Tyumen,

In the past ten years, Li Qiutong has basically not gone down the mountain again, and now looking at this familiar but somewhat unfamiliar city, Li Qiutong didn't know where to go for a while.

Slowly walking through the familiar bazaar in childhood, now there are mostly some unfamiliar faces, but some old buildings still have some memories, such as the butcher shop in front, the signboard store is the same as it used to be, but the guy who chopped meat is no longer the meat seller at the beginning. After a short walk, Li Qiutong still found his original destination, a bookstore. The signboard in front of me is still the same as before, but the decoration inside is no longer as simple as before, and there seem to be more books of all kinds.

Li Qiutong walked to the store and saw a girl at the front desk, so he asked her directly, "Excuse me, is Tian Baishu still here?"

"Hello, the boss has gone to the east of the city, and he will be back in a while. Shu Luoluo looked up at the young man in front of him and replied politely, although he didn't know the person in front of him, judging from the tone of the other party, he should be an acquaintance of the boss and couldn't be lazy. Thinking like this in his heart, Shu Luoluo took Li Qiutong to the side of the chair and sat down, "Childe, you wait here, the boss should already be on his way back." ”

"Okay, thanks. After Li Qiutong sat down, he picked up the book in his hand and read it.

Tian Baishu is considered a sworn friend of Li Qiutong's childhood, his family runs a bookstore, and he is also a cultural person in Tyumen. On the mainland, although the status of literati is generally inferior to that of martial artists, the knowledge they have is varied and can play a great role in many aspects, so many big families not only require their children and grandchildren to learn martial arts, but also require them to be familiar with all kinds of books, after all, no one wants their children and grandchildren to be just a reckless man who can fight.

Most of the books that Li Qiutong once read were brought to him by Tian Baishu from home, so the relationship between the two is very good, although they haven't seen each other for ten years, but the so-called eldest brother is still a person who impresses Li Qiutong.

However, a very inappropriate voice suddenly interrupted Li Qiutong's memories.

"Hey, little beauty, why don't you go out with your big brother? A striped teenager was teasing Shu Luoluo.

The girl said with a disgusted face: "I'm sorry, if you don't read or buy books, please leave and don't disturb other customers." ”

Wang Ri was obviously unwilling to give up, and seeing that words were useless, he directly waved his hand and asked the two bodyguards behind him to step forward to catch Shu Luoluo.

"What do you want to do, get out of the way, or I'll call someone." Shu Luoluo shouted for help. But there was no one around who wanted to meddle in it.

And the two of them should be warriors, easily grabbed Shu Luoluo's white arm, and were about to exert force, wanting to carry the girl in front of them on their shoulders and take it away, when suddenly a fist appeared in front of the two of them, and before they could react, the two of them had already flown out of the door.

Wang Ri looked at the seemingly ordinary young man in front of him with a frightened expression, and couldn't help but secretly compare in his heart: those two were martial artists sent to him by his father, although they were just getting started, but it was no problem to deal with ordinary people, but they were killed by the person in front of him in seconds. Unless......

"You are a true warrior. Wang Ri looked at the bodyguard outside the door who had not yet gotten up, and his legs couldn't stop shaking. I began to guess in fear: Such a young martial artist must have a big family or a big sect behind him, and his own small family would not dare to provoke a martial artist with a background.

". Li Qiutong didn't want to talk to such a person too much.

Wang Ri didn't dare to say anything more, and with two bodyguards who were still a little dizzy, the three of them quickly fled the bookstore.

"Dear warrior, thank you for saving me. Although Shu Luoluo couldn't believe that his boss knew such a powerful martial artist, it was an indisputable fact that the young man in front of him saved him.

"Nothing, no effort. Although Li Qiutong replied calmly, his heart was not calm at all, after all, he had always wanted to be a hero who acted bravely, and this time he really experienced the feeling of being a hero to save the beauty.

"This feels so cool, it's not in vain for so many years of hard work, in the future, I ......" Li Qiutong, who was having fantasies in his heart, didn't realize that there was a person coming from behind.

"Young man, this hero is really powerful in saving beauty, the poor monk admires it. An old monk with a long white beard, a bare head, and a tattered robe patted Li Qiutong on the shoulder.

He looked back at the old monk who had interrupted him. Li Qiutong was puzzled: "Master, is there something wrong?"

The old monk smiled mysteriously: "Young man, I see that you and I are destined, and I have a good stick, so I will give it to you as a gift." As he spoke, the old monk took out a long stick-like thing wrapped in black cloth from his back and handed it to Li Qiutong.

"This stick is called the Yin Yang Dragon Pattern Stick, I hope you use it well, they will be able to help you in the future. Before Li Qiutong could react, the old monk disappeared with his voice. Only the inexplicable Li Qiutong and the stick in his hand were left.

Holding the long stick in his hand, Li Qiutong heard a familiar voice before he could take a closer look.

"What's the matter, what are so many people doing in front of my store. A man dressed as a scholar walked in, and I saw that he was walking with a big grin, not at all the appearance of a quiet scholar. If it weren't for that outfit, he would be no different from a rough man.

When Shu Luoluo saw the boss coming back, he quickly greeted him and explained what had just happened to Tian Baishu.

"Wang Ri, this bastard, actually took advantage of my absence to tease my woman, and waited for me to trouble him next time. With that, he walked up to Li Qiutong and continued: "Thank you, Your Excellency, for saving Luoluo, Tian will definitely thank you again." ”

When Li Qiutong heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Brother Shu, don't you remember me, I'm Li Qiutong, the kid who used to follow you a lot." ”

"Li Qiutong, you're Li Qiutong, I almost can't recognize you. Tian Baishu was still a little surprised, took a closer look, and really found that it was a little similar.

"I haven't seen you kid for ten years, I thought you were eaten by wolves in the mountains. Let's go in and say. Tian Baishu, who met his childhood friend, was very happy, pulled Li Qiutong, and the two came to the study in the compartment.

"Brother Shu, you have changed a lot, you don't look like a scholar anymore," Li Qiutong quipped.

"If the old man hadn't insisted that I study, I would have learned martial arts a long time ago. By the way, I heard Luoluo say that you are a martial artist, is this true?"

"That's right, after ten years of hard training, I have indeed become a martial artist. ”

"Well done. Tian Baishu said happily that he once dreamed of becoming a martial artist, but due to the constraints of his ancestors' concepts, he failed to pursue his dream like Li Qiutong, and now his brother has become a martial artist, which can be regarded as a comfort to him.

"Boss, it's brewed tea. Shu Luoluo happened to come in with tea.

Tian Baishu took Shu Luoluo's hand, let her sit on his lap, and smiled at Li Qiutong: "Come, introduce to you, this is your sister-in-law Shu Luoluo." ”

Shu Luoluo was a little surprised, her fair little face turned red instantly, and she hurriedly whispered to Tian Baishu: "Didn't you say that you don't talk nonsense about this." ”

Gently scraping Shu Luoluo's nose with his hand, Tian Baishu pointed at Li Qiutong and said proudly: "This is my good brother when I was a child, we have done a lot of bad things together, his name is Li Qiutong, you can call him Xiaotong." ”

Li Qiutong was speechless at this time, he was still fantasizing about Shu Luoluo just now, but he suddenly became his sister-in-law, he hurriedly smiled and said to Shu Luoluo: "Sister-in-law, I was offended just now, please don't care." ”

"Brother Li is polite, if it wasn't for you just now, I would have been taken away by that guy Wang Ri, I should thank you. "Shu Luoluo is not as big as Tian Baishu's heart, the other party is at least a real martial artist, respect is an indispensable thing for a martial artist, she doesn't dare to call the other party Xiaotong directly.

"You are too restrained, Luoluo go and prepare dinner, our brothers will not get drunk tonight. After sending away his fiancée, Tian Baishu continued: "Xiaotong, you should not just come to me to talk about the past, but to say something." ”

Li Qiutong didn't beat around the bush, and said straight to the point: "Brother Shu, that's the case, grandpa asked me to go to Tang Kingdom to find someone before leaving, I don't know the route very well, so I'm here to ask you." ”

As soon as Tian Baishu heard it, he probably understood, this guy was a well-known road idiot when he was a child, and people who hadn't been to the surrounding areas of Tyumen City had never been to much, and if he wanted to go to the Tang Kingdom, it was estimated that he could get out of the Song Kingdom. A map was pulled out of the bookcase and spread it out on the table. Tian Baishu pointed to the location of the Song Kingdom and said, "To go from the Song Kingdom to the Tang Kingdom, there are two roads, from the south or from the north. I suggest going from the south, because the currency in the north is different from the south, and it is more difficult to exchange enough Tianqin coins in the south, while relying on the paper money of the Song Kingdom can easily exchange the currencies of other southern countries, so it will be relatively convenient to go from the south. As for the distance, it's all about the same. ”

Looking at this clearly marked map, Li Qiutong is probably clear about the route, after all, the map drawn by his grandfather before is really not something that ordinary people can understand.

Seeing that Li Qiutong had a preliminary understanding, Tian Baishu continued: "In view of your sense of direction, I suggest that you can follow the caravan, the caravan transporting goods sometimes recruits a certain number of warriors to protect the goods along the road, it just so happens that the caravan of the Lin family is in Tyumen City, I am quite familiar with them, you go to Jiangnan City with them, and then find a caravan to go abroad, you should be able to reach the Tang Kingdom smoothly." ”

Li Qiutong also had self-knowledge, if he set off alone, he didn't know if he could get out of the Song Kingdom, so he agreed to this suggestion immediately.

"Since it's no problem, let's go to dinner, your sister-in-law should be almost ready. ”

Then the two came to the kitchen, and Shu Luoluo had already prepared a rich meal.

"Our brother hasn't seen each other for ten years, and he will definitely not get drunk tonight. ”

"Okay, Brother Shu" said, and the two of them raised their glasses and drank the wine in the glass.

Although Li Baicao loves to drink, Li Qiutong rarely drinks, not because Li Baicao refuses to let him, but because his alcohol consumption is so poor, basically a glass of ale wine, Li Qiutong's consciousness will be completely out of the control of the brain.

So the next moment, Li Qiutong collapsed on the dinner table, unconscious.