Uncle Craftsman asked, "Then did your father bury you?"

Uncle Wang shook his head, tears flashed in his eyes, and said: "When I went home, I was also thinking about how the old man would bury himself, after all, I went out for two years, and finally went home with two catties of pork heads, which was really embarrassing." I originally thought that no matter what he said, I would be silent, swallow it all, and endure it for a while. But I didn't expect my dad to say anything when he saw me, he hugged me tightly and patted me on the shoulder, and I wanted to slap myself twice.

"In the end, it is the blood related relatives, the father who has raised me for 20 years, and the strict father who buried me for fear that I will suffer outside in the future, he does all this and says all this for my good. Is it just because I bury a person? That's too boring, the old man is all for me, but I don't know anything, and I'm still worried about how to face him when I get home, but I don't know how many times my father and mother shed tears for me every night, how many times I was not at home during the New Year's holidays, and there were only two or three so-so dishes on the table, but I wondered if I was suffering and starving at this moment. At that time, I really felt like a brute, a beast that was inferior to pigs and dogs. ”

Seeing Uncle Wang so sad, Uncle Craftsman hurriedly persuaded: "Uncle Wang, don't be like this. ”

Uncle Wang waved his hand and continued: "My mother is not like my father, she still has to hold it, she cried directly, hugged me, and kept asking me where I have been in the past two years. I really deserve to die, that's what I thought when I saw my mother's tears, but I haven't seen me for two years, my father and mother are still in their prime, but the hair on their heads is already gray and black. ”

"I know that they are not tired, but because they think about it, and it is all because of me, an unfilial son. I didn't care about any bullshit at the time, so I knelt down in front of the two of them and kowtowed three times. ”

Xu Daoyun asked, "Then later, you stayed in this village?"

Uncle Wang nodded: "Yes, at that time, I found out that the air in the village is lighter outside, the water in the village is sweeter than outside, the birds in the village are more pleasant than the outside, and the fruits that can be seen everywhere in the village are more delicious than the outside." In short, everything here is better than outside, and after staying outside for a long time, I really want to be homesick, and then I stayed here and learned the craft of raising horses that my father didn't learn when I was a kid with a whip, and supported myself. ”

He touched the tears that flowed unconsciously, waved his hand and smiled: "Oh, oops, where are you going, aren't you two going to buy horses, what's the matter, the horses in my stable can be returned?"

Xu Daoyun said with a smile: "The ancestral craftsmanship is of course impeccable. He walked back and forth in front of the stables, and although he did not know horses, he had developed some eyesight over the years, and pointed to the seventh and eighth black-haired horses, and said, "Well, I want these two, and the limbs and hooves are thicker, so they must be fast!"

"Hahaha, there is vision. Uncle Wang stepped forward and said with a smile: "These two horses are indeed good horses, they can't travel thousands of miles a day, but they can travel seven hundred miles a day, and it is absolutely no problem to use them to hurry. ”

Uncle Wang took out the two black horses and handed the reins to Xu Daoyun and the others.

Xu Daoyun smiled and said, "Uncle Wang, how much silver are these two horses?"

Before Uncle Wang could speak, Uncle Craftsman reminded again: "The boss lady said that you should give a fair price, and you can't kill their pigs." ”

Syllable!

Uncle Wang unceremoniously patted Uncle Zi on the head and scolded: "I know, I know, nag, I am really grateful to the two sons, how can I do such a conscientious thing, don't you say?"

"Yes!" Xu Daoyun nodded with Tie Niu.

"Listen. Uncle Wang draped the white scarf over his shoulders, paced back and forth for two steps, gritted his teeth and said, "In this way, these two horses are combined, and you can give five taels of silver." ”

Xu Daoyun took out five taels of broken silver from his arms and handed it to Uncle Wang, saying, "Uncle Wang, this is five taels of silver, you have collected it." ”

Uncle Wang took the silver taels, and he didn't count them, he just nodded and stuffed them into his arms, and said with a smile: "In this way, I will give you another pair of horse harnesses." ”

"That's so embarrassing. ”

"Oh, it's okay, what's polite to Uncle Wang, besides, sell horses and don't send horse harness, let Liu Yatou know, and specify to make trouble with me endlessly, haha, you guys are waiting for me." Uncle Wang waved his hand, ran into the house and ran out again not long after, came out with two finely embroidered harnesses, and said with difficulty: "Little brother, craftsman, come and help." ”

Xu Daoyun clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay." Then he turned over and got on his horse, grabbed the reins, hugged his fists and said, "Uncle Craftsman, Uncle Wang, let's go first." ”

Uncle Wang nodded and said, "Okay, go slowly." ”

Uncle Craftsman said: "Go early and come back early, remember to come back to see us, the proprietress said that she would hold a banquet for you." ”

Xu Daoyun asked, "What kind of banquet?"

Uncle Craftsman shook his head: "I don't know, but I remember that the proprietress said that, she said that she was going to hold a banquet for you, so I don't forget to tell you to remember to come back." ”

Xu Daoyun glanced at Tie Niu and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll write it down." Uncle Craftsman, we will definitely come back if we have the chance, so let's leave first and say goodbye. ”

With that, he flicked the reins and turned the horse's head away from the stable, followed by the iron ox.

Uncle Jiang watched them disappear at the intersection and asked, "Uncle Wang, will you come when my proprietress holds a banquet?"

Uncle Wang said angrily: "Cut, isn't this, if you don't invite me, I'll come here." ”

Uncle Craftsman smiled: "Please, of course please, I'll come over to invite you." ”

Uncle Wang asked: "Listen to you, it's upside down, what kind of banquet, there are a lot of words without a beginning or an end." Okay, let's not talk about this, go into the house to eat, I bought two catties of sauce beef today, it's cheap for you kid. ”

"Ah, sauced beef?" Uncle Craftsman was stunned, immediately smiled, trotted two steps to follow Uncle Wang's side, hehe smirked: "Hehe, I like to eat sauced beef the most, and the proprietress often makes it for me, but her sauced beef is different from Uncle Wang's, the taste is lighter, I can't get used to it, or Uncle Wang's sauced beef." ”

"Oh, then why don't you make Liu Yatou taste heavier?" Uncle Wang wondered.

"I... I don't dare..."

Uncle Wang's tears of laughter were about to come out, patted the shoulder of Uncle Craftsman, who was half a head taller than him, and sneered: "The person you gave birth to is tall and big, and you are actually afraid of a little woman, and you don't even dare to say that the taste of sauce beef is not strong enough, it's really..."

Uncle Jiangzi shook his head and said seriously: "No, I didn't tell her that the sauce beef was too light because I was afraid of her." ”

Uncle Wang was curious: "It's not that I'm afraid, why is that?"

Uncle Craftsman frowned and said, "It's because of Xiao Bao'er." ”

"What does it have to do with Xiao Bao'er, oh my mother, it's really tiring to talk to you, one day I must teach you to read and write, otherwise I have to drink half a jar of water every time I talk to you, it's too tiring. Uncle Wang was a little devastated, and he experienced such a situation almost every day.

"It's Dr. Ma. ”

Uncle Wang simply stopped complaining, and patiently asked, "What's wrong with Dr. Ma?"

"A few months ago, when I came back from the dyeing workshop, I saw Dr. Ma talking to Aunt Li, and I went over to listen to it, and I realized that they were talking about Xiaoqing. ”

"Hmm. Uncle Wang nodded, waiting for him to continue.

Uncle Craftsman said: "Xiaoqing is sick, Aunt Li went to Dr. Ma to prescribe medicine, and then Dr. Ma said that the children should pay attention to what they eat, not too salty, not too spicy, and lighter." I remembered it, and went back to tell the proprietress that she rarely put salt in her cooking, and the sauce beef was also very light. ”

Uncle Wang smiled: "You are thoughtful, and you have fulfilled the grievances of others." ”

"No grievances, no grievances. Uncle Craftsman shook his head: "The boss lady is good to me, every time I have to eat two big bowls before I go to the dyeing workshop to work, give me a lot of money every month to buy what I like to eat, hehe, I will buy it and eat with Uncle Wang." ”

"Then I'm bare, stinky boy. Uncle Wang slapped Uncle Craftsman's head and said with a smile: "Your head, although it is filled with stones, is not bad and quite pleasing." ”

......

The two of them walked along the forest path, and walked for half an hour before they saw the official road avenue, at this time the heat was in full swing, the sound of cicadas in the forest was loud, and the cool breeze was blowing slowly, but it was relaxed and comfortable.

Xu Daoyun let out a sigh and said with a smile: "Ouch, I finally came out." ”

Tie Niu smiled and said, "Big brother, I'm thirsty." ”

Xu Daoyun untied the gourd and threw it to him, leaned back, lay on the horse's back, and swayed forward.

......

More than 20 days later, Xu Daoyun and the others finally came to Qingping Mansion, one of the 81 mansions in Jiangzhou. This is a place where the real heroes gather, with outstanding people and a very large area.

The city is fifty miles from east to west, forty-seven miles from north to south, from north to south, and is surrounded by water on three sides.

The scale and prosperity of Qingping Mansion are enough to make people jaw-dropping, the house is divided into 110 squares by a total of 22 streets in the vertical and horizontal eighteen and 14, each square is equipped with private houses, official residences, restaurants, temples and Taoist temples.

There are also two cities, east and west, gathering Jiangzhou exotic customs and treasures, a dazzling array of everything.

In addition, there are four major canals in the city, namely Longshou, Qingming, Leping and Dianle, which lead the Sihe River branch into the city.

In addition, Yangshan Temple, Xuandu Temple, Qinglong Temple, Dongyu Academy, Jinzhen Yu Family, Renyi Xu Family and other sects or power sects, can be described as a group of heroes and gatherings.

The two led their horses into the city, and their eyes were completely attracted by the tall buildings of Qingping Mansion, the eaves of the flying buildings, and the bustling and lively.

Xu Daoyun sighed: "It is worthy of Qingping Mansion, this way, I don't know how many people have heard Qingping Mansion say that it is good, and my ears are calloused. ”

Tie Niu said: "Big brother, what do you think of the comparison between Qingping Mansion and Qingping County?"

Xu Daoyun said with a smile: "The world is far away, and the sky is hanging from the world. ”

Iron Bull nodded, "I think so too." ”

The two were wandering around the city, Xu Daoyun asked the owner of the tea shop for directions, only to learn that the Yun Wei Division of Qingping Mansion was set up in Lan Kwai Fong in the east of the city, so he immediately rushed over.

The Yunwei Division of Qingping County is not set up in the city, but in Wunanfeng outside the city. The Yunwei Division of Qingping Mansion is set up in the city, covering an area of a lot, and there are more than 20 large and small pavilions, which are also magnificent and mighty.

Xu Daoyun and the others showed their waist cards to enter the Yunwei Division, and the disciples in charge of receiving them arranged accommodation, and then waited in the main hall.

After a while, a man in a red suit walked over and asked, "Two, what is the matter with the Yunwei Division of Qingping Mansion?"

Xu Daoyun said: "The two of us are here to participate in the selection of the Miaoxuanmen. ”

"Do you have a letter of recommendation?" the man asked.

"Yes. Xu Daoyun took out a letter from Shen Hongliang from the Qiankun bag.

The man nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you to the Chief Banner Master." ”

The general flag master is a position that only the Red Flag Guard level of the Cloud Guard Division will have, and the position is divided into Red Flag Guard, Small Flag Leader, Chief Flag Leader, and Commander from low to high.

The two of them followed the Red Banner guard to a three-story pavilion, went up to the second floor, knocked on the door of a room, and a woman's voice came from inside, "Come in." ”

Chiqiwei pushed open the door and walked in, arching his hand and said: "Chen Zongqi, they are the small banner masters of Qingping County, and they have come to participate in the Xuanmen election. ”

Chen Zongqi, who was reading the case file, raised his head, revealing a delicate and moving face, glanced at Xu Daoyun and Tie Niu, and said, "What's your name?"

"Xu Daoyun. ”

"Iron Bull. ”

Chen Zongqi nodded, "My name is Chen Rui, I am the chief banner master of the Yunwei Division of Qingping Mansion, if you can pass the Xuanmen recruitment, you can be directly promoted to the Red Banner Guard, all new people need to complete a task, I happen to have an important matter at hand, so I will give you to do it." ”

Xu Daoyun secretly rolled his eyes, thinking to himself why he happened to have a tricky task every time he came? Although he was extremely reluctant in his heart, he still nodded and said, "Please show the flag master." ”

Chen Rui leaned back on the wooden chair, his graceful curves were undoubtedly revealed, his red lips opened lightly, and he said: "Seven days ago, a heavy fog broke out in Luming Mountain, and the people in the nearby villages suddenly went crazy. ”

"In the past few days, several more people have gone missing, and one of the most recently missing spies is named Qiu Zhi, who kept vigil at the foot of Luming Mountain two days ago, and changed the guard after dawn but could not find him. Although Luming Mountain is big, it is not difficult to find someone, unless you ......"

She didn't continue to talk about this, Xu Daoyun thought for a while, and asked, "Lord Banner, how should I act?"

Chen Rui said: "Investigate this matter thoroughly, and the people of the Pure Heaven Sect will also rush to Luming Mountain one after another." ”

Xu Daoyun asked, "Is there a time limit?"

Chen Rui asked rhetorically: "How many days are there to recruit for the Zhongmiao Xuanmen?"

Xu Daoyun replied: "Today is not counted, it is exactly seven days." ”

"Okay, then take seven days as the time limit, if you can investigate the matter thoroughly, there will be a reward, if you can't, there will be a punishment. ”

Xu Daoyun sighed and asked again: "Mr. Chen, I don't know if there is a map?"

Chen Rui bowed his head and asked the Red Flag Guard to take Xu Daoyun and the others to order the map.

After taking them away, Chen Rui said to himself: "It's the Qi Refining Realm at such a young age, and this time my Legalist family has two more talents." ”