"when."

The fat man's sword didn't touch Qiao Xiaoqiao at all, and was photographed by Gu Hanshuang casually on the ground.

"Who are you, you dare to take care of our Jianjian Villa's family affairs!" The fat man looked at Gu Hanshuang in astonishment, and shouted in shame and anger: "Come here, come here... Ugh!"

Gu Hanshuang's sword rested on his shoulder, and said lightly: "Shut up."

"You, what do you want to do!" The fat man said in horror: "I am the third young master of Zhujian Villa, if you dare to touch a hair of my hair, you will all die."

Qiao Xiaoqiao said lightly: "No one wants to touch your vellus hair, just want you to be quiet, and don't make trouble for this little girl."

"You, you..." The fat man turned his eyes between Qingwan girl and Qiao Xiaoqiao, and suddenly warned Qiao Xiaoqiao and Gu Hanshuang: "You don't know the situation at all, it's best not to interfere in this matter, otherwise you I will regret it for the rest of my life."

"If you bully this little girl again, it will be your life forever." Qiao Xiaoqiao threatened indifferently. The fat man felt the sharp edge of the sword on his neck, shivered again, and repeated: "You don't even know who she is, and you don't know what's going on. It's best not to meddle in other people's business, she is an unknown person." , is evildoer, is evil spirit, you

Getting involved with her will definitely not end well. "

"Have you finished?" Qiao Xiaoqiao said coldly: "Get out of here after you finish speaking, or you will really end badly."

Gu Hanshuang retracted the long sword and put it back into the sheath. "You guys wait, things won't just be left like this, I'm not finished with you!" The fat man scrambled and ran away while talking harshly. Pointing at the Qingwan girl: "Don't be complacent, you bitch!"

, there are still two days left, you'd better not play tricks, and don't try to escape! Otherwise, you will do so at your own risk. "

"Third brother, I..." Qingwan girl opened her mouth to explain something, but the fat man was afraid that Qiao Xiaoqiao and Gu Hanshuang would beat him again, turned around and ran away.

Qiao Xiaoqiao felt pity for this Qingwan girl, and couldn't help comforting her: "You don't have to be afraid, with us here, no one will dare to bully you."

"Thank you two sisters, but I'm really an unknown person, so it's better not to have too much contact with me." Qingwan girl still had a shocked expression on her face, after expressing her gratitude to Qiao Xiaoqiao and Gu Hanshuang with a slight nod , also left in a hurry.

Qiao Xiaoqiao watched the little girl leave, and suddenly let out a long sigh of relief.

"You want to help her?" Gu Hanshuang asked casually.

Qiao Xiaoqiao didn't nod directly, but said lightly: "We have to find out what happened to her first."

"It's better for you not to investigate, otherwise, bumping into a wall is a trivial matter, and you may even lose your life." The speaker was a young man with a firm face, but his eyes were full of spirit, followed by several men with long swords on their backs. sword servant.

"How do you say that?" Qiao Xiaoqiao sized up this person, and instantly recognized the identity of this person from the information Wu Jiu gave her. Tie Ziyang, one of the hottest sons of Iron Sword.

Tie Ziyang folded his arms, with a half-smile expression on his face: "Are you really ignorant or pretending not to know?"

"I really don't know." Qiao Xiaoqiao said lightly: "It's the first time we came to Qingjianzhou, so we don't know much about the people and stories here." "It's no wonder." Tie Zi raised the vigilance in his eyes Slightly reduced, but it didn't give Qiao Xiaoqiao any interest in science popularization, just solemnly warned: "Then don't meddle in other people's business, the fate of the women in Zhujian Villa is determined from the moment of birth."

Moment is doomed to be with the sword. "

"With the sword?" Qiao Xiaoqiao couldn't help but sneered, "It sounds nice, but it's nothing more than sacrificing the life of an innocent woman to a dead thing."

Tie Ziyang frowned when he heard this, and said coldly: "Swords are not dead things. Since you came to participate in the sword test meeting, you are so disrespectful to swords, you are not worthy of being a swordsman."

"I never said I was a swordsman." Qiao Xiaoqiao said lightly.

Tie Ziyang glanced at Gu Hanshuang who was carrying the long sword again: "Isn't she too?" "I am a swordsman, but I never stick to the sword." Gu Hanshuang's expression was even more dull, "Whether it is a divine sword, a fairy sword or something else The sword is just a tool to carry the Tao. If in order to achieve the so-called divine sword, the lives of innocent people must be sacrificed,

Then it is not worthy of being called a divine sword, at best it is an evil weapon. "" It's just bewitching people! Tie Ziyang was furious, pointed at Qiao Xiaoqiao and Gu Hanshuang, and cursed: "I heard that there were two very powerful female sword cultivators this year. I was quite relieved and even wanted to support them." you some

, I didn't expect you to insult the way of the sword like this, you really don't deserve to use a sword at all. "Whether you deserve it or not, it doesn't matter what you say." "Qiao Xiaoqiao knew that this Iron Man should be a loyal fan of the so-called kendo, so he didn't bother to say anything to him, "A sword is just a tool. If the cultivation base is not enough, no matter how good the sword is practiced, it will not be enough.

It's just juggling! "

"Presumptuous, you dare to belittle the way of swordsmanship, I will kill you now!" Tie Ziyang raised his hand in anger, and summoned a big sword as bright as water, and the murderous aura was overflowing inside and outside the villa.

"You make the move first, and I can kill you first." Gu Hanshuang took half a step forward, staring at Tie Ziyang expressionlessly, as long as he dared to act recklessly, he was guaranteed to end him before he made a move.

"Really?" Tie Ziyang looked disdainful, raised his sword and pointed at Gu Hanshuang: "Then I have to give it a try."

"Stop it!" At this time, several figures flew from a distance, and they should be the guards inside the villa. The first person with thick eyebrows and angry eyes opened his mouth and shouted loudly: "In the villa, private fighting is prohibited!"

Tie Ziyang glanced at the person who came, and subconsciously restrained his murderous aura. "Master Tie, what's going on here?" The person who came was Gao Jianming, the head steward of Zhujian Villa, and a master of swordsmanship. His cultivation was around the fusion stage, his energy was restrained, his eyebrows were like lightning, and he glanced at the surrounding people. After the situation, first to

Tie Ziyang asked about the situation.

Tie Ziyang said in a cold voice: "These two women insulted the way of the sword, I just want to teach them a little lesson."

"Miss Qiao, Miss Gu, what do you have to say?" The butler Gao looked at Qiao Xiaoqiao and Gu Hanshuang, and asked expressionlessly. Qiao Xiaoqiao's expression was still indifferent, and she said with a slight smile: "There is nothing to say, it's just that I have a different understanding of the way of swordsmanship from this Iron Master. In the world, we are nothing more than seeking common ground while reserving differences, and this Iron Master draws his sword just because of differences of opinion." kill

, the air and mind are really a bit contemptible. "

"What did you say!" Tie Ziyang's anger surged up again in an instant, and his hand holding the sword tightened. If it wasn't for the tall housekeeper here, he might have already made a move. "Young master Tie, even if you are the son of a herdsman in Tiezhou, you'd better not mess around in the villa!" The tall housekeeper stared at Tie Ziyang coldly, and said with a warning: "To know Qingjianzhou, you must first There is Zhujian Mountain Villa, and then there is a state

. "

Tie Ziyang could only snort coldly, and stopped talking.

"And the two of you, although the visitor is a guest, since you are a guest, then you should do your duty as a guest." The strategy pursued by the tall housekeeper is to beat each other up, and then give a warning to settle the matter.

Qiao Xiaoqiao didn't take this tall butler's words seriously, and just asked: "On the day of the sword trial meeting, is it true that a young girl is going to be sacrificed to start that divine sword?" Don't ask too much, and don't talk too much." The tall steward had a look of surprise on his face, but it disappeared for a moment, and then he said in a cold voice: "What you have to do is to adjust your status well, tomorrow is the time for the sword competition

, don't lose your life because of your lack of skill in swordsmanship. "

Qiao Xiaoqiao asked: "Tomorrow's sword competition will see life and death?"

The tall housekeeper said coldly: "I will sign the life-and-death contract. As for whether you will see life or death, it all depends on your swordsmanship. Miss Qiao, do you have any questions?"

"No more." Qiao Xiaoqiao replied with a smile.

The tall housekeeper rushed to the people present and said: "Then go back to your room. After dusk, you are not allowed to walk around in the village."

"This matter is not over, you two will wait for me." Tie Ziyang gave Qiao Xiaoqiao and Gu Hanshuang a long look, "Don't think that I don't kill women, and I will let you know the end of insulting the sword tomorrow. .”

Qiao Xiaoqiao didn't confront each other, but said: "The state shepherd is the parent and official of the common people in a state. As the son of the state shepherd, don't you think it's shameful to be so contemptuous of human life?"

"A mere life deserves my master's attention?" Tie Ziyang said coldly, then turned and left with a group of sword servants. Although everything cannot be blinded by one leaf, but from the words and deeds of the state shepherd, we can still get a glimpse of the Tiezhou shepherd's governance strategy. No wonder Empress Ji asked her to pay attention to the Tiezhou shepherd before leaving , it seems that

There is a big problem.

Qiao Xiaoqiao and Gu Hanshuang also returned to the room.

"We've already met three of the so-called four most popular candidates in this sword test conference." Qiao Xiaoqiao tapped the table with her slender fingers, and said to Gu Hanshuang: "Whether it's cultivation, swordsmanship or measurement, they are not very good. Ah." Gu Hanshuang nodded, and slowly expressed his observations on these three people: "The dragon-slaying sword, Xiao Tingyu, is arrogant and vain, and his swordsmanship is like a castle in the air, flashy; the prince Yun of the Fire Cloud Kingdom Qi Lie, with a fiery temperament and strong swordsmanship

More than strong but not flexible enough, there is no room for improvement; as for the son of the state shepherd just now, he was too conceited, and his way of swordsmanship should have been treacherous and gloomy all the way, with murderous aura overflowing, and he should have lost many lives. "

"Of these three, who will be the fire emissary we are looking for?" Qiao Xiaoqiao asked casually.

Gu Hanshuang pondered for a while, then shook his head: "There is no way to be sure yet, I can only make a judgment after watching their swordsmanship tomorrow."

"It's too slow." Qiao Xiaoqiao shook her head and muttered to herself, "Is there any way to make that urgent fire envoy appear?"

"According to the previous inference, the only way to make the fire in Zhujian Villa reach its peak." Gu Hanshuang said slowly: "In this way, the fire envoy will show the appearance of a skeleton. But how to make the fire diffuse is a problem."

Qiao Xiaoqiao also found it a bit tricky. She had never practiced any fire spells, and Gu Hanshuang's swordsmanship was also cold, so she had to find a way elsewhere.

"Wait, I have an idea." Qiao Xiaoqiao's eyes lit up suddenly, she leaned into Gu Hanshuang's ear and whispered a few words, and then asked: "Sister Shuang, can you do it?" Gu Hanshuang thought carefully After a while, he said with certainty: "You can give it a try."