Chapter 19 Chapter 19

Yu Jiaolong was sitting bored in the room, and Luanying came upstairs accompanied by Zhao Mama.Luanying is a cheerful and straightforward person, as soon as she entered the room, she said excitedly: "Sister, just now, someone from Caide Wusao's family sent someone to say that the plum blossoms in her house are particularly beautiful this year, and invited me and my sister to her house tomorrow. Appreciate plums." Yu Jiaolong said absent-mindedly: "I have never had any contact with her family, why invite me?" Luanying: "The fifth brother of De Xiufeng and your elder brother were originally colleagues in the official department, and I have had contacts with his family since my sister was in Xijiang.

Because of the fact that my younger sister gave up her life to stop the horse to rescue her mother in Prince Tiebele's mansion, no one would praise her for being filial and brave.Someone sent a message that everyone in De's mansion wants to see you, so I beg you to persuade me to go there on your behalf. "Yu Jiaolong:" If it's for this reason, I don't even want to go. " Luanying got a little impatient, and said: "I have already seen De Wusao's intentions, she mainly invites you this time, and I am just an 'introduction' that's all. However, I am not angry. I feel very glorious as a younger sister. Being with you is like being accompanied by colorful wind, even though all the birds are facing you, my face is also bright, sister, please give me a face, don't let people down."

Yu Jiaolong was bored for a while, and asked, "Who else is in her family?" Luanying became interested again: "She doesn't have many family members, but there is also a person who has been in a storm for a while - Yu Xiulian lives in her house. There is also a girl named Yangu..." When she said this, she lowered her voice. He said in a low voice, "I heard that this girl's surname is Luo, so she might be the younger sister of Luo Hu who assassinated the 30th official in Cangzhou." At this time, Yu Jiaolong's heart was already stirred up layers of waves. Her admiration, sympathy for Yu Xiulian, and even a little bit of suspicion and jealousy, she had long harbored a strong curiosity, hoping to see her once in a while.Now that the opportunity comes suddenly, how can it be easily let go?As for Yan Gu, she is Luo Xiaohu's compatriot!Although they are both in the capital city, they are like a foreign land, and the customs and ethics of the world cannot recognize each other, let alone the love and care that should be given to her.Whose fault is this?Who told her to be born in the Hou family, and who told her brother to be a horse thief!

But her longing and love for Luo Xiaohu hidden deep in her heart would create huge waves from time to time, and these waves would always spread without bounds, and she longed to touch the cliff. Arouse some echo, which will also make her feel happy and comforted.Therefore, she is also very eager to see Yan Gu, which can be regarded as a precipice on which her heart wave is about to hit. Although Yu Jiaolong's heart was surging, her demeanor was still unusually calm, and she seemed to be listless. Seeing that she was silent for a long time, Luanying became anxious: "Sister, tell me, are you going or not?"

Yu Jiaolong smiled obediently: "Go. But if you agree, I will accompany you." Luanying was so happy that she stretched out her hands to touch Yu Jiaolong's face and said, "Okay, it's up to you. I will be with you in front of my mother. That's what it said." The aunt and sister-in-law chatted for a while, and Luanying took Zhao Ma back downstairs to her room. After seeing off his sister-in-law, Yu Jiaolong leaned on the railing alone thinking about going to De Mansion as a guest tomorrow.She tried her best to guess the appearance of Yu Xiulian and Yan Gu who were about to meet, but faces appeared one after another in front of her eyes, some of them belonged to Damei, some of them belonged to Cai Yaomei, and some of them belonged to Xianggu, none of them were Yu Xiulian and Yan. Aunt's appearance.She was in a daze when suddenly, the old gatekeeper Wang Qing came to report that a person came from outside the house, about fifty years old, who claimed to be called by his surname, and came from Liu Village, Anguo County. He said that half a year ago someone told him that there was A niece named Xianggu has come back from Xijiang and is now in Master Yu's mansion. He took the opportunity of going to Beijing to do goods and came to ask to see her.

When Yu Jiaolong heard the news, she couldn't help clapping her hands together, silently recited "Thank you Bodhisattva", and immediately called Xianggu over, and said to her happily: "Xianggu, your uncle Yong has finally been found. Besides, you go and meet him quickly. If he is fine, you can stay in the mansion for a few days." Xianggu was overjoyed, hurried downstairs and ran out like flying. About two hours later, Xianggu came back to the room with tears all over her face.Yu Jiaolong saw that her eyes were red and swollen, and there was still a look of sadness on her face, thinking of her poor life experience, she couldn't help feeling sad.She pulled Xianggu to her side, wiped away her tears and asked softly, "Xianggu, how does uncle treat you?"

Xianggu choked up and said, "Uncle was very sad to hear that both my father and mother died, and he was also very relieved to hear that I was living a good life in the mansion." Yu Jiaolong: "How is your uncle's life?" Xianggu: "Uncle told me at the beginning that my aunt died, and he relied on selling groceries for a living, and his life was very difficult. As he talked, he said that his life was not bad, and I couldn't figure it out. How is he doing?" Yu Jiaolong: "Why can't your uncle speak accurately?" Xianggu: "Later, my uncle heard that I was taken in by the lady kindly, not sold to the Yufu, so he said that he wanted me to go back to Liu Village with him, and that he lived a very good life."

Yu Jiaolong: "Are you willing to go with him?" Xianggu leaned tightly into Yujiaolong's arms, and said sincerely: "No, I won't go with uncle, I won't leave you even if I die." Yu Jiaolong suddenly felt a warm feeling in her heart, and said affectionately: "My dear sister, I am also reluctant to leave you. You wait, after two years, I will try to send you back to Xijiang. "Xiang Guy leaned into Yu Jiaolong's arms, put her face on her shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Miss, how about you?You also go back to Xijiang with me? " Yu Jiaolong's heart trembled slightly: "Silly sister, what am I going back to Xijiang for?"

Xianggu said almost in a whisper: "I can see that you are more in love with Xijiang than I am." Yu Jiaolong broke free, grabbed Xianggu's shoulders, fixed her eyes on her, and asked in a questioning tone, "Where did you start? How do you know I'm in love with Xijiang?" Without flinching, Xianggu said frankly: "I've seen it for a long time. Since you came back to the capital, you haven't been really happy. You often look at the western sky in a trance. I guess you must be missing the western border." Yu Jiaolong smiled: "Although the western border is beautiful, how can it be more prosperous than the capital; Wusu is even more desolate, how can it be compared to the golden horse in the Yutang of the Marquis Mansion."

Xianggu suddenly became stubborn and self-willed: "I would like to stay in Yufu not because of these things, I just want one thing: Miss. Of course Miss is different from me, you know books and etiquette, and you have to follow the rules of the mansion. Rules. However, no matter what "tang" or "horse" you have, I think you don't have a confidant, and there are more than a hundred people in the whole house, and the one who can really get close to your heart is not as good as Xianggu." Xianggu's words pushed away Yu Jiaolong's hidden sorrow in her heart. She did not expect that this Xianggu, who was still full of girlish innocence in her eyes, could say such empathetic and pertinent words Come!So much so that she could no longer bear to force her objection.Yu Jiaolong was silent for a long time, finally sighed slightly, and said: "Xianggu, you are right, in this big jade mansion, the only person I care about is you. I, like you, also suffer... " Yu Jiaolong stopped talking, her eyes filled with tears.

Xianggu stayed by Miss Yu's side for a long time, until it was almost dark before leaving the room. The next day, Yu Jiaolong got up very early.Not long after breakfast, Zhao's mother came to urge Yu Jiaolong to change her clothes at the order of the young lady.Yu Jiaolong sat in front of the dressing table, smoothed it evenly, changed into a light blue embroidered skirt, a scarlet satin sable cape, and took out a precious wisp of flowers from the jewelry box Yuhuan, wear it on your wrist.Just as she was getting dressed, she heard her sister-in-law Luanying calling her from downstairs.The aunt and sister-in-law went out of the house hand in hand, and the carriage was already waiting in front of the door.The two boarded the car and drove towards Fuchengmen. A few days ago, there was a heavy snowfall in the capital. Although the snow on the streets has not yet melted and the weather is very cold, the streets are still full of people coming and going, bustling and bustling, and it is very lively. It really deserves to be the imperial capital of the capital; Hundreds of thousands, how can there be such prosperity.The carriage that Aunt Yujiaolong was riding in was so eye-catching that passers-by on the road could immediately tell that the people sitting in the carriage must be high-ranking officials and precious family members, and all of them retreated to the side of the road, showing their faces. The color of envy. Yu Jiaolong saw all this from the crack of the curtain, and couldn't help smiling reservedly, feeling a burst of inexplicable joy and satisfaction in her heart. In the past eighteen years, she seemed to have experienced the nobility and honor of Houmen Yuye for the first time only today, which was by no means something she could feel in the vast grasslands and desolate deserts. The carriage soon arrived at Fucheng Gate, turned along the city wall into a quiet alley, and the De Mansion was already in sight.Mrs. De Wu had already led a group of people to meet her at the gate. As soon as the carriage stopped, Mrs. De Wu came to the door of the carriage with two servants. One of the servants hurriedly stepped forward and pulled open the curtain of the door. Luanying stepped out of the carriage first, and then turned around to help Yu Jiaolong. .Yu Jiaolong and Sister-in-law De Wu had met once in Princess Tiebele's residence last time, although they didn't talk to each other at that time, they knew each other.Therefore, there was no need for Luanying to introduce them, so they exchanged pleasantries.With her head down, Yu Jiaolong walked towards the gate of the mansion through the snow, supported by a servant girl.She had just stepped up the stone steps in front of the door, when suddenly a pair of feet in blue cotton boots and maroon trousers, standing apart, appeared in front of her eyes.Yu Jiaolong raised her head, and saw a girl standing in front of her, with her feet spread apart in a horse-like stride, her hands on her hips, a round face that was light brassy red, embedded with a pair of shiny and deep eyes. Eye.Two dark, slightly slanted eyebrows added a special charm and heroism to this ordinary face.The girl was looking at her with a half-smile and a half-smile.Yu Jiaolong immediately guessed in her heart: this girl must be Yu Xiulian.Suddenly, she felt a little flustered in her heart, but she didn't show it at all.When she was in a dilemma, the girl spoke first: "Miss Yu, we finally have you here." Yu Jiaolong: "You are Miss Yu! I have been famous for you for a long time." Yu Xiulian: "Don't listen to those rumors. Mrs. De Wu often praises you in front of me!" She looked at Yu Jiaolong again, then glanced at her feet, and said: "Your feet are so light, there is not even a little snow on your shoes." Yu Jiaolong was slightly taken aback unconsciously, not knowing what to do, when Mrs. De Wu followed up from behind and said, "Please go inside and talk, it's cold outside." The three hosts and guests and Yu Xiulian were accompanied by several servants to the inner hall. After they sat down, the servants rushed to offer tea and some food, and they were extremely attentive.Especially in front of Yu Jiaolong, servant cicadas waited in turn, and there was an endless stream.Yu Jiaolong couldn't help being secretly surprised, feeling a little strange.At this moment, she suddenly heard a group of people whispering in the corridor outside the hall.She raised her head, looked around, and saw a few figures swaying outside the flower window, and the pasted paper between the windows had been punctured in several places.She was puzzled when Luanying came to her ear and whispered to her: "The servant girl of the Defu family has heard for a long time that my sister is as beautiful as a fairy, so she wants to see you, but it's inconvenient to do so rashly." Come in. Look, they actually poked holes in the window paper. Just to see you, we also suffered from the cold." Yu Jiaolong, who has always been reserved and quiet, felt neither ashamed nor angry for a moment, and suddenly felt uncomfortable, and her face flushed for a while. Mrs. De Wu is a smart person, she has already noticed the change in Yu Jiaolong's demeanor, she was afraid of being impolite, hurriedly sent out the redundant servants in the hall, and then changed the topic to the previous episode where Yu Jiaolong stopped the horse in the palace to rescue her The matter of Yumu came.After she described the scene vividly and vividly, she added: "At that time, we were all shocked, and we were all sweating for Mrs. Yu. At this critical moment, I don't know where Miss Yu came from." Such a brave force, and such swift skill, just stepped forward to block and push the horse, and actually restrained the ferocious horse. It was incredible. Since then, the female family members of the famous official families in the capital , who does not boast that Ms. Yu is a filial daughter, they all say that the incident is a filial daughter who is grateful to the heavens, and there is a secret help from God. Of course, there are also some who say that even a strong horse is afraid of beautiful women, and they say that this is called "softness can overcome rigidity" .” De Wusao couldn’t help laughing when she said this. Luanying was also amused by her words, smiling very proudly and happily. Yu Xiulian pursed her lips, with a half-smile, her eyes stayed on Yu Jiaolong. Yu Jiaolong sat upright, as if she was listening to someone else's story, neither frightened nor complacent.She had already felt Yu Xiulian's eyes that had been lingering on her, but for some reason, she always felt a little uneasy in her heart, and she didn't want to go up to her and have this contest with her. After Luanying laughed, she said with injustice: "My sister obviously stopped the strong horse and saved my mother, but I heard that some people still don't believe it!" Yu Xiulian, who had been silent all this time, spoke: "Great courage comes from the utmost filial piety. Miss Yu stands up to stop the horse in danger. This is something any filial person can do, but it takes an ordinary woman to stop the oncoming fierce horse. Push it away, it's unbelievable." Mrs. De Wu said embarrassingly, "Miss Yu, you have never told me that you don't believe me." Yu Xiulian: "Fifth sister-in-law, since you saw it with your own eyes, I have no choice but to believe it." Luanying: "Miss Yu can really talk. That means you don't really believe it yet." Yu Xiulian: "Today, after seeing Miss Yu, I really believed it." Luanying and Mrs. De Wu unconsciously turned their eyes to Yu Jiaolong, trying to see something from her. Yu Jiaolong's heart trembled slightly, she seemed to have sensed a kind of crisis from Yu Xiulian's meaningful words, and thought: "Could it be that she has seen me through?!" She suddenly remembered that on the stone steps outside the door just now, Yu Xiulian Seeing that there was no snow on her shoes, she once said that she had light feet.It may be that Yu Xiulian has carefully observed her footprints, which has aroused her suspicion. Yu Jiaolong deeply regrets her carelessness, and at the same time feels that Yu Xiulian is not only knowledgeable but also meticulous, so she must be careful. Seeing that the hall suddenly became silent, Yu Jiaolong felt that three pairs of different eyes were looking at her.She was startled suddenly, and felt that only by going forward could she get out of the current predicament.So, she raised her head, looked at Yu Xiulian with a kind of shyness and childishness, then turned to Luanying and said softly, "Sister-in-law, Miss Yu is straightforward and kind, she is afraid of embarrassing me." Then, she turned her face to Yu Xiulian again: "Actually, I also fainted from fright that day. I just rushed towards the horse's head in a daze just for Gu's mother. I still haven't figured out what happened. Then The horse actually dodged away, maybe it was startled." Yu Xiulian: "'Shocking Eye!' Do you know how to call it Shocking Eye?!" Yu Jiaolong said calmly: "I often ride horses in Western Xinjiang." Mrs. De Wu: "No wonder, Miss Yu knows horse nature?" Yu Jiaolong smiled, didn't respond, and just looked at Yu Xiulian. Yu Xiulian still had a half-smile on her lips, watching her silently. At this moment, the maid came to report: everything is ready, please invite Young Mistress Yu and Miss Yu to enjoy the plum blossoms in the garden.So Mrs. De Wu stood up and led the way, and everyone walked out of the inner hall to the garden together. The Defu Garden is not big, but it is exquisitely arranged.In the middle of the garden is an oval pool, in which stands a towering and upright Taihu stone.Plum trees are planted around the pool, and the blooming plum blossoms adorn the whole garden in a light red color. The proud plum blossoms contrasted with the dazzling white snow on the ground, giving people a feeling of being out of the ordinary. As soon as Yu Jiaolong walked into the plum forest, a faint fragrance hit her, which made her whole mind feel refreshed. She asked Yu Xiulian who was walking beside her: "Miss Yu, you must also love plum blossoms, right?" Yu Xiulian replied indifferently: "Only elegant people can have this kind of happiness. I'm not that kind of elegant person." Yu Jiaolong: "Aren't you also very lonely! This is exactly the temperament of plum blossoms." Yu Tianlian: "Gu, it's true, I don't dare to be proud, this is not my nature. Miss Yu, what flower do you like the most?" Yu Jiaolong: "I love plum, orchid, chrysanthemum, and lotus." Yu Xiulian: "It is said that ginkgo flowers bloom secretly at night, shining like stars, but they are hidden from people. What kind of love do you think this is?" Yu Jiaolong said in surprise: "Ah, is there really such a thing?" As the two of them talked, they passed through the Merlin and came to a long pavilion.This long pavilion is very spacious, surrounded by brown railings, and there are seats inside the railings.Sitting on the railing, you can watch the scenery of the garden.At the west end of the long pavilion, there are two study rooms. On the wall next to the door of the study room, there are spears and sticks, and there are swords and swords hanging on the walls.Yu Jiaolong guessed that this was probably the place where Yu Xiulian taught De Youming and Yan Gu martial arts.When Yu Jiaolong thought of Yan Gu, her heart couldn't help beating.She thought, maybe Yan Gu was in the study at this time, she couldn't help but turned her head to glance at the door of the study, what a coincidence, at this moment, the door of the study opened with a sound of "ah", and then there was a A young girl stepped out. The girl opened her big eyes, glanced at Yu Jiaolong curiously but coldly, and ran to Yu Xiulian affectionately. In an instant, Yu Jiaolong stayed there motionless as if being pinned. The moment the girl showed up in front of the door, a face that was exactly the same as that in the small tent on the grassland suddenly appeared in front of Yu Jiaolong.The same eyes, the same mouth.Suddenly, as if her heart had been hit by something, she shrank suddenly, almost screaming, not sure whether it was sudden surprise or unexpected joy, her face suddenly turned pale. Yu Jiaolong quickly restrained herself.She turned her back to the heart of the pavilion, pretending to watch the weapons on the wall, until she felt that she had completely recovered her composure, then turned around.She looked around for a while, and immediately met Yu Xiulian's astonished and inquiring gaze. She sensed from Yu Xiulian's eyes that she had already noticed what happened just now. Yu Xiulian brought the girl over to introduce her, and it turned out to be Yanu.When Yan Gu greeted Yu Jiaolong, although her attitude was extremely submissive, her expression was cold.Yu Jiaolong has already noticed that her eyes, which look very similar to her brother's, have a very different expression.The occasional flashes of terror in her eyes and the always lingering indifference were never seen in her brother's eyes. Facing Yan Gu, Yu Jiaolong felt an unspeakable melancholy in her heart, she tried her best to suppress herself, and only asked in a friendly and concerned way: "Do you still have relatives?" Yan Gu didn't answer, a look of vigilance flashed in her eyes. Yu Xiulian answered from the side: "Yangu is also a miserable person. Her parents were killed in her early years. She has a long-lost elder brother. She came to the capital two months ago to look for her. Thanks to the guidance of a kind-hearted person in the Yufu. , brother and sister had to meet." After speaking, he gave Yu Jiaolong a mysterious look. Yu Jiaolong's heart skipped a beat and asked, "Where is your brother now?" Yan Gu shook her head, her eye circles immediately became rosy. Yu Xiulian said with emotion: "It's hard to explain in one word. In today's world, there is no distinction between right and wrong. Her brother was forced to go to the secret passage, and he got a bad reputation and couldn't show his face." Yu Jiaolong was silent for a while, and said to himself: "In the end, the one who distinguishes the good from the evil, the good from the evil, let him go!" Yu Xiulian stared at her, and said provocatively: "But in this world, it's 'humans and monsters are easy to mix, and it's hard to tell the difference'!" Yu Jiaolong was shocked violently, and couldn't help gasping for air, then sighed slightly, before letting out the air. Yu Xiulian had already noticed the slight vibration of Yu Jiaolong.She changed the conversation again, turned to Yan Gu and said, "Miss Yu is a caring person, she will treat you like a family member." The laughter of Sister-in-law De Wu and Luanying came from outside the pavilion, and the two of them, who were left behind because they lingered to look at the flowers, also followed. Yu Jiaolong took Yan Gu's hand and said affectionately: "If you want me to do something for you, just tell me, and I will do it for you." Yangu already felt a kind of true love and warmth from Yu Jiaolong's voice, she looked up at Yu Jiaolong, the indifference in her eyes disappeared, and a smile flashed. Mrs. De Wu and Luanying came into the pavilion, followed by a childish young man.Mrs. De Wu asked the boy to come over to greet Yu Jiaolong.It turned out that he was De Youming, the son of Mrs. De Wu. Luanying pointed to Yangu and Youming and said to Yu Xiulian: "Miss Yu, they are both apprentices taught by you, a heroine who is famous in the capital. Famous teachers make excellent apprentices. I would like to ask them to practice a few swords and guns for me." Open your eyes with Sister Jiaolong. Is that okay?" She turned her face to Yu Jiaolong again, "Sister, do you think so?" Yu Jiaolong nodded hurriedly and said: "That's good! I was a child in Xijiang and followed my father to the military camp to watch martial arts. At that time, I only felt dazzled, beautiful, and scary. I couldn't see the mystery." Yu Xiulian: "Miss Yu is the tiger girl of the Jiangmen, and I can definitely see the secret now." After she finished speaking, she ordered them to go to the study to get dressed. Mrs. De Wu became even more elated.She said to Luanying and Yu Jiaolong: "I didn't approve of letting you Ming practice martial arts, but your fifth brother De said that others have to travel thousands of miles to learn martial arts. My family lives with a peerless master like Miss Yu. As long as she is willing to teach, it is You Ming's good luck. How can I miss the opportunity. I think so, in this world, it is better to learn some skills. The rabbit is bullied by others, so let him learn. This thing is also really mysterious. Let me see it Tuanhua, you, Fifth Brother De, are just boasting." After she finished speaking, a burst of hearty laughter came out of her mouth. Yu Xiulian said humbly but meaningfully: "The fifth sister-in-law is here again, what kind of master am I! Only now is there a "peerless master" in the capital. She is also a woman. I am only worried that she will go astray. A person who goes astray with his own ability is either bullying the good and the weak, or working as a minion for the tiger and helping the evildoer." Yu Jiaolong's heart beat twice again.Every word Yu Xiulian said went straight to her heart.She seemed to know everything about her situation and what she was doing.Yu Jiaolong's usual conceit and self-confidence began to waver in front of Yu Xiulian. When Luanying heard Yu Xiulian's words, her heart was also touched, but she couldn't figure out who and what she was talking about, so she had to keep silent. At this moment, both You Ming and Yan Gu had already taken off their coats, tied up and came out of the pavilion. Yu Xiulian ordered You Ming to use a spear first, and then Yan Gu used a saber. Youming obeyed the order and went to the wall to fetch a nine-foot long spear, stood still in the center of the pavilion, took a deep breath and opened his pubic area, then held the gun in his arms, arched his hands, suddenly lowered the stake, grasped the end of the gun, and put the gun With a flick, he started to dance in numbers.I saw the spear dancing swiftly like a silver snake at times, and flying like snow at other times, picking or stabbing, turning forwards and backwards, the method is clear but unpredictable, and its moves are stable but difficult to guard against. Yu Jiaolong watched carefully, hoping to get a glimpse of Yu Xiulian's skills.You Ming made a move, and suddenly shook the gun, and a large group of bright flowers appeared in front of Yu Jiaolong's eyes. With the rapid and non-stop shaking of the gun shaft, small groups of bright flowers bloomed in the large group of bright flowers .For a moment, all the flowers were flashing in front of my eyes, which made people dazzled. I felt that there was a murderous intention hidden in the hearts of the flowers, but I didn't know which flower would bloom and hurt people.Seeing this, Yu Jiaolong couldn't help but secretly amazed.She unconsciously raised her eyes to Yu Xiulian, not wanting to meet Yu Xiulian's eyes that had been watching her, Yu Jiaolong smiled kindly.Yu Xiulian also smiled contentedly. After you Ming fired the gun, he clasped his fists in salute and exited the pavilion.Luanying kept praising De Wusao; Yu Jiaolong only smiled, but didn't speak. Yan Gu stood still with the saber in her arms, calmed down a bit, raised her hand to protect the saber, switched the saber from hand to hand, and immediately deployed it.As soon as he started the move, he used three consecutive sets of chopping and stabbing in a row. The sword technique is very strange, and the skill is also extremely agile, which is really extraordinary. Yu Jiaolong was secretly surprised. She has already seen that there are sword moves in this saber technique, especially the three saber turns from chopping to stabbing, just like the tricks in her "Secret Biography".She thought: Could this be a coincidence!Therefore, she concentrated her attention on observing Yan Gu's every move, and saw that she entered with the saber and protected her back with the saber.When the envoy of Yangu came to the place where she was in love, she suddenly looked like a giant python probing into the darkness, and suddenly it seemed like a black dragon coming out of the valley. The road turned around and saw strange peaks protruding again.When Luanying looked at her, she could only see the light of the knife, and it was difficult to see the figure; from Yu Jiaolong's perspective, her heart and hand were connected, and she couldn't tell the truth from the falsehood.Yu Jiaolong looked at it, and felt that her admiration had turned into envy, thinking: Yan Gu's saber technique is so pure, Yu Xiulian doesn't even know how sublime it is!No wonder she once ran across Hebei with two swords on a horse, and was so admired by others. Yu Jiaolong thought about it again, and felt that although Yan Gu's sword technique was dangerous, compared with the sword technique in "Secret Biography", it was still not superior, and she was not his opponent.It's just that Yu Xiulian is unpredictable.She thought again: If I am no match for her, what's the use of keeping this "Secret Biography"?It's only in vain for me to do so much effort.As she was thinking, Yan Gu had stopped her knife and walked over. Luanying was so excited that she took Yan Gu's hand and praised her all the time.The words were spoken with great enthusiasm, but none of them made sense. But Yu Xiulian only said to Yu Jiaolong: "Miss Yu, I made you laugh." Yu Jiaolong smiled kindly, and said vaguely: "Where, where, I really have a feast for my eyes." Seeing Luanying complimenting Youming and Yangu, De Wu's wife was so happy that her eyes widened.He hurriedly said to them: "You two practice swords and guns against each other again and show them to your aunts and aunts!" The two of them lowered their heads and did not respond. Yu Xiulian said: "Both of them are very strong, and neither of them would admit defeat. They usually take turns to use guns to take the loser." Luanying: "I think the saber is open and sharp; the spear is also sharp enough to frighten people, so don't practice it against each other. If you miss it, you won't be able to survive." You Ming and Yan Gu took advantage of this to get out and go into the room to add clothes. After a while, the maid came in to report that the banquet was ready.Mrs. De Wu invited everyone back to the inner hall to take a seat.After the feast, Yu Xiulian invited Yu Jiaolong to sit in her room while Mrs. De Wu was accompanying Luanying to talk about the ups and downs of her colleagues in the bureaucracy.With strong curiosity towards Yu Xiulian, Yu Jiaolong readily agreed.So, the two went out of the hall hand in hand and came to Yu Xiulian's room.Yu Jiaolong raised her eyes and saw that the furnishings in the room were very simple, except for a bed, a table, a cabinet and two chairs, there was no other furniture.The pillows and quilts on the bed are covered with printed blue cloth, and the mattress curtains are all plain, without any silk embroidery, making them look very lonely and desolate.Seeing this scene, Yu Jiaolong thought of Yu Xiulian's life experience, and couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in her heart. Yu Xiulian seemed to have sensed her mood, so she said: "Miss Yu, please don't take offense. I have been used to this kind of frugal life since I was a child. Fifth sister-in-law asked people to bring many utensils, and I politely thanked them. I like this, more like The flavor of my Julu hometown." Yu Jiaolong didn't answer for a while, she was full of respect and compassion for Yu Xiulian, and at the same time, she also had a faint feeling of self-ashamedness. She silently raised her head and looked around the walls. Suddenly, a pair of saddles hanging on the wall beside the bed and two copper-handled twin knives in a green sharkskin sheath came into her eyes.These two things were so incongruous with the furnishings in this room, but they immediately added a majestic and tragic atmosphere to this humble and humble room.Yu Jiaolong looked up at the two old objects that had accompanied Yu Xiulian through dangers and dangers, and couldn't help but feel a sense of awe in her heart.She turned her head and said to Yu Xiulian: "Miss Yu, your life has been soaked in blood and tears." Her voice was full of sympathy and reverence, but also so kind and sincere. With a wry smile on her lips, Yu Xiulian also asked kindly and sincerely: "Miss Yu, what about your life?" Yu Jiaolong suppressed her smile: "Although I grew up in a noble family, I don't have to worry about food and clothing, but it's hard to predict what will happen in the future. Everything is up to fate." Yu Xiulian: "I used to resign myself to my fate, but after ten years I realized that everything is done by people. I've made a mistake, and I hope you won't make another mistake. "Yu Jiaolong's heart moved, and she fell silent. Yu Xiulian moved over, approached Yu Jiaolong, and confided to her: "Miss Yu, I invite you to my room because I want to tell you the truth. When I was your age, my father was raped by you." The enemy was killed, and I became lonely and helpless. With grief and anger, I avenged my father. Later, I encountered some unsatisfactory things, which made me desperate and disheartened. I had no choice but to resign myself to my fate. De Wu Ge De Wu Sister-in-law took me in, and I am determined to hide in my boudoir from now on, live a quiet life, and stop meddling in the affairs of the world. I don’t want to meet another swallow girl who is more miserable than me. Also very miserable. Could it be that she should also swallow her anger and let each of them live freely!Not long ago, I met a girl surnamed Cai. She traveled thousands of miles with her father in order to hunt down a dangerous criminal. Unexpectedly, she became an orphan overnight.The most indignant thing is that the jackal still refused to stop after killing her father, and even wanted to kill her father. Could it be that she was also allowed to die? !These injustices tormented me, and actually made my already cold heart burn like a flame. I thought, if such villains were allowed to go unpunished, they would not know how many good people would be entrapped. "Yu Jiaolong sat on the edge of the bed and listened intently. Although she didn't show her expression on the surface, she felt like she was sitting on pins and needles in the dark. She knew in her heart that Yu Xiulian already knew what had happened recently. The knowledge she just said contained both The persuasion also came with reminders and hints: she is going to stand up to fight for Cai Yaomei. Yu Jiaolong avoided the topic and asked suddenly: "Miss Yu, I heard that you have fought many fierce battles. Have you ever been innocent? " Yu Xiulian said frankly: "Back then, I was young and vigorous, and there was a kind of resentment in my heart. I was motivated by my father's enmity. I did hurt some people in the rivers and lakes who did not deserve to die. I also regretted it afterwards." Then, intentionally or unintentionally, she added: "Everyone has no faults, as long as they can repent." Then, Yu Xiulian talked about the good and evil morality in the world, and the topic turned to Yan Gu's life experience.Yu Xiulian told her that at the behest of De Xiufeng and his wife, Yu Xiulian acted as a matchmaker and made a marriage contract for Yan Gu and You Ming.After hearing this news, Yu Jiaolong couldn't help feeling bursts of joy in her heart, feeling extremely relieved.She immediately took off the carved jade ring from her wrist, put it in Yu Xiulian's arms, and said: "This jade ring was given to me by my mother, and it is my kindness to leave it for Yan Gu to add to the box in the future." Yu Xiulian accepted the jade ring on behalf of Yan Gu, and accompanied Yu Jiaolong back to the inner hall, Luanying had finished talking, so she said goodbye and went back home together. A few days later.The Yu Mansion has been unusually peaceful these days. The guards with knives in front of the mansion have withdrawn, and the number of patrols on the streets has also been reduced.Gao Shiniang's arm injury has gradually healed.She was in some abnormal state, locked in the room all day long, and rarely came out.Yu Jiaolong felt irritable for the past few days, and had an ominous premonition that something was going to happen.What worries her the most is that she is afraid that Mrs. Gao will not die of nausea, and then secretly murder Cai Yaomei.Especially in the past few days, Mrs. Gao no longer went upstairs to her room. When she met in the hall occasionally, she always had a gloomy face, eyes full of resentment and hatred, and an uneasy expression hanging from the corner of her mouth. Seemingly elusive, he lingered to avoid it, which aggravated Yu Jiaolong's doubts.Therefore, after the second watch in the middle of the night, she always put on a sable wind, lightly flashed out of the room, endured the biting cold, hid beside the porch pillar, and carefully observed the movement in Gao Shi's mother's room. That night, the weather was very cold, Yu Jiaolong hid beside the pillar and waited from the second watch to the third watch, but there was no movement in Mrs. Gao's room.Her hands and feet were already numb from the cold, and when she was about to go back to her room, she suddenly saw a figure flashing in the garden and rushing towards her.Yu Jiaolong was startled, she held her breath and focused her attention, and looked around, only to see that the figure neither lurked, nor tiptoed, as if chasing butterflies in her own garden, she approached without fear. Running up the steps.Yu Jiaolong was suddenly irritated by the indifferent attitude of the visitor, and when she was thinking about how to teach that person a lesson, she saw that person turned around and walked straight to Master Gao's window.Just when the person turned around, two gleaming steel knives thrust into the back suddenly appeared, Yu Jiaolong gasped suddenly, she recognized the person: it was Yu Xiulian.Yu Jiaolong couldn't help but leaned back half a step, and looked more attentively.Seeing Yu Xiulian leaning her back against the wall, approaching the window, flicking on the window three times with her fingers, listening for a while, then whispered something into the window, then jumped down the steps, and turned to the west corner of the garden by herself. go over there. Yu Jiaolong already understood that Yu Xiulian came to settle accounts with Mrs. Gao. She expected Mrs. Gao to come upstairs to ask her for help, so she hurried into the room and closed the door for a fake sleep.After a while, there were several rapid knocks on the door, Yu Jiaolong got up and stood inside the door and asked in a low voice: "Who?" "Madam Gao." "What is it?" "Yu Xiulian has come to me for trouble. This bitch is powerful, and even you are no match for her. You have to fight her together. Get ready, I'll wait for you." "Where is the appointment?" "The west corner of the garden." "You go and deal with it first, and I'll come later." Mrs. Gao became suspicious, and said threateningly, "You can't push people down the well. She came here because of Cai Jiu and Teacher Gao's book. I can't do it for others." A burst of anger and loathing arose in Yu Jiaolong's heart.但她一咬唇，把怒气强制住：“快去。我准来。” 高师娘阴沉沉一字一字地咬着说：“你听着，玉娇龙，要是你敢于出卖我，你也决不会有好下场的！” 玉娇龙被激怒得声音都嘶哑了，喝了声：“叫你快去，两人一道有甚便宜可占！” 高师娘无奈，只得下楼去了。玉娇龙匆匆扎上腰带，从枕下抽出玉剑，闪出房门，见高师娘尚站在阶前逡巡探望。当她看到玉娇龙确已提剑出来，这才窜进花园，向西角走去。 玉娇龙冷冷地“哼”了一声，停了片刻，才随后眼了过去。 花园西角有块空旷草坪，现已覆满积雪，地势平坦而又僻静，靠东有排石山，好似屏风，恰好遮住园东景物，确是个好的拼搏所在。玉娇龙潜踪秘迹来到雪坪边上，隐身于石山后面，留心观看坪上动静，只见俞秀莲穿了一身平时居家便装，也不束扎，怀抱双刀，站在坪上，神态显得悠然自若。高师娘头发蓬松，手握钢刀和俞秀莲对面站着，口里正在低声地狡赖着。俞秀莲厉声截断她的话说：“住口！你想抵赖也是枉然。只怨你在江湖上作恶太多，今夜已是你恶贯满盈的日子了。”说完将双刀分握在手并不出刀，等她攻来。 高师娘退后一步，回头向石山这边张望了一下，仍在犹豫拖延，毫无即将进击之意。 就在这时，忽见她猛然将身一跃，闪电般地一刀向俞秀莲头上劈去。俞秀莲也不用刀去迎，只一急闪让开她的刀锋，随着说了声：“真阴毒！”高师娘刀随身转，立即使出一套夹有《秘传》剑路的刀法，劈、砍、斩、刺，变换无常，如骤雨般地向俞秀莲袭去。 俞秀莲只用双刀连连架挡，并无一刀还击。玉娇龙在石山后感到十分诧异，心想俞秀莲既然找上门来，手下为何这般留情，难道她是心慈手软？ !俞秀莲一面和高师娘周旋，一面留心察看她的刀法。高师娘也是个老江湖，她当然明白，自己眼下虽占在上凤，却决非俞秀莲的敌手。她一心只想乘她甘居守势之时，突出绝招以求一逞。她想起高云鹤曾教给她的“愉天换日”一招来。于是，她奋力连砍数刀，趁俞秀莲防不胜防之际，突然双手握刀，猛向俞秀莲的头顶砍去，等俞秀莲举刀上迎，淬然将刀换到左手，一闪便向她拦腰斩去。这一招的确是刁险难防，连躲在石山后的玉娇龙都大吃一惊，不觉为俞秀莲捏了把冷汗。不料俞秀莲似乎早已提防到了，一蹲身，猛地飞起右脚，正好踢中高师娘的左腕，那刀顿时飞出手去，落到两丈开外的雪坪上去了。 俞秀莲一个鸳鸯连环，迅又发出左脚，高师娘一个踉跄便栽倒在雪坪上面。 玉娇龙心头一缩，也不禁急忙闭下双眼。