The Hongxiu girl finally stopped pretending to be ignorant as she had just done.
Ji Yuan looked at the woman's reaction and it seemed that she didn't know him. He put down the book in his hand and answered the question irrelevantly.
"I remember that I was dragged by the old dragon to attend his thousand-year-old birthday banquet. After the banquet, I rowed back alone in a small boat. I once encountered a large official ship, and on it were the Xiao family father and son."
Including Hong Xiu, everyone in the room listened attentively to Ji Yuan's story. Wang Li felt as if he was listening to a myth. Although Zhang Rui was not too clear about the situation of the "upper-class practitioners", just by hearing about the thousand-year-old birthday banquet, she knew it was absolutely extraordinary. No matter whether it was a human, a demon, or a god, to live to a thousand years old was definitely an extremely exaggerated existence.
Miss Hongxiu didn't show any special expression on her face, but the tension in her heart became even greater.
Don't be fooled by the cheerful and cheerful scene inside the room. Actually, the situation is not peaceful at all.
What surprised Hongxiu was not only that Ji Yuan knew about the Xiao family, but also that he was dragged by Long Jun to attend the birthday banquet.
The former may be a bluff, but the latter is probably true.
"At that time, I heard that the young master of the Xiao family was arguing with his father at the stern of the ship, all because of a prostitute. At that time, Hong Xiu should still be me, not you, young lady."
Now that things have come to this, Hongxiu has slightly changed from her previous well-behaved and innocent look, and her temperament has become much lazier.
"Sir, how do you know that the Hongxiu at that time was not a slave? You have never been to this big show boat. Have you ever been here and found some vulgar women to keep you company?"
Hongxiu finished her sentence and added a joke at the end.
Ji Yuan smiled and did not refute. Instead, he looked at her seriously and asked a question.
"So, was it you at that time?"
Hong Xiu couldn't help but be stunned by the behavior of the person in front of her. She wanted to say "yes" jokingly, but looking at the pair of calm eyes that seemed to see through her mind, she just frowned and said.
"no!"
"Well, then it's not."
Ji Yuan nodded.
"I guess the real Hong Xiu has been hidden away by Mr. Xiao."
At the beginning, the young master of the Xiao family said with great ambition that he would take the top spot in the imperial examination, but obviously he was not very lucky, or rather, all the talented candidates were not very lucky, because he ran into Yin Zhaoxian, who was a man of great righteousness and literary talent.
Judging from the situation of the Xiao family at that time, it was unlikely that the young master of the Xiao family actually married Hongxiu. What's more, there was an imposter here, and the real Hongxiu obviously could not see the light of day.
"Then, Immortal, I am helping the lovers to finally get married. Does that count as a merit?"
Hongxiu in front of him shook a strand of hair and made a teasing remark, as if she didn't take Ji Yuan seriously. In fact, from the contact just now to now, she already had an extremely dangerous impression of Mr. Cangmu in front of her.
"Even if you helped them, what about you? Why did you stay on this big show ship? Monsters with your skills are rare in Dazhen."
"I simply like this environment, isn't that okay? Even the God of Sushui doesn't care about me, so why should you, sir? If you were sure you could take me down, you wouldn't be so friendly and say so much nonsense to me."
The verbal battle between the two sides also contains various temptations.
Under Ji Yuan's Dharma Eye, he saw waves of thin demonic energy surrounding Hong Xiu, creating a strange image of a blurry white fox.
Since Hong Xiu stopped pretending to be stupid, the hint of her charm had already made Wang Li on the side dumbfounded, and he just stared at her blankly. Zhang Rui had already been concentrating and on guard, having sensed the extraordinaryness of this monster, and even felt depressed. She could only listen to the conversation between Mr. Ji and this vixen.
Ji Yuan was indeed a little confused about this fox's background, but after all, she was the only one.
It was a one-on-one fight at such a close distance, let alone a slash from the Green Ivy Sword, even the Samadhi True Fire had a high chance of hitting the target, so Ji Yuan was really not afraid of this monster.
At this moment, Miss Hongxiu's words gave Ji Yuan an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
"The God of Sushui knows you are here, but he doesn't care about you?"
"Yeah~"
Hongxiu entangled the ends of her hair with her left index finger and twisted it. She leaned lazily on the table, poured herself a refill of tea, and looked at Ji Yuan with her face sideways.
"Can you call the God of Water?"
When saying this, Hongxiu happened to see Ji Yuan dip his finger into a drop of tea in the cup, then flick his finger out of the window.
"Tick~"
This drop of tea shot into the water through the cabin window, creating a special ripple.
"God of Sushui, come to see me quickly!"
"Hua La La..."
The tiny ripples on the water surface outside the Daxiu boat grew bigger and bigger. In just a few breaths, a huge black shadow vaguely emerged underwater.
“Clatter… clatter…”
A transparent column of water rose from the place where the power of binding the mind fell outside the window, twisted and flew into this elegant room, transformed into a human figure made up of water ripples, and then quickly transformed into a sense of substance.
The second half of Hong Xiu's sentence had already been stuck in her throat, as she watched helplessly as a middle-aged man in a black robe appeared in the cabin with a look of horror.
"No way... is it really the God of Water Purification? In other words... was it the God of Detention just now?"
In Zhang Rui's sight, she could clearly see sweat oozing from the neck of the vixen opposite her.
When the God of Su Water saw clearly the situation in the cabin, especially who was sitting there, he was shocked and hurriedly bowed solemnly, and when he bowed, he bent down until his back was level with the ground.
"Du Guangtong, the God of Sushui, greets Mr. Ji!"
Although the Su River is not an exaggeratedly large river, it is still worthy of a name. It is in Youzhou and not too far from the Tongtian River. So as Ji Yuan expected, the water god knew him.
However, it was one thing for Ji Yuan to make the right guess, but the way of answering was another. He asked in a puzzled manner.
"Oh? The Water God knows me?"
The water god put away his hand and answered respectfully and solemnly.
"Sir, you are a close friend of the Dragon King. I was fortunate enough to have seen your face at the Dragon King's birthday banquet."
Ji Yuan looked at the water god, then at Hong Xiu. The moment his eyes swept over them, the other party's aura became chaotic for a moment, and he was already in a state of forced calm.
Ji Yuan nodded at the Water God with a half-smile, but the next moment, Ji Yuan, who had been kind and pleasant all night, suddenly got angry, narrowed his eyes and spoke angrily.
"Du Guangtong, you are so brave! You dare to shelter the foreign monster and allow it to hide on the Sushui River. What is her purpose? What is your purpose? Ji doesn't believe it. Could it be that the old dragon asked you to do this?"
Perhaps Ji Yuan is the only one in the world who dares to call out the name "Old Dragon" with meaningful meaning when they are so close to Tongtian River, less than a thousand miles away.
When the water god Du Guangtong heard this, his first reaction was panic, and his second reaction was injustice. Not long after he stood up, he bowed and saluted again and again in even greater fear.
"Mr. Ji, it's unfair! I definitely did not take in any monsters from outside the country, and the Dragon King has never issued such an order. There are only some water monsters in my Sushui that are practicing peacefully. If you don't believe me, I can summon them here immediately..."
Even Wang Li could see the panic on Du Guangtong's face, not to mention the others. He felt as if Ji Yuan could take his life with just one word. He was so scared that he couldn't be more scared.
Ji Yuan turned a page of the book on the table, as if he had never stopped reading from the beginning to the end. The only difference was whether he held the book in his hand or put it on the table. At the same time, he spoke softly in the same indifferent tone as before.
“Miss Hongxiu, it seems that the God of Sushui does not know you. He does not have the courage to lie in front of Ji.”
Hearing this, the water god realized that the monster was actually in the cabin. He turned around angrily with his eyes wide open and stared at the woman.
Although Zhang Rui was still in the elegant room, her ghostly body and a hint of divine aura meant she was definitely not the monster that Mr. Ji mentioned. It was even more impossible that Wang Li was a mortal at first glance. It could only be this woman whose aura was unpredictable.
'It must be this damned monster that is slandering me!'
A faint demonic and Shinto aura was spreading around the God of Su Shui, and his face was even darker. A strong anger was almost visible to the naked eye. He didn't dare to get angry with Ji Yuan, as he was holding a grudge against this woman, but since Mr. Ji didn't say anything, he could only stare blankly.
Hongxiu couldn't keep calm now. She couldn't pretend to be calm anymore. She didn't dare to move too much and sat up slowly. She didn't dare to be in that lazy state anymore.
"Mr. Ji... I was just joking... Lord Water God, please don't blame me..."
Du Guangtong is obviously a water god, but his eyes seem to be spitting fire. Even if she is not afraid of this water god, Hong Xiu still feels a bit pressured.
"Well, since we are one of the sentient beings in the world, it is normal for us to have emotions and make jokes..."
Ji Yuan turned another page of the book, glanced at Hong Xiucai out of the corner of his eye and continued.
"If Miss Hongxiu finds it interesting, you can continue to beat around the bush with me, as long as you have the patience."
Rather than showing patience, this statement is more of a display of strong self-confidence. No matter how hard you try, you can't get out of this trap.
Having said this, Ji Yuan seemed to have just realized something. He bowed to the Water God Du Guangtong and then stretched out his hand to the cushion beside the table.
"Don't blame me, God Du Shui. I can see that you have nothing to do with this girl. Please take a seat."
Du Guangtong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and quickly returned the greeting and sat down.
"Thank you Mr. Ji for your insight!"
Seeing that Hong Xiu didn't say a word, Ji Yuan looked at her again and asked a simple question.
"How long have you been in Dazhen?"
"Two years."
"Hiding on the big show boat to harm people?"
Hongxiu looked at Ji Yuan nervously.
"I said no... do you believe it..."