67 The sixty-seventh step of the courtier
After so many years, Xianshan Island has already developed into a country of China. In addition to the people in the rivers and lakes, there are also ordinary people, but the folk customs are much stronger than those of Dayu.
Old Madam Xiao was born on Xianshan Island, and now she is one of the most powerful forces on Xianshan Island, so the old lady has the confidence to give Xiao Qiao a well-trained secret guard without thinking about it.
On the way to Qingliu Villa, they saw many people paying attention to them, and they also heard many people's surprisingly loud "whispers".
"It turns out that my grandmother's mother is so powerful!" Hu Li listened to the discussion of people outside, and looked at Xiao Qiao in surprise. Xiao Qiao smiled and nodded, he also knew about Qingliu Villa from Xia Ling's mouth.
As one of the first major forces to land on Xianshan Island, Qingliu Mountain Villa has been standing for many years, and there have been several martial arts alliance leaders, and its prestige on Xianshan Island is extremely high.
That's why they whispered all the way around. They hadn't seen the guest Luo Liu, the chief steward of Qingliu Mountain Villa, personally come out to greet him, and the key was that this guest was not a famous person from other factions.
"The two young masters don't know that in a few days it will be the martial arts conference once every ten years, so there are a lot of people coming and going these days." Luo Liu sat next to the carriage door and said with a smile, "The old lady hasn't come back for a long time, and most of the young people now don't recognize Fairy Qiongying who dominated Xianshan Island back then. ”
"You can't hold the door with this mouth!" The old lady laughed, and then explained to Xiao Qiao, Hu Li, and Xiao's father, who was already stunned, "Before I went to the imperial city, I didn't expect that I wouldn't come back for so long. ”
"The old lady is not coming back now." Luo Liu smiled and laughed, "Mama Yu was a well-known heroine under the old lady. ”
Mama Yu's face flushed, and she snorted, "Okay, you Luo Liu, you even arranged the old lady, be careful that I tear your mouth." ”
Luo Liu smiled and didn't speak, when the old lady took Mama Yu to get married, he was only a six-year-old child, and he actually had no impression of what happened at the beginning.
Qingliu Villa occupies the best part of Xianshan City in the inner city of Xianshan City, and the huge mountain villa even divides a mountain range connected to Xianshan City.
"Old lady, it's here." The carriage entered Qingliu Villa without any hindrance, and Hu Li leaned on the carriage window and looked at the scenery outside, looking left and right curiously.
The old lady is also a hometown timid, and there was a trace of hesitation in her heart when she got out of the carriage, and before the various feelings in her heart emerged, an old man in good spirits walked quickly, "Second sister, I haven't seen you for many years, but are you okay?" ”
The old lady was shocked, looked up at the visitor, and her lips trembled, "Little brother." ”
"Quick, get inside." The old man personally came over to help the old lady, his eyes were slightly red.
Not to mention how the old lady and this uncle and grandfather hugged their heads and cried, telling the joys and sorrows of these years. After entering the house, Xiao Qiao and Hu Li, as well as Xiao's father, were led by their subordinates to the courtyards where they lived.
Father Xiao was a little tired and went to rest first, Xiao Qiao and Hu Li are now physically and mentally strong, and they will not have the same fatigue as Father Xiao. Seeing that it was still early, he asked his subordinates to lead them to familiarize themselves with Qingliu Villa.
The once-in-a-decade martial arts conference is hosted by Qingliu Villa this time, because the current leader of the martial arts alliance is the owner of Qingliu Villa, that is, the eldest son of their uncle, their eldest uncle.
So now there are a lot of martial arts people living in the courtyard in front of Qingliu Villa, and they are not like the sons of the family in the imperial city, and they are at most fighting together. When they got together, it was a real sword, Xiao Qiao and Hu Li just walked to the martial arts field, so they stopped and looked.
The two in the field fought inseparably, but in the eyes of Xiao Qiao and Hu Li, they were full of flaws, but even so, the two watched it with relish.
"These two are the second sons of the Qingshui Zhai family, and the other is the eldest disciple of the three elders of the Ningshan Sect, and they are all outstanding in this generation." Leading them is Luo Liu's son Luo Ming, Luo Ming is also the number one person in Qingliu Villa, most of the people in the martial arts field know him, and they all nodded when they saw them.
"Better?" Hu Li looked at Luo Ming in surprise, is this level? Brother Xiao only began to contact martial arts at sixteen, and he probably had their level before he came into contact with cultivation.
"Exactly, what questions does the young master have about the little cousin?" Luo Ming nodded and looked at Hu Li suspiciously. Hu Li shook his head again and again, "It's nothing, it's just a little surprised." ”
Xiao Qiao clenched his hands into fists and chuckled lightly over the corners of his mouth, "Let's go, let's go and take a look elsewhere." ”
"Oh, yes!" Hu Li nodded, and Luo Ming continued to walk forward with them, but after a few people in the martial arts field watched them walk away, they began to guess their identities.
It's really Xiao Qiao and Hu Li wearing wide-sleeved robes, delicate and gorgeous, and noble, but they don't look like children of the rivers and lakes. Even if they are not wearing strong suits, most of their clothes are narrow-sleeved and slim-fitting robes, rather than their delicate wide-sleeved robes that look like they are handed down by dignitaries.
"Maybe it's from across the sea." A man holding a folding fan looked at their backs casually, "Maybe I'm here to see the martial arts conference." ”
"Well, forget it, let's move on." The son of the big boss of Qingshui Village smiled and waved his hand, "I have long wanted to learn Brother Liu's tricks." ”
The man with my folding fan smiled and took two steps forward, "That's what I mean." ”
"Well, they were wrong, we didn't come to see the martial arts conference." Hu Li walked and suddenly said, "When we left, we didn't know there was a martial arts conference." ”
"Well, they were wrong." Xiao Qiao nodded with a smile, and glanced at Luo Ming, who was shocked, although he didn't care what others thought of him, he didn't want to be called a powerless person and cause some trouble.
Luo Ming's expression was even more respectful, they had already walked such a long distance, but they didn't expect the two young masters to be able to hear the conversation in the field, which showed that they were also people who practiced martial arts.
No matter how big Qingliu Villa was, it was no bigger than the Imperial Palace, so they turned around the main place and returned to the courtyard.
"Ahh I want to take the red halberd to hunt in the mountains behind, Brother Xiao, are you going? After Hu Li went back, he called the red halberd over, and the red halberd followed them all the way, only occasionally flying out to let off steam.
With Hu Li's whistle, the red halberd soon flew over from the back mountain, and Hu Li suddenly glared, "Red halberd, you actually went to the back mountain by yourself, and you didn't call me." ”
"......" Chi Ji silently straightened out his supple feathers, Xiao Qiao smiled and nodded the corners of Hu Li's upturned mouth, "You can compete with an eagle, go, remember to come back early." ”
"Got it." Hu Li wrinkled his nose and took the red halberd to the back mountain.
"Xia Zero." Xiao Qiao sat in the courtyard and knocked on the table top of the stone table, and soon a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, "I've seen the master." ”
"How's going on with the Cold Mountain Pavilion?"
"If you go back to the master, most of the Dizi disciples in the Hanshan Pavilion have already moved over, and there are still about ten people left in the Imperial City except for the few you sent out."
"Well, the affairs of Hanshan Pavilion will be left to you." Xiao Qiao looked up at the clear blue sky and said softly, "In the future, I will take Xiao to take a look at other places, and the affairs of Hanshan Pavilion will definitely not have so much energy." I know you have the ability, if you want, the Pavilion Master of Hanshan Pavilion will be you in the future. ”
"Master!" Xia Ling looked at Xiao Qiao in surprise, Xiao Qiao chuckled, but Xia Ling knew that what the master said was true, but, "No, Hanshan Pavilion is the master, and it will always be the master." If the master wants to go out, the subordinates of the Hanshan Pavilion can help you manage it, but he will never overstep his responsibilities. ”
"That's it, if you regret it one day, you don't have to go through me, you can directly ascend to the position of pavilion master." As he spoke, Xiao Qiao took out a token and put it on the stone table, "This is the Pavilion Master's order, you can take it." ”
"Master, my subordinates said that the pavilion master will always be the master." Xia Ling didn't look at the token, but said in a deep voice, "If the pavilion master can trust his subordinates, he can give his subordinates a token that can act on behalf of the pavilion master." ”
Xiao Qiao looked at Xia Ling for a while, then took back the order of the pavilion master, and put another token that was very similar to him on the stone table, "Go ahead." ”
Xia Ling put the token away, and disappeared into the courtyard in a flash.
Xiao Qiao chuckled, "I can see it clearly." ”
If he wants to take Hu away to see the rest of the world, it is impossible to take Hanshan Pavilion with him all the time. If he wants to live well with Xiaoli in this world, there must be a force, and Hanshan Pavilion is the best choice.
The next day, Xiao Qiao and Hu left to ask the old lady and the old owner of Qingliu Villa, that is, their uncle and grandfather, and went to the village together.
When you come to Xianshan Island, you always have to look around to see it.
Xianshan Island, as the place where the martial arts conference is about to be held, is very lively. Not long after the two left Zhuangzi, they saw several waves of people fighting in the street.
"The people here must be very powerful." Hu Li sat by the window of the teahouse, looking at a team of Tsing Yi and a team of gray men under the teahouse, they should belong to two gangs, I don't know why they fought like black-eyed chickens when they met.
"How?" Xiao Qiao pinched Hu Li's cheek, watched him glare at him a few times, then smiled and gently rubbed him twice.
"You see, we have been out for a while, and we have seen a lot of people wielding guns and sticks, if the people here are not powerful, if they are affected, wouldn't it be easy to worry about their lives?" Hu Li held his cheeks, and his bright eyes were already observing whether the seemingly ordinary passers-by and small stall owners on the street were really as he thought, and they were all powerful.
"You can see it at a glance, but you have to guess." Xiao Qiao took a sip of tea and silently put down the teacup, the tea here was really hard to swallow.
With an expression of "you don't understand this", Hu Li pointed to the people below and said, "If I can see it at a glance, what else does it mean." Brother Xiao, you are so knowledgeable, you must know that mysterious things can lead people to explore. ”
Xiao Qiao couldn't cry or laugh, but watching Hu Li watch the two people fighting outside with full interest, he didn't disturb his interest.
Soon, the following two people started to move, and the shopkeeper of the teahouse was accustomed to it, just let the bookkeeper take a good look at how many things were broken and how much they were worth, and let them compensate when the time came.
As expected, soon the battle between the two parties spread to the ordinary people on the side, but these ordinary people are used to seeing this kind of thing, and they may not be able to do martial arts, but they are good at running.
Stunned, no one was hurt! 166 Reading Network