The rain was fine and dense, sprinkled between the houses in the back alleys.

There was no business in the tea shop and wine shop, and the old woman sat at the door, watching the white-clothed boy in front of her walk over the bluestone road covered with rainwater.

Tick Tick –

The rain slid down the umbrella bones and fell to the ground, and Xu Buling's eyes stayed on the middle-aged man at the window of the restaurant in the distance.

The man was wearing a gray robe, his hair was tied up with a headband, and he didn't look like he was born in a wealthy family, nor did he have the sharpness of the heroes of the rivers and lakes.

But for some reason, Xu Buling always felt very dangerous, it was an instinctive vigilance. It feels like Gonggong Jia in the Taiji Palace with a duck voice, smiling all day long, without the slightest domineering, but it makes people jealous from the bottom of their hearts.

Less than fifty paces apart, it's not that far.

Xu Buling walked slowly into the wine shop, and Xiao Er came up to greet him.

After handing the umbrella to Xiao Er, Xu Buling walked straight to the wine table by the window, sat down opposite the middle-aged man, and glanced at the rusty iron sword on the table:

"Your Excellency's sword is good."

The middle-aged man looked at the smoke and rain outside the window, and his voice was flat:

"An iron sword, with no origin."

Xu Buling put one hand on the table, and his fingers lightly touched the table:

"The weapon is dead, look at who is holding it, Your Excellency's sword is too sharp, if it weren't for the lack of killing intent, I wouldn't dare to get so close."

The middle-aged man took a light breath, turned his head, picked up the wine jug on the table, and poured a bowl of wine for Xu Buling:

"My name is Zhu Liu, Manzhi her father, you should have heard of it."

The cool liquor falls into the bowl, flat and stable, as if it were still.

Xu Buling's expression stiffened slightly, he was still posing as a cool costume knight, but after hearing the other party's name, he smiled a little, and raised his hand to hold the wine bowl:

"It turned out to be my father-in-law, and the younger generation has eyes and doesn't know Taishan......"

“……”

Zhu Liu frowned, poured a bowl of wine, put the wine jug on the table, and looked Xu Buling up and down:

"Don't be close, the male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, you can find her mother for the marriage of the full branch, I don't care."

Xu Buling stood up, picked up the wine jug and poured wine for the Great Sword Saint, smiling kindly:

With the words of the father-in-law, the younger generation will be relieved. It's all a family......

Zhu Liu was silent for a moment, shook his head helplessly, raised his hand to hold the wine bowl, and his tone was as unaffectionate as ever:

"Just ask me to wish my uncle."

"Hehe......"

Xu Buling poured a full bottle of wine, sat down opposite, and smiled:

"I wish Uncle Zhu didn't say hello when he came over, Manzhi has been looking for you for a few years, and he chatters every day."

Zhu Liu turned his head to look at the girl who was two years older in the small shop in the distance, and said softly:

"It's good to walk around like this, she was not born to mix the rivers and lakes, and there is nothing to mix with the rivers and lakes."

Xu Buling nodded, and looked at Zhu Liu carefully: "I wish my uncle to enter the rivers and lakes to take revenge?" ”

"What else can the rivers and lakes have besides grievances and hatreds. When he was expelled from his home, he had already seen through it, and he returned to the mountains and forests with Manzhi and his mother, thinking that he could draw a clear line with the rivers and lakes, but he never thought that the court would destroy the Zhu family, and this blood feud would naturally be avenged. Manzhi was still young, and he didn't leave until she grew up, and this walk is endless, so I won't see her again......"

Zhu Liuping finished telling the past and looked at Xu Buling: "Coming here today has nothing to do with Manzhi, I came to you to talk about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, so don't be close." ”

Xu Buling nodded and made a deferential appearance.

Zhu Liu was more direct and stretched out his right hand:

"Hand over the Ice Flower Hibiscus."

"Uh......"

Xu Buling blinked.

How does it feel like a robbery......

Abducted all the girls, and it didn't matter if I wanted a jade pendant, but the jade pendant was given to other girls......

Xu Buling thought for a while, spread his hands and said:

"The jade pendant was obtained from Prince Zuo and has been given away......"

Zhu Liu withdrew his hand and frowned slightly: "Who did you give it to?" ”

Xu Buling smiled: "A friend, I don't know Uncle Zhu, hmm...... Uncle Zhu also believes in the statement of "Tongtian Treasure Book"? ”

Zhu Liu shook his head, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip:

"The jade pendant has nothing to do with the "Tongtian Treasure Book", but it is very important, the goal of fighting the Eagle Tower is to win, whoever takes it will die. I'm also in the Eagle Tower, and I'll talk to you privately, and I won't have a lot of trouble if you hand it over to me, if you believe the illusory statement and don't let go of the jade pendant, you will get into trouble. ”

Xu Buling thought for a while: "Uncle Zhu is also playing Eagle Tower?" Fighting the Eagle Tower seems to be a rebellion, what is the use of collecting jade? ”

Zhu Liu put down the wine bowl and frowned at Xu Buling:

"Do you want to be emperor?"

？！

Xu Buling sat up a little straighter: "Uncle Zhu, I'm afraid it's not easy to answer your question......

"Since you know that it's not easy to answer, you are a prince of a vassal king, and I am a thief, you ask me this, how can I tell you?"

Xu Buling thought for a while: "...... Quite right. ”

Zhu Liu's eyes were calm, and he looked at Xu Buling:

"The Zhu family died at the hands of the imperial court, Zhang Xiang, the Cui family, and the Tang family were just pawns, and this grudge was on the Song family. No matter what you do, the purpose must be to pay for blood debts, so I entered the Eagle Tower.

Even if the Song clan is destroyed, there must always be a master in this world, and the people in the rivers and lakes will not be able to sit steadily. The blood feud between your grandfather and your mother, and even what happened to you in the capital, should also be counted on the head of the Song family. This time I came to look for you, no third person knows, if you have the heart, I can help you contact the eagle upstairs and help you. ”

Xu Buling smiled casually and looked at the rusty iron sword on the table:

"Zhu Uncle's sword, a movement will splatter blood five steps. I am not from the rivers and lakes, but the sword in my hand will inevitably ambush thousands of miles when I move.

So my thoughts, even my father's thoughts, sometimes don't mean much.

The general trend has not arrived, and you can't reverse it, and when the general trend arrives, you will be in a yellow robe if you don't oppose it.

No matter how strong the Eagle Tower is, it can't be more than Xiliang's 200,000 bravery, I naturally understand my uncle's kindness, but this matter can't be considered according to the habits of the Jianghu people, so I can't agree. ”

Zhu Liu nodded: "You are the son of a prince, and you naturally see more things than I am a ranger." However, although the rivers and lakes are small, the water is also not shallow, since you have no intention of interfering now, you should stay away. You should have heard of the style of fighting Eagle Tower, knowing that the jade pendant is in your hand, you will inevitably come to get it, and you should be careful recently. Also, don't meddle in the affairs of the Cao family, otherwise the swords will face each other and hurt each other's affection. ”

"Uncle Zhu and the Cao family also have old grudges?"

"The Zhu family and the Cao family are world friends, the father and Cao Qujian are brothers, and the Cao family stands by and watches when they are in danger, which is called treachery in the rivers and lakes."

Xu Buling frowned: "I heard Qingxu Zhenren say that Cao Qujian is not bad......"

Zhu Liu shook his head and said, "When you have experienced a lot, you will know that what you do has little to do with being a person." Just like in the court, when the country is ruined and will be defeated, the generals will die with soldiers and horses and will not retreat until they are martyred, are they considered heroes? ”

Xu Buling nodded: "Naturally." ”

"When the country is ruined and defeated, the generals responded to the Ming Lord, opened the city gates, abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, so that countless soldiers and people were saved from death, is it a villain?"

When Xu Buling heard this, he hesitated slightly: "This ...... It is estimated that it depends on which side the person evaluating is on. ”

"So it's not about being a person or doing something, it's just about looking at each other's positions. I am a Jianghu person, if the Cao family was in trouble back then, I wish the family to advance and retreat together, but on the contrary, the Cao family stood by and watched, and naturally resented. ”

Xu Buling nodded thoughtfully and didn't say anything more.

After Zhu Liu finished speaking, he glanced at Zhu Manzhi in the distance, then stood up and walked out of the wine shop:

"It's eventful, leave Yueyang as soon as possible, it's best to reveal the whereabouts of Yu Pei, don't underestimate the Eagle Tower."

Xu Buling got up to say goodbye, and after thinking about it for a while, he didn't know where Zhongli Chuchu had gone now, Ning Qingye might still be hiding in the Cao family, and Yufu was waiting in Yuelu Mountain, three hundred miles away, and it was not easy to leave like this......