Ninety thousand miles of wind

Chen Guo's family spanned three generations. They used to manage the Kansai region, and their martial arts were impressive. The spear in their hands made them superb. They were nicknamed "Sai Zilong"; but later, they were impeached by the officials for drinking and having fun in winter. He didn't show mercy to the soldiers, and was convicted and demoted back to his hometown.Fortunately, the ancestors surnamed Chen were open-minded, so they simply alienated their fame, bought fields, built manors, and became a famous Chen Yuanwai in Jiangzhou.Building bridges and roads, opening rural schools, all kinds of good deeds go without saying.It's a pity that old Chen's family's fortune was a bit less, and in Chen Guo's father's generation, they had only one seedling.

Chen Dalang has acquired the true essence of his ancestors with his single-handed guns, coupled with his chivalry and righteousness, he is also a well-known hero in Jiangzhou, with friends all over the south of the Yangtze River and Zhejiang Province.He is handsome, considerate and humble, and he is really a bit of a romantic "riding on a leaning bridge, full of red sleeves".When he went out to wander around and finally entered the city with his three-year-old baby on horseback; it is said that half of the women in Jiangzhou City cried and wet their sleeves at night.

Not long after Chen Guo and Ji, Chen Dalang and his wife went away due to an epidemic, and only left their family property to a young girl who had not left the court.For a while people were talking about it, but they didn't think that although Chen Guo was a woman, she still had the temperament of a general in her bones.When she was young, she hung out with her father in the martial arts arena at home, she is proficient in archery and horse, and her family's marksmanship is also very good. She is also considered a top-notch expert in Jiangzhou, but few dare to go to Chen's house to make trouble.After keeping her parents' filial piety, she didn't mention anything about marriage, she just sent out the servants, and took the rest of the old family members to the inn in Jiangzhou City, and became the female boss.

At first people would gossip, but Chen Guo has a bold temper, is quick to do things, and makes money readily. Whenever friends from the world come to ask for help, they can always give a little bit of money, and gradually she has become famous far and near.People called her Nv Mengchang, but she didn't like it, so she named her "Zhu Yanxia", and occasionally competed with others, with mixed results.Chen Guo knew that she was not skilled enough to make her way in the Jianghu, but she couldn't let go of her vague longing. In her free time, she had better gossip about the Jianghu.She selfishly admires Su Mucheng, the goddess of Excellent Era Villa, and only hopes to make friends with her one day—but, she is an important member of Excellent Era's inner sect, and Chen Guo is just an ordinary innkeeper, so she just wants to think about it. Thinking about it, I didn't even dare to say it to make people laugh.

Therefore, when Chen Guo pulled a man with a broken umbrella and a slender copper pipe into the inn on that autumn rainy night to ask him to shelter from the rain, she never thought that this pull would actually drag her into the inn. His life is also drawn into a once-in-a-century legend.

It was almost late autumn that day.The lingering drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River is mixed with the dark wind, which can penetrate into the cracks of human bones, refreshing the heart.Without saying a word, she settled the man in the lobby, tightened her jacket and ran back to the back kitchen to cook a bowl of bland Yangchun noodles and served it over.

The man didn't refuse, just sucked and ate, and finally said: "The proprietress's skills are a bit lacking, so I should hire a chef."

Chen Guo held back and didn't throw the person out again: "The chef has some, just go home, and you will have one." After finishing speaking, before he changed his mind, he put the wrapped two taels of silver in front of him , "Everyone is down and out. You just take the money, no matter what you do - you still have to pay it back, but it depends on fate."

The man blinked, looked at the silver package and then at Chen Guo, and suddenly sighed: "...I'm not used to being indebted to others. Ma'am, do you have any work here that is worth the money?"

Chen Guo didn't realize it in a daze, and after a while he said, "I'm short of a shopkeeper..."

"I can write and count, and my martial arts are good. Do you consider me?"

Chen Guo looked at the man, no matter how he looked at him, he didn't look like a vicious person, his heart softened, and he agreed to help others: "All board and lodging is included, just work for one month. What do you call it? It doesn't look like the people here."

"My name is Ye Xiu. I used to work with people in Excellent Era Villa."

"Ye Xiu? This name is similar to Excellent Era God of War."

"I am."

Chen Guo laughed out loud, "If you were One Autumn Leaf, I would be Su Mucheng."

Ye Xiu shrugged and didn't say anything: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, don't say I didn't tell you."

Chen Guo was really tired of talking about how well the shopkeeper "returned" two taels of silver.It wasn't that Ye Xiu wasn't conscientious enough—every time he asked for leave and went out, he would say hello in advance, and it didn't matter that this made the one-month period longer and longer; but since Ye Xiu came, the atmosphere in the inn began to be a little bit different. different.

Of course, it is indeed a good thing that Tang Rou started to practice martial arts under the encouragement of Ye Xiu. Although Bao Rongxing escaped, he was still quite competent as a starting hall and nursing home. Today, he picked up the child named Luo Ji who passed out by the side of the road. If Chen Guo sees it, she has to bring it back; and this one in front of her——

Looking at the young man who was silently standing in front of her with an empty wine jar in his arms, Chen Guo finally coughed: "This guest officer is also a friend of Shopkeeper Ye?"

The young man in white raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

Chen Guo didn't know what he meant, and thought that the long-winded talk that came to Ye Xiu a while ago would really annoy people to death, but this time he was unwilling to speak at all. bro...?Seeing that there was going to be a silence, Chen Guo racked her brains and finally noticed the wine jar in the young man's hand:

"Don't hug...you are a guest from afar, I will take care of this. I will charge Ye Xiu for your drinking yesterday, don't worry."

The young man shook his head resolutely after hearing this: "I will pay."

"I'll just say it..." Chen Guo was about to explain that she didn't really want Ye Xiu to pay the bill, when the young man reached into his arms and actually took out a silver coin and put it on the table.Chen Guo was feeling discouraged, so she heard Ye Xiu's voice from behind:

"—Xiao Zhou? You haven't left yet?"

Chen Guo felt that the originally silent expression of the young man in front of him suddenly melted into a smile: "Senior."

Ye Xiu walked over leisurely, looking at the wine jar in the young man's hand and the silver on the case, and asked, "Hey, Xiao Zhou, don't you want to buy a bar? I told you I invited you yesterday, and the proprietress is nice, so I wouldn't If you want me to pay, don't mind don't mind."

Chen Guo quickly agreed: "It's just a jar of wine. If it's really worth the money, where should I put my face? The guest officer quickly take it back."

In the end, the young man called Xiao Zhou looked at Ye Xiu and then at Chen Guo, but he pushed the money forward and said, "Stay in the shop."

This time, it was Ye Xiu who said "Hey" and asked, "Xiao Zhou, you have been out for a long time, is there any problem?"

Xiao Zhou made some calculations and nodded earnestly: "There's nothing serious about it recently, it's fine. Besides," he said, putting the wine jar on the case, "Senior, don't you still want to make umbrellas?"

Ye Xiu smiled: "If I teach you to help me, wouldn't it be overkill and undervalued?"

Xiao Zhou didn't argue anymore, just stood there and looked at Ye Xiu, seeing Ye Xiu as helpless: "Okay. If you want to come, we can go together?"

Xiao Zhou nodded heavily, and the smile on his face softened a bit.Chen Guo looked around, and subconsciously took a step back and shrunk her shoulders, as if she would disturb something.However, Ye Xiu turned his head at this time: "...Miss Boss, what are you hiding?"

Chen Guo said dryly: "—I didn't hide from anything."

"Then Xiao Zhou and I will go out for a trip - as many as five days, as little as three days and we will be back."

Chen Guo waved his hand: "Go, go, just put away the money, I'm not someone who is in the eyes of money. Remember, you still owe me all this money." It's been half a month."

"I'm used to living in Happy Inn, so I don't want to move." Ye Xiu smiled.

For a moment, Chen Guo didn't know whether she was happy or what, so she put her hands on her hips and said, "You are almost starting classes here to accept apprentices, so you don't want to move."

It was rare for Xiao Zhou to intervene: "Senior, do you want to start a new one here?"

Ye Xiu shook his head: "If the umbrella is not repaired, everything is empty talk."

Xiao Zhou nodded: "—Does Senior have a goal?"

"I heard that Shadow Swordsman recently appeared in Yixian Canyon. Do you want to meet him?"

Xiao Zhou nodded, and Chen Guo was startled while listening: "Aren't you? You are going to meet that lunatic—"

"No problem, no problem, let's just take a look at it from a distance, don't worry about it, lady boss." Ye Xiu said, but Xiao Zhou opened his eyes wide and wanted to say something, but in the end, his bad-spoken nature prevailed, and he didn't say a word. speak out.

Seeing that the two of them had made up their minds, Chen Guo had no choice but to tell them to go back early and watch them go.She sat back at the counter to settle the accounts, and she counted the masters with the surname Zhou Zhou in the world: There is Zhou Yebai in Zhongcaotang, who is said to conjure ghosts, and he is very dark, not like him; there is Zhou Guangyi in Baihua Valley, but he uses The one was a short weapon, and it didn't look like... After thinking about it, Zhou Zekai, the lord of the reincarnation city, seemed to be the only one left.

"—Is it really impossible to hit Cloud Piercer?"

When Chen Guo said it by herself, she thought it was funny, shook her head and went to settle the score again.No matter how she did it, she never thought that she hit the nail on the head.

But it was said that Ye Xiu and Zhou Zekai left Jiangzhou City and headed for the first-line canyon.Ye Xiu carried an umbrella on his back. At first glance, he looked like the guy who came out to do errands, but Zhou Zekai still had a bit of heroism.Ye Xiu was used to not caring about how he described himself, and on the way he only picked up interesting things in the world and talked to Zhou Zekai.After walking for a short day, it was not far from the first-line canyon, but it was also dark.

"There is no danger in the dark night." Ye Xiu sighed, "It seems that we have to go tomorrow morning."

Zhou Zekai nodded in agreement, and the two rushed to find a small inn in the town ahead.The shopkeeper came over and greeted them warmly, took the two of them to the back room, and boasted how elegant and clean his house was.Zhou Zekai nodded and said, "Two rooms."

The shopkeeper's eyes widened instantly: "This, isn't this your follower?"

Zhou Zekai stared at him when he heard the words, but it was Ye Xiu who burst out laughing: "—That's right, it's just that my master is naturally afraid of noise, and I grind my teeth at night. How about you make arrangements for the shopkeeper and then find another room?"

The shopkeeper sighed repeatedly: "I won't hide it from you two, my little old man. My house is really limited, and I can't spare another room. If I really need to make do, there is still a place in the stable..."

Ye Xiu seemed to find it interesting and was about to speak, but Zhou Zekai stopped him and said firmly, "One room is fine."

The shopkeeper also saw that the benefactor's expression was not right, so he hurried to add bedding for you.Ye Xiu lazily sat down on a chair: "——this place is so remote, but the guest rooms are rented out at all times. It seems that there are some early adopters."

Zhou Zekai thought of the recent rumors about Jun Moxiao's deeds, and couldn't help asking: "Senior, is it for the bonus?"

"The bonus is not worth a lot of money. It's just..." Ye Xiu pondered for a while, "There is something that may be on that Shadow Swordsman. But whether it is there or not is not certain, you have to see it to know. "

Zhou Zekai nodded, making up his mind to follow no matter what.At this time, there was a flurry of footsteps at the door, and someone should have come back.Ye Xiu stood up stiffly, and said, "I'll go and take a look—Xiao Zhou, you're too eye-catching, just stay indoors."

Saying that, he stepped out of the room regardless of the black air coming out of the young man.He didn't look special at first, so he deliberately shrunk his shoulders, and ran slowly to ask Xiaoer for hot water for a washbasin, but out of the corner of his eyes, he glanced at a group of Jianghu people who were sitting down to eat.This group of people didn't shout five or six, their weapons were all within easy reach, and they couldn't hear anything when they occasionally said a word or two.Ye Xiu kept all these details in his heart, finally let Xiao Er go, and went to fetch the hot water basin.

In the end, Zhou Zekai waited for Ye Xiu, who had a washbasin on his head and a kettle in his hands, to come back. He opened his mouth wide and couldn't utter a word for a long time.Ye Xiu, on the other hand, quickly put the copper washbasin on the shelf and poured hot water: "Come on, wipe your face."

Zhou Zekai looked at the washbasin and then at Ye Xiu who had already thrown the towel: "...those people?"

"The deeds are very good, and the internal skills are small and successful. Considering the level of the outer sect, they should be elites." Ye Xiu said as he stretched out his hand to wipe away the dust of a day's travel, and black marks immediately fell on the towel, "—— If you let me guess, it is likely that Tyranny will be a member of the team."

"How does the senior know?"

"When I was in Excellent Era, I used to fight for territory with Tyranny's people every day. I wish I could be more acquainted with my old friends." Ye Xiu sighed, and put the towel casually on the shelf. You have to move—hey, Xiao Zhou, what are you doing?"

Zhou Zekai was bending down to open the bedding when he heard this and blinked: "—the floor bedding." Seeing that Ye Xiuxiu was about to speak, he seldom preempted him decisively, "You are a senior."

Ye Xiu rubbed his nose and said, "...then you're welcome." He took off his coat and went to bed like a fish swimming.Zhou Zekai tidied up his things, extinguished the candle, and got under the blanket.When listening carefully, the person on the bed was breathing heavily, apparently asleep.

... Are you just so relieved of me?

Zhou Zekai thought, turning over in the quilt.

But he couldn't fall asleep.