Hearing this surprise, Xu Yan's first reaction was that he couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, thinking to himself, could it be that there are still people who know him here?

He turned his gaze to the woman who made the sound, and realized that although he didn't know the other person, he did meet him.

The woman was none other than the woman Xu Yan had seen at the tea stall at the entrance of Qiulu Village at noon yesterday.

Without waiting for Xu Yan to speak, the woman who was carrying a vegetable basket in her hand greeted her with a smile, and then said to Xu Yan: "Hello, my name is Xiaoman, what is your name, son." ”

I have to say that this woman in a foreign costume is quite good-looking, even a person like Xu Yan who has countless experiences can't help but feel a little pleasing to the eye for her appearance when they see her, especially when she laughs, those eyes are slightly curved like a crescent moon. Of course, except for her eyes, everything in her facial features is actually very exquisite, if you really want to compare it with the women Xu Yan has seen in this world, she probably only has Bai Bing's appearance, which can be compared with it.

Xu Yan saw this beautiful woman named Xiaoman, and suddenly rushed out to greet him, he was a little arrogant and fierce, and suddenly he didn't know how to answer, but he was not a fledgling hairy boy after all, so after hesitating for a moment, he replied with a smile: "It's okay for you, my name is Xu Yan, this is my cousin, Gu Xiaoqing." ”

Gu Xueqing, who was following behind him, heard that Xu Yan directly changed her name, but she didn't say anything, just smiled at Xiao Man.

After Xiaoman heard Xu Yan's introduction, her already shining eyes couldn't help but look at Gu Xueqing, but after she only glanced at it slightly, a sly smile appeared on her incomparably good-looking face, which couldn't help but give Xu Yan a feeling, did she already see through Gu Xueqing's women's pretending to be men's clothes?

But fortunately, she didn't choose to debunk it, but just said to Gu Xueqing with a smile: "Hello, Gu Gongzi." ”

Gu Xueqing didn't answer, so she smiled and nodded lightly to her.

Xiaoman asked Xu Yan: "By the way, Xu Gongzi, what are you going to do when you come to our township?"

Xu Yan heard the other party ask, paused in his tone, and then replied: "Don't hide it from the little barbarian girl, we are looking for someone." ”

"Looking for someone?" Xiao Man couldn't help but show a hint of suspicion when she heard such an answer, her appearance was very cute, and she then asked, "I don't know who Xu Gongzi is looking for?"

Xu Yan opened his mouth and replied, "Hmm...... Actually, I don't know her name, but she is very beautiful and looks like she is in her thirties. ”

When Xiaoman heard this description, he replied with a bright smile: "Master Xu, your description is too vague, the women in our village meet these two standards, and there are dozens of people." ”

When Xu Yan heard her say this, he couldn't help crying and laughing, so he had to add: "By the way, the woman I'm looking for has a guqin in her hand." ”

When Xiao Man heard this, she suddenly showed a hint of surprise on her face, and she hurriedly asked curiously: "You have a guqin in your hand, are you sure Xu Gongzi? And where did you see this woman, and when did you see it?"

There is an ancestral holy relic in the township, it is a guqin, the name of the guqin is "South Wind", which is well known to the people who live in this mountain city and ancient village, but this guqin can not be taken out and used in ordinary times except that the patriarchs of the past dynasties can take it out and use it in ordinary times, let alone take it privately and leave this ancient village.

Faced with this series of questions, Xu Yan did not choose to hide it, and replied bluntly: "Just yesterday, as for the location, it was in a bamboo forest at the bottom of the mountain, near the junction of Yanxi and Qiulu. ”

After Xiao Man heard this answer, she couldn't help frowning slightly, but in her heart, she had actually roughly guessed who Xu Yan was looking for, and after she pondered for a while, she was a little embarrassed to explain: "This...... Xu Gongzi is the person you are looking for, Xiaoman probably already knows, but our She Township has always had a rule that we do not accept private visits from strangers, therefore, I have to go to the village to inform the silver aunt and grandmother in the village, if she agrees, I can take you in, in addition, I also have to confirm whether what Xu Gongzi said is true, if it is true, Xiaoman will take the two sons to see the people you want to see, before that, I hope that the second son will not break into the village without permission. ”

It was not the first time that Xu Yan and the others had heard that they did not welcome the living, so he did not feel any surprise, and he could feel that the woman in front of him, called Xiaoman, had good intentions towards the two of them, and did not have any xenophobic intentions.

So, after Xu Yan and Gu Xueqing glanced at each other, they nodded with a smile and said, "Then there is Miss Lao Xiaoman!"

After hearing this, Xiao Man shook his head with a smile, then put down the vegetable basket in his hand, and brought a bench from the side and put it in front of them, and then said: "Before Xiao Man comes back, the two sons might as well rest here for a while, and by the way, please help me take care of the vegetable basket." ”

After Xu Yan heard this, he could only smile and nod to her again.

Seeing Xiao Man's figure slowly walking into the village, Gu Xueqing immediately asked Xu Yanchuanyin: "Little junior brother, what should we do next, just wait for her to come back here, do you think what she said is a bit true or false, will she go to move the rescuers?"

Facing Gu Xueqing's suspicions, Xu Yan couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't answer those questions about Xiaoman, he just said: "Senior Sister Gu, you just stay here and wait and see, I'll follow her into the village to have a look, we definitely can't just wait here, otherwise when the woman holding the qin reacts, we will fall into passivity." ”

Gu Xueqing couldn't help but be a little worried when she heard that the other party wanted to enter the village alone, but before she could speak, Xu Yan seemed to be able to predict the prophet and understand the thoughts in her heart, and continued to her with a smile: "It's okay, even if there are strong masters inside, even if I am defeated, but if I want to escape, they will definitely not be able to stop me, unless there is a sword cultivator in the upper three realms here." ”

When Gu Xueqing heard him say this, she didn't insist anymore, she could only nod and agree, but in fact, in her heart, she couldn't help but sigh, a little annoyed that her strength was too bad after all, and she couldn't help him at all at this time.

......

After Xu Yan followed Xiaoman into the village, he did not walk the stone steps and mountain road below like her, but stepped directly on the tile surface of the roof and walked quietly.

The houses in the ancient village of Qixiang are built by the mountain, and the materials are made of local materials, and the ancient trees in the mountains are split into wooden planks and built, so the houses in the whole village are all wooden houses at a glance, and they are between each household, the houses and the houses are still close together, looking at the village from a distance, it is magnificent. However, the people in the village did not know that their architectural feature created extremely favorable conditions for Xu Yan when he flew the eaves and walked the wall.

With Xu Yan's cultivation at the moment, he is far from being able to fly in the sky, even if he can't even fly with a sword, but he can't fly, it doesn't mean that he can't jump three or four feet high at once, compared to those knights and charlatans in the rivers and lakes, there is no doubt that with his strength close to the six-grade realm, he is too much stronger, he can not only run on the roof very easily, but even keep quiet and not make a trace of movement.

After entering the village, Xiaoman continued to move along one of the mountain paths, and his steps were fast, obviously accustomed to walking the mountain road. Xu Yan, who was on the roof, followed her closely, never in a hurry, but when Xiaoman was about to walk to the top of the stockade, she finally turned into one of the wooden houses.

Seeing her like this, Xu Yan jumped to the roof of the wooden house where she entered, and then he moved a piece of black tiles in it. However, in order to prevent too much natural light from penetrating in and attracting the attention of the people inside, he only exposed a small gap between the tiles.

Through this gap, Xu Yan clearly saw Xiao Man after entering the house, and in addition, he also saw what should be the owner of this wooden house, a silver-haired old woman who was resting on a chaise longue.

Obviously, this should be the silver aunt that Xiaoman said before.

After Xiaoman saw Aunt Yin's grandmother, her face was elated, because in the whole village, Aunt Yin's grandmother loved her the most, just like her own grandmother.

Xiao Man smiled and said, "Aunt Yin, Xiao Man has come to see you again." ”

When the old woman, who was called Aunt Yin, heard this, she smiled and quipped, "Xiaoman, when was the last time you came to see Aunt Yin?"

After Xiaoman heard this question, he couldn't help blushing, and immediately hugged the latter's left arm and said coquettishly: "Oh, Aunt Yin, you are laughing at Xiaoman again, although it has only been an hour, Xiaoman just wants to come to see you." ”

Aunt Yin's grandmother couldn't stand Xiaoman's coquettishness, and she couldn't cry or laugh on her face, but it was obvious that after she saw Xiaoman, the doting and love on her face was undisguised, she smiled and said: "Okay, okay, my stupid little man, don't make any more trouble, otherwise Aunt Yin's body bones will have to shake you apart, you, you will be an adult in two months, how can you still be childish, if you are seen by a handsome son, people will laugh at you, be careful that you can't get married." ”

While talking, Aunt Yin's grandmother couldn't help but help her straighten the braid that was on top of her head and crooked to the side because she was walking too quickly.

When Xiaoman heard that he was going to get married, a touch of shyness suddenly appeared on his face, and then he said coquettishly: "Xiaoman, don't get married, Xiaoman will always stay by Aunt Yin's side and take care of you." ”

When Aunt Yin's grandmother heard her say this, she couldn't help but smile and said: "When a man gets married and a woman is married, what woman in the world is not married, besides, Aunt Yin's grandmother is so old, and it is estimated that there are not a few years to live, Aunt Yin, but I still want to see Xiaoman find a wishful husband before entering the ground, isn't Xiaoman even willing to help Aunt Yin's wish come true?"

Xiao Man heard that the other party was involved in death again, and immediately said urgently: "Bah, Grandma Yin, why did you start talking nonsense again, your body is strong, you will definitely live to be 100 years old, no, you will definitely live to be 500 years old." ”

Xu Yan, who was on the roof, saw this scene and couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, it turned out that this Xiaoman, who was a few months younger than him, was a complete girl, but if he hadn't heard this with his own ears, he really couldn't tell that the other party was a girl, after all, women in the world are much more precocious than men, and her dress is more mature.

When Aunt Yin's grandmother heard the other party say this, she also knew that the other party was reluctant to herself, and she was very relieved, but in the end, she still said to Xiaoman directly: "Okay, Aunt Yin's grandmother already knows that Xiaoman is reluctant to me, but you better tell me first, why did you come to Aunt Yin, you little girl, but you will blush when you lie." ”

Xiao Man saw that the other party had exposed himself, so he no longer hid it, and replied bluntly with a smile: "In front of the mountain gate of the village, there are two scholars with very young faces, saying that they are coming to find my sister, so I specially came to ask Aunt Yin's opinion if they can be allowed to enter the village." ”

When Aunt Yin heard this, she smiled and asked her, "Then have they explained why they came to your sister?"

Xiaoman shook his head and replied: "I didn't have time to ask about this, but Xu Gongzi said that my sister seemed to have gone to the bamboo forest under the mountain with the south wind yesterday." At the end of speaking, Xiao Man seemed to feel that she had betrayed her sister, and her voice became softer and softer, and she suddenly said with some worry: "Aunt Yin, you won't punish my sister, right?"

Aunt Yin's smile disappeared, and she sighed and replied: "Your sister has long been the head of the clan, and she has the power to control the south wind, so Aunt Yin's grandmother naturally won't blame her, but I'm afraid that some of the two scholars who came to our village this time are not good." ”

When Xiaoman heard this, he immediately helped to explain: "No, no, no, that Xu Gongzi I have met with my brother-in-law's tea stall yesterday, he seems to be very kind and modest, and he is also polite after talking, and he will never be a bad person." ”

Seeing that she had such an attitude, Aunt Yin had nothing to say, so she smiled and said to her: "Since Xiaoman thinks that they are not bad people, then you can take them to your sister." ”

Seeing that Aunt Yin's grandmother finally agreed, Xiao Man immediately said excitedly: "Really, then Xiao Man will go to inform my sister, and then go to the mountain gate to pick up Xu Gongzi and them." ”

Seeing that Xiao Man couldn't help but jump away after speaking, the smile on Aunt Yin's face slowly faded, and then she couldn't help sighing, and said to herself: "I said that I didn't want to get married, but in my heart I have already learned to turn my elbow out, hey, it's really a big girl, I hope you won't look at the wrong person like Aunt Yin." ”

After hearing this, Xu Yan on the roof didn't plan to stay here any longer, but before leaving, he didn't forget to reclose the black tile that he had removed before, otherwise if he just let this gap open to the sky, then after it rained, the house would have to leak.

However, what Xu Yan didn't know was that just after he left, the silver aunt in the room with gray temples and silver hair looked up at the position he was in before, and muttered to himself: "At least on the surface, it seems that he is also a careful person." ”

After a pause, a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes, and then she said softly, "I just hope you won't let the old body down." ”

......

After Xiao Man left Aunt Yin's house, she walked up the hill again, but when she reached this position, she was already close to the top of the mountain.

Xiao Man came to the last house built on the top of the mountain, and without too much hesitation, he walked directly in.

This wooden house, undoubtedly the tallest building in the whole township, was the only house that belonged to the patriarchs of the past dynasties, and it was also the only house that was independent from the village below. Standing here, you can see the whole village at a glance.

This year's patriarch of Qixiang is named Zhong Yun, and after she got married, she was called Yun Niang by the people in the village, and she was Xiaoman's own sister.

Although there is a teenage age difference between the two sisters, and Xiaoman usually doesn't live with her sister, her sister is still a sister after all, so in her heart, even if the other party is already the head of the family, she doesn't feel any sense of distance at all.

After Xiaoman walked into the wooden house, he came directly to the patio, and then saw that there was no trace of his sister in the house, so he shouted loudly: "Sister, sister, are you at home?"

However, after she spoke, no one answered at all.

Xiao Man, who was in the patio, saw that there was no one in the house, so he couldn't help but wonder: "At this time, where can my sister go?"

As everyone knows, on the second floor of this wooden house, in her sister's boudoir, there is a man and a woman at this moment, lying naked on the bed and turning the clouds and rain.

After hearing Xiaoman's shout, Zhong Yun, who was drenched in sweat, immediately stopped her waist that was writhing like a water snake, and at the same time, there was also a trace of panic on her flushed face, however, after the handsome man lying below saw her stop, he deliberately moved his lower plate as if he was making a mistake, which couldn't help but make Zhong Yun, who was sitting on it, almost couldn't help but scream.

But after learning this lesson, she also quickly crawled away from the man's body, and then said to him with a resentful face and a little annoyance: "Don't make trouble, my sister is looking for me, I have to go out and have a look, otherwise if she finds me in the boudoir, it will be troublesome." ”

Seeing that the woman was about to get out of bed and get dressed after finishing speaking, the handsome man who was rising was greatly disappointed, and directly snapped, slapped on the other party's elastic buttocks, leaving a bright red palm print, and then said dissatisfiedly: "Your sister is really, she doesn't come early or late, but when I am rising, you quickly send her away, and then come back to do what I haven't done with me." ”

Zhong Yun had already put on her lower body at the moment, and was about to put on the very tempting profane clothes she had knitted, but before she could tie the ribbon above the obscene clothes around her neck, she was ripped away by the naked handsome man on the bed, and then he put the profane clothes in front of his tall nose and smelled it, and took a deep breath before he smiled and said, "It's really fragrant, but it smells like Yun Niang on it." ”

Zhong Yun saw that he dared to make such a fuss at this time, and immediately feigned anger and said: "Don't make trouble, hurry up and give me the dirty clothes, otherwise my sister will come upstairs." ”

When the handsome man heard this, he laughed and replied, "Anyway, you will return to this bed soon, why are you still wearing it, isn't it too troublesome?"

Zhong Yun couldn't resist the man's bad intentions, so he could only agree silently.