Chapter 3: Gyroscope
Let's say that Fang Guohuan said goodbye to Bu Yuan and walked alone. At this time, although there is a sense of loss and loneliness, I also adapt, I just want to find Tianyuan Temple as soon as possible, find the advice of the master, and make progress in chess. This is also Fang Guolian's young man who followed Fang Lan to learn chess, and after a long time, he became a fascination, feeling that this chess was really mysterious, and he wanted to cultivate a chess path with positive results. With this thought in mind, although he slept in the open on the road, he gritted his teeth and persevered.
After traveling for a few days, he met a group of merchants doing business on the way, and when he saw Fang Guohuan traveling alone, the merchants took him in the caravan and walked with him. When he arrived in Zhengzhou, the caravan went to Xuzhou, and Fang Guohuan left the caravan and came all the way to Xuchang.
On this day, Fang Guohuan walked to a town called Wujiaji, and after walking for a long time, he felt hungry and thirsty, and wanted to find a tea shop to buy something to eat. At this time, there was a commotion in the street, and a stout man was seen chasing a young man with a wooden stick. The twelve or thirteen-year-old boy was beaten and ran around with his head covered. Fang Guochuan was stunned, when a person suddenly flashed out of the crowd, grabbed the young man by the waist, threw him to the ground, and shouted proudly: "Let your kid run!" Tiger Master, I caught him. "Apparently an accomplice. When the stout man saw it, he sneered and said, "Asi, it's just in time." Then he picked up the stick and beat it indiscriminately. Although the boy was beaten and rolled all over the ground, he was very stubborn, gritting his teeth and not saying a word. In the crowd of onlookers, someone whispered: "I don't know how this kid offended Wu Laohu, and he was beaten so badly, it's really pitiful!" "Those who are timid and afraid of things are far away. Seeing that the young man was beaten so badly, Fang Guohuan couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "Stop!" And he walked out of the crowd. The shout from the mouth of a strange boy immediately startled the crowd. Wu Laohu was stunned at first, and slowly retracted the stick held in mid-air, and when he saw a young man standing in front of him, he glanced at Fang Guolian with slanted eyes, and said coldly: "Boy, what are you doing?" Why meddle? Fang Guohuan arched his hand and said, "I'm passing by, I'm reasonable, why do you beat people indiscriminately?" The scoundrel named Axi next to him, relying on the Wu tiger's presence, said fiercely: "This kid owes us the money of the tiger master, what?" You kid want to fight too? As he spoke, he blocked Zifang Guolian's way. Fang Guohuan was not afraid, so he said to Wu Laohu: "I don't know how much this little brother owes Your Excellency?" I'll give it back for him. Fang Guohuan couldn't bear the young man being beaten again, and wanted to help him. As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion in the crowd, and the young man lying on the ground couldn't help but look up at Fang Guolian, revealing gratitude and a little doubt.
When Wu Laohu heard this, he suddenly laughed, and his laughter stopped, staring at Fang Guohuan viciously with his eyes, and said, "What do you kid do to pay off his debts?" Seeing that the matter had come to this point, Fang Guohuan also let it go, and resolutely said: "I owe the debt to pay the money, I don't know how much this little brother owes you?" Wu Laohu stretched out his left hand and shook his five fingers in front of Fang Guolian's eyes. Five hundred taels? Fang Guolian's heart couldn't help but tighten. "Five taels of silver!" Wu Laohu's side forced forward. But the young man shouted loudly, "No, it's only a tael of silver." Wu Laohu said angrily: "According to Lao Tzu's interest, it is five taels." As he spoke, he turned to kick and punch the boy. Seeing that it was five taels of silver, Fang Guohuan was relieved, and he didn't want to worry about Wu Laohu, so he hurriedly stepped forward and stopped: "Please come slowly, you will return the five taels of silver." Fang Guohuan immediately took out a bag of silver from his arms, picked out a silver ingot weighing five taels, handed it to Wu Laohu, and said, "The silver will be returned to you, please let this brother go." It was also Fang Guolian who was a little careless, and all the silver in the cloth bag in his hand was collected in the eyes of the scoundrel Axi. Wu Laohu stretched out his hand and snatched the five taels of silver at this time, but he didn't have much to do, he shook his head at the scoundrel Axi, and said, "Axi, it's okay, leave." The scoundrel glanced at Fang Guolian with ill will, and then separated the crowd with Wu Laohu. Some people in the crowd of onlookers praised Fang Guolian a few words, and when they saw that there was no excitement to see, they dispersed.
Fang Guochuan stepped forward to help the young man up at this time and asked, "Little brother, are you okay?" The young man leaned over and thanked him, "Thank you for saving me." Fang Guohuan hurriedly helped: "Hurry up, please get up quickly, it's okay now, go home quickly, don't get involved with these wicked people in the future." When the young man heard this, his expression suddenly became gloomy, and he lowered his head and sighed, "I don't have a home." Fang Guohuan was stunned when he heard this, and a feeling of being a fallen person at the end of the world arose, so he comforted: "You can go to your relatives." When the young man heard this, he shook his head and sighed: "My father and mother died early, and I was kicked out by my uncle and aunt two years ago. As he spoke, he burst into tears. Fang Guohuan saw that the young man was beaten up just now, but when he talked about his miserable life experience, he cried sadly, and sighed in his heart: "You and I are generally miserable, and we are both homeless people. The young man was stunned when he heard this, and when he heard that Fang Guohuan had no relatives and no reason, he immediately collected his tears and said resolutely: "Brother is so righteous, but follow me Luo Kun in the future, I promise that you will not be hungry." Fang Guochuan smiled when he heard this: "I can't be hungry, but I am chased and beaten by others." When the young man heard this, his expression was embarrassed. Fang Guohuan smiled again: "It turns out that your name is Luo Kun, and you are Brother Luo Xian." My name is Fang Guolian, let's make a friend. Luo Kun was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he was a little embarrassed: "Brother Fang, I will definitely try to repay you for the five taels of silver." Fang Guochuan shook his head and said: "Money is something outside the body, why should the virtuous brother worry about it." Let's go, let's eat something. When Luo Kun heard this, he became more and more grateful, touched his arms, didn't take out anything, blushed, and said: "I should have invited Brother Fang, but ......" Fang Guochuan smiled and said: "You and my brother, you don't have to be polite." He pulled Luo Kun into a restaurant.
Fang Guohuan saw that Luo Kun's face was stained with blood and dust, so he asked the store for a basin of water and helped Luo Kun wash it up. As soon as the dirt was gone, he found out that Luo Kun turned out to be a handsome teenager. Fang Guochuan then asked for two bowls of broth and a dozen steamed buns, and ate them with Luo Kun, seeing that Luo Kun had a large amount of food, he was obviously hungry for a day, so he asked for a few more steamed buns to eat with him. Luo Kun was grateful in his heart: "This Brother Fang is really good to me, and he will repay him with his life in the future." ”
After the two finished eating, they went out of the restaurant. Luo Kun asked, "I don't know where Brother Fang is going?" Fang Guochuan said: "I want to go to a place called Lianyun Mountain to find a good place." You and I are destined, since the virtuous brother is homeless, and go with me, how about finding a place to live together in the future? When Luo Kun heard this, he suddenly burst into tears. Fang Guohuan was surprised: "Why is Brother Xian like this? Don't you want to follow me all the way? Luo Kun hurriedly shook his head and said: "Little brother, this is too excited, Brother Fang is willing to take me in, he really likes it very much, no matter how much suffering there is, he is also willing to bear it." Fang Guochuan smiled and said: "I see, now you and I are brothers, and if there are any joys and hardships in the future, we will be the same." Luo Kun was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed, "Please ask Brother Fang to be bowed by the younger brother." Fang Guohuan hurriedly helped Luo Kun, and the two brothers shook hands and said goodbye.
Fang Guochuan saw that it was not early at this time, so he said to Luo Kun: "You and I will find a place to stay and rest for the night, and then we will leave early tomorrow morning." Luo Kun said: "There is a dilapidated Taoist temple in the suburbs, called the Gyro Temple, there used to be an incense Taoist who lived in the past, and I don't know where I went in the past few years, but now it is the place where the younger brother is sheltered, if Brother Fang is not dirty, how about going to be wronged overnight?" Fang Guochuan nodded and said, "It's enough to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, so let's go." Luo Kun was overjoyed and led Fang Guolian to come outside the town.
When the two of them went out of the street, Fang Guohuan suddenly saw a Taoist sitting on the side of the road, with a yellowed old cloth in front of him, but a chessboard was painted on it, laying out a game of endgame, and two lines of words were written on the ground with charcoal next to him: Whoever breaks this chess game will get two taels of silver. Fang Guolian's heart moved, and after stopping to take a closer look, he realized that it was a game of "life-and-death chess" with a complicated trend. Luo Kun said on the side: "Brother Fang, let's go, this Taoist priest has been setting up a stall here for a long time, and no one can walk the chess game he has set, and the two taels of silver are bluffing." Fang Guochuan said: "It's okay to take a look." When the Taoist priest saw the two teenagers stop in front of the chess stall, he asked with a smile, "Are the two little laymen also coming to play chess?" Fang Guohuan looked at it for a moment, nodded secretly, then picked up a sunspot from the spare chess pieces next to him, and stretched out his hand to settle on the chessboard. The Taoist priest couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that Fang Guohuan was holding a piece to respond to chess, and when he stared at the place where Fang Guohuan had fallen, his face suddenly became happy, and he responded casually. Fang Guolian took advantage of the situation to respond to a black move. When the Taoist priest saw this, he leaned over and looked at the chessboard for a while, and suddenly laughed with relief, then stood up and said in surprise: "The little layman is really a national player!" Poor Dao has been plagued by this endgame for a year, thinking that no one in the world can live, and now he was cleared of the entrance by the little layman's skillful hand, and he solved a regret in the heart of Poor Dao, so thank you so much. After that, he gave a deep salute to Fang Guolian. Luo Kun was stunned on the side, and said in surprise: "It turns out that Brother Fang still has such a magical ability!" ”
At this time, the Taoist took out a few pieces of broken silver from his arms, presented them to Fang Guojian with both hands, and said, "A little silver to worship the little layman, in order to thank you for the grace of solving doubts." Luo Kun saw it and said happily: "Great! Yay! If Brother Fang goes down like this, he will become a rich man. Fang Guohuan knew that the Taoist set up a chess stall in order to solve the confusion in his heart about chess, and respected him for being good at chess, so he pushed back and said: "It's just a matter of raising your hands, where do you dare to accept the silver of the Taoist chief." The Taoist was stunned and said: "How can the poor Dao be untrustworthy, and he has been here for more than a year, and he has met many good players, but who can have such chess skills as a little layman?" This silver is not a tribute, and the poor road is specially rewarded. Fang Guohuan saw that this person was also obsessed with chess, so he smiled and said: "Don't be polite, Dao Chief, this silver is still your own keeping." After speaking, he pulled Luo Kun and ran away. The man looked at the two of them and stood there for a long time, then let out a long sigh of relief, closed the chess stall, and sighed. Luo Kun was amazed at Fang Guolian's chess game and did not charge a reward, leading Fang Guohuan all the way to a dilapidated Taoist temple on the outskirts of town. This temple is dilapidated, overgrown with weeds, dusty nets, and there is a pile of grass under the incense case, which is obviously where Luo Kun sleeps. When Fang Guochuan saw it, he wanted Luo Kun to live here for a long time, and he felt a feeling of sadness in his heart. Luo Kun said at this time: "Brother Fang, this top view is the residence of the younger brother, although it is a little simpler, it does not cost money. Then he took out some planks from behind a headless statue, laid them on the incense table, and then spread a layer of hay on top of them, and it became a bed. After Luo Kun finished his work, he smiled and said, "Please go to bed and rest in peace." Fang Guolian saw it and said with a smile: "There is Brother Lao Xian." Then the two rested in the top view, and had a long talk, which was very good. Unconsciously, the inside of the gyroscope darkened, and the sky was already dark. The two brothers talked a lot, Luo Kun was particularly excited, and in the middle of the night, the two fell asleep unconsciously.
Fang Guochuan was tired from walking during the day, and slept a little deeper, I don't know when, he was suddenly awakened by a burst of smoke in his sleep, and when he got up, he felt the thick smoke in the view, and when he saw the fire, he heard the sound of someone shouting fire outside. Fang Guohuan was frightened, he was completely sleepy, and when he looked for it, Luo Kun was gone, and when he saw that the fire was getting fiercer, he hurriedly rushed out. By this time, it was already light. When Fang Guohuan looked back again, the gyroscope was already enveloped in the smoke of the fire, and his heart was in a hurry, and he called Luo Kun, but he didn't know where he went. At this time, several nearby farmers who got up early rushed over, and when they saw Fang Guohuan coming out unharmed, an old man rejoiced: "You kid is really big!" If you come out a little later, you will be buried in it and burned. Fang Guohuan hurriedly asked, "Old man, can you see my brother Luo Kunxian?" The old man said, "Are you talking about the young man of the Luo family who often lives in this top view?" Fang Guochuan said: "Yes, it's him, do you know where he went?" The old man said: "The old man got up early, and when he saw the fire in this temple from a distance, the young man of the Luo family chased a man to the riverside. Fang Guochuan was shocked when he heard this, hurriedly asked the direction, thanked the old man, and turned around to chase after him.
Fang Guolian chased out three or four miles, but there was still no trace of Luo Kun, and he was in a hurry. Along the river, he suddenly saw a strip of cloth hanging on a branch, which seemed to have been torn from the shirt Luo Kun was wearing, and there were also blood stains, Fang Guolian immediately trembled. Seeing the traces of someone sliding down on the bank of the river, Fang Guohuan knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly pursued downstream for a while, but still found nothing, and shouted for a long time, but no one answered. Fang Guolian's heart sank, and he said, "Could it be that Brother Luo Kunxian has suffered something wrong?" ”
Fang Guohuan hung his mind, and with a glimmer of hope, he turned back to the top view. At this time, the top view had already burned down, the fire burned out, and there was smoke from the ruins. Looking at the scorched black broken wall, Fang Guolian's tears welled up, and he was extremely sad for a while. In front of the burned top, Fang Guolian waited for two days, hoping for a miracle, and Luo Kun suddenly turned back. On the third day, Fang Guochuan expected that Luo Kun had encountered an accident and it was impossible to come back, so with infinite sadness and grief, he left the ruined Gyro Temple and cried. Besides, that night, after Luo Kun and Fang Guohuan talked heart-to-heart, he was very excited, thinking that he could travel the world with Fang Guohuan in the future, and his heart was extremely happy, turning over and over, thinking about many things that he would be happy about in the future. Luo Kun seemed to be asleep, and faintly heard some sounds outside in the haze, and his heart was very different, so he got up and quietly came to the outside of the view. Suddenly, he saw a black shadow squatting in the corner to make a fire, and when the fire was burning, by the flash of the fire, Luo Kun recognized that the black shadow was actually the scoundrel Axi in the town, and knew that this person was going to be bad, so he pounced on Axi when he was unprepared. It turned out that the scoundrel saw Fang Guohuan carrying a lot of silver in his arms on the street during the day, and he had evil intentions in his heart, knowing that Luo Kun often lived in the suburbs in the Gyro Temple, and it was expected that Fang Guohuan would also go there with Luo Kun to spend the night tonight, and he didn't take these two teenagers to heart. The scoundrel hid at home and slept for a while, ready to do it in the dead of night. When I woke up, I knew that I had almost made a mistake, so I quietly slipped to the top view. It was the dark night before dawn, the darkness in the gyroscope could not distinguish objects, the scoundrel was timid and did not dare to touch it hard, so he simply gritted his teeth and started a killing machine, wanting to set fire to the gyroscope, burning Luo Kun and Fang Guolian to death inside, and then took the silver and left. The scoundrel then found a handful of hay and lit it with flint. Suddenly, I saw a person rushing straight over, and I was shocked, I was a thief, I threw the burning hay, struggled away, turned around and ran. Luo Kun knew that the scoundrel was going to kill for money, so he was so angry that he chased after him, and the hay ignited the gyroscope.
The scoundrel Assi ran all the way to the river, and saw that the people behind him were still chasing after him, and when he looked back, the sky was already slightly bright, and he knew that it was Luo Kun. After all, the scoundrel is a thief, and when he saw Luo Kun, he was shocked and scared, and when he saw that he couldn't get rid of it, he deceived Luo Kun when he was young and weak, so he simply turned around to meet him. During the fight, Luo Kun was weak and was knocked unconscious by the scoundrel. Afraid that Luo Kun would report the incident in the future, the scoundrel was ruthless, so he dragged Luo Kun to the river and pushed him down, and fled home in a panic. This is also Luo Kun's catastrophe, if he woke up Fang Guohuan at that time, or shouted, he would not be alone and be calculated by Axi.
Let's say that Luo Kun, who was unconscious, floated down the river and was fortunately rescued by a fisherman, and it was three days after he woke up. After Luo Kun thanked him for saving his life, he said goodbye to the fisherman and hurried back to the Gyro Temple, only to see that the Gyro Temple had become a ruin. Luo Kun was stunned for a moment, thinking that Fang Guohuan had been burned to death by the fire, and in his grief, he couldn't help crying loudly. The cry alarmed a nearby farmer, that is, the old man who had spoken to Fang Guolian, who came to Luo Kun who was kneeling and crying, patted him on the shoulder with his hand and said, "Brother Luo, what are you crying about?" Luo Kun looked up and saw that the old man, known as Tian Weng, said sadly: "A kind brother of mine has been burned and buried here. Tian Weng said: "But is that young man of the same age as you?" Luo Kun cried: "It's Brother Fang, I hurt him." When Tian Weng knew what was going on, he burst out laughing. When Luo Kun saw it, he got up and said angrily: "You old man, you are also a gloating person, what's so ridiculous!" Na Tian Weng smiled: "The old man laughs at you, you are crying alive." Luo Kun was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "How do you say this?" Tian Weng said: "When the spinning top watched the fire that day, your brother came out of the temple unharmed, and he couldn't find you around, so he waited here for two days. Early yesterday morning, the old man saw him crying and left, and he didn't know where he went. Luo Kun listened to it, and was pleasantly surprised.
A fire in the top view separated Fang Guohuan and Luo Kun, and because Fang Guohuan went first, Luo Kun was greatly disappointed. After saying goodbye to Tian Weng, Luo Kun pondered: "It's that scoundrel Assi who separated me from Brother Fang, as well as that Wu Laohu, these two are really hateful!" Luo Kun burned a wave of anger in his heart, and one night a few days later, taking advantage of Wu Laohu and the scoundrel Axi's unpreparedness, he set fire to the house of the two. These two fires burned so badly that they connected the houses of more than a dozen surrounding households. Luo Kun knew that the matter was big and he was afraid that the government would investigate him, so he fled from Wujiaji and looked for Fang Guolian. At first, Luo Kun heard Fang Guohuan say that he wanted to go to a place called Lianyun Mountain, so he asked around, and many people didn't know, although he got two places with the same name, he was also looking for a vacancy. Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, Luo Kun has wandered in many places, and there is still no news of Fang Guolian, and he is especially unwilling. Although Luo Kun and Fang Guohuan have only known each other for one day, the two have been very harmonious emotionally, Luo Kun has regarded Fang Guohuan as a relative, and secretly swore that even if he travels to the ends of the earth, he will also find Fang Guohuan.
On this day, Luo Kun was tired of walking, so he sat on the side of the road to enjoy the cool rest. At this time, an old man riding a donkey came from afar. Luo Kun saw that the old man shook his head and groaned to himself, looking at his appearance, like a person who was full of books and had a wide range of experience, and said with joy in his heart: "This old man is a lot older, he must have seen a lot, and he may be able to know where Lianyun Mountain is." Thinking of this, Luo Kun got up and greeted: "The old man is invited, can you inquire about a place?" The old man stopped the donkey and said with a grin, "Where is it?" Let's just say that the old man is familiar with the geography of the world, and there are no people who don't know where to go, but if he has a name, he knows the place. Luo Kun was overjoyed when he heard this, and was glad that he really asked the right person, so he said, "Does the old man know where Lianyun Mountain is?" "Lianyun Mountain?" The old man pondered for a moment, and then said, "I heard that there is a treasure mountain in Kanto, and its peak is covered with a sea of clouds, all covered by snow, visible in all seasons, and seems to be connected with clouds. Luo Kun heard that Baoshan was connected to the clouds and had a similar shape, so he said happily: "This is the mountain, may I ask the old man, how to walk?" The old man said with some pride: "What the old man said, there is no mistake, if you go to the cloud Baoshan, you can go to Shanhaiguan, out of the Great Wall, and go outside the pass. However, the Jurchens in Kanto are fierce and savage, so you should be careful when you go. Luo Kun said happily: "Thank you for the old man's guidance." "Give a deep bow and say goodbye.
Luo Kun traveled all the way, and in early autumn, he arrived at a large town called Guping Town in Shanhaiguan. This Guping town is one of the important towns in the north of the customs and foreign affairs circles, especially in this season, the merchants inside and outside the customs gather here, the town is lively all of a sudden, all kinds of people from the south to the north gather in all directions, single-line, group-based, each other has their own thoughts.
Luo Kun found a horse shop, and said in his heart: "You need to rest here, and you can get out of the customs tomorrow." At this time, the horse shop was full of people, so lively, more than ten guys, serving wine and food, serving tea, greeting full guests, busy and busy, no time for a while. Luo Kun saw an opportunity, so he stepped forward to help the guys get busy, and one of the guys smiled at him gratefully. This is Luo Kun's method of begging for food and drink along the way, he thinks that it is much better to help people do some work and ask for some food than to directly reach out and beg for food, and this method often works. Although sometimes they are ignored and ignored, or even driven away, most of the time they are treated kindly. After Luo Kun was helping the guys, the shopkeeper of the horse shop happened to come out and saw it, walked closer, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, do a good job, I will let you eat in a while." Obviously, I saw that Luo Kun was a beggar and wanderer, and I liked him when I saw that he would come to work. Luo Kun smiled at the shopkeeper's gratitude. The shopkeeper saw that Luo Kun was clever, and he also showed a little vitality, and nodded with satisfaction.
It wasn't until midnight that the guests gradually decreased, and the guys breathed a sigh of relief, and several guys beckoned Luo Kun to come over and eat together. One of the guys said, "The little brother came in time and did us a great favor." Another guy said, "If the little brother has nowhere to go after eating, he can go to the backyard firewood room for the night." Luo Kun listened, and he was in the middle of it, and he thanked himself. At this time, the shopkeeper of the horse shop came over with a smile, and when the guys saw it, they all got up and saluted. The shopkeeper beckoned, motioned for the guys to sit down, and then walked to Luo Kun and said, "Little brother, you have to eat, I don't know where you are going tomorrow?" Luo Kun hurriedly responded: "Back to the shopkeeper, the villain is going to Kanto." "Oh!" The shopkeeper nodded, "I see." Then he said: "This shopkeeper is usually the laziest to pay attention to you homeless children, but seeing that you are still more shrewd, how about introducing you to a place to eat?" Luo Kun shook his head and said: "Thank you for the shopkeeper's eyes, I only want to go to Kanto, I don't want to stay here." The shopkeeper Wen Zhi smiled and said: "It's not okay to find you a place to eat, you are penniless, where is it different?" Well, to tell you the truth, there is an old Guangdong customer who does a big business upstairs in the backyard, and he will be out of the customs tomorrow, and he urgently needs a shrewd and capable listener by his side. Because this customer has been staying at the store every year and can trust me, he entrusted this matter. Since you also want to get out of the customs, it is better to follow the old Guangdong guest, go along the way, and listen to some calls. Not only can you have three meals a day, but when you come back, you will have a few taels of silver to pay for you, where can you find such good things? If you agree, then let me go to the guest, and if you don't, I will find someone else. After hearing this, Luo Kun thought in his heart: "That's fine, I don't know the depth of my family in Kanto, and I will go with him, and I will take care of it on the way, and then I will make plans." Thinking of this, Luo Kun stepped forward and thanked: "In this case, please also ask the shopkeeper to fulfill the villain's errand." The shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard this, so he pulled Luo Kun to the backyard, and told Luo Kun: "If the guest asks, you can say that it is a child of the people in this town." Luo Kun answered.
The shopkeeper led Luo Kun to the backyard, went up to the second floor, and came to the door of a guest room. The shopkeeper stepped forward and knocked on the door and asked, "Mr. Wang, have you slept?" Someone inside responded: "Shopkeeper Song, come in." Then the shopkeeper Song pulled Luo Kun into the room. At this time, under the lamp sat a wealthy middle-aged man, solemn and solemn, with a calm expression. This person's name is Wang Huai, a merchant from Guangdong, who goes to the Guanwai once a year at the end of autumn to sell mountain goods, medicinal materials and other Kanto specialties. Shopkeeper Song pushed Luo Kun forward at this time and said, "Mr. Wang, this is the child I found for you, who can endure hardships." Luo Kun hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Luo Kun has seen Mr. Wang. Wang Huai saw that Luo Kun was also more shrewd, nodded slightly and said, "Very good, you will work by my side in the future, and when you come back, I will not treat you badly." Then he took two taels of silver from the package on the table, handed it to the shopkeeper Song, and said, "There is a shopkeeper of Lao Song, I am very satisfied with this child, and I will give you some silver, which is a meaning." The shopkeeper Song took the silver and said with a smile on his face: "If you can do something for Mr. Wang, you should, you should." Then, he said to Luo Kun: "Wait well for Mr. Wang, and when you come back, I will also reward you with money." After speaking, the shopkeeper Song said goodbye and quit and went happily.
When Wang Huai saw that the shopkeeper Song had gone, he walked to the side of the wall and slapped the wall a few times with his palm. There was not much time, and as soon as the door opened, a young man came in, and he saluted Wang Huai and said, "What is the matter with the uncle calling the nephew?" Wang Huai pointed to Luo Kun on the side and said: "He is my new search to listen to the follow, and I will listen to the call in the future, you will take it to rest, and you will set off early tomorrow." The young man glanced at Luo Kun and replied, "My nephew knows." Wang Huai looked at Luo Kun up and down again, and saw that his clothes were a little shabby, so he said to the young man: "Yunping, you go to the guys' clothes and find a suitable one to change with him." That Wang Yunping responded, and then led Luo Kun to retreat. When he arrived at the next room, Luo Kun saw that the two big beds in the north and south were full of people, obviously the guys of the caravan, who had already slept at this time, and some were still sitting and talking. Wang Yunping said to one of them: "Zhang Lu, you find clean clothes for this little brother, he is my uncle's new follower." When he saw the road, he was overjoyed and said, "Very good, we have a new partner in the caravan." Then he rummaged through a package and found a set of green shirts. The road was handed to Luo Kun, and he said very kindly: "Little brother, this set of clothes is for you to wear, no money." Luo Kun thanked him gratefully. Wang Yunping said to Luo Kun at this time: "Little brother, you just sleep next to him." With that, he lay down at one end. Zhang Lu gave up a place and beckoned Luo Kun to come over and rest. Over there, Wang Yunping said at this time: "Let's sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow." Then the men fell asleep.
The next day, before dawn, most of the customers of the horse shop got up. For a while, the stables and warehouses in the backyard of the horse shop were immediately busy, pulling horses, setting cars, noisy and shouting, so busy. Luo Kun ate something with the guys and came to the courtyard. At this time, it was found that the caravan had more than ten large trailer wagons and forty or fifty people, most of whom were armed with swords and bows. There is a person who looks like a martial artist, with a hard bow on his waist, a single sword on his back, riding on a big green horse, looking very mighty. Behind him were two horses, riding two stout men. Zhang Lu told Luo Kun on the side: "This person is a team dart master hired by Boss Wang, named Huang Kui, and he brought two apprentices to be responsible for the safety of the caravan's people and goods. Wang Yunping stood at the staircase downstairs with Luo Kun and Zhang Lu at this time, waiting for Wang Huai to come out, and the rest of the people were standing behind.
There was not much time, Wang Huai walked out of the room, saw that the cars and goods downstairs, and the people and horses had been packed up, ready to go, nodded with satisfaction, and slowly walked downstairs. When Wang Huai walked to the middle of the stairs, for some reason, the soles of his feet suddenly slipped and he fell down the stairs, falling straight down. The staircase of this horse shop was against a wall, so simple that it was not covered, so Wang Huai suddenly slipped out of the stairway and fell, and there was an abandoned stone stone directly below, the situation was extremely critical, and everyone in the courtyard couldn't help but exclaim in unison. Luo Kun got closer, and when he saw that the incident happened suddenly, he was shocked, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he rushed forward and cushioned Wang Huai with his body. Wang Huai's weight fell violently, and he hit Luo Kun's eyes with gold stars, and he rolled aside at the same time as Wang Huai. At this time, Wang Huai's head was only half a foot away from the stone, thanks to being picked up by Luo Kun to turn the direction, otherwise it would be unimaginable, and everyone in the courtyard was shocked into a cold sweat. Wang Yunping and Zhang Lu hurriedly stepped forward to help Wang Huai up, and when they saw that there was no major incident, they were relieved, and each shouted: "Luck!" Wang Huai steadied himself, shook his head and said, "It's dangerous! It's dangerous! Seeing Luo Kun sitting on the ground in a daze, he hurriedly stepped forward to help, and said gratefully: "Brother Luo Kun, thank you for sacrificing your life to save you, are you fine?" Luo Kun was stunned for a long time before he recovered, scratched his head, recalled what had happened, and smiled happily when he saw that Wang Huai was safe and sound. When Wang Huai saw Luo Kun like this, he said happily: "Good job!" You and I are really fateful, I just received you last night, and today I saved my life, it is really a creation of Wang, and I shouldn't have lost my life. ”
At this time, the shopkeeper Song rushed over when he heard the news, and his face changed in fright, and when he saw that Wang Huai was fine, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was busy making amends. Wang Huai said with a sullen face: "Shopkeeper Song, Wang almost lost his life in your store, such a dilapidated staircase, completely ignoring the safety of customers. Shopkeeper Song is doing business like this, but he is smashing his own job. Shopkeeper Song hurriedly apologized and said: "Mr. Wang has taught him a very good lesson, and he will immediately call someone to repair it when he turns around, and when Mr. Wang returns from outside the customs with a full load, he will not see it again." Wang Huai replied, "I hope so." Then he waved his hand and said, "Prepare a horse for Brother Luo Kun and set off." Zhang Lu hurriedly took a horse and said: "This horse is tamed, and it is suitable for the Luo brothers." Then they mounted their horses, and the caravan departed.
Wang Huai was grateful to Luo Kun for sacrificing his life to save himself in danger, so he walked with Luo Kun in front of him, and his tone was naturally much closer. The guys saw that Luo Kun had made this great contribution when he first came, and they were very envious of this courtesy. During the conversation, Wang Huai knew that Luo Kun was an orphan, and he felt a little pity. When Luo Kun said his purpose, Wang Huai admired his righteousness and perseverance, and he also had some respect, but Wang Huai knew that Luo Kun must have found the wrong direction, so he said to him: "There is no name for Lianyun Mountain in Kanto, what Brother Luo is talking about is Changbai Mountain." Luo Kun was taken aback when he heard this, and he didn't know what to do for a while. Wang Huai said with relief: "Brother Luo, don't worry, when you come back from outside the Guan, take you to the south, Wang will send someone to help you find that friend." Luo Kun thought in his heart: "It seems that this is the only way, and follow Mr. Wang to Kanto for a walk, see the scenery outside the Guandong, it is not in vain to come here, and then go to Lianyun Mountain to find Brother Fang in the future." Thinking of this, Luo Kun thanked Wang Huai. Wang Huai was also very happy when he saw that Luo Kun was willing to go back to the customs with him.