Li Ziqiu has a knife, a strange knife, and it is also a sharp treasure knife. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is one foot and six inches long, shorter than the regular Tang knife, the blade is four inches wide, the knife is one inch thick, the tip of the knife is prominent, and the handle is six inches long, which is longer than the general Tang knife. At the end of the handle is a steel chain with a foot and two feet, which is very thin and can usually be hidden in the hollow hilt, so it looks strange. It is said to be a treasure knife because the knife and the chain are made of Damascus steel, which is incomparably sharp, and sharpened like clay, making it a real treasure knife.

Li Ziqiu held a knife in his right hand, his left hand behind his back, and his legs tied to the horse's steps, standing in the yard, pointing at a large poplar tree with a knife. It seemed that he had been standing for a long time, and beads of sweat were running down his cheeks and then into his clothes, and his back was already soaked in a single coat. An eleven or twelve-year-old girl came out of the house wearing goose yellow clothes, tied two long braids, and came out of the house with a bowl in her hand, and came to Ziqiu's side, "Brother, you drink some water and practice again", Li Ziqiu was silent, the girl pouted, and went back with the bowl.

After a while, a woman's voice came from the house, "Okay, the time has come, go back to the house quickly", Li Ziqiu put away the knife, picked up his clothes and wiped his sweat, moved his numb legs, and walked towards the house. A woman in her fifties came out of the house and asked for the knife in Li Ziqiu's hand, but Li Ziqiu turned the knife behind her back and did not give it. The woman smiled and wiped Li Ziqiu's sweat, "My son is really sensible, come into the house and drink some water, you can see so much sweat!" , Li Ziqiu said to the woman as he walked: "Mother, I promised my father that I would stand on the pile for half an hour every day, it's okay, today is half an hour?" You talked about the time yesterday, I look at the hourglass, it is clearly less than half an hour", the woman was a little embarrassed, "My son, today is enough, how can my mother lie to you", the woman said so, in fact, last night the woman had asked the next person to adjust the hourglass faster, how can a seven-year-old child last half an hour, and complained to her husband for a while, really, why let her son stand for half an hour, won't you talk for a while? Really.

Li Ziqiu didn't know that his mother had already made the hourglass, and he was very happy to see that the hourglass had been drained. He drank a bowl of cold warm water, picked up the knife cloth and wiped the knife carefully. This knife was a birthday gift from Li Benyuan on Li Ziqiu's birthday last year. Li Ziqiu has liked his father's knife since he was sensible, Li Benyuan is good at knife skills, and a thickened Tang knife makes it superb, and he has few opponents in Wuwei.

Wang saw that his son had finished practicing knife techniques, so he asked the third daughter to watch Ziqiu rest for a while before going to write big characters. Let the maid rearrange the house, and her heart will be a little more settled. Somehow, I slept very restlessly last night, and in the haze it seemed that my husband had returned, and I woke up to know that it was a dream. My husband has been out for two months, and it stands to reason that he should be back in the next few days. I guess it's because I'm thinking too much that I'm dreaming. Just about to go to bed and rest for a while, a maid came to report, "Madam, Mr. Ning is back, I want to see you in front."

Wang was stunned, Ning Zihan came back, why didn't she come back with her husband. "Let him come over," Wang and Ning Zihan did not see each other. Soon, Ning Zihan came from the front yard to the backyard, and when Wang looked at it, his heart was chuckled, Ning Zihan was already thin, and he was almost out of shape. His beard was messy, his hair was messy, and his clothes were dirty.

"What's going on?" Without waiting for Ning Zihan to speak, Wang had already stood up and looked at Ning Zihan, an ominous premonition enveloped her. Ning Zihan glanced at Wang, his face was gloomy, and he said very calmly: "Madam, the master ordered me to come back, let Madame take the son and the young lady, pack up the softness, and go to Wuzhuang Temple in Dongcheng to live temporarily." Hearing that her husband was fine, Wang relieved herself, "What's wrong, how can you be in such a hurry?" ”。“ Don't ask too much, Madame, you'll understand when you get to Wuzhuangguan! Ning Zihan said.

The Wang family has followed Li Benyuan for many years, and when Li Benyuan sat on the ground to share the spoils, the Wang family also worried about him all day long. Seeing that Ning Zihan didn't say anything, it was expected that there must be something big. Let the maid pack up her finesse and prepare the clothes for her son and third daughter. Ning Zihan said: "After Madam packs up, you can go to the front yard to find me, and I will go to the front yard to deal with some things." Wang looked at Ning Zihan with a solemn expression, and his heart twitched inexplicably.

Ning Zihan found the housekeeper Lao Liao, "Lao Liao, the master still has some things outside, let me come back to temporarily manage the affairs of the family, and I will accompany my wife to Wuzhuang to view the incense in a while, and stay at the Yuelai Inn in Dongcheng tonight, you are optimistic about the house", "Mr. Ning, you can rest assured, when will the master come back" The housekeeper Lao Liao agreed with a smile. He knew that Ning Zihan was Li Benyuan's staff, Li Benyuan trusted Ning Zihan very much, Ning Zihan was usually the top half of the master here, and Lao Liao didn't dare to be presumptuous to Ning Zihan.

Let the subordinates prepare the carriage, and when the Wang family came out with Li Ziqiu and the third lady Li Mochou, Ning Zihan rode a horse and took two family guards to escort him, and went straight to Wuzhuang Temple in Dongcheng.

Li Ziqiu in the carriage asked, "Why do you suddenly want to go to Wuzhuang Temple, mother?" Wang hugged Li Ziqiu and said, "It was arranged by your father, I don't know why, Mr. Ning will tell us later." Li Ziqiu didn't like the Qingfeng Dao Chang of Wuzhuang Temple very much. This old Taoist priest often teased himself. Since he can remember, Mr. Ning often takes his son to Wuzhuang Temple, the old Taoist Qingfeng with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, said that he taught himself martial arts, but every time he teased himself, until now, he has not taught himself a little martial arts, every time he talks to his father, his father laughs, or let himself follow Mr. Ning to visit the old Taoist. However, the two Taoist boys, Xiantao and Jinxiu, are very close to playing with themselves, and the two Taoist children also hate Qingfeng Daochang very much, but because he is a master, he doesn't dare to speak out, so many years, I haven't learned any skills.

Ning Zihan's heart actually hung all the time, and it wasn't until he entered the Wuzhuang Temple that he let go of his heart. Although Li Benyuan has not done businessless business for more than ten years, who dares to guarantee that there is no enemy staring at it. This time Li Benyuan had an accident, let's not talk about revenge, in case the other party plotted to kill Li Benyuan's family, after Ning Zihan came out of the Gobi Desert, he kept rushing home all the time, just to protect Li Ziqiu's mother and son as soon as possible, he now no one believes it except for the Qingfeng Dao chief of Wuzhuang Temple.

Ning Zihan knows Qingfeng very well, as long as he enters the Wuzhuang Temple, he believes that the Qingfeng Daoist will protect Li Ziqiu's mother and son, and he can see that although the Qingfeng Daoist always teases Li Ziqiu, he must have some relationship with Li Ziqiu, and even established this Wuzhuang Temple for Li Ziqiu.

The current Wuzhuang Temple is not the original five broken houses, Li Benyuan paid for the expansion of the Wuzhuang Temple into a Taoist temple with two courtyards, not only the main hall, but also the side hall. Therefore, there are now seven or eight Taoist priests in the temple who are responsible for taking care of this Taoist temple, and there is no problem at all by arranging Li Ziqiu's mother and son.

As soon as Li Ziqiu and the others arrived at the door, Qingfeng Dao Chang came out, Ning Zihan was just about to speak, Qingfeng Dao Chang waved his hand, "Xiantao, you arranged for Mrs. Li's family to live in the side hall in the backyard", Wang took Li Ziqiu's sister and brother to get out of the car, and gave a salute to Qingfeng Dao Chang, and after Qingfeng politely returned the salute, he took Ning Zihan to the main hall in the front yard.

Ning Zihan was just about to open his mouth to talk to Qingfeng, but Qingfeng Dao Chang stretched out his hand to stop Ning Zihan, "You take the pill at this moment first and save your life!" There was tea on the table, and Ning Zihan was not polite, took the black pill from Qingfeng's hand, drank the tea, and drank it. Qingfeng said: "Li Benyuan, the killing in the first half of his life was too heavy, there should be this catastrophe, you don't have to thank me, saving your life is also my favor to others."

Ning Zihan looked at Qingfeng and pondered for a while, "Dao Chief, what do you seem to know?" Qingfeng Lao Dao looked at Ning Zihan: "Right and wrong cause and effect have long been determined, I advise you to follow me to learn the Tao", Ning Zihan looked at Qingfeng and sighed, "If the business can go smoothly this time, I have already made up my mind, and I will follow you to learn the Tao when I come back, but now I'm afraid it won't work, I want to send Ben Yuan's family back to my hometown, and I will talk about learning the Tao later", Qingfeng Dao Chang was not reluctant. "In my Wuzhuang view, you can rest assured" After speaking, he went back to his room.

Ning Zihan calmed down for a while, and felt a surge of heat in his abdomen, which slowly spread to his whole body, knowing that the medicine of Qingfeng Dao Chang was working. My spirit is also much better. Then he walked towards the apse. In the wing room of the apse, Wang took his son and daughter to sit on the couch, and when he arrived, Wang calmed down.

Ning Zihan came to the door of the wing room and asked Xiantao to leave, after Wang heard the footsteps outside, he had already opened the door, Ning Zihan walked into the house without saying a word, looked at the two children, and Wang waited for Ning Zihan to speak. Ning Zihan glanced at Li Ziqiu again, this child has been eight years old for a few years, and he should be sensible, thinking of this, Ning Zihan knelt on the ground with a normal sound, with tears in his eyes: "Sister-in-law, the eldest brother has passed away", Wang felt a "buzz" in his head, his eyes were black, and he came later, Li Ziqiu and Li Mochou hurriedly supported their mother, the two children were stunned, and they didn't know what to do, Ning Zihan hurriedly carried Wang to the couch with the two children, Li Mochou rubbed his chest for his mother, and it took a while for Wang to breathe a sigh of relief and cry bitterly!

The two children also cried, and Ning Zihan also shed tears, asking the mother and son to vent their cries for a while, and Ning Zihan persuaded Wang to stop crying, and told Wang the details of the accident in 1510. After Li Ziqiu cried, a strong thought of revenge rose in his heart, so he listened carefully on the side.

The goods transported by Li Benyuan this time were the smuggled goods of the Hexi Assassin General Shi Helan's Mansion, General Helan was the commander of the Hexi Army, and his power was monstrous, and he was the emperor of the soil in this Longyou Road, and he had contacts with the surrounding countries in private. This batch of iron and grain was traded with the Turks, and it had been traded before, but this time the amount was relatively large. It is not the first time that Li Benyuan has delivered goods to the General's Mansion, and there are also people from the General's Mansion in the camel team, and the journey was quite smooth, who knew that he was going to come back, but something happened, judging from the robber's shots, he didn't plan to stay alive at all, he was definitely not an ordinary robber, Ning Zihan suspected that he was the object of this business, and the Turkic Dali Khan sent someone to do it.

This time the goods were lost, the general's mansion suffered huge losses, and he would definitely not give up, Li Benyuan's family and family property were likely to be detained by the general's mansion, so Ning Zihan didn't care about his own body and rushed back to the Li mansion to pick up Li Benyuan's wife and children first. Now is not the time to be reasonable, the most important thing at the moment is to save your life. As for revenge, it's even further.

Ning Zihan saw that the Wang family was already able to think about things normally, so he said: "Madam, you and Gongzi and Miss have a little rest here, I will go back to the house to prepare some entanglements, let's leave overnight, now the people in the mansion don't know about the master's affairs, I'm afraid there are also people from the General's Mansion inside, once they know the news, they will report the news, do you think it's okay?" The Wang family also knew that the matter was very serious, and thought for a while: "You can find a way to notify the eldest lady and the second lady, so that they don't know the news in the future", Ning Zihan agreed. Li Ziqiu listened to his mother and Ning Zihan discuss things, and secretly swore in his heart that he would definitely come back, and he must find the murderer who killed his father, he did not further inquire about the situation of the robbers, he knew, it was useless to ask, Ning Zihan would not tell him, unless he grew up, everything was in vain.

Ning Zihan hurriedly returned to the house, and told the housekeeper Lao Liao to take care of the affairs in the house, and the lady took the son and the young lady to the Wuzhuang Temple to incense, and he would come back the day after tomorrow, and he had to pick up the old man back to the house, and for the time being, the affairs in the house were all decided by Lao Liao. Ning Zihan returned to his room and cleaned up his important things, but in fact, there were no important things, mainly some documents for customs clearance, as well as household registration things. Usually, these things are managed by Ning Zihan, but now they have to escape overnight, and these things still have to be used on the road. The eldest lady and the second lady are married to Chang'an people who came here to do business, and they have already gone to Chang'an with their husbands.

Ning Zihan asked for a carriage from the house, and after arriving at Wuzhuang Temple, he sent the two grooms back. Add Wang's carriage, so that there are two carriages. Ning Zihan found Qingfeng Dao Chief, "Qingfeng Dao Chief, the Li family is in trouble, Master Li treats you well, I hope you can help!" Qingfeng Dao Chang looked at Ning Zihan's serious expression, "Could it be that this poor sour knows his identity, this is impossible", "You say, what do you help?" Lao Dao asked.

"You come with me" Ning Zihan took a big bag in his hand and walked towards the apse with the Qingfeng Dao Chief. Lao Dao was very curious, so he followed. Ning Zihan entered the apse, picked up the candlestick from the offering table, and turned to the back of the Buddha statue, Lao Dao became more curious. Seeing Ning Zihan stretching out his hand to grope behind the base of the Buddha statue, and then with a hard effort, he took a piece from the base. A hole leaked out of the base of the Buddha statue, Ning Zihan then followed the hole and opened the back of the Buddha statue piece by piece, and Qingfeng Dao scolded "You are poor, you actually use the Buddha statue to hide treasures."

The front hall of Wuzhuang View is for the "book of the ground", the appearance of a big book. In the hall behind is an image of a Taoist, not a statue of Sanqing, Ning Zihan once asked, Qingfeng didn't say, or Ning Zihan found someone to shape the statue according to the image painted by Qingfeng, but I didn't expect Ning Zihan and Li Benyuan to hide treasures inside. There was a bag full of it, and Ning Zihan couldn't even take it. Qingfeng's eyes straightened when he looked behind him, "You poor sour, you have hidden so many belongings here!"

Ning Zihan said: "I understand the rules, do you divide half of the meeting!" You help me get it to the carriage and divide half of it!" Qingfeng heard that he could divide it in half, and without saying a word, he lifted his pocket and left, and Ning Zihan followed behind. Qingfeng Lao Dao looked chubby, but his strength was really great, and he was carrying a mouthful of gold and silver treasures, as if there was nothing. Seeing Lao Dao enter his room with something, Ning Zihan shook his head and went to ask the Wang family and Ziqiu to set off.

Wang and Li Mochou had a carriage, Li Ziqiu and Ning Zihan had a carriage, Qingfeng Dao Chang came out with two packages, one was put on each cart, Ning Zihan took one, and let Li Mochou take the other. "Sister-in-law, this is the treasure that my eldest brother and I hidden, I can't ask for anything in the house, and when we get to Hebei, we will buy it again." Wang's eyes were full of tears, and he nodded, and that's all. Ning Zihan bowed his hand to Qingfeng Dao Chang and thanked him, "Say goodbye, goodbye!" He found that the Qingfeng Dao Chief's smile was very mysterious, and the Qingfeng Dao Leader also saluted with one hand, "Goodbye!" ”。 Ning Zihan turned his head and walked towards the east gate with two carriages.

Although it was dark, it was not too late, Ning Zihan drove the carriage to an inn near the east gate of Wuwei City, asked for two upper rooms, arranged for Wang and Li Mochou to stay, and shared a room with Li Ziqiu. Tomorrow as soon as the gates are opened, we will set out.

Li Ziqiu held the handle of his knife tightly, pursed his lips and said nothing, Ning Zihan looked at the silent Li Ziqiu, and sighed, this child, although he is usually very pampered, but he is very sensible and kind-hearted, this time such a big thing suddenly happened, needless to say that he is a child, even adults can't stand it. Ning Zihan took out the knife book written by Li Benyuan from his arms, "Ziqiu, this is your father's handwritten knife book, you take it, I don't understand, you practice it yourself, if there is something you don't understand, remember it first, when we get to Hebei, we are looking for guidance from masters, I know, you will not live up to your father's expectations" Ning Zihan was worried that Li Ziqiu would not be able to think about it, so he had to use Li Benyuan's knife book to divert Ziqiu's thoughts. I thought I'd give it to him after I settled down by the river.

Li Ziqiu took the knife book written by his father, and the tears in his eyes dripped down in large numbers, and Li Ziqiu hurriedly wiped the tears that fell on the knife book with his sleeve. Cherished the stroke of the knife, and then tied the thin chain in the handle of his long knife to his right wrist, and then held the handle, stood on the ground, pointed obliquely at the door, his eyes were firm, and if he did not practice his father's knife score, the knife would not leave his hand.

In the morning, several people obviously didn't have a good rest last night, barely had breakfast, and as soon as the city gate opened, Ning Zihan took two carriages out of the city and hit the road.

Not long after they left the city, a black and white donkey carrying a fat Taoist with fairy wind bones also swayed out of the city and chased them down in their direction.