get married first, fall in love later

Several people returned to the front hall, the old man Yaodu walked to the main seat, lifted the teapot and filled the teacup in front of him, took a sip from the cup and put it down, then said to Qian Xiaobao and the others: "Sit down as you please .” As he spoke, he glanced at the teapot at hand: “If you need anything, please feel free to do so. My valley has always been simple, but there are no servants to serve you.”

"Don't dare." After Qian Xiaobao finished speaking, he took Ouyang Xi's left hand and sat down on the right side of the host. Qian Er stepped forward and nodded slightly to the old man Yaodu. in front of the two of them.

"Don't gossip, it's not difficult for you to get 'Feng Tong Grass' and 'Dove Feather', I only have one question to ask."

Qian Xiaobao sat upright and faced the chief seat and replied: "Senior, feel free to ask, but this junior will definitely know everything."

"Okay." The old man Yaodu nodded, raised his teacup and took another sip, and asked, "Who asked you to fetch these two medicines?"

"I told you just now that it is..."

"Young man," the old man Yao Du interrupted Qian Xiaobao's unfinished sentence, his eyes seemed to glance at her unintentionally: "I will speak after I think about it."

Qian Xiaobao paused for a moment when he heard the words. At that moment, thousands of thoughts turned in his mind, thinking whether he should tell the truth, but Ouyang Xi said a step ahead of her: "It's just a doctor who asked us to come and get it. of."

"Oh? I don't know if this doctor has a name?" Yao Du asked casually as he played with the tea set with his long, fair fingers.

"This……"

"Back to seniors, it was the evil doctor and witch who guided us here." Qian Xiaobao cut the conversation and finished, then stared at Yao Du intently to observe her reaction.

The person drinking tea in the main seat seemed to have known the answer long ago, without changing his face, he glanced at Qian Xiaobao lightly, and said, "You are quite honest, kid."

Although Ouyang Xi didn't know why Qian Xiaobao suddenly changed his mind and forgot all the words Wu Lingxi explained when he came, but she must have her own plan for doing so, so she just stared at Yao Du and said: " We have already answered your question, so can the medicine be taken away?"

Although they only knew each other for a while, Yao Du seemed to have gotten used to Ouyang Xi's straightforward behavior, so he looked at her with a chuckle and said, "Little girl, why are you so anxious, is it possible that I am afraid that my old man will repent? "

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Ouyang Xi frowned tightly, and changed the subject: "I said senior, can you stop being an old man every now and then, it makes people feel very strange."

"Oh?" Yao Du raised his eyebrows to look at her, and asked a little puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

Ouyang Xi jumped off the chair and paced in front of her, stared for a while at the clear and beautiful face without any trace of age, and said, "I don't know how old you are, but judging from this face alone, it looks like you The word 'old man' is too different, it always gives people the feeling of being young and mature, don't you think it's strange?"

Women are always born to love beauty. Even Yaodu, who lives alone all year round and doesn't care about the world, can't help but feel uncontrollable joy when she hears such praise, but after all, she has lived so many years, and her ability to hide her thoughts is beyond ordinary people. So, Yi Yi only smiled lightly, and said: "Slick tongue!"

"Don't worry, I've agreed to you, I always..." After thinking for a while, I shook my head and chuckled and changed my mind: "I won't break my promise. It's just that it's getting late now, and the terrain on the edge of the cliff is steep, especially at night. The lingering fog is more likely to block the line of sight, you are not familiar with the situation here, even if you go there, you will not be able to get the two medicines."

Qian Xiaobao looked worried when he heard the words, Yao Du said again: "Speaking of which, your luck is pretty good, my apprentice Yu'er happened to come to visit me yesterday, but now he went down to the mountain to collect herbs, when he comes back, I'll ask him to lead you guys to gather those two herbs tomorrow."

"Really? That would be great!"

Ouyang Xi clapped his hands happily and turned his head to look at Qian Xiaobao, but was puzzled to find that not only was the other party not as happy as she was when he heard the news, but the worried look on his face became more and more obvious.Turning to look at Jiang Qingxiao next to her, she also had a look of uncertainty, but Wuying was still normal, looking at the two of them with puzzled faces.

"Xiaobao, what's the matter?" Ouyang Xi walked over and asked her softly, tugging at his sleeves.

Qian Xiaobao raised his head and smiled at her, and said as if nothing had happened: "It's nothing."

Yao Du watched all this silently, but didn't say anything, stood up and faced the crowd and said, "I don't have many rooms here, only two are free, you can allocate them yourself." Go out the door.

Ouyang Xi took Qian Xiaobao's hand and silently followed Yaodu not too far away, lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "Xiaobao, we're staying here, so what can Wu Lingxi do?"

It wasn't that she was so merciful and ran to worry about that person with a vicious heart and mouth, but she was just afraid that if the person couldn't wait to leave, they wouldn't be able to save him even if they went back with the medicine.

"Don't worry." Qian Xiaobao seemed to see through her thoughts at a glance: "If she wants to leave, she definitely doesn't have to wait until now."

As soon as Ouyang Xi heard this, he put down the stone in his heart: "That's right."

Yao Du, who was walking not far in front, listened to the conversation between the two, his face remained unchanged, he just slightly bent his hand hanging by his side, and tapped a few times comfortably on the outside of his thigh.

Although there is no servant in Yaowang Valley, there is an elderly woman who is in charge of cooking.Although the dishes were not complicated, the taste was really good. Ouyang Xi was so full that he couldn't swallow anymore, so he reluctantly put down his chopsticks.

When everyone was full, the old woman who was cooking staggered over to clean up the dishes.Ouyang Xi has always been unaccustomed to being served by others. When she was in the Qian Mansion, she was always a young and bright little girl who could barely accept it. Now she is being served by an old man who is obviously much older than herself and looks frail Serving, she was naturally sorry, and immediately stood up and quickly piled up the empty bowls one by one, and said, "Old man, let me clean it up for you."

The old woman was taken aback when she heard the words, lowered her head like a conditioned reflex, and replied in a hoarse voice: "Thank you, miss, no need."

"It's okay." Ouyang Xi said as he stretched out his hand to pick up the dish in the old woman's hand. Unexpectedly, as soon as her fingertip touched the side of her hand, the other party dodged away like an electric shock, but because of The movement was too large and the soup from the leftovers on the plate was spilled all over his hands.

Ouyang Xi thought that he accidentally knocked over the dish, and grabbed the other person's hand without thinking about it to help him wipe it clean, but when he lowered his head and glanced inadvertently, he was stunned on the spot.

Those hands are delicate and smooth to the touch, just like caressing the most top-grade jade in the world. At a glance, there is no trace of rough wrinkles. Although they are a little bony and pale, they are slender and delicate, and the thin skin on the back of the hands tightly outlines them. The graceful shape, against the looming blue veins underneath, has a different kind of morbid beauty, which makes Ouyang Xi fascinated.For a moment, he didn't know whether to marvel at the exquisite beauty of these slender hands, or to wonder why these hands appeared on an old woman.

With this dazed effort, the other party quickly pulled out his hand, not caring that the porcelain plate in his palm fell to the ground and shattered, and hurriedly said: "I'll clean it up later." Then he turned around and walked out quickly. into the hall.

I don't know if it was because of the change in the palm of that hand, Ouyang Xi always felt that her "fleeing" figure at this time was much stronger than before.

In fact, strictly speaking, they always thought that the other party was an "old woman", purely because she was always bowed, walking extremely slowly, and accompanied by a slight limp.What's more, it's her silver-white hair, but as for her face, she has never seen it, because the other party has been covered with a black veil since the beginning of meeting.

Could it be that this person also has the art of retaining his face like Yaodu, and that's why he has a childlike face?

Due to the angle, the rest of the people present, including Yaodu, did not see what happened between the two just now.After seeing the old woman leave in a little haste, Ouyang Xi just stood there in a daze.

"Xi'er, what's the matter?" Qian Xiaobao worriedly got up and walked to her side and asked.

Ouyang Xi came back to her senses, and turned her head to look at Yao Du first like a conditioned reflex, but the other party only smiled at her when they looked at each other.

"It's nothing." She intuitively felt that this matter was not simple, but now is really not a good time to find out.

"Since the meal is finished, let's go back to the room and rest." It was not Ouyang Xi who said this, but Jiang Qingxiao who had been restless all night.

Although Ouyang Xi was a little puzzled, but because he still had greater doubts in his heart, he didn't think about it at the moment, so he just echoed: "Oh, good."

The four of them got up and said goodnight to Yao Du, just as they walked to the door, they saw a young young master walking towards the hall.

Jiang Qingxiao hid behind Wuying without even thinking about it, and then saw the young master entering the room and saluted Yao Du respectfully: "Master, Yu'er is back."

Yao Du looked relieved, looked at him and nodded, "Just come back, I'll ask Aunt Wu to help you heat up the food later."

"Thank you, Master."

Yao Du raised his hand to call Qian Xiaobao and the others back, pointed to the young master who had just entered the door and introduced: "This is my apprentice." Then he turned to Xia Lingyu and said: "These people are here to ask for medicine, you should talk to them carefully. Let's chat, and tomorrow I will take them to the cliff to find medicine. Master is a little tired, so I will go back to my room first."

After Yao Du finished speaking, he got up and went out of the hall. Seeing this, Qian Xiaobao stepped forward and cupped his fists and said, "I'm here for Qian Xiaobao, this is my wife, Ouyang Xi." He paused here, and casually pointed to Jiang Qingxiao He Wuying: "These two are my friends."

After hearing this, Ouyang Xi was a little puzzled: Why did Xiaobao speak so vaguely when he mentioned Qingxiao and Wuying?Looking back, Jiang Qingxiao, who has always been fearless, shrank her neck behind Wuying, and almost couldn't even see the whole figure.

What's the situation?She glanced at Wuying, who was also puzzled, and was about to ask Qian Xiaobao, but the son on the opposite side gave the answer out loud.

"My Xia Lingyu, please be polite."