Chapter 8: The Duel
Maybe it's because of being entangled by the young man in white, so that we, the cheerful little girl, have lost their old smiles.
She retreated, waved her hand and said seriously, "No! I only tell stories on the days of storytelling! When I'm not telling a story, I don't want to tell a story! ”。
The young man's figure is actually tall, but his white face is still a little immature.
He looked at the little girl so resolutely, and finally couldn't help but say.
"I beg you, no! I heard them say that you talked about the three heroes of the rivers and lakes yesterday! I want to hear their stories too! ”。
However, just as he was pleading to the little girl, an old farmer with fruits and vegetables on his shoulders passed by him and smiled.
"Eh, isn't this Lord Xiao Zhou? Why did Lord Xiao Zhou come here today? ”。
The young man bowed slightly to the old farmer awkwardly, and said, "No, no, it's very good, come out for a walk....haha.."
At the same time as the young man was talking to the old farmer, an old lady who seemed to be a sixtieth birthday walked forward directly, grabbed the young man's arm, and thanked him gratefully.
"Lord Xiao Zhou! Thank you, Lord Zhou! If you hadn't reduced my family's taxes! I'm afraid we won't survive this winter! ”。
The young man looked at the skin on the old lady's face, and suddenly his heart tightened, and he hurriedly supported the other party and comforted him.
"Grandma, don't do this! This is what I should do! ”。
And the young man's every move has all fallen into the eyes of the man in the cloak.
In fact, when he saw the young man for the first time, he thought it was a rich boy who wanted to rob the people's daughter.
But when he saw the next scene and heard the people around him call each other Lord Xiao Zhou, he probably knew something.
He has been in Hangzhou for three or five months, so he naturally knows who this Hangzhou prefect is.
Zhou Xin, a native of Hainan, Guangdong, was transferred to Hangzhou by the imperial court as the prefect at the time, and he was often rehabilitated from wrongful imprisonment, exempted from disaster taxes, and had a lot of good governance.
And this person is also called by the people of Hangzhou, "cold noodles and cold iron Zhou Lian envoy".
As for this young man who is called 'Lord Xiao Zhou', he is naturally the son of the prefect.
In fact, from the sincere actions of the people, it can be seen that the status of the father and son in the minds of the people of Hangzhou should be excellent.
And judging from this young man's approachable behavior, it seems that this is also a good official in the future.
So, he was a little strange, strange to why the little girl hated each other a little.
After greeting the people around him, the young man made time to come to the little girl and said flatteringly.
"Little girl, I'm not wrong. Yesterday, I did go to reduce my father's disaster tax."
The little girl glanced at the other party and said indifferently.
"Oh~ I'm here to thank Lord Xiao Zhou for the people. But what does it have to do with me! ”。
The young man laughed.
"Little girl, don't call me Xiao Zhou, just call me Xiao Zhou~".
In fact, from his body, he can't see any official frame, but is more like a simple person.
Maybe it's because of this that our little girl has never spoken too much.
The little girl thought about it for a while and said helplessly.
"You're not from the rivers and lakes, why do you want to listen to the stories I tell?"
The young man said unconvinced.
"Why not, I just practiced True Qi last month, and I'm already a first-grade cultivator!"
The little girl sighed and said.
"A cultivator is not the same as a person in the rivers and lakes~."
In her mind, people with chivalrous hearts can be regarded as people in the rivers and lakes.
As for the little boy in front of him, he is at most a cultivated official!
The young man was told this by the girl, and suddenly said urgently.
"Then how can you be considered a person in the rivers and lakes?"
The little girl didn't think about it, and pointed to the stone plaque not far behind her, and said, "No~ like those people!" ”。
In her heart, the chivalrous man who once gave his life to save the world can be regarded as a person in the rivers and lakes.
And those who are inscribed on the stone tablet are such a group of people.
It's just that when the young man's eyes followed the little girl's fingers and looked at a down-and-out man wearing a cloak and a stubble face in front of the stone plaque, he trembled the corners of his mouth and said with a wry smile.
"Little girl....don't play tricks on me....so... The one... How can it be a person in the rivers and lakes."
He didn't really understand what the other person meant.
He thought the little girl was just pointing at a sloppy man.
He thought the little girl was just trying to make him ugly.
The little girl frowned, turned her head, and looked at the stele.
However, when she saw the cloaked man who had fled yesterday, a smile suddenly bloomed on her face.
She ignored the young man's slightly jealous gaze, but ran directly in front of the cloaked man and spoke.
"Ah....Brother Hai....why are you here too!".
The man in the cloak looked down at the little girl's smiling face, then looked up at the young man who was walking towards him, and at the man with a sword who had been following him closely, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
The young man walked up to the two and said with a wry smile.
"Little girl, this... Guy... Is that what you call a person in the rivers and lakes? ”。
But he suddenly realized that there was something wrong with what he said, so he immediately explained to the man in the cloak in embarrassment.
"Brother Ren... There is no meaning to demean under that: Haha..".
The little girl originally wanted to say that the people on the stone tablet were the people in the rivers and lakes.
But before she could speak, the man in the cloak spoke.
"It's okay, I'm not a person in the rivers and lakes, just a person in the mountains."
As soon as these words came out, the cold man with the sword beside the young man looked up at him.
And he looked at the swordsman.
But he just glanced at it casually.
Because in today's world, such scenes are commonplace.
In fact, in the past few years, he has traveled a lot of places and seen too many things.
He knows that the people of the rivers and lakes have changed.
He knows that the rivers and lakes have been integrated with the imperial court.
And the fact that the official is accompanied by a cultivator is the biggest change of this kind.
In the past, the rivers and lakes and the imperial court, the well water did not interfere with the river water.
But the current rivers and lakes and the court are blended together, you have me, I have you.
He saw that the swordsman's cultivation was in the middle of the second grade.
He also knew that this swordsman couldn't see his cultivation.
When the young man saw that the man in the cloak said that he was just a man of the mountains, he looked at the little girl and smiled bitterly again.
"Little girl....this... This...".
The little girl's face had also changed at this time.
She knew very well that the man beside her definitely had a strong cultivation.
But she didn't understand why the other party always said that she was a mountain man.
And so, the clever head began to run at a rapid pace.
After a few moments, she came up with a plan and spoke.
"In that case....as long as you duel him, as long as your hand can touch the other person's chest, I promise to tell you a story!".
She knew that if this Ah Hai could show yesterday's speed, even if it was ten small weeks, it would be impossible to touch the other party's chest.
Therefore, her plan should be able to make this Ah Hai show his feet!
However, as soon as she said this, the young man looked at the man in the cloak embarrassed again, and for a while, he could only say two words with a wry smile, "Duel..... duel..."
In fact, when the man in the cloak heard the word duel, a trace of emotion rose in his heart.
He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had heard those two words.
But he knew that the word 'duel' was a common thing in the rivers and lakes back then.
Once upon a time, if people in the rivers and lakes had a grudge, they would resort to duels.
If both parties agree, the family or the family of the deceased cannot take revenge.
This used to be a way that everyone in the rivers and lakes recognized.
But in the past ten years, he has rarely seen or heard of a duel.
He only knows that if the people in the rivers and lakes now have a grudge, they will adopt the method of winning more than few, and will adopt the method of assassination or assassination.
Therefore, he was very emotional in his heart.
I didn't expect the word 'duel' to come out of the mouths of two young boys and girls.
It's just that he knows what this little girl is thinking in her head.
While smiling bitterly at the girl's calculation in his heart, he agreed without hesitation.
"Okay, I'll duel you. But that's it! ”。
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