In this room, since Xiang Youer read the tattered letter, he changed the cheerful and noisy during the day, and kept a calm face, but took the young man around and around, and came to a dilapidated courtyard in the south of the city.

There is a big willow tree in the courtyard, and it is still sprouting, and the young man looked at this scene, and suddenly a little emotion of overlapping joy and waste suddenly rose in his heart, and he didn't feel stunned again. Xiang You'er patted him on the head at this time, and finally spoke, only to hear him say: "This is the prime minister's mansion of the old Xie Fangge in the previous dynasty, nineteen years ago, the old Xie Ge was sentenced to the nine clans for the crime of rebellion, and this courtyard gradually became deserted, and later there were also rich businessmen who wanted to make a house in the past, but one by one died, and then it was rumored that the ghosts of the Xie family in this courtyard were not dispersed, so no one dared to approach here, and it became what it is now." This place became our shelter half a year ago, and although it is deserted, it is very comfortable. He paused and said with a smile: "But don't be afraid, our lives are as cheap as cockroaches, and ghosts can't help us." Sometimes we pretend to be ghosts and scare outsiders, hahaha. ”

After that, Xiang You'er let out a long shout into the courtyard and said, "Brothers, come out." ”

At this time, more than a dozen ruffians suddenly came out of the barren grass and broken house, all of them were thin teenagers, and only one of them was thick, presumably the dog and bear mentioned by Xiang You'er, and these teenagers shouted out to the boss and then gathered around the two and stood quietly. The young man felt slightly strange, he was also quite happy when he saw so many children of the same age, but he didn't want these ruffians to be quite standardized, and he didn't make noise when he saw outsiders, waiting for Xiang Youer to speak.

Xiang You'er looked at the ruffians, paused, pulled the young man down, and said, "This kid was picked up by Lao Tzu on the street today, and he will be our brother in the future, understand?" ”

Some people pulled the boy's sleeve and some pinched the boy's cheek, but it was a joke between playmates, and the boy realized that the ruffians had no malice, so he let everyone pull. After making a fuss like this for a while, I only heard one of the skinny and capable ruffians Li Hou'er ask, "Boss, what is this brother's name?" ”

Xiang You'er was stunned in his heart, he had a lot of love with this young man today, and talked a lot, but he forgot to ask what this young man's name was. At that time, the ruffian was cheap, and there were many nameless people, and Xiang Youer's own "Xiang" character was also forced to give himself by envying the overlord of Western Chu, at this time he had a plan in his heart, so he patted the young man's back and said: "His face is so white, it's okay to call Ah Bai!" Then he turned to look at the boy.

When the young man heard this, he said, "My name is Ah Bai." In fact, the young man's master called him "Ah Bai" on weekdays, but as for how Xiang Youer knew, the young man was quite puzzled.

Xiang You'er smiled bitterly when he heard this, he was very happy when he heard that Ah Bai promised to be his brother and join the army with him, but unexpectedly, this kid's skills were almost as unfathomable as his kung fu, and even his name could be so arbitrary!

But he didn't want to get entangled in this at the moment, he waved his hand to signal the ruffians to calm down, and said in a deep voice: "I guess you have also heard the notice of the imperial court's conscription for the Northern Expedition, this time I don't know why as long as you are an adult strong man can join the army, we are just fighting in the streets and alleys on weekdays, and today we can finally use our strength on the heads of the Hu people who invade my country!" Speaking of this, he didn't feel that his voice was getting higher and higher, his chest was full of anger, and all the ruffians around him were also gearing up, and his blood was rising.

Xiang You'er raised his right fist and said: "This is the arm of my great Qi man, its strength should be reined, build a battleship, and take a quick knife, and its blood should be sprinkled on the desert, Annan, and Fufeng!" Saying that, he waved his hand and said, "We are all good men, would you like to join the army with me?" All the ruffians in the courtyard thought he was looking at him, but at this moment, the pride in his chest was ignited by him, so they agreed one after another, and even the youngest thirteen or fourteen-year-old Zhao Gou'er also agreed loudly.

Xiang You'er was quite happy to see this, and after calming down a little, he said: "Brothers are willing to follow me Xiang You'er, it's my honor!" But don't make a fuss, dog, it's not fun to fight, you're still young, just stay here and watch the yard, don't let those hooligans in the west bully Ding Bo and them. Liu San'er, you are reluctant, I know that you are worried about your old mother as a servant, and you stay to take care of the dog. Xu asshole, you are timid, I originally wanted to experience you, but this trip is too dangerous, and I won't force ......" As he spoke, he pointed to twelve ruffians to stay, and the remaining eleven people who went to join the army with Xiang You'er plus Ah Bai. After Xiang You'er finished instructing, he took off the burden on his back, took out the dim sum and let Li Hou'er share it with everyone, but he himself leaned against the willow tree, holding the letter in a daze.

There were not many snacks, and each of the twenty or so people only got a little. At this moment, the enthusiasm of the ruffians subsided, and suddenly thought that after that, Xiang Youer and the others went north from the army, but they were afraid that it would be difficult to see each other again, and now it was as if they were eating parting wine. The atmosphere was dead and silent for a while, and Zhao Gou'er suddenly cried out with a "wow" while eating, and then shouted: "Boss, you don't want us anymore?" The bear was sitting next to Zhou Gou'er at this time, and when he turned around, he hit a chestnut on Zhou Gou'er's head, and Zhou Gou'er whimpered and stared at the bear, looking unconvinced.

At this time, the other ruffians also seemed to feel something, and the tears of the bear were the first to flow, and he didn't look at Zhou Gou'er anymore, but just hung his big head on his chest, and the ruffians around him also howled one after another. Although crying, these little men tried their best to suppress their emotions, and just whimpered in a low voice. They and Xiang Youer are both brothers who met each other in small tribulations, like-minded, and formed brothers in the streets and alleys in small battles.

They have been with Xiang Youer for a long time, and they know that joining the army is Xiang Youer's lifelong wish, and they also know that this opportunity is quite rare for him, plus they themselves are all hot-blooded men, and they all have the ambition of being worthy of Wu Hook to travel all over the fifty states of Guanshan in their hearts, so they are sad at this moment, but no one persuades Xiang Youer not to join the army.

In a low sobbing, Liu San'er got up silently, walked to Xiang You'er, wiped a handful of tears and snot, handed over the snacks assigned to him to Xiang You'er, stuffed them into Xiang You'er's hands, and choked up: "Boss, you know that I, Liu San'er, have the courage to kill the enemy, but now that my mother is sick and can't accompany you, I, Liu San'er, feel ashamed, but I really can't eat this loose cake!" When you come back, treat us to a celebratory snack! When all the ruffians heard this, they raised their heads one after another, and handed the snacks in their hands to Xiang Youer.

Seeing this, Xiang Youer raised her thick eyebrows, punched Liu San'er, and scolded: "Damn, who said that the gang was scattered?" Lao Tzu said here, three years at most, one year at the least, and when Lao Tzu has cut off Hu Nu's head, Lao Tzu will come back to cover you! When the time comes, it's hard to say that I can rob one of you to come back as a wife, you have to take care of our yard! He laughed as he spoke, but the ruffians around him did not echo him. Seeing this, Xiang You'er shouted: "The expedition is after September, and it's not tomorrow!" One of you is crying and mourning Lao Tzu! Liu San'er, since you have the guts, you will go to a big battle with Lao Tzu tonight, and come back with Lao Tzu to catch someone! Well, brothers go with you! He didn't look at the ruffians, turned around and strode out of the court.

When all the ruffians heard this, they were all stunned, and it was almost the hour, and there were few pedestrians on the street, and the ruffians were no longer able to curl up, but they didn't know what kind of battle he was going to fight or capture. But being interrupted by Xiang You'er, the curiosity in the hearts of all the ruffians had already dispelled the sorrow and parting, and when they saw him walking out, they got up one after another, copied wooden sticks, bricks, tiles and other guys and followed out.

Ah Bai sat beside Xiang Youer with his knees crossed, he was open-minded, so he didn't feel too strongly about the sorrow and farewell of the ruffians. But his heart was clear, and he understood that although Xiang Youer was generous and heroic on his lips, he was also uncomfortable in his heart. Ah Bai watched Xiang You'er and the ruffians turn around and leave the courtyard, reached out and touched the placket of the clothes on his shoulder that was stained by the tears of the suitable Xiang You'er, shook his head, got up and followed behind the ruffians, and followed all the way.

The ruffians walked silently for two or three streets, and the bear couldn't hold back any longer, and asked Xiang Youer: "Boss, who are we going to arrest, do we have to go to our brothers?" I'm a little sleepy! With that, he touched his head.

Xiang Youer couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, he knew that the bear's intestines were straight, so he said: "Remember the stinky nerd who slept in our territory these days?" The one inside the City God Temple! ”

Dog Xiong'er was startled when he heard this, and he woke up from sleep, nodded and smirked: "That nerd! Is the boss finally going to do it? This man is not easy to deal with! ”

It turned out that half a month ago, one of their strongholds, the City God Temple, came to Tai Sui, although he was dressed as a literati, but he was skilled in martial arts, and he was quite shrewd. Xiang You'er had never suffered this kind of loss in the south of the city, so Xiang You'er sent his brothers to follow the scholar along the road, but saw that the scholar went to the Anguo Mansion to deliver letters a few days ago, Xiang You'er learned about this and felt disgusted with this scholar outside the golden jade, and wondered why he had such a body and begged for the appreciation of others.

Xiang You'er has been in the capital for a long time, and such sycophants have seen a lot, at this time he has decided that the scholar must be a servile person, so he has no interest in continuing to pay attention, so he withdrew the brother who was following him, and the scholar is too difficult to deal with, Xiang Youer has the right to lend the City God's Temple to the scholar to live.

It wasn't until today that Xiang Youer saw this person being expelled by the old woman on the wall of the Anguo Mansion, and her heart was full of schadenfreude, but she inadvertently read the letter in the burden left by the scholar, and Xiang Youer realized that this scholar did have a wide range of hills and valleys in his chest, and he was really not an ordinary scholar. At the same time, Xiang Youer also understood that scholars were not flatterers, so her impression of scholars was greatly reversed. He was full of worries today, thinking that this scholar might have to return to his hometown the next day, and worried that he would miss out on the real insightful person because his eyes were too small, so he moved the idea of his grandfather to invite the baker at night, and made up his mind to get to know the scholar and invite him to join the army!

A group of people wandered to the front of the City God Temple, only to see a young man lying on the stone tablet in front of the City God Temple, the young man only used his waist to stand on the stone tablet, his head, neck, legs and feet were actually hanging in the air, I saw him put his hair on his head, his hair almost hung down to the bottom of the stele, he held a gourd in his hand, but he did not hold it steady, the wine syrup in the gourd flowed out, so that the smell of wine overflowed everywhere, and then look closely at his hands and feet were dripping with blood, the wine flowed to his wounds, but he didn't seem to care at all.

That young man was the unambitious scholar of the Anguo Mansion. His surname is Wei, and his ancestors were originally from a family of military generals. However, the grandfather's family was implicated in a case of rebellion, so the whole family was sent to the border as slaves, and the descendants will never be used as military officials. In the past few decades, the border town to which they were assigned has been in constant war for many years, and his family has gradually withered.

When he was young, his father taught him to read some ancestral military books, and he was gifted and intelligent, and he could draw inferences from everything he had learned, and he was in the battlefield, and he was even more sympathetic to matters related to military warfare, so he had a lot of insight into the art of war at a young age. Later, after the death of his relatives, he moved with the exiles to Longcheng Mansion, when he was twelve years old. When he was staying in Longcheng, he heard the schoolchildren in the Longcheng branch of Huanlu Academy reciting books, so he quietly eavesdropped outside the window, and listened to it for more than a month, even if it was stormy or hungry.

He didn't know that his act of stealing school had long been seen in the eyes of the superintendent of the college, and he didn't say it just because he cherished this child's desire to learn. On this day, a gentleman in his thirties came to the academy and gave a lecture on "The Mean" in the hall. Wei Qi listened intently, only to feel that this gentleman's explanation is very different from ordinary masters, he not only quoted Confucian classics, but also quoted from the side, from "impulsive thought of harmony" to "there is nothing originally", the speech was deep and plain, and before he knew it, Wei Qi fell into contemplation in his explanation, until he came back to his senses, but saw that the gentleman had already stood in front of him with a smile. At that time, Wei Qi was only a half-old child, with a very thin skin, and when he saw that he was discovered, he ran away, not wanting to run for a long time, but turned around and found that the gentleman was not far away and close to him, so Wei Qi had nothing to do, so he had to tell Mr. that he just wanted to learn something. The gentleman's eyes were like stars, he swept his face, frowned, pondered for a moment, and then asked Wei Qi if he would like to be his closed disciple.

Hearing this, Wei Qi was also quite surprised, at that time he was also blessed to the soul, so he knelt down and bowed to the gentleman.

The gentleman reached out and lifted Wei Qi up, looked at him again, then touched his wrist vein, and let out a long sigh. At this time, the superintendent also rushed over, and when he saw this scene, he asked the gentleman, "Sir, have you really taken this child as an apprentice?" Look at this child's face, I'm afraid it's not a good omen......" There was a worried look on his face.

"A lonely minister in troubled times? He has his own destiny, and I'm just connected with a pure heart that wants to learn. The gentleman smiled slightly, his face full of indifference.

"Then ......" the superintendent didn't know what to say at this point.

"Arrange for this kid to be a handyman in the academy, and leave him an extra seat for each course in the academy on weekdays." The gentleman said slowly. Then the gentleman seemed to hesitate for a long time, and said to Wei Qi: "Son, promise to be a teacher, and don't join the army until the last resort in the future." ”

Since then, Wei has stayed in the Yongcheng Branch, and for the next eight years, every spring and March, this gentleman will come to the Suncheon Branch to personally pass on his homework and check his progress. In addition to teaching him orthodox poems, books, rituals, music, spring and autumn shooting, and the number of books, Mofa, peasants, soldiers, yin and yang, vertical and horizontal, etc., are also taught. Spring goes to winter, and in a blink of an eye it is this spring, but this time Mr. did not come, but ordered someone to bring a letter to him, so that Wei Qi came to Beijing to find himself in Huanlu Academy, at this time Wei Qi has grown into a Xuan Ang young man, he has far surpassed others in his chest at this time, and his martial arts have also been quite successful, so he packed his bags, with full confidence, and went to the capital. This time is very different from the wanderings when he was young, Wei Qi only felt that the mountains and rivers were small for a while, and they all seemed to be in his own baggage.

When he arrived in the capital, after meeting his husband, he suddenly realized that the husband who had worked hard to educate him in the past eight years turned out to be Murong Yuan, the sacrificial wine of Huanlu Academy and known as the Tianwen Sect.

After recognizing, Wei Qi stayed in Huanlu Academy as a teacher. This Huanlu Academy is the only place in Beijing that can open a women's school, and if a young girl from a rich family wants to study, she can be sent to this Huanlu Academy to listen to lectures. Wei Qi was twenty years old at this time, and he was also very handsome and chic, and his talent in his chest was far better than that of ordinary masters, and he was a disciple of sacrificial wine, and he won quite a high popularity among all female students for a while, and even Mu Lingyun, a famous talented girl in Beijing, Princess Ancheng, and Miss Mu Lingyun of Anguo Mansion also had blue eyes on him, and often instructed his subordinates to take care of Wei Qi's daily life. Occasionally, when encountering in the hospital, Miss Mu can often ask some quirky questions to consult Wei Qi. This time and back, Wei Qi is also a person with strong blood, and he is unconsciously entangled, but he is clear in his heart, knowing that he is a slave, and he is worried about mistaking Miss Shaohua, and after noticing Miss Mu's emotion, he always has a cold face. And Miss Mu's personality is surprisingly gentle and graceful, although she didn't get a good face here in Wei Qi, she also silently supported Wei Qi.

Three months ago, Murong Yuan left the courtyard and traveled far away, and some masters who didn't like him on weekdays agreed with him to open an altar and fight for literature. Half a month ago, after several battles in the Wenguan, Wei Qi was easy to win, but he didn't expect that later, everyone turned out his family background to blame him, and threatened that the gate of the saint would be defiled by him as a slave, and unanimously wanted to expel Wei Qi from the academy. Wei Qi was angry and left Huanlu Academy.

Miss Mu saw all the causes and consequences in her eyes, and for a while she didn't feel pity and love in her heart, so she couldn't take care of the big defense in the boudoir anymore, so she personally went to persuade Wei Qi to come to her father An Guogong Mu Yun.

Although Wei Qi was grateful in his heart, he had already realized that he did not dare to climb Miss Mu when he was still in Huanlu Academy, and now he was in trouble again, how could he affect Miss Mu again, so he hardened his heart and scolded Miss Mu in person for not keeping the etiquette of the boudoir, and said that he was a person who was not eaten by the mouth, and his words made Miss Mu cry and leave. Seeing that Miss Mu was sad, Wei Qi himself was also heartbroken. He patrolled outside the Anguo Mansion for several days, and finally laid his baggage and prepared to leave Beijing.

However, at this time, he heard that Youyan intended to invade the south, and he had armored soldiers in his chest, and after a little thought, he felt that now that the Huangshui was flooding, and the people along the coast were suffering, it was inevitable that the river transportation materials would be blocked, and secondly, the labor soldiers would inevitably be incomplete, and he knew that this was not the time to start a war in his favor. He also heard that Wei Huan, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of Bingpen, might instigate the young emperor's Northern Expedition because of dirty things related to his favors and other dirty things, so he repeatedly thought that now only by letting An Guogong, the general of the Three Dynasties and Zhengnansu, come forward to state the disadvantages of sending troops, he knew that if his mentor Murong Yuan was here, he would definitely agree with what he was thinking, so he cheekily went to the Anguo Mansion to ask for Miss, and wanted Miss to help introduce An Guogong.

On the first day of not wanting to go, he was driven out with a broom by the servants of Anguo, and the servants who drove him out said: "The boudoir should have a big defense, and it is inconvenient to see Mr. in person, and I hope Mr. will cherish it." Wei Qi knew that it was impossible for Miss Mu to forgive him, so he turned to the servants of An Guogong's mansion, hoping to meet An Guogong directly and state the pros and cons of the present. If you can get away with a war, it will also be a blessing for the people.

I don't want to do this five or six days passed, but the letter submitted by Wei Qi was like a stone sinking into the sea, and An Guogong did not have any response, and after Wei Qi knew the imperial decree of the imperial expedition today, he was anxious, and after thinking about it, he wrote a letter again, proposing a countermeasure after the Northern Expedition, and did not want to let An Guogong tear it up after the letter was handed in, and sent him home.

In the past month, he has been forced by the same door, and there is no way to serve the country, and he is depressed in his heart, and he knows that after today, he may not even be able to go back to the Longcheng Branch. Although there are people in this capital who are concerned, this person must also hate himself to the bone now, and although the world in front of him is big, he doesn't know where to go. At this time, he looked at the clay statue of the former Wei Guogong in the City God Temple, thinking of his pride in killing the world, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he went to the wine shop to buy wine, first drank slowly, and then drank wildly, and the scholar's turban on his head was also torn off by him, and the sense of injustice accumulated since childhood now exploded in his brain like a cannon.

He looked at the stele in front of the city god temple, and his heart was on fire, only angry that although the stump was a dragon and had infinite computing power, he was a slave of the stele for life. So he kicked and hit the stele on the back of the stinger, and then his hands and feet had been hung with colors, but he didn't feel pain, and then he even turned over and pressed on the stele, only thinking that since the stinger was willing to be lowly, it was better to press on it himself to see if the beast would react.

At this time, Xiang You'er and the other ruffians all came to the front of the City God Temple, and they saw Wei Qi in such an embarrassed situation. Most of the ruffians had seen Wei Qi because of the incident in the City God Temple, but this was the first time they had seen him so depressed. They originally didn't like Wei Qi very well, but seeing him in trouble at this moment, these ruffians felt that he was a little pitiful, so they stared at Wei Qi at a loss

Although Wei Qi was drunk, he still noticed that someone was staring at him, so he laughed a few times and sang: "And the husband and the earth are the furnace, and the creation is the work; Yin and yang are charcoal, and all things are copper" Then he straightened his waist, jumped up, and danced on the field with his long hair and sleeves.

He was originally handsome, but after being drunk at the moment, when he danced alone on the field, he actually added a kind of enchanting beauty to the man's fortitude. Everyone only felt that his dancing was indescribably beautiful, but they also couldn't say the melancholy, the indescribable contradictions, and felt that his dancing posture was not only like the snow on the top of the mountain, the clouds flying outside the sky, but also like the knots of old trees and the blind flying of crows.

I saw him in fluttering clothes, his figure flowing, dancing and singing, like a fairy and a ghost. sang Jia Yi's "Ostrich Fu": "...... Its life is like floating, and its death is like rest; Like the silence of the abyss, like a boat without tying......." sang here, he suddenly stopped, raised his head and rolled his eyes to the sky, first stood in the middle of the field, then whined and cried, and then cried, as if he wanted to vent all the resentment in his heart. After crying, he laughed again, laughing and groaning, "...... There is no trace, there is no room, the curtain is on the ground, indulgence, haha, indulgence, good ......." are from Liu Ling's "Ode to Wine Virtue".

Xiang You'er, who was on the side, saw that he was crazy, crying and laughing, knowing that it would be difficult to ensure that he would not lose his mind if he continued like this, so he gave the bear a color and said, "Keep some hands!" The bear understood, the corners of his mouth swayed a wicked smile, and then he picked up the bricks in his hand, strode towards Wei Qi, and shouted: "Roll the calf!" A brick struck Wei Qi's head.

Wei Qi was already drunk at this time, although he seemed to be aware of someone around, but he didn't pay attention to it at all, just blindly entangled in the pain in his heart, and didn't pay attention to what was happening in the outside world. When the brick was about to reach his head, it was too late for him to dodge, so he was hit by the brick and staggered several steps to the side. Fortunately, he has been practicing martial arts for a long time, and his body is more resistant to beating, and the bricks of the bear also have the strength to stay, otherwise this brick is really shot, I am afraid that Wei Qi will even lose his life!

Wei Qi was hit by this brick, it was really like a thunderbolt, and suddenly the wine had woken up for five minutes, he staggered to stand, but when he turned around, he saw the bear holding the brick and was smirking at him, he recognized that the bear was the local ruffian who had fought with him for the territory, he was angry and sad in his heart, thinking that he was really bullied by the dog in Pingyang now, and even this little ruffian actually bullied the door.

He is not a reckless person, his mind gradually woke up at this moment, and he looked at the situation with cold eyes, only to see that there were really a lot of ruffians who came this time, but if he looked at the temperament, Xiang Youer should be the leader of the ruffians, and the thief needed to capture the king first, Wei Qi made up his mind, and then showed his body, and pounced towards Xiang Youer with the move of grabbing his hand.

Xiang You'er saw Wei Qi's gaze shooting at him, and he knew that something was wrong, so he let out a whistle in his mouth, and he flashed back, but Wei got up too quickly, and Xiang Youer had to wave a wooden stick to defend himself. Unexpectedly, Wei Qi grabbed his wooden stick with his hand, and was about to capture Xiang You'er, at this time, Li Hou'er and a group of ruffians attacked from the side, and Wei Qi had to withdraw his hand to defend.

With such a vacancy, Xiang You'er dodged back. Although it was thrilling, Xiang You'er knew that this guard was not easy to deal with, and he was not surprised, after he flashed out, he loudly commanded the ruffians in the field to advance and retreat. For a while, all the ruffians cooperated tacitly and firmly surrounded Wei Qi.

Although these ruffians don't know martial arts, they have a lot of experience in fighting, and for a while, there are endless lewd tricks such as flirting with yin buttonholes, which makes Wei Qi embarrassed. Kankan fought for a while, Wei Qi's drunkenness woke up a little more, at this time he had gradually seen the situation clearly, he saw that although these ruffians did not make moves according to common sense, but one move and one style were not subtle and fast, and it was simple to crack the original alone, but the power of these ruffians was that they could actually combine their respective body advantages with each other, and there was a sense of formation. Wei Qi took a closer look, and felt that this was not any known formation, but it was natural, and it was like the moves of all ruffians, as if they were naturally formed in the process of continuous tempering.

Wei Qi had already gone to the heart of contempt at this time, he made a sword with a stick, and stepped on the "mountain step" of the master's hand, and silently calculated the direction of the surroundings in his heart, at this time there were four or five ruffians on the left side to attack, he slipped under his feet, and when he dodged, he took the stick in his hand with a draw, and at the same time an iron plate bridge, his body was tilted and bent at an impossible angle, and then kicked backwards. The ruffians were so dragged by him that they couldn't help but huddle together and fall into a heap, and when they finally got up, they saw that Wei Qi was already standing in front of Xiang Youer, but he didn't attack it.

At this time, a gray-clothed young man stood in front of Xiang Youer, who was Ah Bai.

Wei Qi noticed Ah Bai just now, although this young man never participated in the ruffians' attacks on him, but Wei Qi felt that this young man was the most difficult to deal with among this group of ruffians. At this moment, when he and Ah Bai were facing each other, he felt that this young man exuded a cold and pure murderous aura, although this murderous aura was not violent, but it made him feel difficult to approach.

Wei Qi shook his head, and secretly used his innate true qi for three weeks to strengthen his momentum. Then he heyed, strode towards Ah Bai, and when he got close to Ah Bai, he used the stick as a knife, and suddenly slashed at Ah Bai, the "rotten Ke knife method" of the old man he made at this time was improved from the war knife technique of Yuezhou for a hundred years, the knife was fierce and direct, and the masculine was abnormal. The young man's figure flashed, and he turned sideways to avoid it. Wei Qi did not delay, and attacked more than a dozen knives in a row, and the knives were fierce and powerful, but they were all avoided by Ah Bai one by one.

When the twenty-first move was reached, Wei Qi suddenly stopped, only to see him throw the stick in his hand to the ground, and shouted at Ah Bai: "Why don't you fight back?" ”

Ah Bai stretched out his hand and scratched his head, pointed at Xiang You'er and said, "It's him, my boss, he wants to be a brother with you." ”

When Wei Qi heard this, he turned his head and stared at Xiang You'er for a long time, he was betraying his relatives at the moment, and suddenly heard the word "brother", his heart was shocked for a while, and after a while, Wei Qi suddenly sneered: "No matter how bad Wei is, he will not insult his ancestors, and be a hooligan who eats on the street and waits for death!" ”

This sentence made all the ruffians present angry and abnormal, and they were ready to pounce and fight with Wei Qi one by one.

At this time, Xiang Youer silently walked to Wei Qi's side, leaned over and picked up the wooden stick that Wei Qi threw at his feet, and then broke the wooden stick with a "snap" and threw it at his feet, not looking at Wei Qi, but said loudly: "People look down on us, we have to be ambitious, brothers, let's go, we haven't been here today, anyway, tomorrow we will join the Northern Expedition, although our hooligans do not have a strategy of eight years of hard study, no martial arts tempered in the spring and autumn, and no talent to learn rich five cars, But we have a heart, a chivalrous liver, and a righteous courage! There is a family and a country in this heart, a brother in this liver, and a lonely courage in this guts......" As he spoke, he pulled Ah Bai and waved his hand to Li Hou'er and the bear party to leave.

When all the ruffians saw the boss greeting them, although their anger did not subside, they all put away their guys one after another, patted the dust on their bodies, and turned to leave.

In fact, with Xiang Youer's quality, he couldn't say words like "Tao Strategy" and "Lonely Yong", which he borrowed from Wei Qi's letters. Tonight, he wanted to pull Wei Qi into the gang, originally because he liked his talent and ambition, but at this time, seeing that Wei Qi was discouraged and quite prejudiced against himself and others, he knew that if Ah Bai used force to arrest Wei Qi at this moment, it would be useless, so he also broke off the idea of subduing the dragon and subduing the tiger. He beckoned everyone to leave, but he didn't want Wei Qi to look down on his party, so he said something to squeeze Wei Qi and make some money by the way.

I could only hear him sneer as he walked: "The beacon smoke rises in the north, the river is in chaos, and when the war is lawless, there is chaos in the people, hehehe...... However, if the dragon breaks the holy judgment and wants to cut down the no way, then he should take Ganzhou as a horn with a short army, and adjust the grain of Yuzhou as a response, and take advantage of Guanning to attack it with a flank, hehehe, hey hey students are only willing to put on their livers and drain their guts and solve the upside down of the people, hehehehe......."

These words were quite different in Wei Qi's ears, he thought that Xiang Youer and the others were just bad people who were used to disturbing the people, but he didn't expect that the letter he presented to An Guogong was carefully read by the little ruffian in front of him, and the words that the little ruffian read were all from his letters. He heard Xiang You'er sneer three times at this moment, and he felt empty in his heart. He experienced loss and madness today, but as soon as Xiang You'er left at this time, he seemed to have no support in his heart, and just stood in the middle of the field.

He was a homeless person when he was young, if he hadn't been lucky enough to meet Murong Yuan, he might be living on the streets like Xiang You'er now, begging for food and disturbing people's lives. It is precisely because of this experience when he was a teenager that it became more and more difficult for him to accept the hooligans, so he honed himself through hard study, but also in order to get rid of the two secret wounds in his heart of "slavery" and "outcast", but in the past half a month, he was first squeezed out by the unanimous cold eyes of the masters of the Wenguan, and then despised by the Anguo Mansion, so the old wounds in his heart attacked, and he would seem so crazy and angry. At this moment, he heard that a group of ruffians wanted him to be a brother, and he was surprised and humiliated, so he had the remarks of "eating and waiting for death".

He thought that Xiang You'er and his party would inevitably find him to fight to the death, and he also thought that although the other party's unfathomable martial arts boy had no chance of winning, he was also determined to let it go, thinking that there was no way out, so it was better to fight.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Xiang Youer beckoned everyone to leave, and said such words that shocked him. He was also a hot-blooded young man, and when he heard about the conscription today, he was also moved, but when he remembered his master Murong Yuan's entrustment that "you can't join the army unless you have to", he didn't feel hesitant again. At this moment, when he heard that Xiang Youer was waiting for him to form an alliance, he was going to join the army to serve the country, and he couldn't help but feel shaken in his heart, he stood in the middle of the field, looking at the direction of Xiang Youer's departure, and almost wanted to say goodbye, but when the words came to his mouth, he was at a loss.

At this time, I suddenly heard Xiang Youer's voice in the distance: "Your dim sum Lao Tzu has eaten, your silver Lao Tzu has received it, your letter Lao Tzu has torn up, if you want to find Lao Tzu to settle accounts, Lao Tzu is waiting for you in the Xie Family Waste Garden!" You don't understand this thing, I can't understand it, and you ......" suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound, and a ball of things shot towards Wei Qi.

Wei Qi stretched out his hand to catch it, but saw that it was a small pebble wrapped in a cyan square silk, Wei Qi unfolded the silk cloth, and saw that it was a small plain stick, but there were only two words on the plain stick: papaya!

The handwriting of these two words is delicate and elegant, obviously from the hands of a woman, Wei Qi looked at those two words, his body trembled slightly, and he muttered to himself: "Bandit retribution, always think it is ......good."

It turns out that this "Papaya" was originally a poem in the "Book of Songs", which said: "Vote for me with papaya, and repay it with Qiongju." Bandit retribution, always think it is good! Vote for me with a peach, and repay it with Qiong Yao. Bandit retribution, always think it is good! Vote for me with Mu Li, and repay it with Qiongjiu. Bandit retribution, always think it is good. This "Papaya" is used between men and women, so that men and women should not refuse each other when they give each other, but the phrase "always think it is good" gradually spread to the meaning of love. At this moment, as soon as Wei Qi saw the word "papaya", he immediately understood that Miss Mu still had an infatuation with him. He was originally extremely depressed, but after learning about his sweetheart's affection at this moment, he suddenly felt a pride in his chest, and many of Fang Cai's resentment seemed to dissipate in an instant.

"Always be good? Alas...... "At this time, in the shadow of the roof of the Chenghuang Temple, a voice sighed softly, and then a slender figure flashed and disappeared in the bamboo forest behind the temple.

Xiang You'er and the ruffians returned in disappointment, so they lost their interest in frolic, and were unusually silent along the way, but they just returned to the Xie family's abandoned garden, and each found a dry ground to sleep. Ah Bai jumped up on the big willow tree and fell asleep on the tree.

There was nothing to say that night, and it was dawn in a blink of an eye.

When she got up in the morning, Xiang Youer took a few brothers out to forage for food, but when she just walked to the gate of the courtyard, she suddenly found that there was a young man standing outside the courtyard, but it was not who Wei Qi was!

I saw that at this time, he changed into a coarse cloth suit, the injuries on his hands and feet were wrapped in strips of cloth, his hair was also tied in a samurai bun, and he was equipped with a sword around his waist.

When all the ruffians saw Wei Qi standing outside the door early in the morning, they were all frightened and took a step back, after all, the memory of the battle in the City God Temple last night was particularly fresh. Xiang You'er rubbed her eyes and looked at it again, it was indeed Wei Qi, she was angry for a while, thinking that the scholar was the most boring, Lao Tzu asked him to come to the Xie family's abandoned garden to settle accounts, he really came, and it came so quickly!

So Xiang You'er rolled up her sleeves, pinched her nose with her thumb, put on a fighting posture, and shouted: "Lao Zi Xiang You'er is here, let the horse come!" ”

Seeing that Xiang You'er misunderstood, Wei Qi immediately untied the sword at his waist, pushed it flat with both hands, slowly put the sword on the ground in front of him, and then made a long gesture, and said: "Commander Xiang, Wei Qi got your order yesterday, and the doubts in his heart were all gone, and he came to join Commander Xiang at this moment!" ”

Xiang You'er was stunned when he heard this, although no one had ever called him "leader" before, but what surprised him even more was that Wei Qi, a stubborn scholar, was willing to come to him today, he was at a loss for a while, and just nodded stunned. After a while, Fang came to his senses, laughed and said: "Papaya, you scared Lao Tzu to death, Lao Tzu thought you were here to find trouble!" ”

In fact, Xiang Youer had already seen the word "papaya" on the plain sign yesterday, but he didn't know about Miss Mu, and secondly, he had never heard of the "Book of Songs", so he couldn't understand the mystery at all, and only vaguely knew that it was written by a woman. He felt that this scholar was too brainless, just like wood, so he called him "papaya" in private. At this time, his brain was stuck, and he naturally called out the word "papaya".

When Wei Qi heard this "papaya", he knew that Xiang You'er must have seen the Su sign, and he was secretly embarrassed, so he hugged his fists again and said: "Wei Qi is willing to follow Commander Xiang to join the army, Commander Xiang will not refuse, right?" ”

It turned out that Wei Qi tossed and turned last night, and his heart was full of thoughts about what happened during the night. Later, I thought that if I wanted to break free from the shackles of "homeless" and "slave", now I want to rely on the examination to become a leader, but there is little hope, maybe at this time, only by making contributions to the frontier can I wash away the shame of his family, and then it will not be considered a high climb Miss Mu. Thinking about it again, now that he is personally confronting the Northern Expedition, his family and country are unstable, and he is a dignified man, he should also throw his head and spill his blood at the border pass, and he must not lose to Xiang Youer's party.

Thinking of this, he had made up his mind. He is good at observing people, although he had a conflict with Xiang Youer last night, but he was also quite impressed by the bearing of this little ruffian, plus Xiang Youer was able to read his letter carefully, and took the initiative to invite him to join the gang, he knew that he had met a confidant. So that night, he wrapped up his wounds, packed his bags, and came to the gate of the Xie family's abandoned garden before dawn.

When Xiang You'er heard Wei Qi's words, her heart was happy, she strode to Wei Qi's side, stretched out her fist and collided with Wei Qi, and then hugged Wei Qi and turned to the ruffians and said, "Since we joined the army together, we are all friends." Although he had the heart to regard Wei Qi as a brother, he also knew that Wei Qi was arrogant and was also a scribe, and this time he was willing to "defect" to himself, most of which was also for his ambitions and joining the army, and he did not have to reluctantly integrate into his own party ruffians. So they used the word "friend" to refer to each other.

Although the bears and the others have had a dispute with Wei Qi recently, seeing that Wei Qi took the initiative to repair it at this moment, these straightforward men did not care about their previous suspicions. I saw the bear striding up, standing next to Wei Li, scratching his hair with his big hand and smirking: "Papaya, don't hold a grudge against your brick last night, if you don't feel happy in your heart, beat me with a brick to get angry." ”

When Wei Qi heard this, he knew that they must have called themselves "papaya" in private, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. But he wanted to stay away from titles such as "Mr.", "Master", and "Childe" at the moment, and the title of "papaya" was a little intimate when it came out of the mouths of these little ruffians. So Wei Qi smiled slightly, patted the bear's arm and said, "Your brick strength is really big!" But if you hadn't slapped me, I wouldn't have been drunk last night! ”

Xiang Youer was still thinking about whether to call him "sir" or "big brother", but at this moment, seeing that Wei Qi didn't mind the title of "papaya", he was no longer entangled, and he said to Wei Qi: "Papaya, well, our brothers are all called mixed names, just like he is a bear, he is a monkey, he is a dog, and he is San'er...... If you don't mind, we'll call you papaya in the future! However, don't call me the commander in the future, listen to the longevity! Wei Qi nodded when he heard this, Xiang You'er turned his head to look at the ruffians and said: "Brothers, although we call him papaya in our mouths, we should respect him as a gentleman in our hearts, because his knowledge is great, much more powerful than the blind Chen who told fortunes on the street, and I, Xiang Youer, also want to treat him as a gentleman, you know?" Saying that, he hugged his fist and waved at Wei Qi, and then said: "Papaya, our brothers have a hard life, and there is no way to study if they want to, so give us more guidance in the future, okay?" ”

Wei Qi came to look for Xiang You'er, originally just had the idea of being like-minded with this little ruffian, he knew that there had been a lot of collision between the two sides in the City God Temple in the past half a month, and he didn't expect to be harmonious with these ruffians, but unexpectedly, first the bear and the bear resolved the previous suspicion with him, and then Xiang Youer respected him, so he suddenly felt that in this surging floating world, he actually met the warmth of family here, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

I saw Wei Qi pause, grabbed Xiang You'er with one hand, and grabbed the bear with the other, and said: "Alas, papaya, in fact, papaya is very good, I don't have much knowledge, but I know some words in books, if you want to learn, Wei Mou...... Oh no, papaya must teach you, oh, that is, to teach everyone what I will. "He has been knowledgeable and eloquent since elementary school, even if the masters of Huanlu Academy accuse him, he will not speak badly, but at this moment, this passage is actually said intermittently, it is really the first time in his life that he has encountered it.

Xiang You'er stroked her palm and said with a smile: "Okay! Good! Good! "He accepted such a brother with unfathomable martial arts as Ah Bai yesterday, and now he has such a rare talent as Wei Qi, and his heart was suddenly full of pride, and he took Wei Qi's hand and approached the Xie family's abandoned garden.

Seeing that the sun had risen, Xiang Youer instructed the nine ruffians who had been scheduled to join the army yesterday, together with Wei Qi and Ah Bai, a group of twelve people, to go to the Beishi school to apply.

At that time, the autumn wind was cold, but it could not suppress the young man's enthusiasm.

But everyone doesn't know that this twists and turns in the future will stir up what kind of turmoil and rain in the world will be stirred up!

"Southern Zhou Zhi Jiangling Marquis Biography": "Jiangling Marquis Shaofu Zhiluo, Tongda Wang Ba, met the gallant marquis, the king of the king in the city, and was very like-minded, so he was about brothers, when the great cause was eight years Ding Si, a total of about to join the army in the Northern Expedition. ”