I just want to repair a flute [Martial Arts]

Lu Xiaofeng was walking on the street.

He was still wearing his usual bright red cape, folding his arms, walking in the lively crowd, looking inconspicuous. But when a wine pot fell from the restaurant next to him, he suddenly jumped up, caught the wine pot, raised his head and took a sip.

"Hey!" A beautiful and charming white face appeared from the restaurant. It was Yun Chuxiu, whom I hadn't seen for a while. He smiled and said, "Lu Xiaofeng, it's such a coincidence that I meet you. Do you want to come up and have a drink with me?"

"Well, someone invited me to drink. How could I refuse such a good thing?" Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but smile. He hooked the wine jug with one finger and walked upstairs to the restaurant.

He was feeling depressed at the moment and wanted to talk to his friend about it. Doctor Yun, who was gentle and amiable and had little to do with the matter, was a good choice. However, when he walked outside the room, he immediately realized that there were more than just Yun Chuxiu sitting in the room.

Yun Chuxiu was still in the room calling him: "What's the matter? Are you afraid to come in?" with a gloating tone.

Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but sigh, but still pushed open the door in front of him: "To be honest, this really requires courage."

He looked up and saw a full table of people sitting in the side room. Yun Chuxiu was holding Yuan Suiyun's arm with one hand, and next to him sat a middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples. In the back sat the old man and Sun Jian and his son. Next to Yuan Suiyun, sitting across a seat from him, was Shuiji Yinji and her disciple and lover Gong Nanyan.

"I'm just bringing my master and godmother out for some fun. What's there to be afraid of?" Yun Chuxiu stood up with a smile, stood behind Shuiji Yinji, and put his hand on her shoulder. Shuiji Yinji was still dressed in white, with a snow-white gauze wrapped around her head, decorated with a few snow-white pearl flowers. She had a stern face like a man, but when Yun Chuxiu came over, her expression softened a little, and she glanced at Lu Xiaofeng and sneered, "I'm afraid he originally wanted to see you, but we are getting in his way."

"Saint, you are joking. I don't have the guts to do that." Lu Xiaofeng pulled out a stool and sat down next to Sun Jian, and put the wine pot back on the table. "So...you all came here for September 15th?"

Yuan Suiyun spun his wine glass in one hand and said with a smile, "This is the hottest news in the martial arts world today. Anyone who can still walk will come to join in the fun. Aren't you here for this?"

Sun Jian carelessly put his arm around Lu Xiaofeng's shoulders and said to him with a smile: "Suiyun, why do you have to ask when you already know the answer? This martial arts competition has nothing to do with us, but it has a lot to do with our hero Lu."

Yun Chuxiu also said, "Some time ago, we were still hesitating whether to go to Qiantang River to watch the tide or to Zijin Mountain to watch the sword-fighting competition. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a good time to watch the tide! Now we heard that the time and place have been changed. After watching the tide, we hurried to Beijing."

——On the night of the full moon, on the top of the purple gold mountain, a sword came from the west, and a fairy flew from the sky! This news, which had been widely circulated in the martial arts world for several months and was almost known to everyone, was referring to the duel between Ye Gucheng, the lord of Baiyun City, and Ximen Chuixue of Wanmei Villa.

But for some unknown reason, the duel originally scheduled for August 15th was changed to September 15th, and the location was also changed from the top of Purple Gold Mountain to the top of the Forbidden City!
As he spoke, he leaned back in his chair, but Gong Nanyan suddenly hit the back of his hand with chopsticks. He couldn't help but shout unhappily: "Godmother! Godmother! Look at her! My stepmother hit me again!"

"...Ahem!" Jellyfish Yin Ji pretended to be deaf and dumb, picked up the teacup in front of her and drank a sip of tea, pretending that she didn't see it. She has always been resolute, and she would not be afraid even when facing the most terrible and powerful opponents, but she had no way to deal with the relationship between her lover and adopted son, and could only treat it passively.

Gong Nanyan was not afraid of him complaining, but glared at him fiercely: "Take your hand away! You are so old, do you still think you are a child?"

"Hmph, if you don't want to touch me, then don't touch me." Yun Chuxiu snorted, loosened his hand, and slid behind Xiao Donglou to hug his master's shoulders. The latter reached out and touched his slightly cold face, coaxing softly: "Why don't you go eat something quickly, you will have to take medicine later."

"I don't want to eat anymore." Yun Chuxiu yawned. Although he had been recuperating in Wuzheng Villa for two months, he was still a little weak because he was rushing to Shenshui Palace to pick up Shuiji Yinji. The people who were traveling with him this time were all elders with extraordinary status and superb martial arts in the martial arts world. No matter what, it was unlikely that he would get into trouble under their noses, so Yuan Suiyun didn't handcuff him with the handcuffs that had turned out.

Because he was a doctor and had been very well behaved these days, Xiao Donglou didn't say anything. He just picked up a spring roll from the table and handed it to him, indicating that he should eat a little more.

Sun Jian ignored this younger brother who was acting more and more spoiled because of his elders' doting, and said to Lu Xiaofeng: "Brother Lu, why are you so listless? Could it be that you have already met Ximen Chuxue?"

"It is said that the entire martial arts world is looking for him now, but no one knows where he is - but if you had seen him, wouldn't you be happier?"

Hearing this, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "So, you guys also know about that incident..."

The so-called incident was the news that came yesterday afternoon - Ye Gucheng met Tang Tianyi, the eldest son of the Tang Clan in Shu yesterday. The two of them started fighting after a disagreement. In the end, although Ye Gucheng severely injured him with his Heavenly Fairy, he was also hit by a handful of poisonous sand from the other party.

The Tang Clan was originally a clan that made its fortune by using hidden weapons and poisons, and Tang Tianyi was an expert in this field. Apart from him, I'm afraid no one else in the world could cure this poison. "That's right. Yesterday, the odds were so high that those who bet on Ye Gucheng were already betting two against one. I even went out to buy a hand, but when I looked at it today, hehe." Sun Jian shook his head. "This morning alone, I received news of the deaths of three people."

He was the only son of the old man and the future owner of the Sun Mansion. Naturally, the people he interacted with on a daily basis were not simple people. These people might be martial arts heroes or wealthy people, but from today on, everything was no longer important - because they had become cold corpses.

The reason is simply because they bet on Ximen Chuxue's victory!

Countless people have lost their fortunes on this gambling game, and now that they are about to lose, they can only send their opponents to death ahead of time!

He actually wanted to say that it was no wonder that Ximen Chuxue was hiding at this moment. If he didn't hide, even if he was one of the most famous swordsmen in the world, he would not be able to withstand so many killers. But he didn't say it in the end - because Lu Xiaofeng's face was already as cold as ice.

Yuan Suiyun said softly, "This may not be a good thing for Master Ximen. To be honest, given the current situation, if he wins the next day, there will be gossip in the martial arts world."

Yun Chuxiu raised his eyebrows and glanced at him subconsciously. Lu Xiaofeng said bitterly: "How could I not know? But now I just hope... this battle will never come!"

Jellyfish Yin Ji suddenly said: "Even if Ximen Chuxue has already won the victory? Are you hoping that he will lose?"

Lu Xiaofeng smiled bitterly and said, "Whether he wins or loses, what difference does it make? Because he is my friend, so I don't want to see him fighting with others like a dog for an invisible bone!"

Isn’t this empty title of “the best in the world” nothing but a piece of meat that cannot be seen or touched?

Hearing this, Xiao Donglou's face suddenly revealed a half-smile expression: Although the other party did not say anything about him and probably did not know him at all, wasn't it just for this false reputation that he had been struggling for most of his life?
The old man was somewhat moved: "This is not a truth you should understand at your age. Most people in this world, who doesn't love fame and fortune? I have heard about Lu Xiaofeng's delicate heart for a long time, but it's a pity that I didn't see it in the past. Ximen Chuxue has a friend like you, which is not in vain."

But he immediately changed the subject and said calmly and coldly: "But, this competition is their own decision, and now it has come to this point. No matter what happens, they both have to compete. Even if the emperor comes, he can't stop this!"

Lu Xiaofeng didn't want to admit this, but he had to admit it. Because there are some strange truths in the world, as if everyone is pushed forward by an invisible big hand, even if they don't want to do something, they have to do it!
"So, I want to do something for my friend." He looked at Yun Chuxiu. "I know that no matter what others think, it doesn't matter. What Ximen Chuxue wants is definitely a fair duel!"

Yun Chuxiu understood the meaning of the music and knew that he wanted to detoxify Ye Gucheng himself. But he felt that he had to make it clear first: "I don't use poison myself, and I'm not very good at detoxification, but I can go with you to see it first."

...No, he is not a doctor at all!

But just as Yun Chuxiu finished speaking, Shuiji Yinji suddenly said, "No need to go and see."

"Godmother?" Yun Chuxiu looked towards her, but the elders had already asked the servants to open the carved wooden door of the wing room, and all of them cast their eyes downstairs - a man walked in from outside the building, he was dressed in white clothes that was whiter than snow, but his expression was more aloof than the snow.

In front of him stood six girls with black hair and white clothes, holding baskets full of flowers, from the door to the stairs. Ye Gucheng stepped on the golden ground and walked in like a king. His face was ordinary and indifferent, but his eyes were amazingly bright. With such a sharpness and such a spirit, even if he didn't say anything, everyone knew that he could never be a poisoned person!

As soon as the door opened, Lu Xiaofeng flew out of the room and stood in the corridor outside the door. Yun Chuxiu was a little curious, and looked at Yuan Suiyun and said, "I thought swordsmen rarely did such a show. Don't they always look down on these material possessions?"

Hearing this, Xiao Donglou coughed twice. Yun Chuxiu's expression immediately changed, and he leaned on his master's shoulder and said, "A master must have a good appearance! If you don't have a carriage with everything, what kind of master are you?"

"You." Xiao Donglou reached out and tapped his forehead. But Jellyfish Yin Ji had already withdrawn her gaze and started eating the snacks in front of her without much interest. Seeing that she had lost interest, Gong Nanyan also turned around and obediently picked up a piece of vegetarian food for her with chopsticks.

Yuan Suiyun looked at Ye Gucheng standing on the sea of ​​flowers in the middle of the hall downstairs, and couldn't help showing a thoughtful expression. He looked at Ye Gucheng, then at Lu Xiaofeng who was facing away from them, and then he smiled faintly.

(End of this chapter)