Qin'an County is a small county town with a dilapidated city wall, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun and filled with smoke.
Inside the inn, Niu Youdao soaked in the bathtub, facing the open window and watching the sunset. As usual, there was a pot of wine and a sword beside him.
The red light penetrated into the house, and also illuminated the people in the bathtub red.
There was a knock on the door, and Black Peony's voice followed, "Master Dao!"
Niu Youdao: "It's soaking in the water. If there's nothing important, I'll talk about it later."
Crunch! Black Peony opened the door and came in. As soon as the door closed, footsteps came over.
Niu Youdao picked up the towel lying on the side and spread it into the water. "Just stand there and talk about anything."
Black Peony walked over to the bathtub, took a look inside, and found that she couldn't see anything because of the blockage. She said scornfully: "She's even shyer than a woman."
Niu Youdao didn't flinch, he still stayed there and said calmly: "Talk about something when you have something to say. I don't like it."
Black Mudan moved a stool and sat next to him, rolled up her sleeves, picked up another towel, wet it, and wiped his shoulders and arms, "You don't like serving me, either?"
Niu Youdao glanced at her and said indifferently: "You'd better behave yourself."
Black Peony asked back: "Do you know what I mean by doing this? It seems a bit shameless to do this, but the best destination for a woman is to be with a man in the end. I am optimistic about you and am willing to follow you wholeheartedly. I will Don't you like it if you treat me as yours? Of course, I also hope that you can treat me as yours, as one of your own. I like to see them misunderstanding my relationship with you, and I mean it sincerely."
Niu Youdao was silent for a moment and asked: "You are back so soon. Is everything done?"
Black Mudan pushed him and wiped his back: "You underestimate me too much. Can you still bother with this little thing? After dressing up, I found a few lazy guys, gave them some money, and asked them to go We have done it all over the place. These lazy people like to make easy money and do this kind of effortless things. I said that if you do well, you will be rewarded. Of course, there is no reward. Let's go back. I will follow behind. After a while, I bought candies to coax the children as I told them, and the effect was good. The children were already jumping around on the streets and singing!"
Niu Youdao hummed.
Black Peony blinked her big eyes, "Tang Yi is so beautiful. She needs to have breasts, a waist, a face, and a temperament..."
Niu Youdao: "I just have no brains."
Black Peony: "If you don't have a brain, it depends on who you compare with. I might be worse than you. If you really don't have a brain, can you manage people from a sect? Not everyone can be like you. Among the people I have met , you are the most demonic one!"
Niu Youdao: "What do you want to say?"
Black Peony: "How could a man not like such a beautiful woman? If you really think she is dangerous around Shao Pingbo, you might as well take her away."
Niu Youdao: "You eavesdropped a lot."
Black Peony: "You didn't hide that we were not the same. Master Dao, you still have her in your heart, right?"
Niu Youdao: "You are thinking too much. Whether she is dead or alive has nothing to do with me."
Black Peony: "You don't mean what you say. It's obvious that Shao Pingbo's pursuit of her seems to have made you unhappy."
Niu Youdao: "Can you still be happy? It has nothing to do with whether you are happy or not. It is like a dog passing by a certain place and peed. No matter whether the territory belongs to you or not, if another dog intrudes, it will roar more or less. Twice. My mood was somewhat disturbed, and I also had a headache. I thought it would have nothing to do with it. But after this happened, I realized that being married to her was a problem. I felt a little stuck. I I really don’t want to have anything to do with her, but I still got involved. Tell me, if something happens to her, will I take care of it or not?"
Hearing what he said, Black Mudan understood that this person really had no feelings for that person, and said: "This is the difference between people. The man I used to be, even if someone put a knife to my neck, I guess I won’t even look back. Master Dao, what you asked me to say is that it’s actually nothing to worry about. If you know you need help, just take care of it if you can. If you don’t know, don’t force it or do it deliberately. Facing it calmly is the only way to truly let go, and there is no need to embarrass yourself!"
Niu Youdao: "Face it calmly... It makes sense, but I am obsessed with it."
Black Peony: "But if you really think Shao Pingbo is in danger, I think you'd better find a way to separate her from Shao Pingbo. Man, I know it very well. She is so beautiful, sooner or later she will become the flesh of Shao Pingbo's mouth, some It is impossible to guard against crooked means, and I have suffered this loss before!"
"I'm not worried about this. As long as Shao Pingbo can't do anything to me, I won't dare to touch her. It's not that I can intimidate Shao Pingbo, but that Shao Pingbo doesn't dare to use crooked means to treat her easily without breaking away from me. , if I really anger the people behind Tang Yi, the mage followers around Shao Pingbo may not be able to save his life! From a certain point of view, as long as I save myself, I can save Tang Yi."
Black Mudan put her mouth close to his ear, "Is it Zhao Xiongge?"
"How do you know?" Niu Youdao looked back and spoke very quietly when the name was mentioned in the kitchen.
Black Peony: "Zhao Xiongge is an abandoned disciple of the Shangqing Sect! I heard that when the Liuxian Sect attacked the Shangqing Sect, Zhao Xiongge didn't even show up, only his mount was exposed, and the Liuxian Sect fled in panic. , the elder of the Liuxian Sect even cut off his arm to apologize. Besides Zhao Xiongge, who else in the Shangqing Sect can make the princes of the side with so many masters fear him? A person with the strength of Zhao Xiongge is very scary, with thousands of troops. It can’t be stopped!”
Niu Youdao: "Zhao Xiongge comes from the Shangqing Sect, but his strength is far beyond what the Shangqing Sect can train. I'm afraid that the founder of the Shangqing Sect is not his opponent. This is a bit abnormal. Have you heard about it? thing?"
Black Peony: "I don't know. This is indeed abnormal. It must be some kind of fate that outsiders don't know about."
Niu Youdao suddenly turned around and asked, "Did you just say that you have suffered from evil practices?"
"Master Dao, you are exposing my scars!" Black Mudan sighed and stretched out three fingers in front of him, "Three times, I was raped three times!"
Niu Youdao: "Is it one person or three people?"
Black Mudan rubbed his back vigorously, "Three different people were drugged twice by accident. There was another one who I couldn't afford to offend. He was afraid of death and didn't dare to resist. He was played with alive for several times. The genius was let go, it was quite miserable at the time, and I still can’t bear to look back.”
Niu Youdao: "You didn't take revenge?"
Black Mudan: "Later I gathered Duan Hu and the others, found one, and killed one. The other was not our turn, and I heard he was killed by someone else. As for the one I can't afford to offend, I still can't afford to offend him. Dare to seek revenge on others, now think about it, it’s good to be able to save your life, the matter is over, learn from it, and be careful in the future.”
Niu Youdao raised his eyebrows slightly, "Let me tell you who you can't afford to offend."
Black Peony: "Forget it, I don't want to talk about him, it's useless if I do, we can't afford to offend him."
Niu Youdao: "Well, let's wait until you think the opportunity is right. I'll see if I can help you avenge this!"
"I've accepted your kindness. There's really no need for it. It's all over." Black Peony shook her head with a hint of bitterness.
Niu Youdao felt the heaviness in her tone and said hehe: "What kind of eyes does that person have? Are you interested in someone as dark as this?"
Black Mudan's eyes widened, and he suddenly dipped his hand into the water, tearing off Niu Youdao's cloth covering the water.
Niu Youdao was speechless. He lowered his head and looked at the unobstructed part of the water. He didn't move there anyway.
Black Peony took a fair look, her face was expressionless, her cheeks were slightly red, and she threw the cloth back.
Niu Youdao slowly shook the cloth in the water and covered it again, "Are you bored?"
Black Peony: "Do you feel like you're at a disadvantage? How about I take off my clothes and wash it with you? Do I look that bad? My skin and flesh are just a little darker, and my face and face are not bad either. You haven't seen that before. I He’s actually pretty good at it.”
Niu Youdao: "Are you trying to seduce me?"
Black Peony: "I said, you can do it anytime you want."
Niu Youdao shook his head slightly: "There is no point in saying this. Listen carefully. From the moment you follow me, it is destined that such a thing will not happen."
Black Peony poured water on him and continued to wipe it, "Why? Do you really look down on me like this? I said, I did it voluntarily, and I don't want to pester you. I just want a sense of security."
Niu Youdao: "There is nothing to dislike. I don't touch the women who work around me. Rabbits don't eat the grass around the nest. If the grass around the nest is chewed and the hole is exposed, it will be troublesome."
Black Mudan curled her lips, "You are a fool not to eat the meat that is served to your mouth! What's the point of living so old-fashioned at a young age? You don't like Tang Yi either, so why do you feel that you are not interested in women? Seriously Yes, are you not good at that?"
Niu Youdao closed his eyes and said nothing, saying that he could not win her. Where was the woman who cried at Yaoyue Inn? Lost to her...
In Beizhou Fucheng, Shao Pingbo and his entourage galloped into the city. Guards stood on both sides of the gate to let them pass, and no one dared to stop them.
All the way to the 'Lingbo Mansion', Shao Pingbo's own mansion, the group jumped off their horses and entered.
The butler Shao Sansheng was already at the door to greet him, his smile was a bit forced, "Young Master has traveled a long distance, you have worked hard all the way."
Shao Pingbo glanced at his expression, with his cloak swaying behind him, he continued to stride inside and went straight to the main hall.
On the way, a monk raised his hand to receive a golden wing. He took out the secret document from the foot tube and read it before quickly catching up with Shao Pingbo. "My lord, there is news from Zhao Jing. After checking, there is no one named Zhang San around Zhuge Xun at all." The people also verified that there is indeed no such young monk around Zhuge Xun, but the result is that there is no such person!"
The eyes of the three people who followed Tang Yi into the hall quietly touched each other.
Shao Pingbo walked to the front seat, took off his cloak and handed it to the butler. He turned around and sat down. He glanced at the butler sideways and said, "You have something to say."
Butler Shao Sansheng hesitated to speak, looked at the others, and finally took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to him for himself to read.
Shao Pingbo got it, looked at his face first, then slowly fell his eyes on the paper, and said slowly: "King of Beizhou, King of Beizhou, give me a piece of candy. You are helpless, and you are helpless. One candy, two candies. Yun Fake King, Bo..."
The words stopped suddenly, his pupils shrank suddenly, his palms on his knees clenched into fists, and his cheeks tensed.