Familiarity beyond human reach.
The two of them didn't get close to others casually before, this was the first time they had someone they could touch with confidence, and they gradually became addicted to touching each other.That day when they were pinching and pinching and rolling into a ball again, Su Lan's long-lost voice came from outside the door: "Fourth Young Master, the master sent you to the hall."
Su Lan, that is, the elder sister Lan that Qi Ao heard on the bed a few days ago. harem.
Regardless of whether it is the original work or the fanfare, that is to say, no matter whether it is Ao Qi or Qi Ao, the first manual action of the two of them was given to Su Lan. Willing to spend his whole life on an unknown fourth son.
Although it is the first time in the hand, there are still some differences.
Ao Qi hooked up with Su Lan and the relationship between the two quickly heated up. One day, he called Su Lan to the room, grabbed Su Lan's hand and let it go to himself, and said in his savory voice She said, "Sister Lan, help me." In the original book, Qi Ao's appearance as a little boy who was not valued or even excluded everywhere aroused Su Lan's sympathy. When Su Lan found that Qi Ao had reached puberty and faced physiological phenomena When he was very at a loss, looking at Qi Ao's flushed face and biting his lower lip, Xiao Wang offered to help him.
Even the inconspicuous Fourth Young Master of Qianyue Mountain Villa, the aptitude to be a winner in life is already a bit on the rise.
Ao Qi responded to the door, but looked at Qi Ao, who looked back at him pretending to be puzzled: "What are you looking at me for? This is your father." After speaking, he quickly ran to the bed to hide up.
After Ao Qi confirmed that Qi Ao was him, the first thing he thought of was that another "self" might help him to share some things, because Qi Ao's gentleness and politeness happened to be the favorite of his father and wife, but he was fine, One sentence gets rid of the relationship, but in the end you still have to do it yourself.
Su Lan, who waited outside the door for a while, took a special look at the room: "Why did you still put down the curtain?" She was about to walk over and lift it.
Aoqi stepped forward and stopped Su Lan, his face automatically adjusted to the seductive mode, with a hint of shame: "The bed will be taken out to wash later. Don't trouble Sister Lan to worry about it."
Su Lan understood in an instant, she gave a coquettish "no shame" and led Ao Qi out with a giggle.
Leaving Qi Ao alone on the bed with a small plate, sighing silently that this is a moving peach blossom forest, while eating his last plate of sugar rice balls in this room without knowing it.
The trees on both sides are still green, and the sun is not too big, and even a little breeze is soaked in the breath of revival and growth of all things.
"I haven't figured it out yet," Qiao swayed from side to side on the horse as if he was about to fall off, "Why did I agree to come out with you at that time? It's none of my business."
Ao Qi looked at him for a long time, sure that he would not really fall, but he was still a little worried: "I have been in the village for the past two days, so I can bring you some food. If I leave, you will have to deal with these things yourself." Do it, you might as well come out with me."
Qi Ao looked sideways at Ao Qi who was walking side by side with him, Ao Qi looked back at him calmly, after a while Qi Ao withdrew his gaze, and a deliberately low voice came out from behind the hood: "Okay, I accept this reason. "
That day Aoqi was called by the master, and he was told to attend the sword test meeting at Baiyan Villa.
Baiyan Villa and Qianyue Villa are considered family friends. Baiyan Villa casts swords, and Qianyue Villa carves jade.However, in recent decades, the swords cast by Baiyan Villa are no longer just for gentlemen.
It is rumored that one day the current owner of Baiyan Villa was still the young master. In his dream, he wandered through the Nine Heavens and Caves, and accidentally broke into a fairyland. After waking up, the owner tried to forge swords according to the teachings in his dream, and he actually forged three peerless swords that generate and restrain each other.
Double Dragon Red Feather Sword.The blade is three feet and four inches long, and weighs nine catties and one coin. It is forged from desert iron. The body of the sword is slightly red, like a fire burning. Transparent and golden, the sound is like the wind passing through the desert, making the hearts of gods and ghosts tremble.The hilt of the sword is gilt, engraved with patterns of frost, lightning, thunder, and double dragons.
Phoenix bird lotus sword.It is three feet three inches long and weighs 99 qian. The body of the sword is made of deep-sea blue iron, so the whole body is blue.The hilt of the sword is milky white, its texture is like jade, and it has the feeling of being surrounded by clouds and mist. When dancing in the hollow part, there is a phoenix cry. Like snow, it can suppress demons and evil thoughts.
Tai Chi Jialan Sword.The body of the sword is silver-gray. It is made of condensed steel and ice iron in the Tianchi Lake of Changbai Mountain. It is embedded with blood jade. Yihan is powerful when used properly, but if used improperly, the cold energy enters the body and kills oneself, but when it is waved, it is murderous and radiant, making ordinary people dare not look at it.
"Double Dragon Red Feather Sword." In the middle of the night, Ao Qi sat at the table and looked at the information sent by the secret envoy, chewing on this title with great interest.
Qi Ao, who tossed and turned on the bed and still didn't fall asleep, got up from the bed and looked at the other party speechlessly, then retracted into the quilt again, the quilt covered the already sleepy voice, muffled: "Why, do you want?"
Although they have known each other for only a few days away, the two who have always been indifferent to others seem to have a mysterious force that draws them closer. At the beginning, they slept in separate beds in the villa, but when they opened their eyes the next day, they didn't know why. We just rolled into the same bed, and we have an intimacy that we never had with other people, so we simply started to eat and sleep at the same table and share the same bed, and when we went outside, it became much more convenient, Ao Qi was afraid that we would not be there for a while After seeing Qiao firmly, he ran away. Qiao slept much more peacefully with a heat source beside him. Later, both of them got used to having another person beside them when they slept.
Ao Qi went to the bed and dug Qi Ao out of the quilt, and brought his news to Qi Ao: "This is considered a divine treasure in this world, if I can get it..."
Qi Ao rubbed his eyes, accepted the information and glanced at it resignedly, and analyzed for Ao Qi: "Instead of the Shuanglong Chiyu Sword, the Phoenix Bird Lotus Sword is more suitable for you, don't forget the ancestral sword technique of the Dugu family The Liuhua Zhanyun sword emphasizes lightness and agility, how do you use it with a five-jin epee?"
According to legend, Liuhua Zhanyunjian was created by Yulang, the first generation owner of Qianyue Mountain Villa. He pays attention to free and unrestrained movements, flexible and changeable routines, stretching postures like falling flowers and flowing water, clouds rolling and clouds relaxing. Liuhua Zhanyunjian has a total of 24 moves. Each style is named after a poem, which shows Yulang's elegance.In addition to the first generation owner, the old owner—that is, Ao Qi's grandfather—was the best in Liuhua Zhanyunjian dance. "The Wind of Yulang" is also well-known in the world.
However, following the mysterious disappearance of the old owner 20 years ago, and after the father of the current owner Dugu Aoqi succeeded to the throne, Liuhua Zhanyunjian rarely appears in the rivers and lakes until today.It is said that when the owner of the village had just succeeded to the throne, he had also demonstrated it in front of everyone, but that time, the elders of the rivers and lakes told him that his body and spirit were withered, and this set of swordsmanship was suppressed from then on.Since then, Liuhuazhanyunjian no longer has the brilliance of the past, and has gradually been dubbed a "flower shelf" by people in the rivers and lakes.
Hearing Qi Ao's words, Ao Qi supported his shoulders and looked at Qi Ao for a moment. The reason why he said "Double Dragon Red Feather Sword" had his own intentions in mind. Now when he suddenly saw Qi Ao, another thought came to his mind.
Staring at the drowsy Qi Ao, Ao Qi said inexplicably: "The Phoenix Bird Lotus Sword is really suitable."
I don't know if I heard Ao Qi's words clearly, Qi Ao let out a "huh" and buried herself in Ao Qi's arms and fell asleep.
Ao Qi and Qi Ao don't like physical contact with others very much. When they met in the first year of junior high school, they had conflicts because they were not used to it for a while.Ao Qi hugged Qi Ao in his arms, carefully moved him onto the bed, put the materials on the bedside, put out the candle and fell asleep together.
After wandering around for a few more days, seeing that the destination is getting closer and closer, he only needs to climb over this hill to enter the city, which is the site of Baiyan Villa.
Ao Qi rode a horse and walked ahead, followed by Qi Ao wearing a hood to cover his face. Logically speaking, a person who appeared suddenly and refused to show his true colors would attract the attention of others, but following Ao Qi The group of people who came out from Qi were not curious about this personal servant who appeared out of nowhere, to be precise, they didn't pay much attention to Ao Qi.
If it wasn't for the fact that the eldest son happened to be out on errands and the second son occasionally felt the cold, Dugu Aoqi would not have come to the good deed of coming to Baiyan Villa.
But there is one exception, that is Kongqing who has been with Aoqi since he was a child and has been silently by his side. Those people have never known about Aoqi's situation, so naturally they don't know, but he still doesn't know the young master's side for so many years Is there no one else but him?This strange person was temporarily brought out by the young master before he set off. He appeared too abruptly, as if he had fallen from the sky. No one knew his identity or where he came from.
"My lord," Kong Qing looked around, and immediately went to Ao Qi's side and whispered, "Kong Qing has something to report, can you come to the son's room tonight..."
Ao Qi raised his hand and interrupted his words: "I know what you've been thinking recently, and I'll make it clear when I come to my room tonight." Without leaving Kong Qing a look, Ao Qi rode to Qi Ao's place Walking with him beside him, he didn't see Kong Qing's somewhat gloomy expression behind him.
Finally entered the city, Ao Qi ordered one person to deliver a visit letter to Baiyan Villa first, and the others found an inn with him to rest first, and went to the villa to participate in the sword test meeting tomorrow.
Even if no one pays attention to this fourth young master in the past, after all, there is now an extra boy beside him, and he is still the boy who eats and lives with him every day, so all kinds of gossip and gossip are inevitable.As if he didn't hear other people whispering that "the fourth son is actually Long Yang", Ao Qi brought Qi Ao into the room.
Ao Qi turned around and closed the door, only to hear Qi Ao ask behind him: "Who is that person?" Full of doubts.
When he looked at Qi Ao, the other party had already taken off his veiled hat, sat at the table and poured two cups of tea, and handed him a cup.
Ao Qi took it, and looked at the other's hand, which was whiter and more delicate than his own, with only a few calluses, which may be the imprint left by sword practice. He remembered the back of the hand that was also crystal clear in the gray morning light when we first met, Ao Qi sighed silently in his heart, and replied: "He is Kong Qing, the child I met near the servant's room when I was young, and I rescued him when he was bullied badly. Why, you don't know this person? "
"I've been thinking about one thing recently, what is the relationship between me and you." Qi Ao put down his teacup, and his pretty lips pursed into the usual arc, "Until that day I suddenly remembered what I read in the book, 'Nine There is a country with many names in the sky, with you and me, and its behavior is similar to that of you and me, but it is not the same." It probably means that the world is vast, and there are the same people in two different places, but they are not exactly the same. I I think we should be like this. And this world should be your world, but I really don’t know why I broke in in a daze. "
After thinking for a while, Ao Qi understood why the topic jumped to this topic: "This is why you don't know Kong Qing? That is to say, even though we are the same person, we still have a slightly different experience? So are we alone or not? "
"The same identity, parents, and name, I think they can be counted as one person. As for..." Qi Ao smiled at Aoqi, reached out and took the veiled hat beside him and put it on, "How can you be so distorted?" I don't understand his character."
"You!" Ao Qi just wanted to refute, when there was a knock on the door, there was a pause twice, and after a while, he knocked twice again, the voice was neither loud nor soft, showing the respect of the knocker: "My lord, you can come down and use it. meal."
☆, Zhirou
Opening the door, it was Kong Qing who was standing at the door, he looked around the room, the servant was sitting on a stool making tea for himself, and when he saw him coming, he just nodded without making a sound.
Ao Qi gave Qi Ao a "be careful" look, and interrupted Kong Qing's random thoughts: "Didn't I already say, come to my room tonight, and I will tell you the truth of the matter."
Kong Qing knew that it was Young Master who blamed him for being troublesome, not to mention that Young Master's lowered voice was really scary, so he quickly replied: "Kong Qing overstepped the rules." He led Ao Qi downstairs.
Qi Ao in the room listened carefully to the footsteps of the two, took off his hat after confirming that the two had gone far, and pushed open the window of the inn.The window was facing the small courtyard of the inn, and after looking at the height to the bottom of the building, Qi'ao turned over and jumped out of the window.
When he came out from the back door, Qi Ao was still laughing to himself. The people in the courtyard thought that he got here by accident, and they all kindly showed him how to get back to the hall. He also greeted those people very freely. Until he walked out of the inn, no one noticed that there was already a young master Dugu eating in the hall.
These days, everyone is busy on the road, whether they are eating or sleeping in the open, or falling asleep when they are tired. It has been a long time since they are so leisurely like today, and they can have a good rest. Tomorrow, they will enter the villa. Naturally, Qiao wants to go out and look around during this free time. Look, this is the first time he has stepped out of Qianyue Mountain Villa, and he did not rule out this point when he promised Aoqi at the time.
In the teahouse, Qi'ao, who was sitting by the window facing the river, finally had time to think about the issues that he had no time to think about these days.
He has an indifferent temperament, born in such a family, he has long known that the less things he cares about, the less he will be hurt.The birds and rabbits I raised when I was young were played to death by my brothers and sisters. He cried a lot and was not comforted. Everyone watched him cry with cold eyes. No one paid attention to him when he cried until his voice was hoarse and he was bedridden. He, since then he has learned not to care about anything.
No one will treat him well except himself, there is nothing worthy of his heart, he will not take the initiative to extend outward, as long as others do not offend him.He upholds the principle that people will not offend me and I will not offend others, which can be regarded as a big weakness that has been missed by mistake.So much so that until now, he doesn't even care about that villa, which is why he calmed down before Aoqi when he found out that he had changed his environment.
When he wanted to see through, his first thought was that he could live the life he wanted in the future.
He is very contradictory about Ao Qi, he thinks that he should not care about an outsider at all, but after getting along for a while, he finds that he can't treat Ao Qi as an outsider like before.At the beginning, he didn't know whether to attribute the other party to himself or something else. Although he kept telling himself in his heart that they were actually two people, he always showed a tacit understanding with the other party at some inadvertent times, and his body would unconsciously seek him out. rely on.
The more important thing is that he feels that there is nothing wrong with living next to Ao Qi with food and clothing taken care of.
During the chat, he asked Aoqi to prove a question. He thought that with Aoqi's temperament, although he was sure that Aoqi would not do anything to him, he would not accept himself so quickly, and began to mention some things about him frequently. He has some in his hand, but Qi Ao himself doesn't know about it.
Seeing all kinds of delicate and tasty delicacies, Qi Ao reluctantly accepts this point.
Qi Ao came out of the memory, imagining Ao Qi's expression when he found out that he had slipped away, and laughed again.There is a faint sound of silk and bamboo in my ears, and the wind mixed with the smell of the river floats in.
Baiyan Villa is located on the outskirts of Nanhuai.Nanhuai, the third largest city in the Central Plains, was built along the river, and is now a bustling place for business exchanges. Of course, the "Fenjiang River" is also one of the reasons why it is famous.People can't remember the original name of this river. They call it Zhifen River. During the day, it passes quietly around the city. , Even the river water has the aroma of powder.
Frowning indistinctly, Qi'ao drank the cold tea and was about to get up and leave.Although he didn't know what happened to Aoqi, he told himself to go back early, and the time was almost up now.
As soon as he stood up, there was a sudden "pop" in his ear, and the broken porcelain pieces from the teacup splashed to his feet, and at the same time, a girl's exclamation sounded.
"Young Master." Kong Qing knocked on the door of Aoqi's room on time, and when he entered the door, he saw the young master sitting at the table calm down with a rare anxious and angry expression, and Kong Qing hurried forward a few steps to ask, "Young Master, what happened?" gone?"
Ao Qi turned his back to Kong Qing and walked to the window.The window was wide open, his fingers touched the mottled red paint on the window, his eyes were dark, then he shook his head, and when he faced Kong Qing again, he was already the familiar young man of Kong Qing.
"Thank you, son, for your help." The woman in front of her said a blessing, and a pair of shy and timid eyes secretly aimed at the son in white in front of her.Just now she accidentally touched someone else's cup of tea, and was caught and asked her to pay 50 taels of silver for a cup, but she ran out to play secretly, so she didn't have so much silver on her body. At this moment, a young man in white He fell from the sky and rescued her in trouble.
"Although the tea is considered good tea, it's not worth the price. It's clear that the thief is unreasonable first. Don't be afraid, girl." Qi Ao, with a gentlemanly appearance, smiled and comforted him, "The night is already deep. I'm afraid it will be a lot of inconvenience for the girl to be alone, so it's better to go home earlier."
The woman saw that the young man in front of her was a little anxious to leave, but she still gave her good words to comfort her. Her heart seemed to be a flower bud moistened by the first rain of spring, and the petals trembled and bloomed, but it was not easy to keep too much in front of her.
While wringing her handkerchief, she said with a flushed face: "Young master's kindness can never be repaid. My little girl Zhirou lives in Baiyan Villa. If you need anything, you can go to the villa and find me. Dare to ask you..." Before she finished speaking, her face was already burning. Indeed, as a woman, she took the initiative to ask a man's name. For Zhirou who grew up in the village, it took a lot of courage.
However, she didn't know why, after the young master helped her solve the problem, she couldn't help but secretly fell in love with him.
Seeing that the young master didn't answer her own words for a long time, Zhirou couldn't help but secretly annoyed that she was too impulsive, the more she thought about it, the more panicked she was, and she was about to leave with a flick of the handkerchief.
"Fortunately, Miss... Miss is so kind." Luckily, she hadn't run away before hearing the young master's reply, "I'm terrified, Dugu Qiao has seen Miss."
To Zhirou's ears, Qi'ao's voice was a little dazed, a little silly, a little bewildered, very much like the feelings of those scholars in the story books, and she was the young lady who had just begun to fall in love.
"Dugu Qi'ao... Dugu..." Zhirou felt that this surname was very familiar at the beginning, but suddenly realized it, and made an idea in her heart.
Zhi Rou and Qi Ao, whose cheeks were rosy from the embarrassment of their brains, just stood on the bridge like this.In the distance is the sparkling river, and in the vicinity are lanterns and wine flags fluttering in the wind. In the eyes of others, they are very talented and beautiful.
Qi Ao was thinking that it would be okay to go back a few minutes later, the lonely low pressure called Kong Qing was about to crush him to death today, and asked Ao Qi to help him relieve it, when she heard Zhirou softly said: "Young master, if you go tomorrow Baiyan Villa, Zhirou will definitely thank you with a great gift." After speaking, she left in a hurry.
Qi Ao was left standing there with a confused face, just now...he seems to have encountered something terrible.
There were not many people eating in the hall, Ao Qi must have returned to the room long ago, Qi Ao entered through the door very reassuringly, Xiaoer saw him and greeted him warmly: "Yo, Mr. Dugu, when did you go out?" .”
Qi Ao replied politely: "I've heard about the teahouse in Nanhuai for a long time, and today's visit really deserves its reputation."
As soon as he heard that his hometown was praised, Xiaoer was overjoyed, and immediately regarded Qi'ao as a good person, and talked about many things about Qi'ao.
The speaker has no intention of the listener, not to mention that the inn itself is the place where information converges the most, and Qi Ao is not in a hurry to go up, and finds a table nearby to sit and listen, thinking of all the true and false half-truths and half-truths one by one. After listing them out and pondering carefully, the face is still listening carefully.
Xiaoer drank all his saliva, looked at Young Master Dugu still looking at himself with a warm smile, a little embarrassed on his face, gave Qi Ao some side dishes, and then respectfully sent Qi Ao upstairs, At the same time, he was still thinking about why the young master Dugu who came back after going out for a stroll at night was a little different from the one he saw in the lobby in the afternoon, and he couldn't explain exactly what was different, but it seemed to be the same.
Xiaoer fell into chaos here, but Qi'ao went upstairs cheerfully with a clear head, pushed open the door, and looked over with straight eyes, one gloomy and the other surprised.
"You see, you don't need to know too much about the specifics, just remember that in the future he will be me and I will be him, and if he gives you any order, you just do it, don't say too much, you can go." Ao Qi The eyes are fixed on Qi Ao, but the words in his mouth are for Kong Qing.
Kong Qing quickly agreed, and when he went out, he looked at Qi Ao a few more times, as if he saw some monster.
Qi Ao smiled at Kong Qing, then pretended not to see the blushing face of the other party, closed the door calmly and walked towards Ao Qi: "Here, the small dishes downstairs are delivered by Xiao Er."
"Where did you go just now?" Ao Qi conjured up a jug of wine out of nowhere and poured a glass for both of them.
Qi Ao smelled the wine and wrinkled his nose: "I went out for a stroll, and when I came back, I chatted with Xiao Er for a while, so I wasted time, anyway, you have already taken care of it."
It's not that Qi'ao deliberately concealed the "hero saving the beauty" incident, but he thought it was insignificant so he just skipped it.On the contrary, he talked to Ao Qi in detail about a few things that he thought were more valuable.
"The Liusha Xingyue Building is a building that has risen recently, and it has become a major power that stands on a par with the Xuanyang Jedi Pavilion in just 20 years. It is amazing." Qi Ao sighed after hearing about the two major powers. said a word.
Aoqi played with the porcelain cup in his hand: "There is something even more amazing. The owner of Liusha Xingyue Building is rumored to be a woman. All the dead disciples in the Sha Xingyue Tower admire her beauty and are willing to do things for her, so there are rumors in the world that if you want to control the Liusha Xingyue Tower, you only need to control the landlord."
"Then she is suitable for the owner of the Xuanyang Jedi Pavilion." Qi Ao put down his wine glass, tapped the table with his index finger, "So you used your emissary to inquire about this kind of gossip?"
Today Ao Qi's order to Qi Ao is no stranger, as early as the second day when they set out on the road, Ao Qi introduced him to the emissaries trained by Ao Qi.By the way, secret envoy, this is also one of the things that Qi Ao didn't live in before, but Ao Qi is different from him.
"Do you want to bring two with you?" Ao Qi heard Qi Ao mentioned the secret envoy, and said what he had been planning all along.
Qi Ao glanced at him jokingly: "Then ask them to report to you where I am and what I have done anytime?"
Talking about this Ao Qi got a little angry, ever since Qi Ao arrived here, he has made it clear that he wants to be a shopkeeper, if he hadn't held him by force, Qi Ao would have left the life he wanted to live by himself.Originally, it was good for Qi Ao to wait obediently, but when he returned to the room and saw someone go to Lou Kong, he had to explain what happened recently to Kong Qing who insisted that "the fourth son must have been deceived".
Although he was talking to Kong Qing at that time, he had been secretly thinking about what he would do if Ruo Qiao really left him.
"Hey, hey," Qi'ao stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Ao Qi's eyes, without any fear of the other party's anger, "You just push a bunch of your confidantes to me, aren't you afraid I'll do something with them?"
"You are afraid that you don't need it." Ao Qi has not recovered from the memory just now, and his tone is a bit bad, "Besides, if you go out with this face, I will take care of good and bad things for you."
Qi Ao touched his face: "That's right." After looking at Ao Qi for a long time, he suddenly laughed out loud as if he thought of something funny.
Qi Ao's smile turned the darkness in Ao Qi's heart into doubts, but the other party hurriedly pushed him to bed without giving him a chance to ask questions: "Tomorrow we are going to visit Baiyan Mountain Villa, we still rest early."
There are ghosts, there must be ghosts.Ao Qi's eyes followed Qi Ao's figure who went to wash up, and he didn't take it back until he turned to the screen.
☆, white flame
Although Baiyan Villa is located on the outskirts of Nanhuai, its prosperity is no less than that of the city center, and because of its existence, the vicinity has also been developed, and Baiyan Villa has clearly become the second city center of Nanhuai.
The next day, Aoqi and his party tidied up at the inn, settled the bill, and arrived at Baiyan Mountain Villa not far outside the city.
Although Qianyue Mountain Villa is not as good as before, the eldest son and the second son can't get on the stage one by one, and now an unknown fourth son is sent to participate in the sword test meeting. That said, this is still a very disrespectful and inappropriate approach.
For the sake of family friends, at least they used to be family friends, Baiyan Villa still gave Dugu Aoqi and his party a pretty good treat, and also showed their demeanor as a family.
In the past few days, people from martial arts have come to visit one after another. Ao Qi and the others rested in the inn overnight, and today they also chose to stay in the villa, thinking that there will be something in the past one day earlier so that they can get acquainted with each other first.
Baiyan Mountain Villa will hold a sword raising feast tomorrow to invite heroes and heroes from all walks of life. A contest, the winner gets one of the swords.The guests who came first today can play in the villa to their heart's content, communicate and make friends by the way.
After lunch, Aoqi and the others did not enjoy the beautiful scenery of Baiyan Mountain Villa like everyone else, but went back to the room to rest. The two of them just sat down when they heard the door knocking, opened the door, and stood respectfully by the door alone, With hands down and head down, he was dressed like a servant in Baiyan Villa, but his appearance was something they had never seen in the villa.
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Dugu? My Fourth Miss is here to invite you." The visitor was so respectful that something was wrong, and what he said was even more strange.
Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that there are three sons in the Baiyan Villa family. The eldest son is in an official career, the second son is in business, and the third son inherits the Baiyan Villa business. They have never heard of Baiyan Villa having a young lady.
When Ao Qi turned around, he saw Qi Ao, who was dressed as a servant, drinking tea carelessly, holding a book to cover his face.Ao Qi knew that Qi Ao was definitely not willing to take on this matter, so he had no choice but to agree. Before leaving, he repeatedly asked Qi Ao not to run around. If you are really bored, you can stroll around, but you must pay attention to your words and deeds .
"Yeah, I got it." Qi Ao didn't even look at Ao Qi, just nodded vigorously, in order to prevent Ao Qi from noticing the smile he couldn't hide in his eyes.
Ao Qi followed the other party around, from the hall around the guest room, through the back kitchen, into the back garden, and then walked to the depths of the garden.It looks like dense rockery and woods. Unexpectedly, after turning a few turns, it suddenly opens up. There is an exquisite small courtyard in it, with small bridges, flowing water and pavilions, forming a scene of a courtyard within a courtyard. Not amazing.
The man kept a straight face along the way, Ao Qi thought for a while and finally didn't ask the question.The passer-by led him closer to the small courtyard, and finally stopped two feet away from the entrance of the courtyard, and stopped going forward, bent down to ask Aoqi to move on.
Ao Qi bowed slightly to express his gratitude, and after watching the guide leave, he walked cautiously into the courtyard according to the guide's instructions.In the middle of the courtyard is a small bamboo house, hidden among the lush greenery. In front of the door are delicately arranged flowers of various colors. The water drops on the petals are still shimmering like broken gold in the midday sun. Behind the house is A piece of lake, the small pavilion in the lake stands there quietly.
There was no accident on the way from the courtyard, except for the occasional birdsong, which made the courtyard more secluded.
Although this courtyard is in a remote corner of the villa, it only takes a few minutes to get there from the owner's courtyard, but ordinary people are led to walk along the road, which seems far away due to the twists and turns.
If it wasn't for its deliberately arranged location, if it wasn't for the identity of the person who summoned Qiao, this would look like an ordinary courtyard.
The courtyard is not big, and it takes a blink of an eye to walk from the courtyard door to the house door.Ao Qi corrected his expression, stepped forward and knocked on the door three times.
The door slowly opened inwards, and a woman sat upright in the center of the room.This woman was seventeen or eighteen years old, with snow-skinned appearance, and she was looking at him with a smile. Her skirt was spread out beside her, like a lotus-colored scarlet robe and jade belt blooming outside the door.
"Master Dugu, are you all right?" The woman greeted Aoqi in a very familiar tone.
Of course Aoqi didn't know Zhirou. Facing such a familiar greeting from a strange woman, although his face remained calm, Zhirou noticed the momentary hesitation in his movements, but this did not arouse Zhirou's suspicion , but in Zhirou's eyes, it was automatically interpreted as surprise at seeing her.
Zhirou smiled, she stood up, stroked her dress, and bowed slightly: "I didn't mean to hide it, but Mr. Dugu, please forgive me."
Seeing that Zhirou's behavior is limited to courtesy, but she still can't hide the affection in her eyes, Ao Qi thinks about the hours when Qi Ao went out last night, and makes a rough guess in his heart.He had already flown into the room thinking about how to interrogate Qi Ao properly when he went back, but Ao Qi didn't show any distraction on his face, so he followed her words: "It's okay, I'm just a little surprised." Fang softened his expression , I actually learned that Qi Ao is very similar.
Zhirou pursed her lips and smiled, she was a little happy that she guessed the young master's thoughts, and said: "My original name is Lian Zhirou, I am the only daughter of the Lian family, and I am also the chosen sword guard." dimmed.
Sword guard, last night Qi Ao told himself about this gossip about Baiyan Villa.
Ever since the three divine swords were cast, the one who was "born" together with the divine sword was the so-called "sword guard". At the age of ten, the heavy responsibility of the sword guard was entrusted to her.The only thing the sword guard has to do is to sacrifice the sword with blood, once a month, but each time requires a lot of blood, almost half of the blood in the body has to be replaced, every time the sword guard will die to stop, and then It takes more than ten days to adjust the interest rate, and the cycle repeats month by month.Therefore, Zhirou has been weak since she was a child, and she seldom shows up to the outside world. As time goes by, others don't know her existence, and she only thinks that Baiyan Villa has three sons.
Seeing that Aoqi didn't answer her words, Zhirou didn't force it, she felt embarrassed again as this scholar-like figure, imprinted in her heart the lovely impression of him being stupid and stupid, she smiled slightly, and continued: "Zhirou last night As I said, you can’t repay your kindness, you should thank you with a heavy courtesy. I am the sword guard, and my father also loves me. I still have the right to choose the owner of a sword. Last night, I saw that you are handsome and gentle. Ruyu, Qianyue Mountain Villa is also good at Liuhuazhanyun sword, there is no other person in the world who is more suitable for this Fengniaolianhua sword."
She raised her hand to ask the maid to bring up the Phoenix Niao Lianhua Sword, Zhirou took it with her own hands, went to Ao Qi and handed it to him: "Young Master, please accept it."
Ao Qi was really startled at this moment, so he became interested in the Phoenix Niao Lianhua Sword, and also thought about winning the Shuanglong Chi
The two of them didn't get close to others casually before, this was the first time they had someone they could touch with confidence, and they gradually became addicted to touching each other.That day when they were pinching and pinching and rolling into a ball again, Su Lan's long-lost voice came from outside the door: "Fourth Young Master, the master sent you to the hall."
Su Lan, that is, the elder sister Lan that Qi Ao heard on the bed a few days ago. harem.
Regardless of whether it is the original work or the fanfare, that is to say, no matter whether it is Ao Qi or Qi Ao, the first manual action of the two of them was given to Su Lan. Willing to spend his whole life on an unknown fourth son.
Although it is the first time in the hand, there are still some differences.
Ao Qi hooked up with Su Lan and the relationship between the two quickly heated up. One day, he called Su Lan to the room, grabbed Su Lan's hand and let it go to himself, and said in his savory voice She said, "Sister Lan, help me." In the original book, Qi Ao's appearance as a little boy who was not valued or even excluded everywhere aroused Su Lan's sympathy. When Su Lan found that Qi Ao had reached puberty and faced physiological phenomena When he was very at a loss, looking at Qi Ao's flushed face and biting his lower lip, Xiao Wang offered to help him.
Even the inconspicuous Fourth Young Master of Qianyue Mountain Villa, the aptitude to be a winner in life is already a bit on the rise.
Ao Qi responded to the door, but looked at Qi Ao, who looked back at him pretending to be puzzled: "What are you looking at me for? This is your father." After speaking, he quickly ran to the bed to hide up.
After Ao Qi confirmed that Qi Ao was him, the first thing he thought of was that another "self" might help him to share some things, because Qi Ao's gentleness and politeness happened to be the favorite of his father and wife, but he was fine, One sentence gets rid of the relationship, but in the end you still have to do it yourself.
Su Lan, who waited outside the door for a while, took a special look at the room: "Why did you still put down the curtain?" She was about to walk over and lift it.
Aoqi stepped forward and stopped Su Lan, his face automatically adjusted to the seductive mode, with a hint of shame: "The bed will be taken out to wash later. Don't trouble Sister Lan to worry about it."
Su Lan understood in an instant, she gave a coquettish "no shame" and led Ao Qi out with a giggle.
Leaving Qi Ao alone on the bed with a small plate, sighing silently that this is a moving peach blossom forest, while eating his last plate of sugar rice balls in this room without knowing it.
The trees on both sides are still green, and the sun is not too big, and even a little breeze is soaked in the breath of revival and growth of all things.
"I haven't figured it out yet," Qiao swayed from side to side on the horse as if he was about to fall off, "Why did I agree to come out with you at that time? It's none of my business."
Ao Qi looked at him for a long time, sure that he would not really fall, but he was still a little worried: "I have been in the village for the past two days, so I can bring you some food. If I leave, you will have to deal with these things yourself." Do it, you might as well come out with me."
Qi Ao looked sideways at Ao Qi who was walking side by side with him, Ao Qi looked back at him calmly, after a while Qi Ao withdrew his gaze, and a deliberately low voice came out from behind the hood: "Okay, I accept this reason. "
That day Aoqi was called by the master, and he was told to attend the sword test meeting at Baiyan Villa.
Baiyan Villa and Qianyue Villa are considered family friends. Baiyan Villa casts swords, and Qianyue Villa carves jade.However, in recent decades, the swords cast by Baiyan Villa are no longer just for gentlemen.
It is rumored that one day the current owner of Baiyan Villa was still the young master. In his dream, he wandered through the Nine Heavens and Caves, and accidentally broke into a fairyland. After waking up, the owner tried to forge swords according to the teachings in his dream, and he actually forged three peerless swords that generate and restrain each other.
Double Dragon Red Feather Sword.The blade is three feet and four inches long, and weighs nine catties and one coin. It is forged from desert iron. The body of the sword is slightly red, like a fire burning. Transparent and golden, the sound is like the wind passing through the desert, making the hearts of gods and ghosts tremble.The hilt of the sword is gilt, engraved with patterns of frost, lightning, thunder, and double dragons.
Phoenix bird lotus sword.It is three feet three inches long and weighs 99 qian. The body of the sword is made of deep-sea blue iron, so the whole body is blue.The hilt of the sword is milky white, its texture is like jade, and it has the feeling of being surrounded by clouds and mist. When dancing in the hollow part, there is a phoenix cry. Like snow, it can suppress demons and evil thoughts.
Tai Chi Jialan Sword.The body of the sword is silver-gray. It is made of condensed steel and ice iron in the Tianchi Lake of Changbai Mountain. It is embedded with blood jade. Yihan is powerful when used properly, but if used improperly, the cold energy enters the body and kills oneself, but when it is waved, it is murderous and radiant, making ordinary people dare not look at it.
"Double Dragon Red Feather Sword." In the middle of the night, Ao Qi sat at the table and looked at the information sent by the secret envoy, chewing on this title with great interest.
Qi Ao, who tossed and turned on the bed and still didn't fall asleep, got up from the bed and looked at the other party speechlessly, then retracted into the quilt again, the quilt covered the already sleepy voice, muffled: "Why, do you want?"
Although they have known each other for only a few days away, the two who have always been indifferent to others seem to have a mysterious force that draws them closer. At the beginning, they slept in separate beds in the villa, but when they opened their eyes the next day, they didn't know why. We just rolled into the same bed, and we have an intimacy that we never had with other people, so we simply started to eat and sleep at the same table and share the same bed, and when we went outside, it became much more convenient, Ao Qi was afraid that we would not be there for a while After seeing Qiao firmly, he ran away. Qiao slept much more peacefully with a heat source beside him. Later, both of them got used to having another person beside them when they slept.
Ao Qi went to the bed and dug Qi Ao out of the quilt, and brought his news to Qi Ao: "This is considered a divine treasure in this world, if I can get it..."
Qi Ao rubbed his eyes, accepted the information and glanced at it resignedly, and analyzed for Ao Qi: "Instead of the Shuanglong Chiyu Sword, the Phoenix Bird Lotus Sword is more suitable for you, don't forget the ancestral sword technique of the Dugu family The Liuhua Zhanyun sword emphasizes lightness and agility, how do you use it with a five-jin epee?"
According to legend, Liuhua Zhanyunjian was created by Yulang, the first generation owner of Qianyue Mountain Villa. He pays attention to free and unrestrained movements, flexible and changeable routines, stretching postures like falling flowers and flowing water, clouds rolling and clouds relaxing. Liuhua Zhanyunjian has a total of 24 moves. Each style is named after a poem, which shows Yulang's elegance.In addition to the first generation owner, the old owner—that is, Ao Qi's grandfather—was the best in Liuhua Zhanyunjian dance. "The Wind of Yulang" is also well-known in the world.
However, following the mysterious disappearance of the old owner 20 years ago, and after the father of the current owner Dugu Aoqi succeeded to the throne, Liuhua Zhanyunjian rarely appears in the rivers and lakes until today.It is said that when the owner of the village had just succeeded to the throne, he had also demonstrated it in front of everyone, but that time, the elders of the rivers and lakes told him that his body and spirit were withered, and this set of swordsmanship was suppressed from then on.Since then, Liuhuazhanyunjian no longer has the brilliance of the past, and has gradually been dubbed a "flower shelf" by people in the rivers and lakes.
Hearing Qi Ao's words, Ao Qi supported his shoulders and looked at Qi Ao for a moment. The reason why he said "Double Dragon Red Feather Sword" had his own intentions in mind. Now when he suddenly saw Qi Ao, another thought came to his mind.
Staring at the drowsy Qi Ao, Ao Qi said inexplicably: "The Phoenix Bird Lotus Sword is really suitable."
I don't know if I heard Ao Qi's words clearly, Qi Ao let out a "huh" and buried herself in Ao Qi's arms and fell asleep.
Ao Qi and Qi Ao don't like physical contact with others very much. When they met in the first year of junior high school, they had conflicts because they were not used to it for a while.Ao Qi hugged Qi Ao in his arms, carefully moved him onto the bed, put the materials on the bedside, put out the candle and fell asleep together.
After wandering around for a few more days, seeing that the destination is getting closer and closer, he only needs to climb over this hill to enter the city, which is the site of Baiyan Villa.
Ao Qi rode a horse and walked ahead, followed by Qi Ao wearing a hood to cover his face. Logically speaking, a person who appeared suddenly and refused to show his true colors would attract the attention of others, but following Ao Qi The group of people who came out from Qi were not curious about this personal servant who appeared out of nowhere, to be precise, they didn't pay much attention to Ao Qi.
If it wasn't for the fact that the eldest son happened to be out on errands and the second son occasionally felt the cold, Dugu Aoqi would not have come to the good deed of coming to Baiyan Villa.
But there is one exception, that is Kongqing who has been with Aoqi since he was a child and has been silently by his side. Those people have never known about Aoqi's situation, so naturally they don't know, but he still doesn't know the young master's side for so many years Is there no one else but him?This strange person was temporarily brought out by the young master before he set off. He appeared too abruptly, as if he had fallen from the sky. No one knew his identity or where he came from.
"My lord," Kong Qing looked around, and immediately went to Ao Qi's side and whispered, "Kong Qing has something to report, can you come to the son's room tonight..."
Ao Qi raised his hand and interrupted his words: "I know what you've been thinking recently, and I'll make it clear when I come to my room tonight." Without leaving Kong Qing a look, Ao Qi rode to Qi Ao's place Walking with him beside him, he didn't see Kong Qing's somewhat gloomy expression behind him.
Finally entered the city, Ao Qi ordered one person to deliver a visit letter to Baiyan Villa first, and the others found an inn with him to rest first, and went to the villa to participate in the sword test meeting tomorrow.
Even if no one pays attention to this fourth young master in the past, after all, there is now an extra boy beside him, and he is still the boy who eats and lives with him every day, so all kinds of gossip and gossip are inevitable.As if he didn't hear other people whispering that "the fourth son is actually Long Yang", Ao Qi brought Qi Ao into the room.
Ao Qi turned around and closed the door, only to hear Qi Ao ask behind him: "Who is that person?" Full of doubts.
When he looked at Qi Ao, the other party had already taken off his veiled hat, sat at the table and poured two cups of tea, and handed him a cup.
Ao Qi took it, and looked at the other's hand, which was whiter and more delicate than his own, with only a few calluses, which may be the imprint left by sword practice. He remembered the back of the hand that was also crystal clear in the gray morning light when we first met, Ao Qi sighed silently in his heart, and replied: "He is Kong Qing, the child I met near the servant's room when I was young, and I rescued him when he was bullied badly. Why, you don't know this person? "
"I've been thinking about one thing recently, what is the relationship between me and you." Qi Ao put down his teacup, and his pretty lips pursed into the usual arc, "Until that day I suddenly remembered what I read in the book, 'Nine There is a country with many names in the sky, with you and me, and its behavior is similar to that of you and me, but it is not the same." It probably means that the world is vast, and there are the same people in two different places, but they are not exactly the same. I I think we should be like this. And this world should be your world, but I really don’t know why I broke in in a daze. "
After thinking for a while, Ao Qi understood why the topic jumped to this topic: "This is why you don't know Kong Qing? That is to say, even though we are the same person, we still have a slightly different experience? So are we alone or not? "
"The same identity, parents, and name, I think they can be counted as one person. As for..." Qi Ao smiled at Aoqi, reached out and took the veiled hat beside him and put it on, "How can you be so distorted?" I don't understand his character."
"You!" Ao Qi just wanted to refute, when there was a knock on the door, there was a pause twice, and after a while, he knocked twice again, the voice was neither loud nor soft, showing the respect of the knocker: "My lord, you can come down and use it. meal."
☆, Zhirou
Opening the door, it was Kong Qing who was standing at the door, he looked around the room, the servant was sitting on a stool making tea for himself, and when he saw him coming, he just nodded without making a sound.
Ao Qi gave Qi Ao a "be careful" look, and interrupted Kong Qing's random thoughts: "Didn't I already say, come to my room tonight, and I will tell you the truth of the matter."
Kong Qing knew that it was Young Master who blamed him for being troublesome, not to mention that Young Master's lowered voice was really scary, so he quickly replied: "Kong Qing overstepped the rules." He led Ao Qi downstairs.
Qi Ao in the room listened carefully to the footsteps of the two, took off his hat after confirming that the two had gone far, and pushed open the window of the inn.The window was facing the small courtyard of the inn, and after looking at the height to the bottom of the building, Qi'ao turned over and jumped out of the window.
When he came out from the back door, Qi Ao was still laughing to himself. The people in the courtyard thought that he got here by accident, and they all kindly showed him how to get back to the hall. He also greeted those people very freely. Until he walked out of the inn, no one noticed that there was already a young master Dugu eating in the hall.
These days, everyone is busy on the road, whether they are eating or sleeping in the open, or falling asleep when they are tired. It has been a long time since they are so leisurely like today, and they can have a good rest. Tomorrow, they will enter the villa. Naturally, Qiao wants to go out and look around during this free time. Look, this is the first time he has stepped out of Qianyue Mountain Villa, and he did not rule out this point when he promised Aoqi at the time.
In the teahouse, Qi'ao, who was sitting by the window facing the river, finally had time to think about the issues that he had no time to think about these days.
He has an indifferent temperament, born in such a family, he has long known that the less things he cares about, the less he will be hurt.The birds and rabbits I raised when I was young were played to death by my brothers and sisters. He cried a lot and was not comforted. Everyone watched him cry with cold eyes. No one paid attention to him when he cried until his voice was hoarse and he was bedridden. He, since then he has learned not to care about anything.
No one will treat him well except himself, there is nothing worthy of his heart, he will not take the initiative to extend outward, as long as others do not offend him.He upholds the principle that people will not offend me and I will not offend others, which can be regarded as a big weakness that has been missed by mistake.So much so that until now, he doesn't even care about that villa, which is why he calmed down before Aoqi when he found out that he had changed his environment.
When he wanted to see through, his first thought was that he could live the life he wanted in the future.
He is very contradictory about Ao Qi, he thinks that he should not care about an outsider at all, but after getting along for a while, he finds that he can't treat Ao Qi as an outsider like before.At the beginning, he didn't know whether to attribute the other party to himself or something else. Although he kept telling himself in his heart that they were actually two people, he always showed a tacit understanding with the other party at some inadvertent times, and his body would unconsciously seek him out. rely on.
The more important thing is that he feels that there is nothing wrong with living next to Ao Qi with food and clothing taken care of.
During the chat, he asked Aoqi to prove a question. He thought that with Aoqi's temperament, although he was sure that Aoqi would not do anything to him, he would not accept himself so quickly, and began to mention some things about him frequently. He has some in his hand, but Qi Ao himself doesn't know about it.
Seeing all kinds of delicate and tasty delicacies, Qi Ao reluctantly accepts this point.
Qi Ao came out of the memory, imagining Ao Qi's expression when he found out that he had slipped away, and laughed again.There is a faint sound of silk and bamboo in my ears, and the wind mixed with the smell of the river floats in.
Baiyan Villa is located on the outskirts of Nanhuai.Nanhuai, the third largest city in the Central Plains, was built along the river, and is now a bustling place for business exchanges. Of course, the "Fenjiang River" is also one of the reasons why it is famous.People can't remember the original name of this river. They call it Zhifen River. During the day, it passes quietly around the city. , Even the river water has the aroma of powder.
Frowning indistinctly, Qi'ao drank the cold tea and was about to get up and leave.Although he didn't know what happened to Aoqi, he told himself to go back early, and the time was almost up now.
As soon as he stood up, there was a sudden "pop" in his ear, and the broken porcelain pieces from the teacup splashed to his feet, and at the same time, a girl's exclamation sounded.
"Young Master." Kong Qing knocked on the door of Aoqi's room on time, and when he entered the door, he saw the young master sitting at the table calm down with a rare anxious and angry expression, and Kong Qing hurried forward a few steps to ask, "Young Master, what happened?" gone?"
Ao Qi turned his back to Kong Qing and walked to the window.The window was wide open, his fingers touched the mottled red paint on the window, his eyes were dark, then he shook his head, and when he faced Kong Qing again, he was already the familiar young man of Kong Qing.
"Thank you, son, for your help." The woman in front of her said a blessing, and a pair of shy and timid eyes secretly aimed at the son in white in front of her.Just now she accidentally touched someone else's cup of tea, and was caught and asked her to pay 50 taels of silver for a cup, but she ran out to play secretly, so she didn't have so much silver on her body. At this moment, a young man in white He fell from the sky and rescued her in trouble.
"Although the tea is considered good tea, it's not worth the price. It's clear that the thief is unreasonable first. Don't be afraid, girl." Qi Ao, with a gentlemanly appearance, smiled and comforted him, "The night is already deep. I'm afraid it will be a lot of inconvenience for the girl to be alone, so it's better to go home earlier."
The woman saw that the young man in front of her was a little anxious to leave, but she still gave her good words to comfort her. Her heart seemed to be a flower bud moistened by the first rain of spring, and the petals trembled and bloomed, but it was not easy to keep too much in front of her.
While wringing her handkerchief, she said with a flushed face: "Young master's kindness can never be repaid. My little girl Zhirou lives in Baiyan Villa. If you need anything, you can go to the villa and find me. Dare to ask you..." Before she finished speaking, her face was already burning. Indeed, as a woman, she took the initiative to ask a man's name. For Zhirou who grew up in the village, it took a lot of courage.
However, she didn't know why, after the young master helped her solve the problem, she couldn't help but secretly fell in love with him.
Seeing that the young master didn't answer her own words for a long time, Zhirou couldn't help but secretly annoyed that she was too impulsive, the more she thought about it, the more panicked she was, and she was about to leave with a flick of the handkerchief.
"Fortunately, Miss... Miss is so kind." Luckily, she hadn't run away before hearing the young master's reply, "I'm terrified, Dugu Qiao has seen Miss."
To Zhirou's ears, Qi'ao's voice was a little dazed, a little silly, a little bewildered, very much like the feelings of those scholars in the story books, and she was the young lady who had just begun to fall in love.
"Dugu Qi'ao... Dugu..." Zhirou felt that this surname was very familiar at the beginning, but suddenly realized it, and made an idea in her heart.
Zhi Rou and Qi Ao, whose cheeks were rosy from the embarrassment of their brains, just stood on the bridge like this.In the distance is the sparkling river, and in the vicinity are lanterns and wine flags fluttering in the wind. In the eyes of others, they are very talented and beautiful.
Qi Ao was thinking that it would be okay to go back a few minutes later, the lonely low pressure called Kong Qing was about to crush him to death today, and asked Ao Qi to help him relieve it, when she heard Zhirou softly said: "Young master, if you go tomorrow Baiyan Villa, Zhirou will definitely thank you with a great gift." After speaking, she left in a hurry.
Qi Ao was left standing there with a confused face, just now...he seems to have encountered something terrible.
There were not many people eating in the hall, Ao Qi must have returned to the room long ago, Qi Ao entered through the door very reassuringly, Xiaoer saw him and greeted him warmly: "Yo, Mr. Dugu, when did you go out?" .”
Qi Ao replied politely: "I've heard about the teahouse in Nanhuai for a long time, and today's visit really deserves its reputation."
As soon as he heard that his hometown was praised, Xiaoer was overjoyed, and immediately regarded Qi'ao as a good person, and talked about many things about Qi'ao.
The speaker has no intention of the listener, not to mention that the inn itself is the place where information converges the most, and Qi Ao is not in a hurry to go up, and finds a table nearby to sit and listen, thinking of all the true and false half-truths and half-truths one by one. After listing them out and pondering carefully, the face is still listening carefully.
Xiaoer drank all his saliva, looked at Young Master Dugu still looking at himself with a warm smile, a little embarrassed on his face, gave Qi Ao some side dishes, and then respectfully sent Qi Ao upstairs, At the same time, he was still thinking about why the young master Dugu who came back after going out for a stroll at night was a little different from the one he saw in the lobby in the afternoon, and he couldn't explain exactly what was different, but it seemed to be the same.
Xiaoer fell into chaos here, but Qi'ao went upstairs cheerfully with a clear head, pushed open the door, and looked over with straight eyes, one gloomy and the other surprised.
"You see, you don't need to know too much about the specifics, just remember that in the future he will be me and I will be him, and if he gives you any order, you just do it, don't say too much, you can go." Ao Qi The eyes are fixed on Qi Ao, but the words in his mouth are for Kong Qing.
Kong Qing quickly agreed, and when he went out, he looked at Qi Ao a few more times, as if he saw some monster.
Qi Ao smiled at Kong Qing, then pretended not to see the blushing face of the other party, closed the door calmly and walked towards Ao Qi: "Here, the small dishes downstairs are delivered by Xiao Er."
"Where did you go just now?" Ao Qi conjured up a jug of wine out of nowhere and poured a glass for both of them.
Qi Ao smelled the wine and wrinkled his nose: "I went out for a stroll, and when I came back, I chatted with Xiao Er for a while, so I wasted time, anyway, you have already taken care of it."
It's not that Qi'ao deliberately concealed the "hero saving the beauty" incident, but he thought it was insignificant so he just skipped it.On the contrary, he talked to Ao Qi in detail about a few things that he thought were more valuable.
"The Liusha Xingyue Building is a building that has risen recently, and it has become a major power that stands on a par with the Xuanyang Jedi Pavilion in just 20 years. It is amazing." Qi Ao sighed after hearing about the two major powers. said a word.
Aoqi played with the porcelain cup in his hand: "There is something even more amazing. The owner of Liusha Xingyue Building is rumored to be a woman. All the dead disciples in the Sha Xingyue Tower admire her beauty and are willing to do things for her, so there are rumors in the world that if you want to control the Liusha Xingyue Tower, you only need to control the landlord."
"Then she is suitable for the owner of the Xuanyang Jedi Pavilion." Qi Ao put down his wine glass, tapped the table with his index finger, "So you used your emissary to inquire about this kind of gossip?"
Today Ao Qi's order to Qi Ao is no stranger, as early as the second day when they set out on the road, Ao Qi introduced him to the emissaries trained by Ao Qi.By the way, secret envoy, this is also one of the things that Qi Ao didn't live in before, but Ao Qi is different from him.
"Do you want to bring two with you?" Ao Qi heard Qi Ao mentioned the secret envoy, and said what he had been planning all along.
Qi Ao glanced at him jokingly: "Then ask them to report to you where I am and what I have done anytime?"
Talking about this Ao Qi got a little angry, ever since Qi Ao arrived here, he has made it clear that he wants to be a shopkeeper, if he hadn't held him by force, Qi Ao would have left the life he wanted to live by himself.Originally, it was good for Qi Ao to wait obediently, but when he returned to the room and saw someone go to Lou Kong, he had to explain what happened recently to Kong Qing who insisted that "the fourth son must have been deceived".
Although he was talking to Kong Qing at that time, he had been secretly thinking about what he would do if Ruo Qiao really left him.
"Hey, hey," Qi'ao stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Ao Qi's eyes, without any fear of the other party's anger, "You just push a bunch of your confidantes to me, aren't you afraid I'll do something with them?"
"You are afraid that you don't need it." Ao Qi has not recovered from the memory just now, and his tone is a bit bad, "Besides, if you go out with this face, I will take care of good and bad things for you."
Qi Ao touched his face: "That's right." After looking at Ao Qi for a long time, he suddenly laughed out loud as if he thought of something funny.
Qi Ao's smile turned the darkness in Ao Qi's heart into doubts, but the other party hurriedly pushed him to bed without giving him a chance to ask questions: "Tomorrow we are going to visit Baiyan Mountain Villa, we still rest early."
There are ghosts, there must be ghosts.Ao Qi's eyes followed Qi Ao's figure who went to wash up, and he didn't take it back until he turned to the screen.
☆, white flame
Although Baiyan Villa is located on the outskirts of Nanhuai, its prosperity is no less than that of the city center, and because of its existence, the vicinity has also been developed, and Baiyan Villa has clearly become the second city center of Nanhuai.
The next day, Aoqi and his party tidied up at the inn, settled the bill, and arrived at Baiyan Mountain Villa not far outside the city.
Although Qianyue Mountain Villa is not as good as before, the eldest son and the second son can't get on the stage one by one, and now an unknown fourth son is sent to participate in the sword test meeting. That said, this is still a very disrespectful and inappropriate approach.
For the sake of family friends, at least they used to be family friends, Baiyan Villa still gave Dugu Aoqi and his party a pretty good treat, and also showed their demeanor as a family.
In the past few days, people from martial arts have come to visit one after another. Ao Qi and the others rested in the inn overnight, and today they also chose to stay in the villa, thinking that there will be something in the past one day earlier so that they can get acquainted with each other first.
Baiyan Mountain Villa will hold a sword raising feast tomorrow to invite heroes and heroes from all walks of life. A contest, the winner gets one of the swords.The guests who came first today can play in the villa to their heart's content, communicate and make friends by the way.
After lunch, Aoqi and the others did not enjoy the beautiful scenery of Baiyan Mountain Villa like everyone else, but went back to the room to rest. The two of them just sat down when they heard the door knocking, opened the door, and stood respectfully by the door alone, With hands down and head down, he was dressed like a servant in Baiyan Villa, but his appearance was something they had never seen in the villa.
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Dugu? My Fourth Miss is here to invite you." The visitor was so respectful that something was wrong, and what he said was even more strange.
Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that there are three sons in the Baiyan Villa family. The eldest son is in an official career, the second son is in business, and the third son inherits the Baiyan Villa business. They have never heard of Baiyan Villa having a young lady.
When Ao Qi turned around, he saw Qi Ao, who was dressed as a servant, drinking tea carelessly, holding a book to cover his face.Ao Qi knew that Qi Ao was definitely not willing to take on this matter, so he had no choice but to agree. Before leaving, he repeatedly asked Qi Ao not to run around. If you are really bored, you can stroll around, but you must pay attention to your words and deeds .
"Yeah, I got it." Qi Ao didn't even look at Ao Qi, just nodded vigorously, in order to prevent Ao Qi from noticing the smile he couldn't hide in his eyes.
Ao Qi followed the other party around, from the hall around the guest room, through the back kitchen, into the back garden, and then walked to the depths of the garden.It looks like dense rockery and woods. Unexpectedly, after turning a few turns, it suddenly opens up. There is an exquisite small courtyard in it, with small bridges, flowing water and pavilions, forming a scene of a courtyard within a courtyard. Not amazing.
The man kept a straight face along the way, Ao Qi thought for a while and finally didn't ask the question.The passer-by led him closer to the small courtyard, and finally stopped two feet away from the entrance of the courtyard, and stopped going forward, bent down to ask Aoqi to move on.
Ao Qi bowed slightly to express his gratitude, and after watching the guide leave, he walked cautiously into the courtyard according to the guide's instructions.In the middle of the courtyard is a small bamboo house, hidden among the lush greenery. In front of the door are delicately arranged flowers of various colors. The water drops on the petals are still shimmering like broken gold in the midday sun. Behind the house is A piece of lake, the small pavilion in the lake stands there quietly.
There was no accident on the way from the courtyard, except for the occasional birdsong, which made the courtyard more secluded.
Although this courtyard is in a remote corner of the villa, it only takes a few minutes to get there from the owner's courtyard, but ordinary people are led to walk along the road, which seems far away due to the twists and turns.
If it wasn't for its deliberately arranged location, if it wasn't for the identity of the person who summoned Qiao, this would look like an ordinary courtyard.
The courtyard is not big, and it takes a blink of an eye to walk from the courtyard door to the house door.Ao Qi corrected his expression, stepped forward and knocked on the door three times.
The door slowly opened inwards, and a woman sat upright in the center of the room.This woman was seventeen or eighteen years old, with snow-skinned appearance, and she was looking at him with a smile. Her skirt was spread out beside her, like a lotus-colored scarlet robe and jade belt blooming outside the door.
"Master Dugu, are you all right?" The woman greeted Aoqi in a very familiar tone.
Of course Aoqi didn't know Zhirou. Facing such a familiar greeting from a strange woman, although his face remained calm, Zhirou noticed the momentary hesitation in his movements, but this did not arouse Zhirou's suspicion , but in Zhirou's eyes, it was automatically interpreted as surprise at seeing her.
Zhirou smiled, she stood up, stroked her dress, and bowed slightly: "I didn't mean to hide it, but Mr. Dugu, please forgive me."
Seeing that Zhirou's behavior is limited to courtesy, but she still can't hide the affection in her eyes, Ao Qi thinks about the hours when Qi Ao went out last night, and makes a rough guess in his heart.He had already flown into the room thinking about how to interrogate Qi Ao properly when he went back, but Ao Qi didn't show any distraction on his face, so he followed her words: "It's okay, I'm just a little surprised." Fang softened his expression , I actually learned that Qi Ao is very similar.
Zhirou pursed her lips and smiled, she was a little happy that she guessed the young master's thoughts, and said: "My original name is Lian Zhirou, I am the only daughter of the Lian family, and I am also the chosen sword guard." dimmed.
Sword guard, last night Qi Ao told himself about this gossip about Baiyan Villa.
Ever since the three divine swords were cast, the one who was "born" together with the divine sword was the so-called "sword guard". At the age of ten, the heavy responsibility of the sword guard was entrusted to her.The only thing the sword guard has to do is to sacrifice the sword with blood, once a month, but each time requires a lot of blood, almost half of the blood in the body has to be replaced, every time the sword guard will die to stop, and then It takes more than ten days to adjust the interest rate, and the cycle repeats month by month.Therefore, Zhirou has been weak since she was a child, and she seldom shows up to the outside world. As time goes by, others don't know her existence, and she only thinks that Baiyan Villa has three sons.
Seeing that Aoqi didn't answer her words, Zhirou didn't force it, she felt embarrassed again as this scholar-like figure, imprinted in her heart the lovely impression of him being stupid and stupid, she smiled slightly, and continued: "Zhirou last night As I said, you can’t repay your kindness, you should thank you with a heavy courtesy. I am the sword guard, and my father also loves me. I still have the right to choose the owner of a sword. Last night, I saw that you are handsome and gentle. Ruyu, Qianyue Mountain Villa is also good at Liuhuazhanyun sword, there is no other person in the world who is more suitable for this Fengniaolianhua sword."
She raised her hand to ask the maid to bring up the Phoenix Niao Lianhua Sword, Zhirou took it with her own hands, went to Ao Qi and handed it to him: "Young Master, please accept it."
Ao Qi was really startled at this moment, so he became interested in the Phoenix Niao Lianhua Sword, and also thought about winning the Shuanglong Chi
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