Bai Jiyue's face turned cold, and she was about to retort, but a voice spoke before her: "What are you talking about? Who is the pariah?!"

Ma Qiao rode his horse forward, blocked Bai Jiyue behind him, and glared at the girl angrily.

The girl rolled her eyes, not afraid or angry, and said leisurely: "Whoever stays in the land of exile is a pariah. Sir, you are so anxious, are you afraid that others don't know that you are also a pariah?"

"You!" Ma Qiao was choked and his face turned red.

He originally thought that after he shouted like that, the girl would be so scared that she wouldn't dare to speak, but he didn't expect that the girl was not afraid at all and even retorted to him. He wasn't very sharp with his words, so not only did he fail to defend Bai Jiyue, but he got scolded as well.

Bai Jiyue was not surprised that Ma Qiao was choked. Bai Lian, the third daughter of the Bai family, was always sharp-tongued but not smart enough and was always used as a gun by others.

She patted Ma Qiao's shoulder and raised her voice to ask him: "In the exile area, have you ever seen a woman of status come out and curse others?"

Ma Qiao reacted quickly at this time and answered loudly: "No, that's not the case. Usually it's the maids who come out to take advantage of the power of others. Which decent lady would be so uneducated?"

"It's true that the land and water shape the people. I didn't expect that this noble lady from the capital is so down-to-earth, just like the old women who curse on the streets over there!" Xie Ping came over and said.

Zhu Yuan immediately said, "Brother Xie, you are wrong. The noble ladies in the capital are very noble and don't meet people easily. Those who are down to earth are naturally lowly people. Which lady would lower herself to call people lowly?"

Several young men were chatting one after another, oblivious to the people around them, and it was very lively, making Bai Lian in the carriage so angry that her face turned red.

"You, you guys!" She pointed at a few people and wanted to scold them a few more times, but she was worried about what they had just said. She was afraid that if she scolded them, she would appear even more uncultured.

"It's embarrassing to always take the lead in everything. I don't know if I'm stupid or others treat me like a slave." Bai Jiyue said in a neither loud nor low voice.

"Bai Jiyue!" Bai Lian gritted her teeth and shouted angrily.

Bai Jiyue pretended not to hear and called out to his companions: "Let's go, our good mood for boating on the lake cannot be affected by a few barking dogs!"

She patted her horse and was about to leave, but suddenly she felt a strong wind beside her ears. She turned her head instinctively, and then she heard a "thump" sound, and a dart was nailed into the trunk of the big tree next to her.

She turned around and said to the carriage calmly: "Mr. Bai only sees the darts but not the people!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the curtain of the carriage behind him was lifted, and a man walked out.

He was wearing a light blue gown, and he was tall. His features were handsome, but because of his contempt, he looked a bit mean. This man was the eldest son of the Bai family, Bai Xun!

Bai Xun is the eldest son of Bai Shoukun, Bai Jiyue's uncle. He is an excellent dart fighter and has good martial arts skills. He is also handsome, so he is very arrogant.

He got out of the carriage without even looking at Bai Jiyue. He only looked at Bai Lian in the carriage in front and said, "Get in the carriage!"

Bai Lian didn't dare to disobey Bai Xun. She glared at Bai Jiyue fiercely, lowered her head and got into the carriage.

Bai Xun then turned to look at Bai Jiyue and smiled coldly: "People should have self-knowledge. Since there is a huge difference between us, we should know the difference between the high and the low. We will not care about it today because of our past friendship, but if there is a next time, you, a useless person, will not be so lucky to dodge my darts so easily!"

After saying this, without waiting for Bai Jiyue to answer, he looked arrogant and bent over to get behind the curtain of the car.

Bai Ji Ri was so angry that he was about to step forward, but was stopped by Bai Ji Yue.

"Brother, right now, the most important thing for us is to enter the palace in a few days. There is no need to distract our attention for insignificant people. Besides, we are in a good mood today and if we ruin our mood for them, it will be a waste of time!"

Bai Jiri stopped and gritted his teeth, "I feel unhappy after all."

Bai Jiyue smiled and said, "We are human beings. If a human being is bitten by a dog, do we have to bite it back? If you are magnanimous, you can just call it a beast. If you really can't bear it, you can just beat it to death when you have the right tool."

This made Bai Jiri laugh. He nodded seriously and said, "That makes sense. If a person argues with a dog, it will lower his status."

As he said this, he waved to his companions, "Let's go", then he mounted his horse first, whipped the horse and rode away, and the others followed suit and galloped away.

When Mingyuan's horse passed the carriage, he turned to look at the hanging curtain of the carriage, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold and sharp light burst out from his eyes...

Bai Jiyue quickly forgot about this little episode on the road. After running for a while, they arrived at Yanshui Lake.

The scenery of Yanshui Lake is the best in spring. The willows by the lake sway in the wind, like a welcoming girl. The various wild flowers by the water, colorful and bright, remind Bai Jiyue of modern oil paintings.

The young men had rarely seen such beautiful scenery and they all exclaimed in surprise. They all dismounted and strolled along the lakeside, chatting and laughing, looking quite happy.

Several pleasure boats, some large and some small, were sailing slowly on the lake, all decorated in great style.

Ma Qiao and Xie Ping both grew up in the Dark Stone Wasteland and had never even been on a boat, let alone a pleasure boat.

Ma Qiao stared at the pleasure boats for a while, pointed at one of the smaller ones and looked at Bai Jiri: "You guys are treating us today, you can't be too stingy, at least let us sit on that thing!"

Bai Jiri smiled and said, "Of course, I'll let you have fun to your heart's content today!"

He hailed a small pleasure boat, negotiated a half-day rental price with the boatman, and asked the boatman to hire someone who knew how to cook river food. He placed a small wood stove on the bow of the boat, put the fish just caught from the river into the pot, and simmered it over a low fire. Soon the aroma filled the air, making Macho drool.

Bai Jiyue asked the boatman to buy a few jars of wine from the villagers, and then put out the food that everyone had brought, filling the table. Everyone sat around the table, drinking wine, eating vegetables, tasting fish soup, appreciating the beautiful scenery, and chatting about everything under the sun. They were quite relaxed and happy.

Just when I was getting in high spirits, I suddenly heard a faint singing voice coming from afar, which was like the sound of nature penetrating the mist, making me feel relaxed and fascinated.

Everyone looked in the direction where the singing came from, and saw a small boat floating in the distance, floating up and down with the waves.

"What is that?" Xie Ping asked, pouting at Xiao Zhou.

"The singer's boat." Zhu Yuan replied.

Ma Qiao and Xie Ping looked puzzled. There was not even a pleasure boat in the Dark Stone Wasteland, let alone a singing girl.

Bai Jiyue smiled and explained, "Singing girls are mostly young girls who sing beautifully. They often sit in a small boat and drift between the pleasure boats. If someone in the pleasure boat wants to listen to their songs, they will call them on board and sing a few songs. They make a living by doing this."

As soon as Bai Jiyue finished speaking, the boatman interrupted and said, "Dear guests, you are in for a treat today. The girl on the boat in front is Huang Ying'er."

"Is this Huang Ying'er very powerful?" Ma Qiao asked naively.

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