Xiao Xiao stood among a few people with a package on her back, her mouth closed helplessly, her brows furrowed, her black eyes rolling around, looking at Uncle Liu and the others, and then at Xiaoyu and the others.
The little beggar who was once dismissed as a black man now looks like a graceful lady. No one knows where she is going. They only heard that she was going to Qianzhou to visit relatives. The little girl is now following them. The group stayed together for several days and became familiar with each other. They didn't want her to travel alone and were worried about her safety.
Xiaoyu glanced at the clever girl, winked at her, and said with a curl of her lips: "Girl Xiao, are you going to Qianzhou in the south?"
"Well, that's right!" Xiao Xiao replied seriously.
"How about this? You go to Moyun Mountain with us first, and then we take you to Qianzhou on the way? You little girl, how about saving you from picking up garbage and being a beggar all the way?" Xiaoyu replied.
Xiao Xiao frowned and looked at the honest and honest Brother Yu who was standing on one side. Along the way, Brother Yu had taken care of her as if she were her own sister. He was really reluctant to let her go, so she frowned and asked, "How far is Mo Yunshan from here?" How far?"
Xiao Yu thought for a while and replied: "It's only three hundred miles east from this ferry. It's not very far. Brother Yu and I will go back and see our master before leaving. What do you think?"
Xiao Xiao held each other's hands and stood there, hesitating.
At this time, Uncle Liu stood up slowly, squatted down, took out a one hundred tael silver note from his arms, pulled away Xiao Xiao's little hand, stuffed it into her hand, then touched her head and said comfortingly: "Girl, just go with Xiaoyu and Liufei. They will send you to Qianzhou later. It's safer this way. After all, they are going to Qianzhou to investigate the hauntings. It's really a bit confusing for you, a child, to go south alone. It’s dangerous. In the past two years, there have been rumors that Qianzhou in southwest Guizhou is unsettled, and ghosts always appear to catch children.”
Hearing this, Xiao Xiao said "Oh" and agreed, "Okay then, I'd better go with Brother Yu and the others."
"It's only right to be sensible." Yu Liufei praised Xiao Xiao.
Xiaoyu saw that Uncle Liu had brought a one hundred tael silver note to Xiao Xiao, and wanted to take advantage of it. He stood beside Xiao Xiao, stretched out his hand and looked at Uncle Liu, pretending to be pitiful and said: "Uncle Liu, we are here for more than three hundred taels." Why don't you provide some food and wages for the miles?"
Uncle Liu frowned, glanced at Xiao Yu who looked strange, and touched it from his arms.
Xiao Yu was so excited when she saw it, she thought that Uncle Liu had at least found out a few hundred taels of silver notes. Unexpectedly, Uncle Liu fumbled around in his pocket for a long time, and finally took out a piece of dry steamed bun and handed it to Xiao Yu's hand.
Xiaoyu then curled her lips and gave Uncle Liu a wink, indicating that Xiao Xiao had one hundred taels of silver notes in his hand.
Uncle Liu snorted jokingly and cursed: "Your little kid's colorful intestines can go around the entire Kangzhou several times. I don't believe you can stay hungry."
Lame old Xu limped over from the ferry not far away and shouted to everyone: "Okay, it's time to hit the road, the boatman has been contacted!"
Then everyone followed lame old Xu all the way to the dock.
Xiao Yu, Yu Liufei, Xiao Xiao and his party, Dugu Yi, Liu Bo, Lai Laoxu and his party boarded two large ferries respectively. The big ferry of Dugu Yi and his party went south, taking the main road of Mingshui River, along the The current is extremely wide, so boats are launched frequently and go first.
Dugu Yi, Liu Bo, Lame Lao Xu and others stood on the bow of the boat, looking at Xiao Yu and others on the other side of the boat who waved to them, and waved back.
The boat had just gone about ten feet, when Dugu Yi looked at Xiao Yu and said with a smile: "You brat, learn the fourteen sword techniques I taught you well. If we meet again in the future, I will make sure you practice these fourteen moves." To what extent, we will decide whether to give you the last nine sword techniques!"
Upon hearing this, Xiaoyu knelt down on one knee and bowed three times to the boat going away over there, saying nothing.
Yu Liufei saw that Xiao Yu rarely took matters seriously. After Xiao Yu stood up, he asked Xiao Yu: "Xiao Yu, I saw that the sword technique you used when fighting with that Xiao Yingfang was not the Tianyuan Four Sons Sword. I heard Uncle Jiang recited a sword technique, that was Is it the swordsmanship that Uncle Jiang taught you privately?"
Xiaoyu explained: "Brother Yu, we get along day and night. How could Uncle Jiang have time to teach me swordsmanship in private? Of course, that set of swordsmanship was not taught to me by Uncle Jiang, but by my master Yuan San who raised me. Did you meet me Even though I couldn't beat him, Uncle Jiang just used his sword skills to teach me, so I was able to defeat Xiao Yingfang of the Lu Sect."
Yu Liufei sighed: "So that's it. Uncle Jiang's attainments in swordsmanship are probably not lower than those of our master. Just by seeing you draw the sword, he will know what formula to use to guide you."
Xiaoyu didn't want to mention the 'Cloud Sword Jue' mentioned by Uncle Jiang, so she stopped explaining it to Yu Liufei, and changed the subject and replied: "That's right, Uncle Jiang's name is Jiang Yi, Brother Yu, I guess he is The famous swordsman in the world."
When Yu Liufei heard this, he was startled. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized: "No wonder Uncle Xu is familiar with the affairs of the Sword Master. When talking about books, I always feel as if Uncle Xu was there at the time. When you say this, I understand. , Uncle Xu is talking about their second brother! Isn’t their second brother just Uncle Jiang? That’s it!”
When Xiao Yu heard this, he was startled. He had never thought about Uncle Xu's storytelling. Brother Yu was obsessed with listening to books, but he noticed this. When he said this, after thinking about it carefully, Uncle Xu's stop at Juggernaut The passage in "The Falling Leaves Wenzhou Official" is so familiar, and it is more detailed than the old storytellers in other teahouses. Brother Yu's statement is not unreasonable.
"Oh! Xiaoyu, why didn't you tell me about this earlier! That was the famous swordsman Duguyi, old man! Did we just miss it like that? I also want to ask him what he asked the state official when he asked What's the problem!! Oh, it's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity!" Yu Liufei was excited for a moment, looked at Xiao Xiao next to him and asked excitedly: "Girl, you said yes or no!"
Xiao Xiao was frightened by Yu Liufei's inexplicable happiness, and could only agree: "Brother Yu, it is nothing, just say it is..."
Xiao Yu replied: "Brother Yu, Uncle Jiang has not personally admitted that he is Mr. Dugu Yi, and I can't prove that he is the Sword Master. He must not want others to know. Okay, okay, I don't care about him. I'll wait until they come back from the south and ask again. I'm just guessing."
Yu Liufei sighed repeatedly: "That's right. What a master like Sword Master dislikes the most is people from the world harassing him. Perhaps this is the reason why he uses a pseudonym."
At this time, the waiter on the second floor of the boat hurriedly ran down and shouted to the people on the bow of the boat who were admiring the view: "Dear guests, it's dinner time. Please move to the second floor to have dinner."
The passenger ship that Xiao Yu and his party traveled on was a three-story large boat, with ordinary guest rooms on the first floor, a banquet hall on the second floor, and VIP guest rooms on the third floor.
Xiao Yu asked the shopkeeper for three guest rooms, and the little girl Xiao Xiao lived in the middle. He and Yu Liufei lived on both sides so that they could take care of her.
The journey to Moyun Mountain is more than 300 miles, which takes about two and a half days. This night, after leaving Kangzhou, it is the border of Moyun Mountain, so they are destined to spend this night on the boat. Fortunately, Xiao This girl Xiao doesn't get seasick, which saves her some trouble.
In the evening, after having dinner, everyone went to bed. At night, Xiao Yu thought that she had not slept well in the past few days, so it was just a good time to have a comfortable night's sleep.
It was midnight.
When Xiao Yu was sleeping soundly, he heard a cry from next door that seemed to be calling for help. Xiao Yu was originally a killer and was extremely alert. He sat up instantly, picked up the sword hanging at the foot of the bed and ran out. He glanced at the bed. The pole for the feet, put it here for now.
When he went out, he saw the door of Xiao Xiao's room open. He ran in and shouted, "Girl Xiao?"
The room was pitch dark at night, and there was no lamp. He shouted several times, but no one responded. He hurriedly touched the candle in his arms, blew it, lit the candle on the table, and looked inside the room. His shoes were still there by the bed. , I put on the quilt and it was still warm, but there was no one there.
Xiao Xiao's coat was still hanging on the bedside, but she was gone.
Xiao Yu hurried out and looked at the dark night, without lights and moon. The boat was alone, and only their bow was moving forward with a boat lantern. The water flow here is very fast. Some time has passed since Xiao Xiao called for help until now. I am afraid that it will follow the current for a few miles. With no other choice, Xiaoyu hurriedly walked to Yu Liufei's house with a lamp, anxiously He knocked on the door of Yu Liufei's room.
Yu Liufei wrapped himself in a robe, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and looked at Xiao Yu with a confused look on his face. Before he could speak, Xiao Yu said, "Brother Yu, Xiao Xiao has been kidnapped. Get dressed quickly. We will chase him." !”
