Looking for plums under the moon

Ling Guyue looked at Xiao Chou's idiot, and said with a smile: "Don't look, let's hurry up."

As the crowd walked all the way, the journey was not boring, but the road leading to Shudi had high mountains and far rivers, and there were no villages or shops in the deep mountains and old forests.At sunset, they didn't see a single family, so they decided to find a flat place in the forest to rest overnight.

Everyone lit a fire in the open space by the roadside. Although the space is limited, it is inevitable to be crowded, but they do their own thing and don't bother each other.

All of a sudden, several fires lit up in the dark forest.

Ling Guyue tied the horse to a tree, turned around and saw Xiao Chou was still looking around in the crowd, and said: "Don't look for it, those two people are very good at lightness, they have already rushed to the front of us."

Xiao Chou said unwillingly: "I still want to make friends with them..."

Ling Guyue leaned against the tree trunk and said with a smile: "I don't want to be friends with you." Seeing his pouted lips, she ordered, "Hurry up and pick up some dead branches, we can only stay here tonight."

Xiao Chou responded and walked into the woods.

Ling Guyue turned around, only to see lush grass and flying insects everywhere.Everyone else sat down, regardless of whether there were weeds under them or whether they were covered in grass clippings.

Ling Guyue was very particular, first she took out her Liuguang sword to plan the weeds clean, then took out a piece of cloth from her bag and spread it on the ground, finally she lifted her clothes and sat cross-legged.

After sitting down, I looked up and saw that the sky was already full of sunset glow, and the stars were shining like broken silver, and like the waves on the river, shimmering and flickering.

Breaking the army is not only, the evil star is on the top?

Ling Guyue suddenly thought of Prince Du's hexagram, did Xinghan in front of him show such a decisive hexagram?

While resting, another group of people came here and saw that people were resting here, so they asked for directions.

Someone reminded: "The nearest village and town is still more than 100 miles away from here. It will be midnight when we get there. You should spend the night with us in this forest."

The group of people hesitated: "I'm afraid there are wolves on this mountain..."

Everyone laughed and said: "We are all people in the rivers and lakes. Not to mention wolves, there are mountain spirits and wild monsters. There are so many of us, and if each of us uses a ruthless move, it can't do anything to us. Why are we afraid of wolves?"

Hearing this, they felt relieved, greeted their companions, and walked to the corner of the camp to find an open space to rest.

As the saying goes: Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

It's true, there are at least five or sixty people in this forest, in groups of three, or in groups of five, and they haven't been idle since they sat down.

Ling Guyue was leaning against a tree, seemingly dozing with her head down, but she was actually listening quietly to the chatter of the people around her.

I only heard an old voice say: "In this martial arts conference, it is said that which forces are the most favored, who do you guess?"

Someone answered: "There must be Qiushui Changyuan Gate!"

"That's natural. Qiushui Changyuan is an old school in the martial arts. Their master has won the number one in the world several times in a row. It was only when he missed last time that his opponent took it away..."

"It seems that in this battle, Qiushui Changyuan's sect will definitely be ashamed!"

"Not necessarily. In recent years, there has been a change of talents in martial arts. Old sects such as Emei and Foxinmen have gradually given up competing for the leader of the martial arts. Some rising stars have gained momentum. According to me, it is time for Qiushui Changyuanmen to withdraw from the martial arts conference... ..."

"Rising star? You mean the Pingchuan school?"

Ling Guyue's eyebrows trembled slightly when she heard those two words, she quietly opened her eyes and looked at those who spoke.

An old man nodded and said: "That's right, Pingchuan's current head, Shen Luo... I'm afraid you haven't heard of it?"

A young man said: "I've never heard of it, who is he?"

"What? You don't know Shen Luo?"

The young man crossed his arms and smiled, "He knows me, but I don't know him!"

The old man clicked his tongue twice, and raised his beard, "Boy, you are so frivolous! You didn't know which belly of your mother you were in when he defeated Old Man Jingshan ten years ago!"

The young man was completely ashamed by what he said, and refused to accept: "I was only a teenager ten years ago, how can I compare with him?"

The old man sneered and said, "Then do you know how old Shen Luo was then?"

The man shook his head, "I guess he must be in his 30s."

The old man looked at him, hating that iron could not become steel: "He was only 13 years old at the time!"

"What?" The man was taken aback, "I heard that the old man Jingshan defeated countless heroes in the Central Plains, but he fell into the hands of a brat?"

The old man sighed: "People are more popular than people, this is talent."

At this time, another middle-aged man joined in, and said with a smile: "Shen Luo is Gu Huasong's disciple, and when Gu Huasong was young, he was also a generation of rare talents that were rarely seen in a hundred years. Shen Luo followed him, and naturally his skills improved faster than ordinary people. "

The old man raised his eyebrows and said, "If it's just because of Gu Huasong, then why is his other disciple Ling Guyue so unknown?"

"Ling Guyue..." The big man curled his lips, "Maybe he is hiding his strength. Gu Huasong was able to pick him back then, which means he must have something special."

"What's special?" The old man said with a smile: "I once went to Pingchuan with my good friend who passed away, and I just met him too. Do you know what others say about him?"

"How to say?"

"It is said that Ling Guyue was cast in the wrong fetus. If he was born as a woman, his beauty would be enough to make most men bow their swords and give up the world... It's a pity that he is a seven-foot man. A man with mediocre martial arts, how can he have the face to stand in the martial arts world? He is just enjoying the honor of his junior brother."

"This……"

The topic turned to herself, Ling Guyue frowned, turned around and refused to listen any more.While meditating, a cry brought him back to his senses.

"Brother, I'm back!" Xiao Chou walked over through the crowd with a bunch of dead branches and rotten wood in his arms.

Seeing him covered in dust, Ling Guyue asked, "Which mud pile did you roll around in?"

Xiao Chou said with a smile: "I saw a wild rabbit just now, and I wanted to catch it and roast it, but I didn't expect not only to be slipped by it, but also slipped and fell..."

Ling Guyue threw a cloth towel to him, "Wipe clean."

Xiao Chou took the cloth towel, saw him looking sleepy, and asked, "Senior Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Ling Guyue sighed, "It's nothing, there are too many people here, I can't breathe."

Xiao Chou looked around, pointed to a place a little further away and said, "Senior brother, let's go over there..."

Ling Guyue listened attentively, and the group of people were still chattering endlessly, so she nodded irritably and said, "That's fine."

The two moved their positions, and there was only the last group of people beside them, Ling Guyue instantly felt her ears become much clearer.

Most of the people in that group were men in their 30s and [-]s, and there was only one woman surrounded by the crowd, wearing a gauze skirt and looking arrogant.These people were all dressed in white, except for the two black swallows embroidered on the collar to show their identity.

Ling Guyue glanced away from the corner of her eye, and knew that these people were from the Beiyan League.

The Northern Yan League used to be a well-known gang in the Central Plains martial arts, but it was not called this name at that time, it was called the Gui Yan League.Later, the sect split and gradually formed Beiyan and Nanyan. The two sects were busy fighting for orthodoxy, neglecting martial arts, and gradually declined.Tens of years later, Nanbei Shuangyan was picked out several masters by Jingshan old man who came from the Western Regions, and his vitality was seriously injured. In recent years, no decent characters have been produced, so they were completely forgotten.

Ling Guyue thought to herself: I don't know how they will perform in the martial arts competition this time...

After the two lit the fire, Ling Guyue untied the bundle around the fire, and took out dry food from it.

Xiao Chou stared at his movements and said, "By the way, brother, where is my chicken leg?"

Ling Guyue blinked, "What chicken legs?"

Xiao Chou said, "Didn't you say you will reward me with chicken legs tonight?"

Only then did Ling Guyue come to her senses, squinting her eyes and said with a smile: "Unfortunately, how can there be chicken legs in this wilderness? I'll make it up to you tomorrow... I have some dried meat here, and it tastes good. You should eat more."

Xiao Chou wasn't bothered anymore, he took the jerky and began to chew it.

The girl in the skirt at the side moved her nose when she heard the words, and said coquettishly to everyone: "Senior brother, I also want to eat jerky. This steamed bun is dry and hard, so I can't eat it!"

The oldest man in the crowd wondered: "Junior Sister, we don't have any dried meat on us, why don't we find a market tomorrow and buy it for you, and feel wronged today."

The woman said dissatisfied: "Everyone else has something to eat, but a girl like me told me to eat this broken steamed bun! I don't want to eat it!" After saying that, she threw the steamed bun in her hand and rolled into the distant forest.

A young man persuaded: "Junior Sister, this trip is difficult, and even steamed buns are limited. Now there is one for each person. You throw yours away, but there are no more. Why bother?"

Unexpectedly, the woman became even angrier when she heard this, and pointed at the man and said, "He Susi, what are you! How dare an outsider disciple talk to me like that!" She turned her head and said coquettishly to the person next to her, "Daddy!" Brother, you don’t care anymore!”

The woman's elder brother frowned and said: "Okay, little junior sister, what Xiao He said is also the truth, stop making trouble, let people see the joke..."

He Suosi's face was turned green and white by the woman's words, and he forced a smile: "Junior Sister, it's my fault, don't be angry, I haven't bitten my steamed bun yet, I'll eat it for you."

Unexpectedly, when the woman saw him handing over the steamed bun, she knocked it over without looking at it, and said with blank eyes: "Who wants to eat your broken steamed bun!"

He Suosi was stunned for a moment, and glanced at the crowd, but the rest of them pretended not to see it, and started eating on their own.

He Suosi pursed his lips, walked to the side, picked up the steamed bun, patted it carefully, peeled off the outer layer of skin, and started eating again.

The woman said with disgust on her face, "Go pick up the ones you throw away, are you a dog?"

He Suosi smiled and did not refute.

While nibbling the dried meat, Xiao Chou sneaked glances to the side, leaned into Ling Guyue's ear and said, "This woman is so uneducated..."

Ling Guyue nodded.

"Hey! What are you two chewing on?" Unexpectedly, the woman's ears were sharp enough, and she soon spotted them both.

Ling Guyue and Xiao Chou looked at each other, pretending they didn't hear, and continued eating.

"Hey! Tell me about you two!"

Xiao Chou turned his head and said innocently: "We didn't talk about you."

The woman sneered and said, "I see you are clearly talking about me!"

Xiao Chou argued with her: "Which ear of yours heard me talking about you?"

"You!" The woman tugged at the arm of the person next to her angrily, "Brother! Look at this brat!"

The woman's elder brother smiled and said: "Oh, my junior sister is spoiled and spoiled, the two of you should take care of me."

Xiao Chou wanted to stand up and argue with him, but Ling Guyue pressed his head back down.Ling Guyue nodded at the woman's elder brother and said, "It's easy to say."

Xiao Chou said angrily: "Senior brother! They are clearly protecting that woman!" He wanted to get up again, but Ling Guyue still pushed him down.

The woman's elder brother said: "It seems that this little brother is also a man of temperament."

Ling Guyue stroked the rough stubble on the top of Xiaochou's head, and said with a smile: "My junior brother is young, so please be more patient."

The woman stared at Xiao Chou, snorted heavily, stomped her feet and said, "If I let my girl hear what you brat said again, I will tear your mouth off!"

"I..." Xiao Chou's eyes were burning, but Ling Guyue's hand was still on top of his head, so he could only shake his face and stare angrily at the fire in front of him.

"It's a joke." Ling Guyue looked back and smiled.

The woman wanted to play tricks, but when she suddenly caught a glimpse of Ling Guyue, she couldn't help but froze, "You..."

Several men saw her hesitating, and cared: "Junior Sister, are you alright?"

The woman pointed at Ling Guyue and said, "Who are you?"

Ling Guyue turned her head and said lightly: "A passerby."

The woman simply ran to Ling Guyue's side and said condescendingly, "Which sect are you from?"

Probably because the woman's voice was too loud, everyone nearby looked sideways, and were momentarily stunned by Ling Guyue's stunning face under the firelight.

Ling Guyue raised her eyes and said: "It's really not worth mentioning that my master is a humble person."

"You look down on me?" the woman frowned.

At this moment, one of the people who were talking about Pingchuan just stood up, and the old man said, "You...are you Ling Guyue, Pingchuan?"

The people present were silent for a moment, and after a while, they all started talking in low voices.

"Is he Ling Guyue?"

"A man who grows up like this, who else can he be if not Ling Guyue?"

"Why is he with a child? Could it be that he was kicked out of the Pingchuan sect by his junior brother?"

"It's hard to say..."

Ling Guyue frowned, and at the moment of embarrassment, Xiao Chou stood up and shouted to all sides: "He is my senior brother! Not Ling Guyue from Pingchuan!"

"Little ghost, who are you?" Someone asked.

Xiao Chou patted his chest, "I am Zhong Wuxiao's disciple in Tianfenggu!"

"Tianfenggu?" Everyone looked at the two suspiciously, "How do you prove that you are from Tianfenggu?"

Ling Guyue was worried that Xiao Chou would not lie, and when she wanted to take him away, she saw that he seemed confident, and gradually dispelled her doubts.

I saw Xiao Chou took out a pitch-black beetle from his sleeve, held it up in front of everyone, and said loudly: "This is the black rhinoceros that is unique to Tianfenggu. try?"

Everyone saw that little insect crawling around on his palm, it seemed to have real spiritual energy, although it flapped its wings and wanted to fly, but it refused to fly away, and it shone brightly under the dim firelight.Unable to be bluffed by him, they all took a step back.

"It's just a flying insect? Where is the black rhinoceros? Don't listen to this kid's nonsense!" said the old man.

"Wait a minute, everyone," Xiao Chou took two steps unhurriedly, pointed up at a tree and said, "There is a bat on this tree, who can help me shoot it down? I want to live."

The old man snorted softly, picked up a stone and threw it at the tree. It hit a bat in the right direction.

The bat fell in response, Xiao Chou hurried over to pick it up, and winked at Ling Guyue while bending down.

Ling Guyue nodded, and said with a suppressed voice: "Junior brother, let them see our Xuanxizi from Tianfenggu."

Xiao Chou held the writhing bat and said, "This bat was shot down by this senior just now."

The old man said: "Stop talking nonsense! What are you going to do?"

Xiao Chou slowly brought the black rhinoceros on the palm of his right hand close to the bat, but before touching it, the bat already let out a miserable scream, which made everyone's hearts tense.

"We people in Tianfenggu are the best at using poisonous insects. Everyone knows this, right?" Xiao Chou talked to everyone without changing his expression, while attracting everyone's attention, he moved around and took the opportunity to bring the bat in his hand close to Ling Gu. moon.

And Ling Guyue had already picked up a very thin blade of grass and hid it in her sleeve, only waiting for Xiao Chou to turn around, she secretly catapulted it with her fingers.

The sky was dark, and no one noticed that in an instant, a needle-like blade of grass sank into the bat's body, piercing its heart precisely.

"Squeak... cheep!"

In the eyes of everyone, as soon as the pitch-black beetle touched the bat, it screamed and stopped moving.

Xiao Chou threw the bat's body to his feet, "Old man, if you still don't believe me, why don't you try my black rhinoceros?" Xiao Chou sneered.

The corner of the old man's mouth trembled, and finally he shook his head and walked back to his luggage.

Seeing that the old man retreated, everyone also retreated out of boredom, leaving only the people from the Beiyan League to confront the two.

The woman said contemptuously: "What black rhinoceros? I'd like to see it!" As she said that, she wanted to move closer to see the bug in Xiao Chou's hand.

Xiao Chou is small and close to her. Seeing that the insects are about to be snatched by her, He Susi shouted: "Little sister, I have heard from the master that the black rhinoceros in Tianfeng Valley is extremely poisonous. There will be bowl-sized pustules on the skin, and then the poison will seep down along the wound, there is no cure, and the poisoned person will die painfully after two or three months."

When the woman heard what he said, her hands trembled, she turned her head and cursed: "I want you to take care of it!" She cursed, but she still retreated.

Seeing the situation, Xiao Chou put the bug back into his sleeve, returned to Ling Guyue and sat down.

"Why do you have a black rhinoceros?" Ling Guyue asked in a low voice while taking advantage of adding firewood.

Xiao Chou smiled and said: "It's not a black rhinoceros, it's a kind of beetle I met on the mountain just now, I wanted to bring it back to scare my brother..." He lowered his head and laughed, "I didn't expect to help us solve it. Wai!"

Ling Guyue laughed and said, "Tomorrow I will reward you with an extra chicken leg!"

While the two were whispering, the people from Beiyan League behind them were still arguing.

The woman pulled the corner of her elder brother's clothes and said: "Eldest brother! Why did the master want He Suosi to come with us! I hate him so much!"

The elder brother comforted him: "Junior Sister, Xiao He is also a member of our Beiyan League after all, so don't lose your temper with him anymore."

The woman said stubbornly: "What kind of Northern Yanmeng! It's just a wild child picked up by the master at the foot of the mountain. The master never recognized him as an apprentice!"

"Okay, okay..." Eldest brother patted her on the shoulder, "Stop talking."

From beginning to end, what he thought was sitting in a remote corner without interjecting a word.

The woman whispered a few words into the elder brother's ear, only to see him frown and said: "Junior sister, this is not good..."

"What's wrong! Senior brother, tell him quickly, or I will ignore you!"

Seeing the woman turning her back, the elder brother had no choice but to walk slowly in front of He Suosi, "Little He, don't come with us these few days, my junior sister is very angry with you, let's move separately, wait Let's meet again at Pingnan."

He Suosi was not surprised, nodded and said, "Okay."

"Xiao He, I'm really sorry, Master originally ordered us to take good care of you..."

He Suosi shook his head, "It's okay, I understand the difficulties of senior brother, I can do it by myself."

The eldest brother took out a silver coin from his waist and put it beside him, he just sighed and walked back without saying anything.

"Brother, I don't want to see He Suosi anymore, I want to go over there!" The woman walked to the opposite side in anger.

"Junior Sister, wait for us!" Everyone hurriedly packed their luggage and followed, leaving only He Susi sitting alone in the darkness.

Ling Guyue smiled at him and said: "Brother He, the night is cold and the dew is heavy, come warm up with us."

He Suosi didn't refuse, walked over here and sat down, helplessly said: "I'm sorry, my junior sister has been spoiled by others, I made you laugh at me."

"It's nothing, and it's not your fault. Thank you for speaking for us."

He Suosi shook his head, "I've also heard a little bit about you. People in the Jianghu are supposed to smile when they meet each other, and when they say goodbye, they should not be said so embarrassingly by those people."

Ling Guyue said indifferently: "It's nothing, just don't take it to heart," she changed the subject and asked, "Your brothers are gone, do you really want to go to Pingnan by yourself?"

He Suoyi smiled wryly and said, "It can't be helped, they always obey what the junior sister says."

Xiao Chou wondered from the side: "Why is that woman targeting you so much?"

A layer of embarrassment appeared on He Suosi's face, just when the two thought he would not explain, He Suosi said: "She once confessed to me...and I rejected it."

"Ah?" Xiao Chou stared, "So she likes you?"

He Suosi shook his head, "That was in the past, I'm afraid there is only hatred now..."

Seeing that his expression was normal, Ling Guyue didn't seem to care how others treated him, so she raised her head and said, "If He Shaoxia doesn't mind, you can go with us."