you just met to prepare to jump ship."

Xiao Chou touched his head and said: "He is so powerful... how could he make friends with me..."

Ling Guyue smiled and said: "Xiao Chou is also very good, and can understand celestial phenomena."

"What kind of sky phenomenon..." Xiao Chou lowered his head embarrassedly and said: "Such an obvious cloudy sky, who can't see it... But, even if it rains, is it really dangerous?"

Ling Guyue said: "It's not just raining, do you think the river is much muddied?"

Xiao Chou looked down, "Indeed, it was still green just now."

Ling Guyue said: "This is actually the water in the upper reaches. The heavy rain in the upper reaches has not stopped, it seems that the torrent is very serious. If it rains again, it may cause a vortex in the river..."

Xiao Chou became nervous, "Then...then what shall we do?"

Ling Guyue said: "Don't be afraid, don't you know how to swim? Follow me when the time comes, and I will take you to the shore without any problem."

Xiao Chou nodded, "I'll go talk to Qingzhang Yaoyu and the others first!"

"Who are Qingzhang and Yao Yu?"

"It's...the two kids!"

Ling Guyue smiled and said: "Look, I even know their names, you are already friends..."

Xiao Chou smiled and walked inside.

Ling Guyue raised her head and continued to look at the painting boat ahead, wondering if they also noticed the change in the weather, so they accelerated their speed, and soon they couldn't even see the shadows.

When it was time to light the lamps, the boatman brought food and distributed it to everyone, and said worriedly: "Heroes, if we can reach Pingnan smoothly, it will be blessed by the river god. You might as well buy some incense and go to the river temple to worship. If there is something wrong on the way Trouble... Don't blame me, everyone, after all, the old man also said before that the boat cannot be sailed in this kind of weather..."

"You annoying old man, what nonsense are you talking about! You've been fine all this way, why are you here now to find something wrong!"

Seeing that someone was violent again, the boatman's son hurriedly pulled his father out and apologized to everyone with a smile: "My father is getting old, please take care of me, heroes!"

When the boatman and his son retreated, Ling Guyue gave Xiao Chou a wink, and the two walked out lightly. In the darkness, the boatman and his son quietly untied the rope tied to the boat at the stern, and climbed up one after another. Going down, rowing the oars quickly away from the big ship.

"Brother, they just left like this?" Xiao Chou leaned on the railing, looking at the river as black as ink, "Isn't this intentional to kill the people in this boat!"

Ling Guyue shook her head, "They must have no choice. Firstly, no one believes them. Secondly, who knows if someone will put a knife on their necks and threaten them again? They are all ordinary people, should they be kept alive?" Your own life is important."

Xiao Chou nodded, "I think so, the people inside are all self-inflicted, and we don't need to worry about them!"

"By the way, where are your two friends? I haven't seen them all afternoon." Ling Guyue asked.

"Oh, they are leaving early!"

"Gone? How did you go?"

Xiao Chou said with a look of admiration: "I saw them stepping on the water with my own eyes! Even the corners of their clothes were not wet... When will I learn such lightness skills!"

Ling Guyue smiled and said: "When we go back, I will teach you!"

"Go back?" Xiao Chou's eyes lit up, "Where are you going back?"

Ling Guyue suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing, she was annoyed, and said in a deep voice: "Let's talk..."

After a while, it really started to rain, the wind was blowing on the surface of the river, and the hull of the boat rose and fell with the waves, and it was no longer as calm as in the daytime.

"Where's the boatman?" Someone muttered, "How can we sleep when the boat shakes so hard!"

"Exactly! Ask him if he can park on the shore and let us sleep overnight before leaving." As soon as the man finished speaking, a huge wave hit, and the tables and chairs in the cabin tilted aside in an instant.

"Ah!" The screams were mixed with profanity, "What the hell is going on? Go and call the boatman!"

Someone leaned on the wall and ran out in the bumps, only to return after a long time, shouting: "The old boatman ran away with his son! They can't be found anywhere on the boat!"

"What?" Everyone was surprised and anxious, "Then... what should I do?"

The wind and rain blew into the cabin, the candles flickered, and the rain on the deck also gathered into a river, which soon poured in backwards.Everyone pushed and shoved, and after a while, they heard the sound of cracking planks from the bottom of the boat.

"No, this is hitting a rock!" Someone shouted, "There must be an undercurrent vortex nearby!"

Ling Guyue dragged Xiao Chou to the deck in the rain, looked at the rolling river, and said: "Go!"

With a 'plop' sound, the two disappeared into the vast river together.

Two days later, a child appeared on the street in Pingnan, pointed to a stall selling roast chicken and said, "Uncle, here is a roast chicken, the one that is fat and oily!"

The uncle who was selling roast chicken packed what he wanted in lotus leaves, and the child paid the money and happily carried it away.

The child walked into an inn and knocked on the door, "Brother, I'm here to buy some delicious food!"

Ling Guyue lazily got up from the table, "What delicious food did you buy?"

Xiao Chou opened the lotus leaf, and the fragrant roast chicken appeared in front of the two of them, "Look!"

Ling Guyue blinked, "Is this delicious?"

Xiao Chou tore off a chicken leg and handed it to him, "I can smell its fragrance from two streets away! Brother, don't you like it?"

Ling Guyue took the chicken leg and smiled, "I like it, you can eat it too."

Xiao Chou swallowed, grabbed the other chicken leg and ate his mouth full of oil, and finally there was not even a chicken butt left.

Looking up and seeing Ling Guyue, still looking clean and gentle, Xiao Chou couldn't help but doubt: "Brother, have you eaten yet?"

Ling Guyue hurriedly said: "Eat well, let's go to Licheng quickly."

Xiao Chou asked curiously: "What is senior brother doing in Licheng?"

Ling Guyue said lightly: "Go home and have a look."

Xiao Chou quickly wiped his mouth, "Then let's go quickly!"

It took only two hours to ride a horse from Pingnan to Licheng, but Ling Guyue sat on the horseback, feeling a little uneasy in her heart.

"Brother, your face..." Xiao Chou looked at him in confusion, "Could it be that there is something wrong with the roast chicken?"

Ling Guyue shook her head, "It's okay." Tightening the reins, she rode away.

Speeding up along the main road, soon the gate of Licheng appeared in front of Ling Guyue.

But the closer he got, the more uneasy he became. He didn't know whether it was because he was timid because of the closeness to his hometown or because he was afraid that Prince Du's words would come true.

Finally entering the city, Ling Guyue searched for the Ling Mansion according to her childhood memories, and vaguely remembered that it was close to a big house and there was a temple not far away.At that time, his mother told him that when he was one year old, he took him to the abbot in the temple to tell his fortune.The abbot pressed the red mole the size of a sesame seed in the corner of his eye and said: "This son is suitable for practicing martial arts, and he should be as far away from home as possible. He will definitely become a great weapon in the future."

So when Ling Guyue was seven years old, she was sent to Pingchuan to practice martial arts. She went there for 18 years and never came back.

Ling Guyue walked to that familiar alley, there was a grape seedling planted in the courtyard of the people at the corner of the alley, now the vine climbs up the wall, the leaves are as big as a fan, protruding out of the wall outside.

Ling Guyue quickened her pace unknowingly, she knew that the third house to go inside was Ling's Mansion.

But when she got there, Ling Guyue was stunned.

In a trance, it is the colorful paintings of Zhumen in memory, and there are two lanterns hanging at the door, but a plaque with "Zhu Mansion" written on it looks up.

Xiao Chou stood beside him and said, "Brother, is your surname Zhu?"

Ling Guyue didn't answer, but knocked the copper ring on the door, and soon someone opened the door, looked at the two of them and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Ling Guyue said: "May I ask if Master Ling and Madam are there?"

The man looked blank, "Master Ling and Mrs. Ling? This is the Zhu family, only Master Zhu, did you find the wrong person?" Just as he was about to close the door, Ling Guyue pushed it away with a palm and stammered, "You... what are you doing?"

Ling Guyue said: "This is clearly the Ling Mansion, when did it become the Zhu Mansion?"

Seeing that he was wearing a black veil, the man thought that he was not easy to mess with, so he said, "I don't know who you are looking for... Well, I'll go find our master, you can ask him." Then run in.

Ling Guyue stood silently outside the door for a while, and sure enough, a middle-aged man came out and asked doubtfully, "Are you looking for the Ling family?"

Ling Guyue nodded, "I remember this is clearly the Ling Mansion, I want to ask Mr. where did they move to?"

Master Zhu sighed: "They didn't move away, they were all burned down by the fire!"