Qin Xiu [comprehensive martial arts + sword three]

Long Wan felt that although it was not mentioned in the original book, the readers had analyzed that Yu Luocha might be Ximen Chuuxue's father, and they met Yu Luocha here before, so she guessed that she was obviously waiting for someone The person waiting for Ximen Chuuxue is probably Yu Luocha.

If it was really him, Long Wan planned to send a message to Dongfang Bubai, asking him to kill someone.

——Since Yu Luocha's hostility towards her is too obvious, she doesn't mind helping the group fight.

Long Wan's intentions are good, she has to help her junior brother and "best friend" get revenge, doesn't she?But in the end, this wish was not possible.

Because Ximen Chuuxue and others are not Jade Rakshasa.

When Ximen Chuuxue's guests arrived, the shops and vendors on the streets of the West Market were basically open. There were many people who went out to do business before dawn, and there were also many people who got up early to buy things, especially now It's June, and the sun is big in summer. If you don't come early, you will have to go out under the scorching sun at noon. If you are not careful, you may faint from the sun.

So just after dawn, the street was already bustling.

In the midst of the bustle of the morning, two figures that Long Wan could not be mistaken for appeared in front of Hefangzhai's store.

Those were Hua Man Lou and Lu Xiao Feng.

Lu Xiaofeng came to the capital to join in the fun, Long Wan knew about it, she even agreed that Hua Manlou would come to the place where Lu Xiaofeng lives now for a few days so that they could have fun together in the capital, but she didn't expect that at this time, See them here.

Long Wan thought they were just passing by and stopped to buy some pastries, but when the guy led them into the backyard to meet Ximen Chuuxue, she didn't think so.

The people Ximen Chuuxue was waiting for were Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng, but when did they meet?Long Wanke had never heard her youngest son say this.

Is it too far apart? Although the three people in the yard can see what is being exchanged, Long Wan doesn't understand lip language, so naturally she doesn't know the meaning, but it can be seen that Huamanlou and Ximen Chuuxue should be the first Once they met, Lu Xiaofeng was introducing them to each other.

Moreover, it is rare for Long Wan to see in Hua Manlou that he is not warm to others. Although there is still a smile on his face, it is not the usual gentle and natural chuckle that makes people feel comfortable when they see it. It was a forced smile that was a little insincere.

Huamanlou doesn't like Ximen Chuuxue, and he showed it when they first met.

Long Wan read this meaning from him, it was hard to believe that Hua Manlou would not like anyone, but it seemed understandable when she met Ximen Chuuxue.

Although he did not become blind, Huamanlou still grew into the elegant young man who loves life in the original book, and Ximen Chuuxue, who is full of blood and pursues killing as a sacred thing, is two people in a completely different world from Huamanlou. Personally, it may not be so easy for them to get along well.

And they are still young now, so Hua Manlou is not very good at hiding their dislike, so even Long Wan, who didn't hear what they said, can see it, and Ximen Chuuxue naturally can't miss it.

But so what, he also doesn't appreciate the other party, so why should he care.

The three talked for a while in the yard, and then went out together.

Judging from the direction they left, they probably went to the Li Mansion.

If they really went to Li's Mansion, then Long Wan could probably guess what they were going to do.

The only person in Li's mansion who can make Ximen Chuuxue care about is Ah Fei.

After figuring out what was going on, there was no need for Long Wan to stay in the inn any longer.She went downstairs and checked out of the room, and rode back on Tayan just like when she came here.

Long Wan's mount, Ta Yan, is now the father of several horses and foals, but like Gu Gu, it has not changed much, and it is still young and strong as before. This is probably because they are all bound. The reason for Long Wan, but the horses that Long Wan has sold one after another over the years are all the same as ordinary horses, with no difference in life, old age, sickness and death.

But because Ta Yan is always wearing a harness, and the groom who takes care of it will be replaced every few years, so except for Hua Ruling and a few children, everyone else only thinks that Long Wan is giving them all the mounts They are all named "Tayan".

Ta Yan was very intelligent, he didn't need Long Wan to urge him, and he knew that he couldn't run too fast in the busy city with his master on his back, so he ran to Li's mansion in small steps.

When Long Wan returned to Li's Mansion, she happened to run into Hua Manlou and the others at the door.

Seeing that Long Wan came back from outside so early, and seemed to come back from the same direction as them, Hua Manlou was a little surprised.

"Mom, where did you go early in the morning? Why are you back now?"

"I had something to do yesterday, so I went out." Long Wan said vaguely, without saying what she was going to do, "Why did you come back? Didn't you say you want to play outside for a few more days?"

Hua Manlou said with some embarrassment: "Lu Xiaofeng's friend wanted to see brother-in-law, so we came back." I always feel that I can't go home with my friends every day, and I feel guilty when I see my mother.

"Then who is this?"

Taking advantage of the situation, Long Wan set her sights on Ximen Chuuxue. Seeing closely, the future sword god is indeed even more handsome and handsome, with an extraordinary appearance.

Lu Xiaofeng jumped out and introduced: "Aunt Hua, this is my friend Ximen Chuuxue, Ximen, this is Hua Manlou's mother."

Ximen Chuuxue's gaze swept across Long Wan's body, and stayed on her hand for a while, before calling "Aunt Hua" following Lu Xiaofeng's introduction.

To be called out by Ximen Chuuxue, I always feel that I have taken advantage of it.Long Wan smiled and nodded, signaling them to go in with her.

"A Fei should be practicing swords in the garden at this time. If you want to find him, go there, but don't delay him for too long. He has been preparing for the sword competition recently."

"I know mother."

"Lou'er, will you still go with Lu Xiaofeng later?"

Hua Manlou hesitated for a while, but nodded: "Yes, I'll be with him."

Recently Lu Xiaofeng was investigating a case, although it wasn't a big case, but Hua Manlou wanted to help him.

It was also because of this case that Lu Xiaofeng went to Ximen Chuuxue early in the morning, asking him to help.

Originally, people from the Hua family or the Li family could solve this matter faster, but Lu Xiaofeng also knew that they were very busy recently, and the enemies to deal with hadn't reached the level that Long Wan needed to take action, so he chose Ximen Chuuxue .

After all, this is also his new friend, so he should make the best use of everything to increase his relationship.

But Ximen Chuuxue said that he would only help if he had a sword fight with A Fei, so they are here now.

Long Wan didn't know what they were planning, but seeing that Hua Manlou still wanted to play outside, she didn't force him, so she just said, "Then remember to go and say hello to your Aunt Lin."

Hua Manlou nodded: "I remember, mother."

Only then did Long Wan let them go, and turned back to the courtyard where the guest lived.

In the yard, Dongfang Bubai had already woken up, and was drinking from a small jug, when he saw her, he raised his hand lazily: "I'm back."

Long Wan frowned and walked over: "Why did you drink so early in the morning?"

Dongfang Bubai just said: "Suddenly I want to drink."

As a Jiang Hu person, Dongfang Bubai is also addicted to alcohol, and his alcohol capacity is not small, but he usually pays attention to restraint when wearing women's clothing, and tries to avoid alcohol as much as possible, but occasionally he will find a place where no one is drinking when he is addicted to alcohol. .

Dongfang Bubai glanced at Long Wan again: "Did you kill someone last night?" Although it was a question, the tone was quite certain.

Long Wan was a little surprised: "How did you see it?"

Could it be that she smelled of fresh blood, or that her murderous aura hadn't subsided yet?

She thought it was very complicated, and she even admired Dongfang Bubai for being able to see that she killed someone last night.

But Dongfang Bubai told her: "This morning, my hidden guard told me that a person died in the West City last night, with a single sword, and the person who died was 'Grandma Xiong', and she also had the identity of Aunt Gongsun." Gongsun Lan, my descendant, I thought it was you who did it."

The Sun Moon God Sect couldn't find Yu Luosha's whereabouts, but it didn't mean they couldn't find anyone else. Once Grandma Xiong died, they got the news, and because this person was also a descendant of Aunt Gongsun, they reported it to Dongfang undefeated.

In the past two years, Gongsun Lan has gained some reputation in the world, but no one thought that she would be "Grandma Xiong".

Long Wan said indifferently: "You're right, I did it, so this probably counts as cleaning up the house."

"It's really like your style." Dongfang Bubai shook the unused wine glass in his hand with a half-smile, "Want to have a drink together?"

The wine that Dongfang Bubai drank was of course the top quality wine. What he drank was wine. Since Long Wan said that this wine can beautify the skin, he abandoned those strong wines and only drank this kind of wine. Some people love beauty It looks really scary.

It happened that Long Wan also liked wine, so as soon as Dongfang Bubai invited her, she agreed.

After having a few drinks, Dongfang Bubai suddenly said to Long Wan: "Your Hundred Flowers Picture is almost finished, I plan to go back to Heimuya when it's finished."

Long Wan stopped drinking: "I'm going back now? Don't you plan to stay until July [-]th?"

It is natural to stay until July [-]th to watch the match between A Fei and Ye Gucheng, but Dongfang Bubai is not interested in watching the duel between the two juniors.

"No, I've been out for long enough, it's time to go back."

Seeing his insistence, Long Wan didn't say any more, just clinked glasses with him, wishing him a smooth journey.

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Dongfang Bubai's style of leaving as soon as he said it had been going all the way, Long Wan was used to it, so when he didn't see him on the third morning, Long Wan knew that this person had left.

Carefully put away the picture of hundreds of flowers left in Dongfang Bubu's room, and prepared to have it made into a screen after returning to Yangzhou.

Since the last time Li Xunhuan learned from Dongfang Bubai that the King of Nanping secretly brought his son with him when he came to Beijing, and that the son looked very similar to the little emperor, Li Xunhuan began to secretly investigate the King of Nanping, and he found out that the matter was exactly what Dongfang Bubai said. Similarly, there is indeed a boy in Nanwang's mansion who is about the same age and appearance as the little emperor, and this boy is still imitating the little emperor's every move in private. The duel venue will be Wang Huan, the chief executive of the "Decisive Battle on the Top of the Forbidden City" scene.

This Wang Huan was criticized by the courtiers because of what happened last time. Although the little emperor did not listen to the opinions of the ministers and executed him because of his childhood affection, he was still punishable by death. After dying for half his life, he thought that this person would stop, but he did not expect that he would take advantage of the recovery time to give Nan Wang Shizi some advice on the little emperor's various behaviors.

When Li Xun Huan went to check in person, the prince of the Southern Prince had already imitated him, and people who were not close to the little emperor might be easily confused.

However, Director Wang, who is the only one who is closest to the little emperor, has already turned against him, so as long as they are allowed to seize the opportunity, Li Daitao's stiff plan may really succeed.

At this moment, Li Xunhuan wanted to report to the little emperor immediately, but he didn't have any definite evidence that King Nanping was planning to rebel. Just because the prince of Nanping looks like the little emperor is completely untenable.

So Li Xun Huan could only hold back temporarily, while continuing to pay attention to Nan Wang's developments, while preparing to catch them when they made a move.

Time always passed quickly, when Long Wan heard that Ye Gucheng had also appeared in the capital, there were only about ten days left until the fifteenth day of July.

The closer it was to the time of the competition, the more subtle the atmosphere in the capital became. All kinds of gambling games about the match between the two filled the streets and alleys. Everyone held their breath and waited for the start of the competition.

Then, a question that has been ignored intentionally or unintentionally has finally been raised.

"Then the Flying Swordsman and the Baiyun City Lord competed swords in the Imperial Forest Army's school grounds, right?"

"Yes."

"Then how do we go in and watch this duel? That's the territory of the Royal Forest Army. Ordinary people can't get close, right?"

"Yeah, why didn't I think of it earlier, how can this be good?"

Unexpectedly, there were more than a few people. At this time, these people who came to the capital specially for this competition realized that they might not see anything in the end after staying in the capital for so long.

How is this possible?

All of a sudden, the Jianghu people who had already calmed down started to make noise again. They didn't go to other places, so they blocked the door of the six doors one by one, threatening and luring the people of the six doors to help them win the time to watch the scene. A chance to compete.

Where does Six Doors have such an ability?After all, they are just a bunch of arresters, even the head arrester is only a rank-[-] petty official, who has no chance to go to court, let alone get the emperor to promise to open the school grounds of the Imperial Forest Army to Jianghu people.

So in the end, the matter could only be reported to their immediate boss, Li Xun Huan.

Of course, Li Xun Huan couldn't decide this matter, but he could go to the palace to ask the little emperor what he meant.

The little emperor is really a very open-minded person, after hearing Li Xun Huan's inquiry, he felt a little guilty.

"It turned out that I made them change the venue for selfishness, so that these people could not watch this duel. Naturally, I should compensate them."

But this compensation is not without limits.

So the little emperor said that some people could be allowed to enter the Imperial Forest Army's school grounds during the martial arts competition, but the number must be limited.

"The emperor agreed to allow some people from the Jianghu to watch this competition, but only thirty people can enter the school field at most. The emperor has arranged for me all the 30 people. How do you think this list should be decided?"

30 people?Compared with a school field that can accommodate thousands of people, it doesn’t sound like much, but the number is already more than in the original book, but it’s also true that the duel in the original book is at the top of the Forbidden City, where even low-level courtiers cannot enter , not to mention letting a group of Jianghu people in, and the school grounds are different, the place is big, but it is not an important place, and it must be heavily guarded by then, anyone who dares to mess around will be ready to be pierced by thousands of arrows.

Because this matter was originally related to their family's Ah Fei, the little emperor simply asked Li Xunhuan to arrange it.

And Li Xunhuan himself didn't know how to select these 20 people, so he took the question home and let everyone brainstorm together.

Hua Ying smiled and said, "Why don't we auction this off? The highest bidder wins, so we don't have to worry about it."

"No." Ah Fei disagreed first, and he looked at his fiancée with a frown, "Didn't I become a busker after your auction?" He wouldn't do such unscrupulous things.

Others also said: "It's really not appropriate. This is the emperor's property. How can it be auctioned? It is a crime of disrespect to tell it."

Anyway, as long as the royal family is involved, you have to be careful about many things.

Hua Ying curled her lips: "Then what should we do? Otherwise, we will let them fight a game by themselves, and whoever wins will get one?"

"Come up with some bad ideas." Long Wan patted her daughter's head, "Although the heads of the major factions did not come this time, there were also many masters. If they really let them fight, how will it end then? ?”

At this moment, A Fei and Ye Gucheng are not in the same status as they were later. Although they are good enough, they are not enough to be the best in the world. In order to watch a fight, they have to compete first, which will definitely make many people dissatisfied. Let A Fei make enemies for nothing.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what should I do?"

This matter is indeed a headache, and the time left is not long, they have to come up with the charter sooner.

Hua Manxuan thought for a while and said, "Why don't you announce the quota first, and then also announce the fact that the school grounds will be searched and you can't carry any weapons, and see how everyone reacts. If you don't accept If this condition is acceptable, then we will count the number of people and select the suitable one."

"What kind of suitable method?"

"Since A Fei and City Lord Ye both practice swords, the onlookers should also learn swords. Otherwise, even if they watched, they would just join in the fun and have no benefit."

Li Xun Huan happily said: "This idea is good, let's do it like this."

Seeing that there was a solution to the problem, Long Wan changed the topic to other aspects.

"Speaking of which, if we want to watch this competition, shouldn't we also be counted among the thirty people?" In that case, they would have to digest at least four or five things internally.

It's about Ah Fei, even Lin Shiyin would want to go to the scene to see it, let alone other people.

But Li Xun Huan shook his head and smiled: "The emperor knows about the relationship between A Fei and me, and your Hua family is also considered to be a relative of the emperor, so the emperor said that people from our two families don't need any certificates to visit."

"That's good." Long Wan also breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words: "There are only a few places in the first place, if we all take them up, people outside will probably be dissatisfied."

Then she asked: "Did the emperor say what is the proof for entering and leaving the school grounds?"

"Yes." Li Xunhuan took out a large handful of ribbons from his sleeve, "This is a ribbon made of silk unique to Ouchi, as long as you hold it, you can enter the Imperial Forest Army's school grounds to watch the duel. "

Long Wan frowned and said: "Is there something wrong? This kind of silk is indeed difficult to imitate, but there must be more than that in the palace. With the status of the chief executive, it may not be difficult to get Da? "

Li Xun Huan nodded and said, "I had the same concerns at first, but take a closer look."

Hearing Long Wan's words, the probe took a ribbon from his hand and looked it over carefully. Lin Shiyin leaned over to look at it, and the others also took a ribbon for inspection.

soon.Long Wan discovered the clue, and saw a very small font protruding from the corner under the ribbon, because the ribbon is blue with patterns, so if you don't look carefully, you can't see the small characters.

And looking closer, the font, which is only the size of a grain of rice, is only half of it.

Looking at the other ribbons, the font on each ribbon is different, but they are all missing half, and some are missing the upper half, while others are missing the lower half.

"These words were written by me. When I wrote them, I put a piece of paper on top, and half of the words were written on the paper and half on the ribbon. I also put away those papers. When the time comes, who will get the ribbon?" , I asked someone to use this paper to compare the words on the ribbon, and it was naturally true.”

"That's a good idea." Everyone laughed. Li Xunhuan is both civil and military. His calligraphy has both the elegance of a literati and the boldness of a warrior. It is extremely difficult to imitate, but now that half of it is left like this, it is naturally even more difficult. up.

"I can add another guarantee." Long Wan thought for a while and said, "We can decide on the candidates first, but don't give out ribbons, and only hand them over to them on the last day, so that it can make people want to play tricks." People were caught off guard."

And if Nan Wang wants to play tricks on this competition, he should have already started to arrange it now. Even if there are only thirty ribbons, there may be dozens of imitations at this time. strip.

And they only distributed the marked ribbon on the last day, catching the other party by surprise, and they couldn't think of the way to crack it in advance, so that it would be clear at a glance who got the real one and who got the fake one.

"Excellent, let's do it this way." Li Xun Huan laughed and went to work.