Female martial arts fanatics only love to fight, while men fight for their lives.

Accustomed to the twists and turns in social interactions in the capital, he was a little uncomfortable with her straightforward thoughts.

Lou Xiao was dressed so formally as she walked along the streets of Xiyun City. Even compared with the many foreigners in strange costumes, she looked too flashy.

The looks from all sides here were even more intense than in the teahouse. Li Huaiqing followed her with a folding fan in his hand. He seemed calm, but in fact, he was tense physically and mentally.

His guard walked behind him on his right side, with one hand on the sword at his waist, ready for any attack at any time.

He did not tell her that Xiyun City had never been peaceful since its opening, because there were many different ethnic groups, people from different regions, speaking different languages ​​and believing in different religions.

Often, blood is spilled on the spot for some inexplicable reason.

It is indeed difficult to manage.

Li Huaiqing walked over the unknown stains on the road with his flowing cloud shoes under his clothes, and opened his folding fan slightly to block the strange smell coming from nowhere. He responded coldly to the person who was staring at him.

It was a cold look that Lou Xiao had never seen before.

He shouldn't have come.

but……

Li Huaiqing took a step behind Lou Xiao, watching her lift her skirt and jump over the horse excrement on the road. He frowned slightly and sighed softly.

It seems too late to leave now.

Someone was shouting something at Lou Xiao. She looked at him sideways, picked up something nearby and threw it at him.

He was stunned by the sudden outburst, but the bearded man in the distance laughed after catching the thing and continued to mumble something.

Finally, he added something in a strange Central Plains accent, "Come on! Let's be friends!"

Lou Xiao shook his head and continued to move forward. There was no fight as he thought, and the big man did not continue to harass him.

He took a few quick steps and asked, "Miss Lou, do you know what he said?"

If you are not a local resident, how can you understand it?

Lou Xiao disagreed, "I don't know, but I can guess."

Li Huaiqing didn't believe it. "The big man was wearing revealing clothes, only a sheepskin coat, and the green marble and orange jade hanging on his head were of the same color, but the dagger on his waist was fine. I think he was a merchant from the northern desert.

Since General He pacified the Northern Desert, our dynasty has been trading frequently with the north, so it is normal for us to speak their language."

Where was Lou Xiao, who was suddenly summoned from the common people to the capital by an imperial edict?

She did not have the unique characteristics of women from the north and south, and he could not be sure of her personality. It did not seem reasonable to say that she had been born in the northern desert where various ethnic groups had merged.

"What good things are there in the northern desert?" Lou Xiao asked, and quickly thought of one, "Gem?"

Li Huaiqing nodded, wondering if she was playing dumb. "Yes, there is a lot of orange jade, but the most perfect ones are tributed to the palace, and we can only receive a small amount."

As the Queen's favorite, it is impossible that she has not been rewarded.

I guess Lou Hong was afraid that she would look too eye-catching if she wore it, so he temporarily put it in the warehouse.

Lou Xiao paused and took a fancy to an exquisite scimitar in the display case of the small shop in front. She turned around and called Li Huaiqing, "Come here."

After saying that, he strode in.

There was no sign on the wooden door of the shop, and the counter looked very simple, with animal horns and some bone products scattered around.

The cow head bones hanging on the wall added a touch of eeriness to the shop, and when she stepped in, there was not even anyone to greet customers. It didn't look like the shop was doing business at all.

Lou Xiao leaned over the counter and observed the patterns on the scimitar inch by inch until he forgot himself. Li Huaiqing glanced around and paced to observe the decoration of this small shop.

A narrow wooden staircase leads directly to the second floor. I wonder what kind of business is done up there.

Before he could look away, he was interrupted by a man's voice. The man spoke Chinese with a strong accent and a very bad tone.

"What are you looking at? You are not allowed to go up there!"

Li Huaiqing had never met anyone who did business with such an attitude. He thought to himself that these barbarians were indeed uneducated and not worth having anything to do with.

Without even looking at the foreign man, he turned around and stood next to Lou Xiao near the door. As long as she stood up and said she wanted to leave, he would leave with her immediately.

"This knife is very special." Lou Xiao raised his head and said to the shopkeeper who came late, "But it came from the Northern Desert?"

The sullen-looking man continued to speak in Chinese with a heavy accent, "We are all from Beimo! Of course this knife is mine! Do you want to buy it? If not, don't look at it!"

Lou Xiao seemed to be irritated by him as well. She straightened up and looked gloomy. "How much are you selling it for?"

The foreign man was stunned for a moment, as if searching for a number in his mind. He randomly said "Fifty taels! Silver!" and then immediately changed it, "No! One hundred taels!"

It's just an old used machete, how dare you quote such a high price?

Li Huaiqing said coldly, "Is it fifty taels or one hundred taels?"

The foreign man's face turned red with anxiety, and he said something nonsense. Finally, he couldn't hold back any words, so he strode up to the two people and wanted to chase them out.

"No, no ...

This attitude is really arrogant!

Li Huaiqing swung his sleeves and was about to walk away, while Lou Xiao looked down at the scimitar thoughtfully. The man rushed to her, but before he could touch her,

She turned around and looked at him with a changed look in her eyes. A chill ran up the man's forehead and his hand stopped in mid-air, not daring to continue.

The air became quiet, as if an invisible pressure was lingering around.

The shopkeeper's beast-like instinct made him take a few steps back. Just as the situation was at a stalemate, a Chinese accent was heard from the second floor, breaking the stagnant atmosphere.

"I'm sorry, sir. Aligon means no harm. He just came to the capital and hasn't learned Chinese well yet, so he doesn't dare to sell the knife to you casually."

Following the female voice, a foot in leather boots stepped on the wooden stairs, going down step by step.

A hand slammed on the stair railing, and then the accessories she was wearing collided with each other. She pushed herself up with her hands and jumped down from the stairs to the second floor.

The two women looked at each other. Lou Xiao was dressed gorgeously and elegantly, and the foreign woman in front of them was also well dressed.

Her black hair was braided into countless small braids, and the pendants were decorated with various gems, iron, silver, and bone ornaments.

The huge green marble on her headband was deep in color, but it did not take away the depth of her eyes and brows.

After the two of them paid attention to each other and appreciated each other, their expressions eased. The foreign woman patted the male shopkeeper on the shoulder and said something.

The male shopkeeper who had been so fierce just now lowered his head and bowed to Lou Xiao obediently. It was not a very formal Han etiquette, but she was not angry anymore.

"This lady seems to know a lot about knives. Do you really like her?"

The woman stood in front of Lou Xiao. She was the same height as her and even had a similar aura.

"I can't say I like a knife that's about to break." Lou Xiao glanced at Li Huaiqing who was standing at the door and about to walk out. He didn't know whether to leave or not.

"I was just interested on a whim. I saw the dried blood on the handle of the knife."