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Outside Luoyang City, Pei Xiang's carriage was queuing up in front of the city gate, when he heard an extremely polite inquiry from outside the carriage:

"Dare to ask the distinguished guest in the car, but is it the female Xia Pei from Kaifeng Mansion? The youngest one is the butler of the Wang family in Luoyang, and he came here to greet you on the order of my young master."

Pei Xiang opened the car window and looked out, and saw a middle-aged, chunky man in an iron blue satin cotton robe standing not far away, looking towards her.

Seeing Pei Xiang's sizing eyes, the man quickly clasped his fists and saluted with a respectful expression.

"My surname is Pei. I'm from Kaifeng, and I'm about to visit Mr. Wang Lianhua of the Wang family in Luoyang. My brother is the housekeeper of Mr. Wang's house? What's your name?"

"Nvxia Pei, the little Zhang Feng, come to welcome the heroine into the city. Our carriage is already waiting in front of the city gate. If the heroine doesn't mind, she can take a different carriage."

Pei Xiang followed Zhang Feng's movements and looked towards the gate of the city. At a glance, he noticed a gorgeous carriage with glazed palace lanterns hanging from the four corners.

The carriage was pulled by two strong and tall black horses, and the driver was a brocade-clothed bearded man with a short knife on his waist. Standing beside the carriage were two delicate maids in pink jackets and skirts.Among the endless stream of pedestrians and tourists coming and going in front of the city gate, the servants of the Wang family were very conspicuous.

"The master's kindness, the little girl worships."

Pei Xiang got off the carriage, and followed Zhang Feng, the steward of the palace, into the gorgeous carriage.

The interior of the carriage is as warm as spring, filled with a faint fragrance of flowers. There are tea, snacks and various dried and fresh fruits in the storage compartments on both sides. There is a deep purple velvet blanket slanted on the soft bed in the middle, and there are piles of Seven or eight popular travel journal albums.If it weren't for the small space, this place would seem to be an extremely warm and comfortable room, which makes people reluctant to leave.

After Pei Xiang sat firmly, the carriage started.This time, there was no need to wait in line in front of the city gate for inspection, and the Wang family's carriage was released directly, and entered the city of Luoyang steadily all the way.

In front of the gate of Wang's mansion, Pei Xiang saw Wang Lianhua.

"Prince Prince?"

Pian Pianjia, who was dressed in scarlet clothes, smiled at Pei Xiang, as graceful as a beautiful jade.

"Xiangxiang, don't you recognize me?"

Pei Xiang looked at Wang Lianhua's handsome appearance for a long time before he nodded and said:

"Since you wrote frankly and said that you are the son of the Wang family in Luoyang, I have been guessing whether you will face me with your true face when we meet next time. Also, is the identity of this prince? Like 'Kongzi', it's all forged."

Wang Lianhua stretched out her hand to invite Pei Xiang to enter the mansion, and asked with a smile as she walked:

"Does Xiangxiang have an answer now?"

Pei Xiang smiled: "According to my observation, Mr. Wang has not changed his face now, and the Wang family in Luoyang has a great career, so many people must know the appearance of Mr. Lianhua. So... this time the identity is probably true. At least, this is a relatively long-term and fixed identity."

The young man with sculpted brows and bright eyes smiled leisurely, but his eyes were somewhat probing:

"Although I haven't seen Xiangxiang's disguise ability with my own eyes, you have been able to see through my disguise many times, which shows that you are quite insightful in this way. Xiangxiang, do you have some relationship with the Shanzuo Situ family? Or, with that Is Chu Liuxiang, who is a mysterious Xiangshuai under his tutelage, involved?"

Pei Xiang shook his head in denial, and gave a perfunctory answer in a sincere tone:

"My lord, to be honest, I have forgotten who I learned the disguise from first. But I can say with certainty that I have nothing to do with Shanzuo Situ or Chu Xiangshuai's teacher."

"forgotten?"

Wang Lianhua frowned and fell silent, as if dissatisfied with Pei Xiang's perfunctory answer.

Of course, he did have reasons to be dissatisfied.Because how could a smart girl of seventeen or eighteen forget her master?How can I forget my past learning experience?Even if she wanted to keep it secret, she could just keep silent, so why bother to make such an excuse that sounded ridiculous.

After a while, Wang Lianhua suddenly sighed: "Xiangxiang, you are so cruel."

Pei Xiang slowed down and looked at his friend beside him curiously: "Because I lied to you, Young Master?"

"No, it's because you didn't deceive me that I think you are a heartless girl! Hmph, if I get angry because of your words, blame you, or don't take it seriously, will you secretly alienate me in your heart?"

"How could I alienate you? The explanation I gave does sound absurd. If you are angry because of this, it is only natural."

"But……"

Wang Lianhua rolled her eyes, and suddenly changed her steady and polite manner of hospitality just now. He moved to Pei Xiang's side and lowered his head to stare at her profile. His fingertips brushed the back of Pei Xiang's hand as if nothing had happened, and said slowly:

"I don't want to be just an ordinary friend of Xiangxiang. I have many skills that I can only display to my lover. I want to invite Xiangxiang to try them one by one. Hey, since I learned that Xiangxiang is going to visit Luoyang, I I just tossed and turned every night, often looking at myself, for fear that Xiangxiang would dislike my bad skills. However, we just met, and you didn’t even drink tea, and you tried to test me with words, trying to push me away, isn’t that just Are you cruel?"

Pei Xiang tried to pull his sleeve out of Wang Lianhua's hand, but failed.

"So, Prince Wang believes my words?"

"Has Xiangxiang ever lost a memory?"

"Well, at least the memories of the last seventeen or eighteen years are still there."

This girl is only in her ninth year this year, so she has never forgotten the past.

Wang Lianhua smiled slightly and said warmly:

"Even so, I still believe in Xiangxiang's explanation. Xiangxiang is so smart, but she always likes to lie to people, but I know that under normal circumstances, Xiangxiang is a frank, honest and honest girl."

Pei Xiang curled the corners of his mouth, very happy to be coaxed.She didn't bother to find out if Wang Lianhua really believed it, as long as she felt comfortable anyway.

While talking, Wang Lianhua led Pei Xiang to the Nuan Pavilion flower hall in the mansion.

Before the two of them were seated, four pretty white-clothed maids, Pingting, came over. They were holding emerald lotus leaf water basins, jasmine rose dew and other cleaning and toiletries, saluted with a smile and said hello.

Pei Xiang washed his hands in front of the window, and then the beautiful young lady gently wiped off the water droplets with a brand new silk towel, and then was gently held by another pair of catkins, and applied a fresh and elegant fragrance The cream moisturizes the skin.

After washing their hands, the four white-clothed maids quietly exited the flower hall, and two other maids with more outstanding appearance and temperament came in.They opened the embroidered screen in the hall from left to right, revealing the sumptuous banquet that had been set inside.

"Master, Miss Pei, please have dinner."

Then, the two maids picked up the jug and stood quietly, ready to serve the master and guests for drinking and dining.

Pei Xiang is really envious of Wang Lianhua's comfortable life at the moment, and she doesn't hide her true emotions, and said sweetly:

"Prince Wang's life is really elegant and comfortable. I have been living here for a long time, and I might be reluctant to leave."

Wang Lianhua raised her eyebrows indifferently:

"If these things can keep you, His Royal Highness Cheng Wang in Beijing wouldn't be sending people around to inquire about your whereabouts."

Pei Xiang hadn't heard any news from Jingzhong for a while, so he asked casually:

"How is His Highness Prince Cheng? Did Wu Hua return to the capital?"

Wang Lianhua took the jug from the hand of the maid and waved her hand to signal them to back down.When he and Pei Xiang were the only ones left in the flower hall, he poured wine and said:

"One of Prince Cheng's side concubine is pregnant. He must be in a very good mood recently. As for the wonderful monk Wuhua, he returned to Shaolin after leaving the capital. In the past six months, his reputation in Buddhism has become even stronger. , Many aristocratic families rushed to invite him to be a guest, but he rejected them all."

Pei Xiang took a sip of the fine wine in the cup and said with a smile:

"Could it be that Miao Seng Wuhua was hit by the failure of Jingzhong, so far he is really devout and has no desires? This is really rare. Recently in Renyi Village, I met Master Tianfa from Wutai Mountain. Something that matters."

"Master Tianfa..." Wang Lianhua shook her head with a smile, "He can't compare with the wonderful monk Wuhua. Wuhua, he is such a wonderful person. I really didn't realize how much he has before. As for Zhang Face, thanks to Xiang Xiang for reminding me. But in my opinion, Wuhua is not someone who gives up easily. He is nesting in Shaolin Temple now, maybe he is plotting something. You see, he does not walk around in the rivers and lakes, but this Buddhist sect The celebrity’s reputation is getting louder and louder.”

"That's true. Forget it, don't mention Wuhua, anyway, I won't be able to touch it for a while." Pei Xiang respected Wang Lianhua with a glass of wine, thanked him for his invitation and hospitality, and asked at the same time, "Young Master Wang, where is the mansion?" Are you alone? I live here as a guest, is there anything I need to pay special attention to?"

"This... is the Luoyang Wang's mansion on the surface. There is nothing hidden. Xiangxiang lives here, so he can live according to his usual living habits, and there is no need to avoid anything. Well, there is a mother in my family , but my mother is busy with work and has another residence, so I probably won't come here during this period of time."

Pei Xiang said politely: "I should be the one who went to visit the elder. Mr. Wang, if Ling Ci has time, please let me know, and I will go to visit An in person."

Wang Lianhua let out a "huh" and took another sip of wine, her clear eyes suddenly became bright and tender again, as if she was already drunk.

He sighed in a tone of perfect tenderness:

"Since Xiangxiang wants to meet the elders of Lianhua's family, how can Lianhua refuse? Speaking of which, ever since I told my mother about Xiangxiang, my mother has been full of praise for you Xiangxiang, saying that you are a good girl Look, when Xiangxiang came to Luoyang as a guest, my mother ordered Lianhua to entertain her wholeheartedly, and even allowed Lianhua to stay out at night. Xiangxiang, Lianhua can stay out at night, don't let my mother down. "

Pei Xiang paused while drinking, she tilted her head and smiled and glanced at Wang Lianhua, who was never drunk after a thousand glasses, and didn't bother to pay attention to this young man who could become dishonest anytime and anywhere.

Putting down the wine glass, Pei Xiang took a mouthful of food, chewed it slowly, and stopped talking.

Wang Lianhua knew that Pei Xiang was always attentive when eating, and sometimes she didn't want to distract herself, so she put away the habit of talking about things at the wine table.

He tasted a few mouthfuls of dishes with peace of mind, and then used serving chopsticks to pick up dishes for Pei Xiang, and recommended a few dishes that he thought were the best made today.

The two ate a delicious meal in peace, and after drinking and eating, they talked about what Pei Xiang had seen and heard in Renyi Village.

Wang Lianhua knew that Pei Xiang had successfully hunted down several difficult murderers in the past year, so she had long been very curious about her martial arts skills.You know, when he first met Pei Xiang, the girl's meridians were empty, without any internal force at all.

"Xiangxiang, do you practice swords?"

"Well, Xijian."

"Is it great?"

"Prince, would you like to teach me?"

"Let's finish it?"

"it is good."

On the first day of visiting Wang's house in Luoyang, Pei Xiang had a fight with Wang Lianhua.

Pei Xiang has specialized in swordsmanship all the way, and doesn't have many dazzling moves.But Wang Lianhua is familiar with the exquisite moves of all schools, and has a deep understanding of them all. She is also the leader of each school at a young age, and she is not a showman who is knowledgeable but not skilled.

After the two of you came and went and tested more than a hundred moves, Wang Lianhua suddenly spun around five times, and when she was floating and falling, she waved her palm obliquely, and suddenly flew into a blue palm shadow combining reality and reality.

The shadows of the palm came out in layers, not only mighty and powerful, but also protected the important acupoints of the palmer's body. It was indeed a move that was exquisite to the peak, both offensive and defensive.

This is Wang Lianhua's most satisfying trick, borrowing Li Shangyin's poem and named it "The blue bird is courteous to visit".

He only knew that this move could always restrain Pei Xiang's ubiquitous sword light and sword energy.But he never thought that Pei Xiang's swordsmanship was like mountains and flowing water, like a waterfall slanting out from the depths of the sky.

The figures of the two passed by each other. In an instant, Pei Xiang swung his sword with his backhand, chic and unrestrained, and the blade lightly brushed across Wang Lianhua's throat...

There was silence in the bamboo forest.

After a long while, Wang Lianhua, who recovered from the trembling near death, suddenly let out a long breath.

"You..." He slowly raised his hand, then lowered it again, "Xiangxiang is good at swordsmanship, how can he compare to Xue Yiren?"

"I've never seen Xue Yiren's swordsmanship before, so I can't compare it."

Wang Lianhua didn't seem to hear Pei Xiang's answer, so he answered in a self-centered manner:

"I have never specialized in martial arts, and I am indeed not a top martial artist, but I know that my martial arts cultivation is not bad. Xiangxiang can easily beat me, which shows that his strength is extraordinary. I have never seen Xue Yiren make a sword, but I have learned Zhongyuan Dianhong's swordsmanship, he is not as good as you."

Pei Xiang walked a few steps in the direction where Wang Lianhua was standing, and suddenly felt that his legs were a little weak.She blinked, and secretly operated her inner breath, only to realize that it was already too late.

"When did you take the poison?"

"Just now... when you put your sword across my neck."

Pei Xiang slightly closed his eyes and recalled the previous battle scene, then suddenly sighed:

"It was my negligence. However, your medicine is really powerful. When I was poisoned, I didn't feel anything unusual. Now that I have noticed the effect of the medicine, I can't figure out a way to completely detoxify it for the time being."

Wang Lianhua smiled bitterly and said, "If it's a life-and-death duel, no matter how powerful my drug is, I'm already dead by your sword."

"Why should you be humble, prince. If it's a life-and-death duel, why would you just drug me? Even poisonous things can kill people in an instant."

"How are you feeling now?"

Wang Lianhua noticed that Pei Xiang was holding the Yuehua sword steadily all the time, so she knew how guarded she was against him at this time.If he stepped forward rashly, there would probably be a bloody hole in his body.

Pei Xiang pursed her lips and shook her head slightly: "It's not very good, I can barely stand."

"I'll help you go back."

"Is there no antidote on the prince?"

"I didn't take it with me."

Pei Xiang raised his eyelids and took a serious look at Wang Lianhua, then said hoarsely:

"Then there will be Prince Lao."

With Pei Xiang's permission, Wang Lianhua slowly approached her.

He frankly showed his fear of Pei Xiang's swordsmanship, and walked directly to Pei Xiang's left hand holding the sword.He slowly took Pei Xiang's hand, slowed down, carefully looked at the look on Pei Xiang's eyebrows, and saw that Pei Xiang did not express any displeasure.He tried to take off the long sword in Pei Xiang's right hand again, but he was still not blocked.

Wang Lianhua finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then picked her up very simply.

Pei Xiang was a little dizzy, she snuggled into Wang Lianhua's arms, frowned and said:

"You don't have to, just help me go."

Wang Lianhua shook her head. At this moment, this person didn't have the uneasy look of being frightened just now. A pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes blinked and blinked, filled with a sly smile and anticipation.

"Xiangxiang, you are a guest, why am I willing to make you suffer? Don't worry, I will take good care of you."

Pei Xiang saw Wang Lianhua's expression changed, so he knew that this guy was about to push an inch, so he asked vigilantly, "When will you give me the antidote?"

Wang Lianhua pretended to be apologetic: "This is a blind drug I newly developed, and I haven't had time to make an antidote. Xiangxiang, you have to wait for three to five days. Once the antidote is ready, I will definitely offer it with both hands. "

At this time, the medicine was stronger, and Pei Xiang felt weaker than before.In order to save energy, the whole body relaxed and leaned against Wang Lianhua's chest, and asked softly:

"For these three to five days, will I always be so weak?"

Wang Lianhua looked at Pei Xiang with pity, and nodded affirmatively.

Pei Xiang snorted weakly and said:

"Since that's the case, I'll just wait for the prince's antidote. In the meantime, I'll ask the maid in the mansion to take care of me."

Wang Lianhua sighed, and gently refused:

"How could Xiangxiang think so? Am I a person who doesn't know how to pity and cherish jade? Since it was my drug addiction that caused Xiangxiang's inconvenient movement, I will naturally take the responsibility."

Pei Xiang took a breath, tried to open his eyes wide and stared at Wang Lianhua: "How are you going to take responsibility?"

"Of course I take care of Xiangxiang's food and daily life. Let me think about it, dressing, washing, dressing, eating, going to the toilet, chatting, resting...don't worry, I will guard you day and night, we are inseparable, no one can Can't get past me to hurt you."

When Pei Xiang heard that this man would not let her go to the bathroom, he couldn't help but let out a "huh", thinking what's wrong?

"Prince Wang, is this going to take advantage of others' danger?"

"How can taking care of patients be taken advantage of?" Wang Lianhua said righteously, "Xiangxiang doesn't need to worry. Although I'm not a good person, I don't like to force people in this respect. If Xiangxiang didn't ask Please, I won't go overboard."

While talking, Wang Lianhua gently rubbed Pei Xiang's knees. Pei Xiang only felt a tingling and soreness faintly emerging from the knees, and then slowly spread throughout his body. Pei Xiang's breathing was slightly rapid, and his eyes The eyelashes trembled slightly.

"This...is the little trick you mentioned earlier?"

"Well, this ecstasy hand is just one of them. When my mother passed it on to me, she mentioned that this technique has many advantages. How does Xiangxiang feel? Can it relieve the dullness caused by a little drug? Is it comfortable? Do you still want it? ?”

Pei Xiang snorted lazily, a little delicate.Wang Lianhua left the bamboo forest faster.

"My lord, let the maid take care of me, it's more convenient."

"Xiangxiang," Wang Lianhua said in a low voice, "I know you pity me and restrain myself, but please believe me, without your permission, I will definitely not do more."

Seeing that Wang Lianhua did not listen to persuasion, Pei Xiang sighed helplessly.

"Xiangxiang..." Wang Lianhua staggered, "You?"

"Ok?"

"You drugged me too?"

"I'm sorry, when I administered the medicine, I didn't know that Mr. Wang is a gentleman who is forbearing and respectful. At that time, I was only worried about my personal safety, so I couldn't help but sprinkle some drugs."

"When did you take the medicine? Well, well, I see, it's time for me to remove your long sword."

"That's right, without a weapon to protect myself, I, a weak woman, have to make more preparations." Pei Xiang explained softly.

Wang Lianhua shook, now he only felt that the beautiful woman in his arms was a little heavy.

"This medicine...is there an antidote?"

"It will take about three to five days to deploy."

"Hey," Wang Lianhua smiled wryly, "So you are such a girl who must take revenge?"

He finally couldn't hold it anymore, so he sat down with the last bit of strength, but he stubbornly put Pei Xiang on his lap, and held her waist to prevent her from staying away from him.

"You should have known about this a long time ago. Wuhua and Batman are the lessons from the past."

"How can I be the same as them?" Wang Lianhua retorted confidently, "Xiangxiang, if you can trust me more, we are already in the warm room, instead of sitting here blowing the cold wind."

Pei Xiang didn't feel cold, because she was leaning on Wang Lianhua's body at this time, which was equivalent to leaning on a heater.

"Wang Lianhua, you really don't have an antidote on you? While I still have some strength, one of us must be able to move freely, right? If we really have to freeze in this bamboo forest for one night, it will be too miserable."

"Xiangxiang, I've given you the antidote, will you really leave me alone?"

"……Won't."

"I do not believe."

"Exactly, I don't believe it either," Pei Xiang noticed that Wang Lianhua was weak and unable to move, so he began to search him slowly. Anyway, the two were very close together, so it was convenient for them to do anything.

"Well, baby, you touch there again... um..."

"Shut up, Wang Lianhua."

"Hmm...don't...Xiangxiang, have you also practiced ecstasy?"

"No, I can only pick out the heart claw!"

After a while, Pei Xiang finally found out the pills that Wang Lianhua had hidden in the gap of her belt. At this time, Wang Lianhua was already out of breath and her eyes were red.

Pei Xiang was also exhausted.

She carefully squeezed the black pill, put it under her nose and sniffed it carefully: "Is it this?"

Wang Lianhua smiled without saying a word.

Pei Xiang didn't dare to try the medicine on Wang Lianhua's body casually, and was frowning and hesitating.

Unexpectedly, Wang Lianhua suddenly lowered her head, immediately took Pei Xiang's finger in her mouth, rolled her tongue, and swallowed the pill.

Pei Xiang was stunned for a moment, his eyes immediately revealed a fierce look, and he opened his mouth to cover Wang Lianhua's lips, intending to snatch the antidote back.