Su Qin and the others slept soundly in Quwo in Wei State, and the next day, everyone got up very late, especially Wei Xiang, who was younger, got up the latest, and Wei Jia had to call him, so he rubbed his sleepy eyes and got up and dressed.

After everyone had breakfast together, Su Qin and Zhang Yi parted ways from everyone. The money they brought out from the Qin State was left behind on the battlefield, and they counted it and found that there were only more than fifty gold left, Su Qin only took some odds and took it with him, and Su Dai took all the rest, let him buy a small courtyard in Luoyang, and arrange for Wei Jia and Ning Jun to live.

When it was time to part, it was inevitable that they were still a little reluctant, Su Qin and Zhang Yi walked along the official road to the east, and did not look back all the way, until they walked far away, and when they turned their heads, they could no longer see Su Dai and the others who saw them off.

The two of them got up early and greedy for darkness along the way, or walked, or hired cheap short-distance carriages, and after more than three days of traveling, they finally came to Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

It happened to be an afternoon on the day he entered the city, Su Qin entered Linzi and looked at both sides of the street, but saw that Linzi was many times more prosperous than Quwo. The streets were crowded with people, rubbing shoulders one after another, walking two or three miles in the crowd, and their bodies were sweating slightly, and at this time it was already the early winter season, and the cold wave had enveloped the northern land.

Su Qin and Zhang Yi squeezed through the endless crowd, almost losing each other's traces several times, and the two walked five or six miles, resting next to a shop on the side of the street. They looked at each other's sweat on their heads and almost laughed.

Zhang Yi had entered Linzi with Master Guigu before, and he was not used to seeing the noise in Linzi City, he saw Su Qin's surprised appearance in front of the crowd, so he explained to him: "This street is where the market of Linzi City is located, we pass through here, and it is a little closer, but today is the big market on the fifteenth day of the winter moon, so there are more people." ”

Su Qin nodded and said, "No wonder, this squeezed people and almost turned them into bait." However, I can imagine the wealth of the Qi State when I look at the prosperity of Linzi City, and when the princes who can compete with the Qin State today, the Qi State is the first. ”

Zhang Yi also said yes. The two rested for a while, then got into the sea of people and walked towards Sun Bin's mansion.

Around the time of sunset in the afternoon, the two finally arrived at Sun Bin's mansion, which was located in the southeast corner of Linzi City, hidden in a dense crowd of houses. The street in front of the mansion is also not very wide.

Su Qin observed the situation around Sun Bin Mansion and thought to himself: "It seems that what Senior Brother Sun Bin said in the Lonely Pavilion of Yunmeng Mountain back then was true, he was indeed a very inconspicuous place in Linzi City. ”

With a noble status like Sun Bin, but he is willing to live in seclusion and does not have much to do with the world, he is really a magical person who sees the beginning and the end of the dragon. From Su Qin's heart at the moment, he admires Sun Bin's quiet life more.

Su Qin traveled to the Qin Kingdom, increased his knowledge, and gained a lot of valuable life experience, but he also lost a lot of life ambition.

He saw Shi Chang's retreat in Zhongnan Mountain before, and he was already envious, and today when he saw Sun Bin's deeply hidden mansion, he understood: seclusion does not have to be in the deep mountains, but in the crowded city, there is still a place for Qing cultivation, it seems that the key is people's mentality, not the location.

Zhang Yi stepped forward to call the door, the door of the mansion creaked open from the inside, and Su Qin saw a thin old man in his sixties, who looked like a housekeeper in Sun Bin's mansion from the way he was dressed. The old man leaned out and asked what they were doing.

Zhang Yi recognized that the old man was Sun Fu, the old housekeeper of the Sun Mansion, so he shouted: "Steward Sun, please give a message to Mr. Sun Bin, and say that it is his junior brother Su Qin and Zhang Yi who ask to see him." ”

Steward Sun looked at the two of them fixedly, and after a while, a line of tears flowed from his eyes. Only then did Su Qin and Zhang Yi notice that the old man had a piece of filial piety cloth hanging on his sleeve.

Steward Sun wiped away his tears and said, "My husband died three months ago, and you will never see him again." As he spoke, he let out a long sigh.

Zhang Yi found that Steward Sun didn't know much about himself anymore, and his eyes were fixed on the person, carefully identifying. So he asked Steward Sun instead: "Old butler, do you know that there is a thin old man in Lu Dao, who looks to be over eighty years old, and Mr. Sun Bin calls him the master, does he still live here?" ”

Zhang Yi hinted at Guiguzi, and Steward Sun remembered Zhang Yi's identity, he nodded vigorously, and said, "The person you are talking about is Mr. Sun's master Guiguzi, he still lives in the mansion, and he said that he was waiting for someone to come." ”

When Su Qin and Zhang Yi heard this, they were surprised and delighted, the one who was shocked was the death of Senior Brother Sun Bin, and the happy one was that the master, Mr. Guigu, was still in the Sun Mansion.

Zhang Yi was still hiding it just now, and he didn't dare to ask Steward Sun about Guiguzi's tuba, but he didn't expect Steward Sun to say the name of Guiguzi, and he was relieved.

He saw that Steward Sun was not an outsider, so he made it clear and said, "My name is Zhang Yi, and I have seen you in the mansion before; The other one is my senior brother Su Qin. Let's go to find Master Guigu together, and the person he is waiting for is us! ”

After hearing this, Steward Sun let out an "oh" and invited Su Qin and Zhang Yi into Sun's mansion, and after that, he squeaked the door of the mansion and closed it tightly again. Steward Sun led the way in front, and the two followed closely behind, walking all the way towards Sun's mansion.

Coming to the southeast of Sun's Mansion, Su Qin saw an elegant small courtyard, not big, only three rooms, but the houses were new, clean and tidy. Su Qin thought: "Senior Brother Sun Bin really put a lot of thought into Master Guigu, looking at this courtyard, it is clearly a newly built courtyard specially for Master Guigu. ”

The courtyard door was hidden, but it was not locked, Steward Sun pushed the door in, and Su Qin and Zhang Yi followed him into the courtyard. Su Qin saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy sweeping the yard with a broom. The little boy saw Steward Sun and greeted him cordially, and then saw Su Qin and Zhang Yi, but these two had never seen each other, he was obviously a little puzzled, a pair of big eyes were rolling, and at first glance he was a smart and clever child.

Steward Sun asked, "Xiao Qing'er, is your husband not in the house?" ”

The boy named Xiao Qing'er replied, "He is studying in the inner room, do you want me to call him?" ”

Su Qin and Zhang Yi hurriedly stopped Xiao Qing'er and said, "No need, no need, let's wait for him to finish reading and then go to see him." ”

Xiao Qing'er didn't think so, so she continued to sweep his ground, and Steward Sun said goodbye to Su Qin and Zhang Yi and left the courtyard.

At this moment, the door of the main house opened from the inside, and Su Qin saw an old man with a childish face, and a few strands of white whiskers fluttering on his chest, who else could that person be if he was not a master!