Chapter 14 Meet Xiao Ke

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One morning, the boat arrived at Yiyang Grand Wharf after several twists and turns. Boss Jiang asked his wife to guard the boat, took the three men to the shore, bought a chicken and a bottle of wine, took them to the Wei Gong Temple on the shore, took out a sharp knife from his arms, and killed the chicken. The blood of the chicken was sprinkled in the niche, three glasses of wine were poured into the niche, and then three pillars of incense were burned and three heads were kowtowed. After finishing the matter, he walked out of the temple with the dead chicken, and went to the stall to buy a dozen oil bowls of lambs, as well as some daily necessities and vegetables. Lu Gong asked who was the Bodhisattva in the Wei Gong Temple? Boss Jiang said as he walked: "Gong Wei, he is from Baoqing, Shaoyang, and he specially puts a row on the river, and what Nanzhu and wood are tied down the river." It's really a legend, do you want to hear it? "Of course they want to hear it. Boss Jiang said.

Legend has it that during the Tongzhi period, when the Duke of Wei drove a platoon from Baoqing through the Yiyang Wharf, as usual, these platoons had to settle down here, and only after going ashore to a gang on the wharf could they send the goods or platoons to Hankou or other downstream wharves. But Wei Gong was a little arrogant, so he didn't do this, and went directly through the Yiyang Grand Pier. Angry and shouting, it didn't help. This paid off, Wei Gong's behavior offended the boss of Yiyang Ankou. They said that they would all be like Wei Gong, and they would not come under his influence, how would the people on the Yiyang Wharf live, and they would eat with their children. How to do it, you must cure him.

The idea must be, they invited a local shaman, gave some silver, invited a meal and wine, and offered him for those days, as long as the Wei Gong who put the row passed by, he asked the priest to cast a spell.

When the Duke of Wei passed by the Yiyang Grand Wharf again, the shaman began to practice on the shore. I saw that he thrust a long flat pole in his hand into the water by the river, and Wei Gong's defecation was like a nail in the heart of the river, and he couldn't move no matter how hard he tried, so he only turned around in place. Wei Gong looked towards the shore and saw a person wearing a Taoist robe waving his hands by the river, as if he kept chanting a mantra in his mouth, and shouted in his heart: "It's not good, someone is doing it." He told everyone not to panic, and instructed them to stand in the south, east, west, and northwest directions, just hold the bamboo pole in their hands and put it in the water, and raise their luck by themselves. Seeing a whirlwind rising on the surface of the river, he jumped lightly from the row to the shaman, and patted him lightly on the shoulder seven times with great speed, saying, "Admire, you are polite!" ”

The shaman suddenly felt a tingling sensation all over his body, and his heart was shocked, realizing that he had met a master and had been tricked. When Wei Gong turned around and jumped up the platoon, he said to the others, "The road is one foot high, the magic is one foot high, I have to go back and get something to deal with him." Seven invisible nails had been struck in his body. When he got home, he hurriedly said to his wife; "I met a master today, there are seven nails on my body, and the only way to resolve it is for you to steam me in a steamer for thirty-seven twenty-one hours, otherwise, my seven nails will not come out."

His wife was shocked and hastened to do so. Just when she waited until there was still the last hour left, because of the heartache for her husband, she thought that it was impossible for a living person to be steamed for so long, and if she continued to steam it, she was afraid that the bones would be steamed, so she couldn't help but open the cover.

Speaking of which, when she got to the side of the boat, Boss Jiang's wife called Boss Jiang on the boat, and she was so happy that she held up a fish, saying that it was the fish she had just caught. When they listened with relish, they suddenly lost Boss Jiang's next words, and were interrupted by his wife at the critical moment. What's all the fuss about seeing too many fish? Lu Gong said to Boss Jiang, what happened later? Boss Jiang said, and then there will be later, and I will tell you after I finish cooking. After saying that, he threw the chicken to his wife, and said that he would improve the food today and let them eat to their heart's content.

The three young men cut the fish, pulled the chicken feathers, washed the rice, washed the vegetables, and listened to the story of Boss Jiang after the stomach was warm at night.

Boss Jiang saw that they were all busy, so he asked them if they still wanted to hear it, of course they wanted to hear it, Boss Jiang lit a cigarette and said again.

2The shaman's wife lifted the lid and was glad to see that he was still alive, and she saw that her husband had seven small red flesh thorns on his shoulders, and a hot mist was rising from his body, and when she was about to pull it out, the shaman stretched out his hand to stop her, and looked up to the sky and sighed, "I have no power to return to heaven, the hour has not yet come, and the destiny of heaven is like this." After I die, you will bury me by the river, take the bed and mat, do as I say, and the next time you see Wei Gong's platoon coming, you will cry, dismantle the sliver, and I will protect him from dying in the belly of the fish. ”

As soon as the shaman died, his wife complied. She stayed in front of her husband's grave until Wei Gong's platoon appeared, and then cried and dismantled the pieces. Jiang Xinwei Gong's platoon was also strange, with a cry and a piece of sliver was removed, the platoon was also dismantled one by one, floating downstream on the water. Wei Gong knew that it was the ghost of the dead shaman who was casting a spell, and the row under his feet looked like it was about to be broken up by the spell, and he didn't know what to do, the shaman's wife, who was crying to death, made another mistake, she thought that Wei Gong in the river was about to be unable to support it, and when there were still three pieces left, she thought that if they were all thrown into the river, Wei Gong would definitely finish playing. So, I threw the rest of the mat into the river. This throw saved the life of Duke Wei, and he stood firm because of the last five logs, and he took the opportunity to go to the middle of the river with a penny in his hand, jumped ashore with a swish, and sprinkled urine on the grave of the priest, and suddenly, white smoke billowed on the grave, and in an instant the tomb of the priest turned into a flat ground, and the bones became a pile of sludge.

Seeing this, the wife felt that she couldn't stand her husband, so she committed suicide by throwing herself into the river.

Wei Gong had no capital to continue doing business because the wood was drifting away, and his physical strength was exhausted from fighting with the priest, so he couldn't return to Shaoyang, so he had to stay in Yiyang. Every day, I waited by the river for the Shaoyang people's platoon to pass by. But what happened to Wei Gong in Yiyang was known to everyone in Shaoyang, and no one dared to release it to Yiyang anymore. When the people of Yiyang saw that Wei Gong had killed their respected priest, no one dared to provoke Wei Gong, nor did they pay attention to him, for fear of provoking him. Duke Wei lived a wandering life.

One day, someone found a stinky male corpse by the river and immediately reported it to the county magistrate. When the county magistrate went to the riverside to take a look, he saw a female corpse exuding a fragrance, so he blamed the reporter and said; There is no distinction between men and women! The reporter was surprised and went to touch the crotch of the dead body, but there was really nothing. At this time, the person next to him explained: This corpse has been found for more than ten days, three days of incense, three days of smell, sometimes male and sometimes female, and they all say that he is the famous "Pai Gu Lao" Wei Gong in Baoqing. Since then, there has been a saying in Yiyang; Wei Gong Bodhisattva's egg - Yin Xiaoda!

The county magistrate thought that Wei Gong was a god, so he ordered to build this Wei Gong Temple between the three forts of Yiyang and the downtown of the big wharf, near the General Temple.

Since then, all merchant ships passing by have slaughtered chickens here for peace.

"It is said that the spilled chicken blood does not smell fishy even in July and August, do you know why?" Boss Jiang asked.

Of course, these teenagers don't know.

Looking at him with a blank eye, even Jiang Yanzi had heard of it for the first time.

Boss Jiang said, this is Wei Gong is manifesting.

Lu Gong said, uncle, I don't think it's a manifestation, it should be the effect of wine. Xiao Lin said that it should be a manifestation and the blessing of Duke Wei.

Jiang Lao's wife said that what Xiao Lin said was right, the Bodhisattva was spiritual. Jiang Yanzi, in the future, you must remember that you burn incense in the temple and worship when you see the Bodhisattva. Do you hear that?

Jiang Yanzi nodded and cleaned up the mess on the table, he didn't like to talk much.

Xiao Lin asked Lu Gong: "Don't you have relatives here?" Lu said he didn't know where to live, and he had never been with his father.

Boss Jiang dropped the dishes and chopsticks and said forget it, and set off after finishing eating. After saying that, he sat aside and smoked.

All the way to the boat, the boat stored food for several days, enough for the people on the boat to eat for several days, and there is no need to often go to some towns and villages to buy food, fish, there are ready-made in the river, with a net to drag, you can catch a lot of fish, the boat traveled on the river for a long time, encountered some small wharves and did not dock. When they arrived at the entrance of Xiangyin Linzikou, the boss asked them to go up to see, Lu Gong and Xiaolin were unwilling to go, so they had to give up, and the boat continued to move into Dongting Lake and cross the city tomb, but on the edge of this wharf, they were checked by the devils, and after finding nothing, they entered the Yangtze River.

In the blink of an eye, the trip was half a month, and when it was close to dusk, Boss Jiang's wife pulled Boss Jiang and said, "Boss, tell you something." ”

"What's the matter, tell me."

"I've been walking on the water for a few days, and I see that these guys are also bored on the boat, and there is a pier in front of them, and I want them to go up and have a long look, okay. And ......," she glanced at the boss with a coquettish look.

"Wife, do you miss me?" Boss Jiang whispered to his wife's ear with a wicked smile on his face.

"Dead ghost, you are a shrewd ghost. Whatever you want. His wife was embarrassed by him and asked him if he wanted it?

"If you want it, give them some loose money, it's good to go and see, by the way, ask Jiang Yanzi to buy a few packs of cigarettes, Lao Tzu is out of smoke."

Boss Jiang's wife called the three of them over, each with a ticket, and asked them to go ashore to have a look, and buy something they liked by the way.

There is a big boat leaning on the wharf, a big banner on the mast has the word "Xiao" written on it, this boat is bigger than the Jiang boss, it is estimated that it is a big businessman's, and there are some small rows leaning on the shore, swaying under the impact of the water waves, a few bowl-thick willow trees on the stone steps of the wharf are covered with emerald green branches, lazily hanging to the water, the river breeze blows, it is like a girl gently swaying the delicate figure.

Not far from the wharf, a few women were washing their vegetables, and strings of laughter were scattered in the river, along with the splashes of laundry and the leaves of dead vegetables.

Walking up the stone steps of the pier, they saw four words written on the bar when they passed through an arch: Xiaojia Wharf. On the dock, people come and go, Jiang Yanzi has seen the world, saying that this is a street, much bigger than the street in Yiyang, Lu Gong and Xiaolin look here and there, and feel that it is so novel, it is indeed many times more lively than the street in Yiyang.

I came to a noodle restaurant, found a seat by the window, sat down, and asked for a bowl of noodles to eat. Jiang Yanzi asked for a few packs of cigarettes and asked what kind of place this is? The man replied, "Yo, from the land, where are you?" "Jiang Yanzi said that he was from Hunan. The man said, "You can really run, come all the way to our small city, tell you, this is in Hubei." ”

After wandering for a while, Lu Gong said that he wanted to go back and didn't want to go shopping, Xiaolin said to look at it for a while, and the three teenagers were so idle that they went to the stores to see a strange thing, but they just didn't buy anything, and the sky was already dark, so they went back to the dock.

As soon as I arrived at the edge of the pier, I didn't see Boss Jiang's boat, and the big boat next to me was there.

The boat disappeared. The inexplicable disappearance made them dispossessed, panicked, they shouted at the river, no one responded, and hurried to the big boat, there was a deaf and dumb man inside, gesturing with his hand and no one could figure out what he meant. Jiang Yanzi cried, stood on the boat and called out to her father and mother vigorously.

Did you go ashore to find us? Kobayashi asked. Lu Pole said, "Probably not, if you go ashore to find us, you should also leave people on the boat." Could it be that he was robbed, if this is the case, I really don't know how to deal with it, I am not familiar with life, where can I find Jiang Yanzi and his parents?

Lu Gong said, go to the shore and inquire, maybe some people know.

They went back to the street, and when they saw people, they asked, in vain, they were disappointed, and they held the few remaining gross tickets in their hands, and it was impossible to stay in a hotel. They were back at the docks, hoping for a miracle. Unconsciously, when they woke up after a night in a simple shed by the pier, there was still no boat from Jiang Yanzi's family on the pier.

Jiang Yanzi cried, Xiao Lin persuaded him not to cry, and Lu Gong said to let him cry. Lu Jian knew the pain in Jiang Yanzi's heart, and sat beside Jiang Yanzi, his crying evoked his thoughts about his parents and sister.

Xiao Lin said that he was hungry, and Lu Gong pulled Jiang Yanzi to the restaurant where he ate noodles last night. Lu Gong looked at the price code written on the sign, and then looked at the money in his hand, plus the two of them were not enough to buy three bowls, and they could only buy two bowls if they were enough. Lu Gong asked the boss, don't want to make noodles, can you come to three bowls, the boss looked at them, agreed, and asked them what they are doing here? Lu Jian told the boat about the disappearance of the boat and asked the boss if he knew about it. The boss said that he usually doesn't go out and just does business.

After eating noodles, the three teenagers were listless and had nowhere to go, so they came to the dock again.

Sitting on the dock and watching some boats row across the river, a little white sail raised and sailed into the distance, occasionally some boats docked on this pier, waiting for the boat without Jiang Yanzi's family.

None of the people who came and went could understand the mood of the three teenagers, and none of the people who got on and off the boat could answer the questions of the three teenagers.

After a day of waiting, a hungry meal, and near dusk, a ship approached.

3 All the people on the boat came down, and Lu Gong got on the boat and asked the boat boss about the whereabouts of Jiang Yanzi's parents and the boat, and got "I don't know." At that moment, a cry was heard from the shore, and Lu Gong looked over the dock, only to see a woman waving her hands and shouting, and a man running towards the dock in the chaotic crowd.

This woman Lu Gong had seen the young girl who had just gotten off the boat and passed by him, with a pure fragrance, saw the beautiful face clearly, and felt that it was pink.

"Xiaolin, Jiang Yanzi, hurry, break him." Lu Pole screamed and rushed to the dock, his body light enough to run ahead of the woman.

"I've grabbed something, chase after it." The woman who fell on the steps looked at the Lu pole who was about to lift herself, and she couldn't care about the woman's reserve, and shouted urgently. Lu Gong put down her flying leg and chased forward, blocking the man in front of a sweeping leg to hook him to the ground, Xiao Lin who caught up with him rode on him and pulled his hand back, so painful that he shouted for his eldest brother to spare his life. Jiang Yanzi caught up and twisted his hair fiercely. Lu told them to let go, grabbed him from the ground, and snatched the bag from his hand. Just as the woman ran over, he wrapped her. The woman didn't even thank you, and the angry robbery was a kick. He broke free from Lu Zhu's hand with a groan, and ran away in the blink of an eye.

As he ran, he turned around and shouted at them: "Boy, don't run if you have a seed, Lao Tzu wants you to look good." ”

Lu Gong smiled at the corner of his mouth when he heard this, and when he wanted to leave with Xiao Lin, he was stopped by the woman.

"Looks like you're not local, are you?" The woman asked.

They nodded, didn't say anything and prepared to leave. "I don't think you have a place to stay today, do you?" The woman's word fixed them there. "Otherwise, I'll invite you to dinner first, even if I thank you three benefactors, and then help you find a place to sleep after eating, it's not too late to leave tomorrow, okay?"

At this time, Lu Gong and Li Xiaolin turned around and carefully looked at the woman in front of them, with a beautiful face, pink peach blossoms, eyes like pools, a beautiful nose, a thin mouth with a slightly upturned mouth, a jade neck, a delicate figure, and a well-bound student outfit showing her plump, beautiful and pure, like a white lotus-like arm.

"Meet me, my name is Xiao Ke." He held out his hand to them. Seeing Xiao Ke's generous appearance, the three of them felt a little embarrassed. But young people are young people after all, and the six hands are still held together. At the same time, Xiao Ke looked at Lu Gong and smiled, smiling so beautifully.

Lu Jian often didn't think that the woman he met today was not an ordinary market woman, but the daughter of the Xiao family in this town, who was studying at Peking University.

Xiao Ke asked Lu Gong what he was doing here? Lu Gong said that he came to take refuge, his hometown was destroyed by devils, his mother and Xiaolin's father were killed by devils, and his sister was also missing. Lu Gong said half-truthfully. Kobayashi could hear it.

Xiao Ke felt sorry for what happened to them, and after comforting them a few words, he led them into a restaurant, which was where Lu Gong and them ate noodles. The boss recognized them, but the boss only greeted Xiao Ke: "Oh, isn't this the eldest lady of the Xiao family?" I haven't seen you for a few years, I've grown so tall and so beautiful, Beiping Okay, what about the big world, Miss has seen the world, and I can enjoy the light of my small shop here, it's really a blessing for three lives, so that Peng Sheng shines, please, please, please, little two, tea, food, come to the distinguished guests. After speaking, he greeted the visitors with a smile on his face.

Business is booming, breakfast noodles and snacks, Chinese dinner rice a la carte, an endless stream of people who come to the restaurant to drink, local from other places, drink tea and eat casually. They sat down at the table and ordered a few dishes to eat. Xiao Ke looked at Lu Gong from time to time, and Lu Gong was at a loss. Xiao Ke laughed when he saw Lu Gong's embarrassed appearance, and said, do you want to leave after eating, if you want to leave, you can also go, but you haven't told me your name yet, you can't go. They laughed. Names were reported. Xiao Ke spoke: "Otherwise, don't go, stay in my house for a few more days, and wait for me to help you find your relatives before leaving, my father is familiar here, okay?" Now Lu Zhu was bitter, and hurriedly said: "No, no, we will find it ourselves." If you can't find it, go back. Xiao Ke said: "No, no, you have to listen to me when you get here, I'll go to the checkout, and you eat slowly." Then he asked them if they wanted more food, and they shook their heads and said no.

"What kind of thing is this, don't you have any relatives at all? It's good now, but it's hard to find your own suffering. Li Xiaolin saw Xiao Ke go to the counter to settle the bill, and complained softly about Lu Gong. Lu Gong said that he was not in a hurry, and he would find a way later. Xiao Ke smiled and returned to his seat, and said to Lu Gong: "I just want to ask a question, you Hunan people were not peaceful everywhere during the war years, why did you come here." ”

"Brother Pole." Jiang Yanzi stabbed Lu Pole beside him. Lu Gong understood, and he said to Xiao Ke, "I don't think you look like a bad person. ”

"What? You see me as a bad person? Am I a bad person? What do you mean that a girl who is ice and jade has become a bad person in your eyes? Xiao Ke said angrily.

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that, I meant to say that it's a blessing to meet someone as nice as you in this place."

Xiao Lin grabbed a sentence: "Yes, yes, you see that you have ordered so many good dishes with us, and Brother Pole and I have never eaten them." ”

Jiang Yanzi also said that it was really delicious.

Lu Zhu thought for a moment and said, "You ask us why we are here, and I will tell you." He pulled Jiang Yanzi's body to his side and said, "His parents are my and Xiaolin's life-saving benefactors." After our village was slaughtered by devils, we were brought out by a translator, and we met the devil in the river, he died, and Xiaolin's father also died, and Xiaolin and I jumped into the river and were saved by his parents and him. When he said these briefly, Jiang Yanzi cried. Lu Gong saw Jiang Yanzi crying and comforted him. Xiao Lin took Lu Gan's words and said: "Later, we were homeless and wanted to go back, worried that the devil was still there, and then we agreed to Jiang Yanzi's parents to go with them, so we came here." ”

How did it come about? Xiao Ke listened attentively and asked Xiao Lin.

"Coming by boat, his father and mother are people on the boat, and they live on the river all year round." Lu Gong said.

"Then why didn't you see his parents?" Xiao Ke wondered. This question made Jiang Yanzi's emotions extremely sad, and he cried louder, attracting the attention of the surrounding customers. Xiao Ke unceremoniously shouted to the people around him: "Look at it, I haven't seen a child cry." Xiao Ke's shout alarmed the boss, and he hurriedly came out of the counter to greet the onlookers. I didn't think that Jiang Yanzi wiped away her tears and said, "Which one is a child." He made a joke of what he said. Xiao Lin said amusedly: "If you don't speak, you won't speak, and when you speak, people can't stand it." ”

"That's right, when we arrived at this dock, his parents asked us to come up and see the world, and when we went back after eating noodles, the boat and his father and mother were gone." Lu Gong continued.

Xiao Ke's eyes were full of doubts, and he asked, "It turns out that you are waiting for news of the ship on the dock." ”

Kobayashi: "yes, you know? ”

Xiao Ke: "I don't know. Well, I'll take you to a place to rest, and I'll go home and ask my father about the whereabouts of the ship. ”

Before the words fell, a rough voice came from outside the station.

4 "Ah, hey, not lazy, this little bean (black language, meaning little girl) is not shallow, and she is accompanied by three young brothers. As they were about to go out, they were stopped by this strange but rough voice.

When I looked up, I saw a big man standing on the steps, playing with two glowing steel balls in his hands, obviously playing with them for some time, and his movements were so skillful that it was dazzling. Nearby, six or seven thug-like men were laughing at them maliciously, and one of them was the man who had been beaten by the rod. These people are actually the same age as Lu Gong.

Lu Zhu was not afraid of this situation, his father said that there are rules for walking on the rivers and lakes, and if you can't get through, you have to beat it, if you can't beat it, then you can only bow down to it. Xiao Lin had never seen this meeting, he didn't know what to do, he looked at a few tough people at the door, he was so nervous, but when he saw Lu Zhuan's fearless appearance, he calmed down.

"Who's coming?" Lu Gong arched his fist and blurted out.

"Dare to ask who Lao Tzu is first? I haven't even asked you where the shit is, his grandmother's. The man shouted condescendingly at Lu Pole.

The man who was beaten ran forward and pointed to Lu Pole and said, "Third Master, they beat me." Come on, which shit did you grow up on, and what qualifications do you have to ask my third master, phew. Raising his hand to fight, he was stopped by the big man with a "monkey".

"Since you want to know who I am, then I'll tell you, no one in this radius of dozens of miles doesn't know, who doesn't know, I just sit and don't change my name, lie down and don't change my surname, I'm their third master, what's wrong? Not convinced? ”

Lu Gong doesn't know what mountain tigers, water tigers, even real tigers have never seen. "Oh, how do I look like a man, where do you look like a tiger." Lu Gong smiled without showing weakness.

This self-proclaimed mountain tiger was not angry, his fat head shook his melon seeds, listening to Lu Gong's words, he was straight at Lu Gong, he thought that Lu Gong was a wrinkled stunned young man, and he wanted to tease the boy in front of him who looked a little like a scholar but was not afraid of heaven and earth. He ignored Lu Gong's words, but fiddled with the steel ball in his hand without looking at Lu Gong, and walked straight into the lobby from his side, came to a square table and sat down leisurely and crossed Erlang's legs.

At this time, all the people in the store left, and the boss was anxious next to him, saying: "Oh, who am I recruiting to provoke someone, just a little vigorous, the business is a little hot, someone comes to make trouble, what kind of sin am I suffering." He came to the front of the mountain tiger, nodded and shouted a few times.

The three tigers didn't even look at the boss, they swept over Xiao Lin, Xiao Ke and Jiang Yanzi with their eyes, slowly picked up the teapot and put it to their mouths and took a sip, and slowly said a mouth full of black words: "Boy, stay upright with your tailwind, the mountain master puffs up the plate, you are fucking ignorant, and you still complain about my horse eyes when you smash it, isn't this a tie with me, and I am still in circles after I have gone away, and I don't know if the rules of this place are the land lord or the ancestor of the jellyfish temple." This time, I bumped into some of your sprouts and beans, it was luck or fate, and I couldn't tolerate that I didn't say a few words. Today, my brother is planted in the hands of you sprouts and beans, and my face is colorless, lightless, and shadowless. After speaking, he glanced at Xiao Ke.

This series of words that sounded a little inexplicable at first made Lu Jian confuse the second monk, and he didn't know what to say for a while, but after all, Lu Jian had heard some from his father before, and knew that the mountain tiger was talking in black words, and he heard from the tone of the mountain tiger that he was provocative, especially seeing the mountain tiger looking at Xiao Ke's glittering eyes, he really wanted to be angry. But calm down and think about it, it doesn't matter if it's alone, but Xiao Lin is here, Xiao Ke, and Jiang Yanzi are here, he doesn't want to be brutal, he is new to the city, and he doesn't know the market here, so he has to talk about some strategies to deal with such a tricky thing. Thinking about it this way, he said without humility or arrogance: "In that case, you won't let us go, right?" The mountain tiger seemed to hear a provocative tone from the kid in front of him, he stood up and slapped the two steel balls on the table, and said: "That's it, you kid, the one who bullied me, I won't let you go, I have to make a break, or leave your hands and feet, or ...... Just leave this bean for me, and you can do it. ”

Lu Jian couldn't wait to plug the mouth of the mountain tiger, but he restrained himself, and said without showing weakness in his mouth: "That's it, I don't want to give my hands and feet to you, and I don't want this sister to stay, I have no other requirements, this place is too small, can you change places, I and your brothers go outside to learn from each other, save the things here from smashing, let the boss accompany the book, I don't have so much silver to lose, if I don't come back, even if I lose, I invite your guests to accompany me, if I come back, let's go head-to-head again, what do you think, You're waiting here, but don't embarrass these three of my friends. ”

When the mountain tiger heard Lu Gong say this, he muttered in his heart, could it be that he really had two hits, and he was scaring me? Looking at his brother, and then looking at Lu Rod, he was not afraid, he laughed, raised the steel ball in his hand and threw it up the pillar in front of him, only to see the steel ball firmly embedded in the pillar and said loudly: "Okay, I promise you, I will do as you want." But I have one more condition, if you lose, this girl has to stay for me. Go, brothers, and I'll leave this kid to you. He waved his hand and sat down again, and the boss immediately ordered the shopkeeper to make a pot of high-quality tea for Shan Laohu, Xiao Lin, Xiao Ke, and Jiang Yanzi.

Lu Gong glanced at the mountain tiger with contempt, and calmly stepped out of the restaurant in front of the mountain tiger brothers, who then followed.

Xiao Ke, who was standing not far from the counter, whispered to the boss and called her father. The boss hurriedly asked the guy to creep out of the back door and report to Master Xiao.

5 The two stone lions sat on the two sides of the Xiao family's compound with their mouths open, two red lacquered pillars supported the balcony above the steps, and the two large gates painted with red paint were also concealed, even if you didn't look at the word Xiao Fu on the door, you had to see the bodyguard standing at the door. No matter who passes by here, the people in the town know that this family is the family of Master Xiao, a well-known businessman. Inside, the spacious garden is full of red, green, and green. Towering trees stand proudly. Turn left through the deep path, enter through a semicircular arch is a patio, red flowers and green grass, green trees are vigorous, a stone plaque is erected in the middle of the patio, and four big characters are engraved on it: Cangxiong has a way. To the right are several large rooms, a housekeeper's, a chef's, and a large miscellaneous room that is idle, and there is not much in it. Looking forward from the middle path, in the high threshold of the hall, two Taishi chairs leaned against a table, one left and one right, and a pair of antique calligraphy and paintings hung above the table. When you enter the hall and enter the wall, you will see a staircase that spirals upward, and there is a large room next to the entrance of the staircase where the bodyguards live. If you go up the stairs, you will reach Master Xiao's bedroom and Xiao Ke's boudoir on the second floor.

At this moment, Master Xiao was discussing matters with Uncle Biao, the housekeeper. The shopkeeper came in, breathless and stammered: "Master Xiao, no, it's not good, Xiao, Miss was bullied, she told you to go quickly, in our store." Uncle Biao answered: "What's the hurry, what's the matter?" Make it clear? Xiao Er paused for a while, and his anger was smooth, and he explained the situation in their store without hurry or slow. After hearing this, Boss Xiao slapped the table and said to Uncle Biao, "Miss is back, don't you know?" Really. Hurry up, go and call Cheng Sen. You go with Cheng Sen and bring the young lady back to me!" Cheng Sen was on duty in front of the gate, a young and stout guy.

Uncle Biao came to the door with the shopkeeper and took Cheng Sen straight to the store.

6 Mountain Tiger played with his two steel balls in his hands, and his two eyes were only staring at Xiao Ke's face with a smile, Xiao Lin looked at his lustful appearance, and wanted to pull him off his seat and beat him severely. Hate to hate, angry to angry, but only angry and hateful in the heart, according to their own ability to deal with the mountain tiger is undoubtedly an egg against a stone, but I can't help it.

Xiao Ke doesn't care, she is Xiao Daqian's daughter, and the tiger doesn't dare to do anything to her. At this time, his subordinates limped up to him and said, "Third master, third master...... Before the mountain tiger could ask, Lu Gong walked into the house with a handsome look. This made Xiao Ke, Xiao Lin and Jiang Lingzi overjoyed. What appeared behind Lu Zhu was the group of people who had just gone out, one by one, staggering, grinning, humming and chirping each other and helping each other in. When the mountain tiger saw it, he understood, and he was angry: "So many people don't win by fighting one person, it's really a group of rice buckets, buns, a group of women, no, no, it's a group of people who are not as good as women, grandma's." "Those voices didn't dare to breathe or vomit, they stayed there honestly, humming in their mouths, touching their hands on their bodies, it hurt. To tell the truth, the mountain tiger saw this kind of scene, and his heart was empty. I didn't think this kid was so capable, one person can deal with five or six people, then it's okay, you have to find a step to let yourself go down, you can't look at the things that are going to suffer, and you have to stand up and touch a nose of ash.

Lu Gong came to the mountain tiger, the mountain tiger couldn't laugh, he quickly stood up. Lu Zhu smiled and said, "How is it?" I won't regret it, they all lost, it's your turn, please. "Eyes on the mountain tiger.

How dare the mountain tiger fight with Lu Gong, he thinks that he has met a master today, and he can't be more serious. , He clenched his fists, with a sincere smile on his face: "I don't know Mount Tai in the bottom, I am willing to bow to the wind, I am willing to bow to the wind, I am willing to bow to the wind, I am convinced, I am satisfied." Excuse me, the hero's name, it's polite below. ”

"No, a manly man has to have a manly voice, since you began to agree to the request, you have to follow the rules." Lu Pole does not relent.

The mountain tiger was in a dilemma. Let's go out, it's definitely not the opponent of the young man in front of you, don't go out, and you can't break your promise if you promised before. But after all, the mountain tiger is not an idle person, he also wants to learn Lu Gong's kung fu, he didn't think much about it, he couldn't care so much, he couldn't be embarrassed in front of his brothers, he made a gesture of invitation and walked out of the door. At this time, he was stopped by Uncle Biao. When Uncle Biao came, it was when the defeated people entered the house, he and Cheng Sen didn't go in, they stood at the door and watched for a long time, he saw that the eldest lady of the Xiao family was in the hall, there was nothing important, he didn't go to say hello, just watched everything that happened in the hall. At this time, when he saw the mountain tiger coming out, he stopped him and said, "Slow." ”

The mountain tiger was stunned when he saw Uncle Biao. Uncle Biao is fifty years away, with an elegant face, a strong body, eyes and pursed lips that look kind.

Xiao Ke only saw Uncle Biao at this time, and there was Cheng Sen next to her, she ran up and called Uncle Biao and Brother Cheng Sen, and lied in front of them as if she had been wronged.

When the boss saw Uncle Biao coming, he suddenly felt relaxed, and the sweat on his face did not flow, so he greeted him and said, "Uncle Biao, hello, I'm sorry to let you come in person." He turned to the people present and said loudly: "Everyone, you heard clearly, he is Uncle Biao, the big housekeeper of Master Xiao in the Xiao family's compound." ”

Uncle Biao said: "I'm sorry, I'm late, Xiao Ke, tell me who is reckless here." After speaking, he said to the mountain tiger, "Are you ......?" Uncle Biao asked sharply.

Xiao Ke pointed to the thin man and said, "Uncle Biao, it's him, it's him who robbed me." ”

He didn't expect to let the monkey go out to find a job, but he started to rob the monkey, and he wanted to beat the monkey immediately, all of which were caused by this guy, so that Lao Tzu couldn't get off the stage here, but he couldn't teach the monkey in front of these outsiders, the monkey was his good brother, a village, and there were a few with him, and he encountered this incident just a few days after he arrived here.

Just now, he saw the arrogance of Lu Gong coming in from the outside, and his heart began to furle, although Lu Gong beat his brother crookedly, but he did not hate Lu Gong in his heart, on the contrary, he had admiration for Lu Gong, if it wasn't for Lu Gong's reluctance, he didn't want to be ugly in front of his brothers, he wouldn't have stubbornly met Lu Gong's challenge, fortunately Uncle Biao blocked him.

Hearing Xiao Ke say that they robbed Xiao Ke's things, Uncle Biao got angry and asked, "Who are you?" How dare you embarrass my young lady here, I don't want to live anymore? "Uncle Biao doesn't have a good face.

The mountain tiger hurriedly arched and said: "No, no, no, the tiger is going down the mountain, the third master, oh, it's nothing down there." The mountain tiger knew that he had said the wrong thing in a hurry, and quickly corrected: "It's all my brother who has offended." ”

Looking at Cheng Sen again, as well as Lu Gong, he said again: "How dare you, how dare you." Isn't it, Miss Xiao? Xiao Ke snorted and didn't look at him. When Uncle Biao saw Xiao Ke like this, he called Cheng Sen. Cheng Sen understood, looked at the mountain tiger, moved the muscles and bones of his whole body, hooked him with his fingers, and motioned him to go over. How dare the mountain tiger make a mistake, the hero does not suffer the loss in front of him, he knows. He looked at Xiao Ke again and smiled and arched his hands, Xiao Ke turned his head and ignored him, Uncle Biao called Cheng Sen again, Cheng Sen heard it, didn't say a word, and immediately took off his shirt and walked towards the mountain tiger. What kind of person is this, where is a body of strong muscles comparable to his own fat body. He stepped back, his eyes on Lu Gong for help. Seeing this scene, Lu Gong thought that he would be forgiving and forgiving, if he didn't come out to say a word, the mountain tiger would not be killed or disabled.

"Miss Xiao, forget it." Lu Gong stood up and stopped between Cheng Sen and the mountain tiger.

"No, he must apologize to me, to you!" The tone is so hard, and the corners of his mouth are angry and proud.

Xiao Lin didn't want to be entangled like this all the time, so he pulled Xiao Ke's hand and persuaded her not to do this. But Xiao Ke's temper came up, and no one could pull it back.

"A manly man, he can bend and stretch, there is no hurdle that can't be crossed, and there is no bridge that can't be crossed, look at it, Miss Xiao is angry, you have to take back that sentence." Lu Zhu saw that Xiao Ke was not obedient and spoke to the mountain tiger again.

The mountain tiger knew that Lu Gong was in the circle, and he followed Lu Gong's words and said to Xiao Ke: "I'm sorry, the kid has eyes but no beads, he doesn't know Miss Xiao's daughter, he doesn't know Uncle Biao, he doesn't know all the young heroes, I can't accompany him." ”

"You guys are doing some sneaky things at a young age, what are they, don't learn how to clean you up if you don't look good. Let's go. Seeing that the mountain tiger was sincere, Uncle Biao spoke.

"Wrong, we were wrong. Farewell, Uncle Biao, heroes, there will be a period later. The mountain tiger smiled and dropped a sentence and walked away with his men, slapping the monkey's head on the way and complaining about the embarrassment it had caused him.

When Uncle Biao saw that the mountain tiger was gone, he stepped forward with a smile and pulled Xiao Ke out. Xiao Ke told Uncle Biao that she still had three friends here, so she had to leave them alone. Lu Gong smiled and said to Uncle Biao, thank you, thank you Miss Xiao, we still have something to do.

Xiao Ke broke free of Uncle Biao's hand and dragged Lu Gong: "No, you can't go, you helped me, I haven't thanked you yet, you don't know the place here, where to go, find relatives, I'll help you find it, stay at my house for one night today, Uncle Biao, you talk." Uncle Biao listened, saw that it was dark outside, and heard Xiao Ke say that he wanted to leave them to Xiao's house, he didn't say much, agreed, and asked Cheng Sen to take the three of them away. When Lu Gong was still shirking, Jiang Yanzi cried and shouted for his father and mother. At this time, Xiao Ke suddenly remembered this, so he told Uncle Biao that their boat on the dock was missing, and Jiang Lingzi's parents were also missing. When Uncle Biao heard this, he asked them if there was really such a thing? Lupole said it was true. Uncle Biao locked his brows, thought for a while, and then turned to the boss and said, This is some silver tickets, take it, it is my young lady They have affected your business here, and you will lose money. Xiao Ke just wanted to speak, but the boss said first: "Don't, Miss Xiao has already paid." Uncle Biao shoved it into his hand and said, "Then you wrap me with a few pieces of good meat and stir-fry a few vegetables, my lord wants to eat it, okay." The boss said, "Okay, okay, I'll send it to you later." Uncle Biao said to Lu Gong: "Listen to Xiao Ke's words today, come with me, it's getting late, it's not safe to sleep in the inn, not to mention that you are outsiders." ”

"Uncle Biao, what about his parents?" Lu Gong asked.

"Cheng Sen, you go to the dock to take a look, ask about the situation, and then talk to Master Xiao when you go back, I will take Xiao Ke and them back first, and give Master a business." Uncle Biao instructed Cheng Sen, Cheng Sen said okay, and walked out of the door. Lu Gong heard Uncle Biao say this, and it was hard to say anything, not to mention that the money on his body had been used up, and he could only sleep on the side of the road or under the shed if he wanted to sleep. Since I met the good people of the Xiao family today, I had to obey the order to stay for one night. The group left with Uncle Biao. Before leaving, the boss specially thanked Lu Gong for his righteousness and gave him an ancestral prescription for bruises, saying that he could use it in the future.

7 Master Xiao was anxiously waiting for news from his daughter, and when he was restless, Uncle Biao led a group of people in, and he saw his daughter for the first time, and went up to hug her. It's been two years, and I've grown taller, which makes my dad worry about it. Master Xiao smiled so hard that he didn't bother himself, and he didn't pay attention to Lu Gong and them when he asked this and that. Xiao Ke was embarrassed and introduced Lu Gong and them to Master Xiao. At this time, Master Xiao came to his senses and looked at the three teenagers in front of him from top to bottom. Seeing their embarrassment, coupled with Uncle Biao's whispering in his ear, he hurriedly beckoned them to the hall and sat down. Asked Uncle Biao if he had prepared wine and food, he wanted to have a drink with the three teenagers, first, to thank them for helping Xiao Ke, and secondly, he looked at Lu Gong and they were beautiful, dignified, and looked fond. Uncle Biao was just about to speak, when he saw the guy coming over with food, and hurriedly greeted him and put it on the table. Lupole said they had eaten it. Master Xiao didn't follow, saying that a few guys had eaten a little bit in the restaurant and how could they be full, so they had to sit down. Looking at the sumptuous dishes on the table, Jiang Yanzi and Xiao Lin smacked their mouths.

They were too drunk to drink, and one drink per person was a little drunk. Master Xiao smiled and said, "Hehe, why is it just this amount of wine, I'm so disappointed." After speaking, he picked up a glass of wine and poured it into his mouth, and then instructed Uncle Biao to arrange a place to stay, let them stay first, and talk about it tomorrow. At this time, Cheng Sen came back and whispered in Uncle Biao's ear, what did Master Xiao ask? Uncle Biao told him what happened to Lu Gong.

"Is that the case? Will this happen at my Xiaojia Wharf? Which daring man did it. Cheng Sen, no matter what, you have to figure this thing out, understand? ”

Cheng Sen listened and said, tonight I will turn over this place and find out the robbers with a thousand cuts.

The moon crept up the treetops in August, and the quiet night looked particularly quiet in the soft wind of the summer night. Lu Jian couldn't sleep, he saw that Jiang Lingzi was sleeping soundly, so he woke up Xiao Lin, and the two whispered, no matter what, tomorrow they would find Jiang Lingzi's parents and the boat to leave here.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, and they quickly got up from their beds and looked out, and a group of people were standing in the courtyard. Uncle Biao and Master Xiao walked out of the house, and in the torches, they saw a few of them, and one was tied up in the yard, and what was even more surprising was that they also saw Jiang Yanzi's father and mother also standing there. Xiao Lin hurriedly ran back to the house and called Jiang Yanzi up, dragged him up and ran out.

Xiao Ke was also woken up by the shouting outside, put on his shirt and went downstairs to his father's side, and asked Uncle Biao what happened? Uncle Biao said that Jiang Yanzi's parents had found it. Xiao Ke was so happy that he wanted to tell Lu Gong and them that Lu Gong and they were already around Jiang Yanzi's father and mother.

Master Xiao saw a person and asked Cheng Sen what was going on? Cheng Sen told him.

It turned out that Cheng Sen obeyed Master Xiao's instructions and took people to find the boat and people overnight.

Cheng Sen asked some people to go back to the dock to guard. He had gone before, and he didn't want to go again, so he let some other people go in other directions, and he took one of them to the south of the town. Walking all the way, looking at it and asking to no avail. When I came to the southernmost point, I saw a fire in front of me, and walked forward, it turned out to be an abandoned temple, which is usually a place for people in the city to burn incense and worship Buddha.

When the people inside saw Cheng Sen coming in, they all stood up. Cheng Sen saw that it was a mountain tiger. The mountain tiger thought that Cheng Sen had come to trouble him, and was a little nervous. Cheng Sen asked them why they were here. The mountain tiger said that this was their home. Cheng Sen said a word, then called him out and asked him, "Have you seen a small boat parked at the dock?" The mountain tiger shook his head and said he didn't know. Cheng Sen asked him to ask the people inside. He went for a while and brought the monkey with him.

As soon as the monkey came out, he was a little scared. Cheng Sen said he wasn't here to beat him. Asked him: "When you were grabbing Miss Xiao's things on the dock today, did you see a boat parked next to Master Xiao's boat?" The monkey said, "Yes, last night." Cheng Sen was overjoyed and asked, "Later, where did they go?" The monkey touched his head and thought about it, and said, "I was stepping on the dock and saw this boat, and three young men came down, and I was in the shed looking outside, and I happened to see a man get on the boat." ”

Cheng Sen asked eagerly, "What does that person look like?" Do you see clearly? The monkey said: "Five big and three thick, he ......" Cheng Sen heard it, and scolded in his mouth: "Is there a pinch of white hair on the back of the head?" "The monkey said it was exactly, so obvious white hair." Mommy's, it's him. Cheng Sen scolded and left without saying a word. The mountain tiger grabbed him and asked what was going on, and Cheng Sen told him 1510. The mountain tiger said, why didn't you say it earlier, this is worth it. He yelled at his brothers in the temple, "Brothers, follow me." Cheng Sen didn't stop him, he followed them.

Cheng Sen, the five big and three rough people that the monkey said, knew him and was his junior brother. I used to be a bodyguard with him at Mr. Xiao's place, but he was not angry, he was not good at learning to make trouble, he was brute, simple-minded, his limbs were developed, and he knew how to eat in one day, or he drank some wine in a restaurant one day, and followed Mr. Xiao out to tease a woman on the street, and Mr. Xiao would not have driven him away. Cheng Sen thought that he was just afraid that he had drunk a few more taels, and he had made an old mistake, and he loved to bully outsiders and women.

He opened the door and saw that Cheng Sen wanted to close the door again, so Cheng Sen had already broken into the door.

Without saying a word, Cheng Sen pressed him against the wall. "What do you have to say?" Cheng Sen asked sharply. He still had a chicken leg in his mouth, Cheng Sen pressed his mouth, and the chicken leg flew out of his mouth. He was nervous, he knew in his heart that Cheng Sen's arrival would not look for him without a big event, let alone come to see him in such a way, he said in a snort: "Senior brother, it's easy to say, aren't you just coming to the boat?" I, I didn't move Master Xiao's boat, that boat is not Master Xiao's, right? Cheng Sen didn't bother to ask again when he heard what he said, he knew it at a glance, and asked the mountain tiger to find a rope and tie it up, and went out without saying anything. The junior brother shouted from behind: "Slow down, there are still two people in my room, senior brother, do you want them?" Cheng Sen looked back at the house and walked around, and really saw a man and a woman tied up in the corner. The mountain tiger untied them.

A man and a woman went out to look at the tied man and became angry. The woman kicked him, and the man grinned in pain, and when the man saw a piece of wood next to him, he was about to hit him, but was blocked by Cheng Sen.

So that's what happened. Old Man Xiao paced in front of the kidnapped man and knocked him on the head: "Is it true, their boat was robbed by you?" ”

"Master Xiao, I was wrong."

"What about the ship?"

"Stopped, by the river behind my house, I didn't move anything at all."

"Cheng Sen, you take Boss Jiang to drive the boat to Xiao's wharf and park. Wait a minute. Master Xiao said again: "Ask some more people to unload the cargo on the ship and send it here, it will be safer, and if the cargo is less, your junior brother will be disposed of by you." ”

Cheng Sen called Boss Jiang and some people to go. The mountain tiger and his men followed.

Then Master Xiao instructed Uncle Biao to settle Jiang Yanzi and his mother, and then asked Xiao Ke to go back to the house to sleep, Xiao Ke was no longer sleepy, and wanted to talk to Lu Gong and them, but he didn't dare to disobey his father, so he had to return to the bedroom.

When Lu Gong walked into the room, he accidentally saw the admiring eyes of Xiao Ke turning around and looking at him on the stairs, he didn't care, and entered the house with Xiao Lin. Jiang Yanzi and his mother went into another room and waited for Boss Jiang to come back, and the mother and son were very happy to see each other.

The sun comes out early in the summer in Gangnam. Birds chirp and bounce in the trees as the sun rises. The town is gradually lively, everything is happening naturally, people do what they have to do, there are people who walk the streets and alleys to buy needlework, there are people who pick vegetables and fruits and shout, and there are feng shui gentlemen who carry the banner of "don't want money if you look wrong, and if you tell fortune and tell bad money", you can do it, showing a busy atmosphere.

Met with Lu Gong, Xiao Ke fell in love with Lu Gong from the bottom of his heart, for a girl with affection, the first thing she saw was beautiful, no matter how twists and turns in the future, unpredictable, she couldn't figure out if this was love at first sight often said in books.

Thinking about it, my face couldn't help but blush. At this time, Xiao Lin picked up the water, and happened to meet Xiao Ke silently beside the stone and said hello. Xiao Ke, who was thinking about Lu Pole, was even more red by Xiao Lin's greeting, like a peach blossom in March, and his heart was fluttering, but he quickly regained his composure and said, "What are you carrying water, someone picks it, uh, what about Lu Pole?" Are you still sleeping? Xiao Lin told her that Lu Gong had been up for a long time and was practicing boxing in the back room, so I would carry water if I was fine. Xiao Ke let out a sigh and walked to the back room, ready to watch Lu Gong practice. At this time, Lu Jian came over from the back room and said, Miss Xiao, we don't want to trouble you, Jiang Yanzi's parents have found it, and we have to go. Xiao Ke was anxious and said, no, you can't go, you have to go together if you want to go. Daddy, Daddy, come on, they're leaving, shouting as they run toward the hall.

9"Every man has a will, let him do whatever he wants, why should he hinder their ambition? Master Xiao said nonchalantly.

"No, Dad, let them live for a while, their hometown was burned down by the little devils, and they will be homeless when they go back, not to mention that it is far from here. Dad, let me tell you, they came here to find relatives. Dad, why don't you wait for them to find their relatives and then let them go? ”

"We have received your kindness. Master Xiao, you have not forgotten our hospitality, I hope you take care of Boss Jiang and his family, thank you. At this time, Lu Gong and Xiao Lin walked in front of Master Xiao from outside the door. After Lu Gong finished speaking, Xiao Lin bowed to Master Xiao and wanted to walk out, Xiao Ke ran forward and grabbed Lu Gong and asked them for food, accommodation fees, etc., what water fees, foreign oil lamp fees, land occupation fees, and a lot of money were calculated. The serious demeanor of talking and counting made Lu Gong and Xiao Lin look at each other with their mouths open, not knowing what to say. Master Xiao listened to it and said that Xiao Ke was presumptuous. Xiao Ke, who was still tilting his head and thinking about what else he hadn't calculated, stopped his mouth, and secretly became happy in his heart, his father would speak for him. Sure enough, Master Xiao said to Uncle Biao: "In the past few days, you go and help them find relatives, and ask around......

When Lu Gong was about to say that he had no relatives, Master Xiao said to Uncle Biao again: "Oh, by the way, take back some of the arrears, and if you don't get some money back, forget it, they are all businessmen, there is no difficulty, and they will not owe us." After a while, I have to go to the provincial capital to negotiate a business, you go and prepare. Lu Gong, it's not that I don't want to keep you, but I can't keep you young people here, the war is in chaos, and the devils are rampant, Ke'er, I don't want her to stay here, but there is no place to go, and Beiping is also chaotic. Otherwise, you will accompany her for the next few days, don't go out, stay at home, and wait for me to come back from the provincial capital, and then make a claim. ”

Lu Gong still wanted to speak, but was pulled out of the house by Xiao Ke.

Xiao Lin said to Xiao Ke with a little disdain: "I really didn't expect you to be a miser." ”

"What's wrong with me? You said. Xiao Ke asked Xiao Lin.

"You really know how to calculate, what is the cost of room and board, what is the cost of foreign oil, and what is the cost of land occupation, you can think of it, and you can say it." Xiao Lin said unhappily.

Xiao Ke heard the music, and said willfully: "If you want it." ”

Lu Gong said angrily: "You are too domineering. ”

Xiao Ke tilted his head and smiled at him and said, "I'm domineering." You're a big fool. ”

Lu Gong said, "No matter what, we're leaving." Xiao Ke was angry, she said, if you want to leave, you have to wait for her father to come back before you are allowed to leave. Lu Gong said that he actually had no relatives here, which was a lie.

Xiao Ke said, I don't care if you have relatives here, anyway, Uncle Biao will help you find it, you have to go, wait for my father to come back, it's decided, go, I'll take you to the back to see the fish.

Lu Gong and Xiao Lin had no choice but to stay. In the courtyard of the Xiao family, they are idle all day long, either chatting with Master Xiao, or reading books in the study, or the three of them play together, sometimes watching Cheng Sen practice. Lu Gong felt that Cheng Sen's skills were not very sufficient, a little empty, and unreal. When he was idle, Lu Gong thought about his parents and sister and Teacher Yang, and wanted Camp Commander Geng to them, at this time, Xiao Ke had nothing to do to find him, he was not in the mood to deal with her, but Xiao Ke was still so naΓ―ve with a smile.

Master Xiao is going to the provincial capital. Jiang Yanzi's parents heard from Uncle Biao and found Master Xiao to go with their boat, stop by the way, and come back together after finishing their errands. Master Xiao nodded when he heard this, he thought that it was not to deliver goods but to discuss business, and with Cheng Sen and another bodyguard by his side, there would not be much trouble. Master Xiao said to Uncle Biao: "You arrange two shipwrights to help them, and we will pay the wages." ”

Lu Gong on the side listened to it and said that he would also go with Boss Jiang's boat. Xiao Ke was not happy, and said that if he wanted to leave, he had to calculate the cost, and he had to calculate the cost of helping Jiang Yanzi find his father and mother this time. When Master Xiao heard this, he laughed: "Look at you, here you are again, you are really calculating, the little woman is immeasurable, one day I will give you all the property here, you are really so careful, it is strange that the guys will not run away." This sentence made everyone laugh. Xiao Ke didn't care about them, pouted and said, "I don't care, I'm going to be with them." As he spoke, he pulled Lu Gong and walked out, making Lu Gong's face blush and at a loss, Xiao Lin and Jiang Yanzi followed out with a smile.

Master Xiao pretended not to see it. He can't control the affairs of young people, his daughter is so old and has her thoughts, her pursuits, not to mention the people who came back from studying in the capital.

The night before departure, Jiang Yanzi came to his father's room, he said that he didn't want to follow the boat anymore, and wanted to play with Brother Pole and them here, they began to disagree, just put this son here, not at ease, but he couldn't withstand Jiang Yanzi's grinding, think about it, let his son be here with these young people, there is nothing wrong, so he agreed. They came to Lu Gong's room, and Xiao Ke was there. Boss Jiang's wife took out the money and distributed it to the three of them, saying that she couldn't trouble them too much in the Xiao family, and left some money on her to buy some snacks. Xiao Ke saw it, snatched it from them, and returned it to Boss Jiang's wife, saying, "You can't give it to them, give it, and they will run away." Boss Jiang laughed, and Lu Gong, Xiao Lin, and Jiang Yanzi were also happy.

Early the next morning, Boss Jiang and Master Xiao set off.