That night, the boat passed through the Lianhuashan Grand Canyon and finally entered Baizhou.
Under the clear and cold moonlight, the surface of the river became wider and wider, and the water gradually slowed down.
Qiu Yutong sat on the deck of the boat, staring blankly at the bright moon.
Today is the twelfth of March. In the deep blue night sky, a bright moon is about to be full. In the middle of the moon, the osmanthus jade rabbit can be seen faintly, and the fairy shadow is faint.
Qiu Yutong was stunned for a while, and felt a little bored, so she touched a broken bamboo flute on the deck, tried the sound a little, and started to blow.
In this quiet night, the sound of the waves was like weeping, and the sound of Xiao was sobbing. Although some of them were not accurate, they were quite moving.
Lu Xiao leaned against the canopy and stared at him blankly.
Qiu Yutong noticed the other party's gaze, put down the bamboo Xiao shyly, and coughed lightly: "Cough, I can't play this "Jiangfeng Yuhuo" very well, and some of the notes are not accurate."
Lu Xiao said sullenly: "I don't even know, Master can still blow the flute."
"It's only a few songs." Qiu Yutong scratched her head, "When I was young, the brother in charge taught us to play the flute, and in the end, the third brother was a little better. Although I can't play it very well, the second brother is better than me I'm still rotten, even the sect master brother covered his ears and begged him not to blow it."
"I think Master played it very well."
"That's because you haven't heard the Xiaosheng of 'Inviting Immortals' from the sect leader."
Lu Xiao was silent for a moment, but still didn't hold back: "Master, do you have a good relationship with your senior brother who is in charge?"
"Uh, we are senior brothers, can it be okay?" Qiu Yutong blinked her eyes, "But speaking of it, the second senior brother, the third senior brother, and me, the three of us were all raised by the senior brother in charge. He is the senior brother who is the head of the sect, and he is actually almost half a parent. Although he has a good temper, when he gets angry, even the second senior brother has to go to Jianya to sit quietly and repent."
"You are like a brother like a father, so that's how it is." Lu Xiao nodded, "It sounds like you are all afraid of him. Is he very powerful?"
"I have never seen the senior brother draw his sword, but I heard from the third senior brother that the senior brother held a 'Zhi Ge' and fought with the ancient beast Tuntian Python for three days and three nights, and finally killed him by the sword , Megatron the entire cultivation world. It’s a pity that I wasn’t born at that time, so I didn’t see you.” Qiu Yutong sighed, “After Shuoxue discussed the sword, the brother’s leg...was crippled, and he never drew his sword again. Normally, I can only compete with the second and third senior brothers, and later, even the second and third senior brothers refused to fight with me, and I was suffocated to death."
Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Why, they can't beat you?"
"My brothers and sisters are just sparring. There is nothing they can beat me." Qiu Yutong paused and lowered her voice, "You are right, they really can't beat me, and they are afraid of losing face."
"..." Lu Xiao shook his head speechlessly, but the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly.
"Oh, I really want to fight the head brother, but it's a pity he doesn't draw his sword. Or Gui Wuya from the Beihai Sword Sect, that's fine too. However, I still want to fight the head brother more, let's see him Just how powerful it is." Qiu Yutong looked at the bright moon, feeling melancholy in her heart.
Lu Xiao was puzzled and said: "However, when I was having dinner at Zuixianlou on the Lantern Festival, I heard Xu Dongqing from Yaowangzhuang say that in the sword manual, the ranking of your senior brother who is the head of the sect is higher than that of Gui Wuya. later?"
"Mmm. Mr. Tianji's swordsmanship has a total of 100 powerful sabers. The first is Qingheng Xianzun's 'Amaterasu Cloud Sea', and the second is Gui Wuya's 'Weeping Blood'. The third is the 'Zhi Ge' of the head brother, and the fourth is from Nanshan Temple... However, the way of the sword is impermanent, and such things as rankings may not be accurate."
The two chatted for a long time, Qiu Yutong only felt tiredness rising up like a tide, and her eyelids kept drooping: "Um..."
Lu Xiao looked down at Qiu Yutong, and gently leaned his head on his shoulder.
He felt the extremely reassuring weight on his shoulders, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and stayed up all night.
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"Xiao'er, look at the ferry ahead, there are so many people. Have we arrived yet?" Qiu Yutong tried to stand on tiptoe, looking at a bustling ferry by the river.
Lu Xiao nodded: "It should be."
Lu Xiao held the helm of the boat, and the boat quickly approached the pier, and Qiu Yutong jumped onto it.
"Aw! Crow!" He screamed.
Dozens of huge black crows rushed up while screaming "quack quack" and circled around him.
Lu Xiao hurriedly strode over and waved the crow away: "Go!"
"Go, go... why are there so many crows?!" Qiu Yutong waved her hands in embarrassment.
There were bursts of laughter from the small boats beside the pier.
"Hahaha… "
"Another foolish peck!"
"This kid has delicate skin and tender flesh, don't be pecked out!"
"Hey, can you guys say a few words less?" An old boatman smoking dry tobacco smiled, "Ahem, the crows here are very smart, and they only bully strangers like you, young master."
Qiu Yutong casually grabbed a handful of pecked messy hair, dumbfounded: "I thought Jack Yadu was just a name, I didn't expect there are so many crows!"
The old boatman said with a smile: "Young master, what do you see over there?"
Qiu Yutong followed the prestige, and couldn't help being slightly surprised: "How could this be?"
Lu Xiao also frowned.
Not far from the Baishui River, on a large desolate rocky beach, thousands of crows gathered densely. Several corpses were pecked to pieces, and their internal organs were spilled all over the floor.
"What's going on here?" Qiu Yutong frowned.
"My lord, how do you think the name Jackyawdu came from?" The old boatman shook his head out of habit, "Since you are here, you should also go to Yaowangzhuang, right? People, every day, throw patients who died at the mouth of the valley to this river. Slowly, there are more and more crows here, so the name Jackdaw Crossing came into being."
Qiu Yutong was a little puzzled: "Why, isn't Yaowangzhuang saving people?"
The old boatman took a deep breath of dry smoke: "Ahem, how could we save so many people? The genius doctor Xu in Yaowangzhuang only saves one patient a year, so it depends on the eye."
He coughed twice, and then lowered his voice: "A few years ago, because Master Xu took too many lives from Lord Yan, Master Xu's two older sisters were summoned by Lord Yan to take their lives, and then Master Doctor Xu made this rule."
"I see." Qiu Yutong nodded.
About ten years ago, he had rescued Xu Qiushi once, but they were not very familiar with each other, and he didn't know that Xu Qiushi had two older sisters. But since there are "Xu Qiushi" and "Xu Dongqing", it is not surprising that there were two older sisters, "Chun" and "Xia".
Qiu Yutong groaned for a while, since he was already here, he had to try anyway: "Old man, where do you go to Yaowangzhuang?"
"Did you see that road?" The old boatman pointed forward, "Go straight along that road, and you will see a valley entrance, which is Linglu Valley, and Yaowangzhuang is in Linglu Valley. As for you If you can’t enter the valley, or whether you are willing to be cured after entering the valley, it depends on your luck. But, the great doctor Xu is getting married recently, maybe he is in a good mood, so I will treat you.”
"I see, thank you, old man." Qiu Yutong and Lao Chuan's family thanked each other, and they walked along the main road.
After a while, I saw a huge valley in front of me.
"It's here!" Qiu Yutong said happily.
Lu Xiao looked at the mouth of the valley and frowned: "There are so many people."
Outside the mouth of the valley, there is a large flat area on which more than a hundred people are sitting or lying. Some have set up tents, some have spread blankets, some are moaning loudly, some are crying, and it seems that they have been waiting for a long time.
"They are all patients seeking medical treatment, it's so pitiful." Qiu Yutong said softly, "Let's go to Taniguchi to have a look."
The two passed through the crowd and came to Taniguchi.
Taniguchi was guarded by four stout servants. The young man in the lead had a dark complexion. He looked up and down the two of them: "Who is here? Is there a letter of introduction? The owner of my family has no strangers."
Qiu Yutong blinked her eyes, quite embarrassed, should she bring Shuo Xuecheng out to bluff people? But there is no token on him.
The black-faced young man said impatiently: "No? Then go to the open space and wait."
Qiu Yutong was anxious: "I..."
The black-faced young man waved his hand, chasing Qiu Yutong away like a fly: "What me? Go, go!"
Lu Xiao stepped forward and grabbed the opponent's wrist: "We are not here to seek medical treatment, but to congratulate you. This is Mr. Tong Yuqiu, my name is Xiao Minglu, we both came early, please go convenient."
As he spoke, he quietly stuffed something into the opponent's hand.
"..." The dark-faced young man lowered his head, glanced secretly at the gold ingot in his hand, and immediately put on a smile on his face, "I see, you two, please follow me."
Qiu Yutong stared at Lu Xiao, this kid is already an emperor, and he bribes so naturally!
Lu Xiao said in a low voice: "Since Master doesn't want to show his identity, and he can't offend the people in the village now, that's the only way."
The dark-faced young man led the two of them into Taniguchi, and a bright light suddenly appeared in front of them.
This Linglu Valley is extremely huge, with green bamboo forests, a clear stream meanders through the bottom of the valley, and spirit deer glide across the stream from time to time. Farther away, among the green bamboos, a large house with black tiles and white walls can be seen faintly, presumably it is the main house of Yaowangzhuang.
The black-faced youth brought the two of them to a row of thatched huts by the creek, a little embarrassed: "Young Master Xiao, Young Master Tong, you two don't have wedding invitations, and you are individual visitors, so you can only live here."
"It doesn't matter." Qiu Yutong nodded.
After seeing off the black-faced youth, the two walked into the hut.
The furnishings in the thatched hut were very simple, with only a desk, two chairs, and a narrow hard board bed, on which a thin bed of old cotton wadding was randomly piled up.
It was evening now, and the afterglow of the setting sun came in through the small window, which was very warm.
"It's finally here, I'm exhausted." Qiu Yutong stretched her waist and sat down on the small bed, "That person didn't say anything just now, where did he eat?"
Lu Xiao took out two pieces of golden naan bread, a package of sliced stewed beef, and a bulging cowhide water bottle from the bag: "Master, let's eat something."
"You still brought dry food?" Qiu Yutong asked in surprise.
The two had wandered among the people for several years, and Qiu Yu Tongsheng had a loose and informal nature, so Lu Xiao had to develop the habit of carrying an umbrella and carrying dry food when the weather was sunny. Now that this kid has become the emperor, this habit has not changed.
Qiu Yutong took the naan bread and took a small bite. Crunchy and tasty.
He ate the naan bread, and said vaguely: "Xiao'er, you said that Dr. Xu got married, what should we prepare as a congratulatory gift?"
"I forgot about this." Lu Xiao pondered for a moment, "How about going to buy some outside the valley tomorrow?"
"It doesn't need to be so troublesome." Qiu Yutong rubbed her chin and suddenly smiled, "I have a good idea."
As he spoke, he sat down in front of the old book case by the window, and said with dignity: "Xiao'er, sharpen the ink for the teacher."
Finally, I can let this villain grind his ink for himself!
"Okay." Lu Xiao smiled slightly, and stood beside the desk, grinding the ink carefully.
Qiu Yutong picked up a pen and dipped it in ink, and began to write vigorously. After more than half an hour, it was getting dark, and he had already written dozens of pages of small script on rice paper.
Lu Xiao was a little puzzled: "Master, are you writing... a sword manual?"
Qiu Yutong smiled smugly: "Although the genius doctor Xu from Yaowangzhuang doesn't know how to use swordsmanship, he is a sword idiot. He likes to collect all kinds of famous swords and sword manuals. I will give him a copy of Shuoxue An isolated sword manual written by Cheng Qiuyutong himself. Xiaoer, do you think this gift is heavy enough?"
Lu Xiao couldn't help but cocked his lips: "Master, this method is very good. It is a priceless treasure. However, the Qiuxian master in Shuo Xuecheng had ascended a few years ago, so this ink is too new."
Qiu Yutong scratched her head: "That's true."
Lu Xiao picked up the stack of rice paper and said with a smile, "However, I have a way."
Qiu Yutong stared at him, seeing that he brought the paper closer to the oil lamp, she couldn't help becoming nervous: "What do you want to do? Don't light it! I wrote so much with great difficulty!"
"No way." Lu Xiao carefully smoked the paper over and over on the oil lamp, and after a while, replaced it with a new paper. After a while, a stack of snow-white rice paper turned slightly yellow, looking very old.
Qiu Yutong clapped her hands and said, "It's seamless!"
"Actually, experts can see it, but it's enough to fool an outsider. What's more, the handwriting is genuine, and it's even more difficult to distinguish."
The two of them worked for a while, carefully bound the rice paper with old cotton thread, and then wrapped it solemnly with a dark blue cloth towel, like a priceless and peerless sword manual.
"Huh, I'm exhausted." Qiu Yutong fell heavily on the bed, "This bed is so narrow, how can the two of us sleep?"
Lu Xiao hesitated for a moment, picked up some dry straw from the corner of the room, and spread it on the ground in front of the bed, then took off his coat and spread it on the dry straw: "I'll just sleep on the ground."
Qiu Yutong turned over, lying on the bed and watching Lu Xiao hit the floor, suddenly felt a little unbearable. This little apprentice is already an emperor, and the life of putting away the fine clothes and fine food in the Daning Palace is over, so follow him to this dilapidated place to suffer, eat dry food and make a bed on the floor...
He thought about it, and gradually became drowsy, so he tore off his outer robe and threw it at the end of the bed, loosened the collar of his inner shirt, and tried his best to lean back into the bed: "Xiao'er, come up and sleep."
Lu Xiao raised his head and glanced at him, his gaze seemed to have been severely scalded.
He lowered his eyes hastily, his expression almost looked a little embarrassed: "I, I will sleep here."
"Xiao'er, why don't you come up, it's okay..." Qiu Yutong was really sleepy, but she still tried to persuade her, but she couldn't open her eyes, and her voice had a strong nasal sound, as if she was wronged.
Lu Xiao's breathing was heavy for a moment, and even his body tensed up.
"You..." He closed his eyes unbearably, and suddenly extinguished the oil lamp with a finger bomb, and lay rustling into the straw pile.
"Xiao'er."
"Master, don't talk, I won't go up. Go to bed quickly, and get up early tomorrow."
"Oh." Qiu Yutong had no choice but to shut up silently.
Before he fell asleep, he couldn't help but think in a daze, when he fell into a coma due to cold poison, this kid would sleep with his arms around him, but now he is pretending to be reserved, preferring to use straw to make the floor than Sleeping in the same bed with him... It seems that this kid really has no desires, and only when it is absolutely necessary, he will get close to others.
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