"Hey, don't laugh." Gou Er looked at Chen Baiqi. Seeing her cheerful smile, he scratched his head unconsciously. He didn't dare to put his eyes on her face anymore, so he could only look at the sky: "Hey, don't

He said that you are really good-looking, unlike me, who looks like a fly and a mouse. When you smile, others say you are even uglier than if you don’t smile."

Chen Baiqi tilted his face, his eyes wandered around his face, and his eyes filled with a smile: "You are not ugly."

What she said is indeed true. Gou Er is not ugly, but he is too thin, with protruding cheekbones and sunken cheeks. His skin is dark, but his facial features are good, with a pair of clear thin eyebrows and a high bridge of nose.

The combination is elegant and attractive.

It's just that his temperament... is too vulgar, and this face shows these two styles, especially his smile, narrow eyes and crooked mouth, which especially ruins his appearance.

When Gou Er heard this, he grinned again.

"Whatever a man wants to be good-looking or not, as long as he has enough ability." He scratched his face as he said this, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Huanxian, what ability do you have? I see you are quite good-looking.

You look like a noble, your skin is so white and shiny, just like those nobles who eat lamb and drink milk every day, I guess you must have read a lot of books."

He didn't notice anyone else and called her name directly.

Chen Baiqi thought for a while, his clear eyes flashed narrowly, and he replied seriously: "At least he should have read Qi Ba Ce."

Upon hearing this, Gou Er's face twitched, he glared and shrugged: "If you don't bury people like this, we Gou Er are indeed illiterate, but we are still well-informed. There is a saying called reading.

Many books are not as good as those of us who have traveled thousands of miles!" He bent his waist and raised his chin, looking arrogant.

Chen Baiqi was amused by his funny appearance, and while nodding, he asked: "Then let me ask you something again. I wonder why Mr. Mengchang has refused all guests recently..."

At this time, a group of people wearing black cloaks passed by at the end of the alley. When Chen Baiqi heard the movement, he stopped talking.

She looked over and saw about a dozen of them, walking in a hurry. Since they were at the end of the alley, and the alley was full of pink apricot trees and flowers in early spring, it looked like fiery trees and silver flowers, and smoke was lingering from a distance. If you didn't pay attention,

, naturally it is easy to ignore Chen Baiqi and Gou Er.

But they can see this group of people hiding their heads and tails at a glance.

Chen Baiqi squinted his eyes. She had good eyesight and saw that as they were running fast, the wind picked up the looming uniform swords under their black robes and the leather boots they were wearing. This showed that they were by no means ordinary people.

Gou Er glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze. Although he was surprised, he knew that the way to survive was to mind his own business. He shrank down, not wanting to be discovered by those mysterious people.

He approached Chen Baiqi and whispered in her ear: "I really know this. I heard that Lord Mengchang is arresting the disciples of Yuelu Academy for some unknown reason. Now Yuelu Academy has been almost destroyed. Many

The disciples were always escaping and were caught, and it was very miserable."

Chen Baiqi was startled and looked at him suddenly.

"What did you say?"

Gou Er was accidentally stared at by her eyes. This look was not as harmless as a vegetarian sheep, but as fierce as a meat-eating cheetah.

"I..." Gou Er took a step back, his heart pounding: "I said, um, I seem to remember that I have to do something, why not, haha, let's just say goodbye..."

Oh my god, he seems to have misjudged the wrong person. I wonder if it's too late to break up the gang now.

Chen Baiqi put a hand on his shoulder, stopping him from retreating, and told him with his eyes that it was too late.

"Brother Gou, you have forgotten that you are going to be with me." Chen Baiqi looked at him calmly.

Gou Er was frightened for a while, and his hair stood upright as cold as a man possessed. He suddenly showed a bitter look, and finally knew what it meant to dig one's own grave.

"Since you have no objection, let's continue talking about Mengchang Jun and Yuelu Academy."

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The sounds of various animals in the deep mountains and wild forests outside the city walls were heard one after another. Cattails, salix, cattails, and golden needles grew at the foot of the mountain... Chen Baiqi and Gou Er walked along the criss-crossing paths. The smell of mud brought by the wind was

You can barely smell the smell of water plants, but you can vaguely hear the sound of running water from mountain streams or waterfalls, as well as the sounds of frogs and water birds.

Looking at the deeper and denser forest, Gou Er panicked and said, "Chen, brother Chen, you...where are you going to take me?"

"It's almost night, so naturally we need to find a place to stay." Chen Bai started walking steadily in front of him.

But this is a deep mountain and old forest. There are many wild animals in this ghost place at night, and the forest is dark. It is very dangerous to live in this place.

Gou Er's face turned dark. He looked at the gradually darkening sky. Even if he wanted to regret it, he had no choice. By the time he rushed back, he was afraid that the city gate would have been closed long ago.

"Why, why don't you live in the city?"

"There are no guesthouses in the city, and thousands of households close their doors and windows to outsiders, and talk to each other hastily, fearing that they will never return."

Everyone knows that Tian Wen is hospitable to guests and recruits heroes and traitors from all over. There are more than 60,000 households in the city, some black and white, with guests from various vassal states, and some extremely vicious fugitives. People like them who have no power and no background

, random killing is common.

Of course, Chen Baiqi is not afraid. She lives outside the city because of other things.

After Gou Er listened to his words, he also had a deep understanding. When he first came to Xue Yi, he had suffered a loss in this regard. Therefore, he could not find a place to live in Xue Yi, and he did not dare to live in the wilderness, so he could only stay behind miserably.

street.

I thought that Chen Huanxian, the "white lady" on the list, would find a place to stay, but unexpectedly she dared to stay in the wild forest.

There were the most wild beasts at night, and each of them devoured the two skinny men until no bones were left.

She is simply... so courageous!

Before nightfall, Chen Baiqi brought Gou Er to an abandoned ruined temple. The walls erected around the ruined temple had basically collapsed, and weeds were growing all around. The roof of the small temple had long been covered with green moss due to the constant wind and rain that no one had repaired.

There were no traces of tiles everywhere, and the walls collapsed badly.

"Stay, live here?"

Although Gou Er had thought about finding a good place to live in the wilderness before coming here, he never thought it would be such a haunted house with broken walls.

Chen Baiqi ignored him. As soon as she walked in, she smelled the aroma coming from the temple, like a rich soup after some meat had been cooked repeatedly.

Gou Er followed her, and naturally he smelled it. He closed his eyes and arched his nose and sniffed hard. His saliva suddenly overflowed, and his already hungry stomach suddenly became even hungrier.

"You're back."

At this time, a young man wearing ordinary civilian clothes walked out of the temple. Behind him was a firewood burning. When he stepped out, the shadow in front of him was stretched very long.

I didn’t expect there were people in this temple...

The dog stayed still.

From his familiar tone, it seemed that he knew this "Chen Huanxian".

Chen Bai nodded: "Yeah."

"I've boiled some hot water. Let's wipe the hands first so we can use some food later." He approached "Chen Huanxian".

Chen Baiqi looked at the soup that was cooking on the fire: "Did you go hunting today?"

The young man curled his lips and smiled: "Well, I hunted a white-haired man and I'm just having a hard time. Are you afraid of the cold? Drink more tonic later."

After Chen Baiqi wiped his hands, he paused and looked at the "tangled" Gou Er standing in front of the temple door.

"This is the friend I met at Mengchangjun's house today... my friend, Gou Er."

"Gou Er?" The young man raised his eyebrows. After listening to Chen Baiqi's introduction, he turned to look at Gou Er and said with a half-smile, "Isn't there another Gou Er?"

When Gou Er heard this, he subconsciously asked, "How do you know?"

For some reason, Gou Er always felt that this young man who looked gentle and carefree was dangerous. Even if he looked at him with a smile and a gentle tone, he still felt a little restrained.

The young man just smiled casually and ignored him. He filled a bowl of minced meat soup and handed it to Chen Baiqi, asking, "What's the matter? I still haven't seen Mr. Mengchang today?"

Chen Baiqi shook his head, said no, then called Gou Er over and handed him the hot minced meat soup in his hand.

Gou Er held the hot broth and looked at Chen Baiqi with tears in his eyes.

This brother is not in vain!

The young man glanced at the soup in Gou Er's hand, and Gou Er suddenly felt a sharp cut that made the back of his hand holding the bowl bloody and painful.

He laughed dryly at the young man, immediately squatted by the temple door with the bowl in hand, and started drinking with them behind his back.

md, I am so hungry. He has been stealing these days and has never eaten anything seriously. Now, even if the Lord of Hell is standing in front of him, he will be a starved ghost first!

The young man finally looked away, filled another bowl for Chen Baiqi and put it in her hands.

Chen Baiqi took it and thought of something, his eyes suddenly darkened: "He... is arresting the disciples of Yuelu Academy everywhere."

The young man was stunned for a moment, then chuckled: "Oh, this Yuelu Academy is very prestigious in Qi State, and most of the disciples come from famous families. What he did is really willful and reckless."

After saying that, he turned his eyes and looked at Chen Baiqi with a strange expression: "Do you really want to choose such a person to be your lord?"

Chen Bai had been squatting in front of Mengchangjun's house that day and had not eaten. She was also a little hungry at this time. In addition, the soup cooked by the young man sometimes had a strong and attractive aroma, which whetted her appetite. She took it and drank it for several times.

Hearing the words, he paused for a moment, then showed a tangled and helpless look.

"You can choose. Who wouldn't want to choose someone who has both virtue and talent?" Although Mengchangjun couldn't afford a virtue, he was at most a traitor.

Seeing that she had made up her mind, the young man stopped continuing the topic. He took the bowl from her hand, filled another bowl for her and handed it to her, asking: "Are you still going tomorrow?"

"Well, I already know why I was turned away."

Firstly, she chose the wrong time to visit. It happened to be when Mr. Mengchang was thanking guests behind closed doors. Secondly, she rashly asked Mr. Mengchang without recommending herself. If she passed the corresponding assessment, the guards would not lead her there.

In front of Meng Shoujun.

She thought that it didn't matter if she couldn't see Mr. Mengchang at the moment, as long as she sneaked into his house, she would have a chance.

"Then you understand, I will go with you." The young man thought for a while and said.
To be continued...