Hu Zuocheng didn't expect that a teenage boy actually shot a desperate hanging leg, he leaned back, the horse was pulled by Shi Qi, the front leg tried to lift, Shi Qi took advantage of the situation to sweep his legs in front of Hu Zuocheng, if he was allowed to sweep, although the strength was not enough, but even if he did not sweep, Hu Zuocheng was surprised. For so many years, he has not relied on his father's experience, he is also a person with some ability, not only the surroundings, but also the merchants who come and go, and he has not encountered the aura of the Dao just now and the enlightenment of the present.

Hu Zuocheng, who was scared into a cold sweat, got off the horse, and he asked, "Little brother, what are you doing?" Why do you have such a solid ability under your feet, I thought you were a scholar, I don't know which mountain master the little brother is? Or is it the son of He Fu? In Xia Hu Zuocheng, there are many offenses. "Even if Hu Zuocheng is not sure about subduing Shi Qi, he not only has a horse, but also has strength, and there is no problem of getting out. But he knew that such an unremarkable little scholar could have this kind of ability, so he rushed to him with this guts, the person behind him should be more than just Dao Zhen just now, and the stronger power may be still behind, he doesn't know the roots of the other party, this is his Hu Zuocheng's territory. He may not be able to find someone, if the other party wants to find him, but it is transparent, he is a little afraid.

After Dao Zhen ran for a while and found that Hu Zuocheng was not chasing him, he looked in the direction of Shi Qi again and found that Hu Zuocheng had dismounted, and there was no murderous aura on his face. Now the other party is a person, Dao Zhen boldly approached Shi Qi's side, after Shi Qi saw Dao Zhen, he said: "If you have anything to ask our master, I am just one of his scholars, there was a lot of collision in the urgency just now, please bear with me." ”

Hu Zuocheng hugged his fist to Dao Zhen and said: "This brother Tai, I was offended a lot just now, in Hu Zuocheng, dare to ask Brother Tai to go back again?" Daozhen said: "Shicai is out of the way, I don't dare to obey the fate, I will send the funeral money on another day, brother, I really didn't mean to, I only shot for self-protection, it may be too heavy." Hu Zuocheng said: "A subordinate to himself, you and I go back, I have my own arrangements, don't bother you, if you leave, I will not be able to explain." I have already asked the family to report to the official, if I can't see you, I can't deal with it, you go back to drink with me, the official is here, I will deal with it, your master and servant's ability is still worried about my fraud in that hotel? ”

If they really don't obey their fate, Hu Zuocheng has a horse, and it is really not difficult for the officials to catch it, they can't run far, thinking of this, Dao Zhen gave Shi Qi a look, and they cautiously followed Hu Zuocheng back to the hotel. After arriving, the shopkeeper told Hu Gongzi in a panic that the family was not dead, and he had recovered from it, maybe he had made Daozhen faint just now.

Hu Zuocheng didn't have much expression, he just snorted, the life and death of a subordinate had no effect on him. After he sat down, he ordered the wine and food, and Hu Zuocheng asked: "I don't know Jin Yu with my eyes, I don't know if there are other matters for the two of you passing by, Hu Mou's reputation in this place is not very good, but I can assure you that I have not done anything hurtful to the heavens and reason." Dao Zhen was a little confused when he heard it, and he said: "Our master and servant are just passing by normally, and there are no other errands, we are grass people, I don't know what your son wants to know?" Dao Zhen stayed, and he also wanted to hear more about Ouyang Mansion from him.

Hu Zuocheng said: "Recently, I heard from the county lord that Boss Ouyang may have sent many people down to inspect the reform and folk customs. After Dao Zhen looked at Shi Qi, he said with a smile: "My scholar has not yet grown up, how can there be such a long time for the public office?" By the way, I heard Xiao Er say, the Venerable Master of your family is an errand official in the Ouyang Mansion, do you have a lot of dealings with the Ouyang family now? ”

Hu Zuocheng saw that they really didn't look like the legendary capital now, so he put his heart down and said: "My old man is also a sedan chair man who rotates every three years in Ouyang Mansion, after returning to his hometown, at the beginning, the local people wanted to go to the Xiangfu through my master to do something, I heard that he could really take them into the Xiangfu without hindrance, and later, of course, there were people who stammered. My family has become a local rich man, and every time it is passed down in the future, it will be passed on and passed on, and the lord will become more and more magical, in fact, I know, the lord said, he can only know a janitor in the prime minister's mansion, and he is not even familiar with the housekeeper, let alone the master. I never told people about this before, today I see that the two are extraordinary, I don't like to read books since I was a child, and I want to ask the two of them to stay and teach the next three tricks and two styles. ”

Daozhen said: "We have been out for a long time, thank you for your trust, it's just that your practice of charging 10 taels of silver to people in high school will have an accident sooner or later." If you can be on the emperor's list, you will be an official sooner or later, if you keep it in mind, you will have your good fruits to eat in the future. Hu Zuocheng said: "If you can win the promotion and jinshi, you won't care about the silver, and there will be more after becoming an official, and you won't have time to worry about me, besides, I use their silver to help the down-and-out candidates, I don't think it's a bad thing." Dao Zhen ate a few glasses of wine, did not agree to Hu Zuocheng's request, insisted on paying for the meal, and went on the road with Shi Qi.

Hu Zuocheng treated each other with sincerity, thinking that the other party would definitely stay and teach him a few tricks, especially Shi Qi's move that swept through the air, which opened his eyes. He watched Daozhen stride away, and when he wanted to persuade again, the messenger arrived, so he only asked them to continue drinking, and gave them some coils, telling them that people were not dead, and after sending them away, Daozhen and them had long disappeared without a trace.

When she returned home, the fourth lady heard that Shi Qi had passed the Tongsheng exam without too much trouble and that she would be able to take the township exam next year, she was very happy and let Shi Qi have time to ask the current teacher in Changfeng for advice. Early the next morning, Shi Songshan saw Shi Qi and asked, "I thought you weren't coming back?" Where have you been, so many days, why don't you say it? ”

Shi Qi glanced at him and said: "I went out to find a place to stay, but I didn't find it, and when I came back, I heard that you changed the teacher for Changfeng, but he is your family, why don't you care about him like this?" Shi Songshan said: "Which family you are, only your mother knows, do things well, don't make trouble for me." Did your mother tell you, your Uncle Niu heard that you are now eating and living with your subordinates, and you actually dare to come to me to ask questions, I really don't know how thick the sky is, I thought you had been with him? It's a bit stupid, thinking that it can be reasonable, jokes. ”

Shi Qi put down the broom and came to the front of the fourth lady, and the fourth lady told him that Niu Lixin wanted to get justice for her, but he didn't expect to let Shi Songshan humiliate him. said that he was a man from the Shi family, Shi Caishuang was a girl who was not wanted by the Shi family, and threatened Niu Lixin, saying that their residence was the mountain of the Shi family, and they could take it back, even if they were given to live in, they would have to pay land rent in the future. Xiao Qi's fists were clenched tightly, he really wanted to pull Shi Songshan over, but under the eaves, the fourth lady did not allow him to intensify the conflict with Shi Songshan.

Shi Songshan thinks that Shi Qi is not small, and sooner or later it will be the trouble of the Shi family, especially his physical strength to fight and run with Niu Lixin for a long time, and the potential of being able to become a big tool as Mr. Su said. Shi Songshan informed the housekeeper to increase the arrangement of Shi Qi's affairs, so that he had no time to think about anything else and do anything else, the fourth lady saw it in her eyes and hurt in her heart, she knew that these were Shi Songshan's revenge on her. Reading books and practicing martial arts are Shi Qi's strengths, and he can't stand letting him do these meaningless chores.

When Shi Qi came to the mountain, he told Daozhen that he was also going to become a monk and didn't want to stay in Shi's house, Daozhen said: "People have to suffer in a thousand ways, after you come, can your mother also come up?" Your brother still has to go to school, isn't it just work, the idea is to do the work faster, doing physical work is also a process of practice, integrate the martial arts skills I taught you into your usual work, understand and straighten out, and when your body grows up, next year's township test is over, and your family's suffering will be over. ”

Shi Qi went down the mountain without any energy, and he saw the fourth lady and asked, "Mother, Shi Songshan, he only treated you like this, is it always because of me?" I know you came here to let me go to school, and now that I'm older, they don't let me go to school, so why do we stay here? The fourth lady told him that Changfeng was still young, so let him not think about it, the next year would be coming soon, and he would be relaxed after the township test.

Shi Qi knew that it was his own reason that his mother and younger brother accompanied him to suffer, and he left a message for the fourth lady, asking her not to look for herself, and he would come back after his fame. Shi Qi simply packed up a few clothes, and after looking at the courtyard where he lived, he silently thought in his heart: "After I leave, my mother will move in." Shi Qi walked out of the house quickly, and ran in the direction of Hu Zuocheng's house with his sporadic memory, because he heard that Hu Zuocheng wanted to learn his tricks and styles, and he wanted to go to his place to eat.

Shi Qi found the tavern, and the shopkeeper warmly received him, and when he heard that he was looking for Hu Gongzi, the shopkeeper told Shi Qi that Hu Gongzi would arrive before the evening at the latest, and he would come at least once a day to meet friends or make money with wine. Hu Zuocheng arrived at the tavern before dinner, and after he saw the scholar he said last time, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are you looking for me?" Something? Shi Qi asked, "Don't you want to learn my tricks and styles?" I see that you are warm and hospitable, and I sneaked over to teach you, wine, I can't eat, you find me a place to eat and live, and it is best to have a book to read. ”

Hu Zuocheng was very happy, and on the way, he asked, "Will you be punished after you sneak out and go back?" I don't want to be an unrighteous person, you are still young, do you want me to send someone to tell your master? Shi Qi said: "If you want to learn, do as I ask, and I won't be your master." You send someone to tell my master, I can't stay here any longer, I am young, but I can be my own master. ”

Hu Zuocheng thought about Shi Qi's movements, he took Shi Qi to his home, no smaller than Shi Jia, and showed Shi Qi his study, which was much larger than Shi Fu, obviously no one had used it, and someone cleaned it inside, but the books were too neat. The servants saw that he had brought back a boy, and they didn't know what he was doing, and they gave him another room, which was extremely respectful, and it was a little strange, but no one dared to ask about the master's behavior.

In the evening, Hu Zuocheng accompanied Shi Qi to eat and said: "You rest first, if you need anything else, you can tell me again, the door of the study is open, I have arranged it, the lights inside are full, and there is no problem with reading all night." Shi Qi said: "I'm not tired, I can't eat your food in vain, I will teach you two tricks first, so that you can see if it is suitable for you?" Shi Qi didn't ask for Daozhen's consent, he taught others to learn martial arts, he thought that life was forced, and the master would understand him in the future.

Hu Zuocheng's martial arts are very miscellaneous, he has not seriously invited a master, since he was a child, he has been fighting with the people around him, and when he is older, he will ask for a few tricks with people passing by, he seems to have seen Shi Qi's moves, but when it comes to his hands, it looks stiff and has no strength. Shi Qi has a profound cultural heritage, coupled with Mr. Su's dots on the mountain roads to and fro, he told Hu Zuocheng that he is not lacking in skills, but lacking in skillful use.

After a few days of integration, Hu Zuocheng himself felt that he had made a lot of progress, and some of his actions were more coherent than before, and he was more handy in using them. Hu Zuocheng went out to do errands during the day, Shi Qi happened to be alone at home to review his homework, and at night he and Hu Zuocheng studied martial arts together. Everyone in the family knew that there was a new schoolchild, and Hu Zuocheng told them that they were his distant relatives, and everyone was of course very polite to Shi Qi.

One night, Hu Zuocheng came back from drinking too much, he came to Shi Qi's room and said: "This is a tenant of our family for many years, and we have been sent to rent land for a few years. I saw that she looked good, and wanted to take her, but brother, you are lonely in my house, I decided to give you a companion, if you don't want it, concentrate on studying, I will take it back and not be polite to you. After speaking, he looked at the little girl drunk, and then looked at Shi Qi, thinking that it was a good match.

Shi Qi looked at the little girl, she was a good woman, she looked sweet, there was no crying mark on her eyes, she also looked at Shi Qi at the same time, and still lowered her head. Hu Zuocheng told him that the girl's name was Jiang Xianglian and she had never read a book, and after Shi Qi accepted it, she could also be the girl in his room. Shi Qi looked at Hu Zuocheng, who had drunk too much, if he hesitated, this girl would become Hu Zuocheng's food tonight, if he accepted it, it would be a good thing, and if the little girl wanted to do so in the future, she could choose one more time.

Shi Qi said: "Thanks to Mr. Hu's kindness, the room is too big and I really need someone to take care of it." He turned to Jiang Xianglian and said, "Sister, don't worry, I won't embarrass you, you are not much older than me, I have few things in my room, and I can't get tired." Hu Zuocheng smiled weirdly, he told Shi Qi that he couldn't call his sister, she came to pay off her debts. In addition, he has a lot of wine today, and he doesn't study anymore, so let Shi Qi rest early, and now that someone is waiting, the bed will not be cold anymore.