Lu Caiting and Lu Xiaohu walked quickly down the mountain and went straight to Horseshoe Bend on the bank of the Yuma River. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Horseshoe Bay, Woma Beach all belong to the jurisdiction of Shuangji Town, there are more than 3,000 households, although the two market towns are not big, but they are also teahouses and wineries, commercial banks and shops are readily available, the people here live very richly, there are crops on the shore, the river can be fished and harvested, but after the Japanese devils came, the continuous collection of grain and various harsh taxes also made the people here angry.

Lu Caiting and Lu Xiaohu soon inquired about Zhu Meng's address in the market town, came to the Zhu family's compound, and explained their intentions to Zhuang Ding at the station gate, and Zhuang Ding immediately went in to report to the owner.

Less leaning, a few people came out of the gate, the first man, about thirty years old, majestic, broad shoulders and three pavilions, round head full, thick eyebrows like a knife, leopard sideburns knotted next to the ears, waist tied with a leather soft belt, placket open, rough and strong, he was followed by a young man in his twenties, also dressed in a short dress, tiger eyes and leopard eyes, aggressive.

Another girl wearing a lotus-colored shirt, a dark green luan belt around her waist, and black velvet shoes embroidered with larks also followed him, not someone else, it was the 'Thousand Hands and Hundred Spirits' Zhu Ke who went to Shuangji Town to visit Lu Caiting, she had sharp eyes, and saw that the visitor outside the gate was Lu Caiting, and hurriedly walked out of front of the door, clasped her fists and saluted; ”

Lu Caiting clenched his fists and saluted back; "Miss Zhu is still beautiful, she should have a good time recently, Lu does not lose his promise, and he has the courage to visit Guizhuang today, which is enough to comfort his hunger and thirst in life."

The two men in the back also came to the gate, and Zhu Ke pointed to the leading man to lead the way; "This is my cousin, Zhu Meng, the 'strong and fierce' of Horseshoe Bay." Then he pointed to another young man and continued to introduce him; "My cousin's nephew, Zhu Biao."

Lu Caiting hurriedly clenched his fists and saluted; "The lord of Zhu Zhuang is famous far and wide, shocking the rivers and lakes, the brothers have long been famous, admired for a long time, today I took the liberty to come to disturb, one admired the wishes, the other was abrupt, and I hope that the main body of Zhu Zhuang will forgive me."

Zhu Meng, the leader of the man, saw that the young man in front of him had a lot of courtesy, and he was handsome and handsome, and he already liked it in his heart, so he also hugged his fists and saluted back; "Brother Xian doesn't have to be polite, you are a person from Qinglong Hall, your brother Da Qinglong also has a deep friendship with us, Zhu welcomes Brother Xian to come."

Zhu Ke said with a smile on the side; "Brother Mengzi, this little Qinglong is my honored guest, you have to treat him well."

"Well, how dare my sister's guest be slow?" Zhu Meng said as he turned around and instructed Zhu Biao; "Biaozi, go to the kitchen to arrange and prepare a table of wine and food." He speaks loudly, which shows that he has a bold and upright personality.

Zhu Biao went straight to the kitchen, Lu Caiting, and Lu Xiaohu stepped into the courtyard with their masters and walked into the hall of the central hall.

There is an old man sitting on the left of the first place in the hall of the middle hall, the old man's temples are slightly frost white, and there is a pair of short beards under his head, and the forehead angle is slightly out, but he is in good spirits and heroic.

There is also a girl sitting on the row of Taishi chairs on the left side of the head, with her hair pulled high behind her head into a fishtail wave, a pear-shaped face, thin eyebrows and curved eyebrows, a pair of big watery eyes, warm veins, white lining, light emerald green clothes and pants, which makes her as fresh and beautiful as a hibiscus out of the water.

Zhu Ke stepped forward and pointed to the old man to introduce Lu Caiting; "Brother Lu, this is my father, Zhu Pengsheng, the famous 'water-dividing dragon' in Womatan." She speaks a little sarcastically, which shows that her father always spoils her on weekdays.

Lu Caiting hurriedly clenched his fists and saluted; "The prestige of the old hero is like thunder in the sky, and the younger generation has long been famous and admired, and today it is really a blessing to be able to witness the demeanor and dignity of the predecessors."

The old man Zhu Pengsheng stood up, carefully looked at the young man in front of him, bowed his fist in return, and praised happily; "What a beautiful offspring, Qinglongtang is really talented!" He had previously learned from Zhuang Ding's report that the visitor was from Qinglongtang in Shuangji Town.

Zhu Ke pointed to the girl in light emerald green clothes again; "My sister 'Langli Furong' Zhu Ran, don't look at her as a girl, she can chop the waves, the kung fu in the water is never under the 'Langli Baitiao' Zhang Shun in Shuibo Liangshan, the heroes on both sides of the Yuma River and on the water heard her name, and no one would put up a big finger."

Lu Caiting saluted and praised; "The girl is delicate and gentle, but her kung fu does not let her eyebrows be shaved, she is really a generation of heroines, which is very admirable."

The woman in the light emerald green shirt stood up slowly, only clenched her fists in return salute, smiled lightly, and did not speak, it seems that her sister's personality is docile and quiet, unlike her sister's straightforward and fast-talking, the two sisters are completely different.

At this time, the maid brought hot tea to the new guests, and by the way, the cold tea of the previous host and guests was also turned into hot tea.

Zhu Pengsheng picked up the hot tea, lifted the tea lid, stirred the tea leaves, and then blew the hot air with his mouth, and then took a sip. "Lord Lingzun's body is okay lately?"

"Thank you Uncle Zhu for your concern, his old man's health is okay." Lu Caiting replied.

Zhu Pengsheng nodded, he put down the tea bowl and asked again; "What about Brother Ling, but you're still busy with business all day?"

Lu Caiting shook his head and replied with a wry smile; "Uncle Zhu also knows that after the Japanese came, most of the business on the wharf was robbed, and now there are bandits on the mountain, and the freight vehicles leading to the highway in central Anhui have stopped, and now it can only be regarded as a difficult maintenance, and my brother is troubled by this."

"Alas—" Zhu Pengsheng sighed heavily; "In the autumn of troubled times, it is really incomprehensible to think that Japan is just a small country on the sea, and it is really incomprehensible to occupy half of my China in one go, and it is ...... nest."

Zhu Biao walked in and said to Zhu Meng; "Uncle, the food and drinks have been prepared, please come over!"

When the guests of honor came to the dining room, the table of the Eight Immortals was already full of dishes and drinks, and everyone took their seats in order.

Pushing the cup and touching the lamp, these Jianghu people went down a few bowls of wine, their faces were red and their ears were hot, and the atmosphere was relaxed and warm, plus Lu Caiting was polite, always a big bowl of respect, and drank boldly, which also made everyone's interest increase.

When the wine was hearty, Zhu Pengsheng suddenly smiled and said to Lu Caiting; "Virtuous nephew, in fact, our Zhu family has a good relationship with your Qinglong Hall, if you have anything to say, if the old man is not mistaken, the two of you came in a hurry, although they have been calmly trying their best to cover up, but you have something in your heart, you might as well say it and listen to it?"

Lu Caiting was embarrassed to smile when he said the central thing, and at this time the wine was surging, and he couldn't care about it much, so he said boldly; "Uncle Zhu is worthy of being an old Jianghu, and he can't hide anything in front of you, it's like this, the younger generation has broken away from Qinglongtang, mainly because he doesn't want to drag down Qinglongtang, the younger generation has joined the New Fourth Army, in the general of Weimeng Mountain, Dongqiao Village has just formed the New Fourth Army Weimengshan Anti-Japanese Independent Column, the younger generation learned that Uncle Zhu and Brother Zhu have just captured a few bandits here, and they want to behead and kill them in the bazaar, do not hide from Uncle Zhu and Brother Zhu, the leaders of these bandits and their accomplices have joined our anti-Japanese independent column, These people can also be regarded as members of the anti-Japanese independent column, and you also know that they were scattered by the Japanese army due to lack of manpower when they ambushed the Japanese army's food conscription team......"

Zhu Meng interjected and confirmed; "Brother Lu's words are not false at all, the devils made trouble in this area for most of the night that night, and these bandits were deliberately hidden by us, and they were not handed over to the devils."

Lu Caiting continued; "I know that these days, the bandits have plagued all villages and market towns, and the people hate bandits deeply, but these bandits are different, they are righteous bandits, although they sometimes rob the food and property of the villagers, but they will never kill innocents, and because they dare to fight devils, they are also men, so they should not be killed, they should be forgiven for what they did before, and let them continue to fight devils."

"Brother Lu," Zhu Meng looked into Lu Caiting's eyes and asked seriously; "Did you really break away from the Qinglong Hall, join the New Fourth Army, and form an independent column? How many of you are there? What is your position there? His eyes lit up with envy.

Lu Caiting hesitated for a moment, but still replied frankly; "The team has just been established, and there are only more than 200 people at present, all of whom are composed of villagers in the mountains, my brother from Qinglongtang, workers and hawkers in the county town, bandits, and students, and the brother is the deputy captain of the column."

After Zhu Meng heard this, he rubbed his palms vigorously, his face was full of surprise, and praised; "Amazing, Brother Lu is really amazing, he is young, he dares to do a vigorous career, he has courage, knowledge, courage, and courage, he is really a hero."

Zhu Ke stood up suddenly, picked up the wine bowl and saluted Lu Caiting; "You guy is inconspicuous, not dewy, and even mixed with a deputy captain, do you really dare to do it with a devil? Those devils are vicious, have you ever fought each other? ”

Lu Caiting picked up the wine bowl to deal with it, smiled faintly, and replied; "Don't hide it from Miss Zhu, my little tiger brother and I have slaughtered twenty or thirty devil traitors."

As soon as these words came out, the whole table was shocked, the people of the Zhu family, you look at me, I look at you, look at each other, Zhu Ke's wine bowl also paused in mid-air for a long time before coming back to his senses, Hua Rong was surprised, and praised again and again; "Okay, little sister respects you, the hero who killed the devil, listening to your words, we Chinese will breathe a long sigh of relief, and, do you have any female soldiers there?" Do you want a female soldier? It seems that she is already moved, and she also wants to join the anti-Japanese team and kill the enemy to serve the country.

Lu Caiting replied firmly; "Yes, it is said that a chivalrous woman with martial arts like you dares to pick up a gun and stand in the team like those pampered eldest ladies and female students in the city."

Zhu Ke's wine bowl touched Lu Caiting's wine bowl heavily, she raised the wine bowl, and said with pride; "Okay, it's a little sister, this girl is not ambiguous to kill the devil, let's also learn from Mulan and Mu Guiying, this ability just comes in handy," After speaking, he raised his neck and drank the wine in the bowl in one go.

Zhu Pengsheng only shook his head and sighed, Zhu Meng and Zhu Biao secretly snickered, they all knew that this girl had been rude and willful since she was a child, and she was as impatient as fire, and the reason she decided was that nine cows could not be pulled back.

After Lu Caiting finished drinking, he poured wine into the bowl again, picked up the bowl with both hands and saluted Zhu Pengsheng, solemnly and authentically; "Uncle Zhu, the purpose of the younger generation coming here is to excuse and intercede for those bandits, and I hope that Uncle Zhu will put the national righteousness first, open the net, forgive and forgive them, let them go to the front line, kill the devils, and atone for the mistakes they have made, and the younger generation will do it first as respect." After speaking, he drank the wine in the bowl in one go.

Zhu Pengsheng also picked up the wine bowl and said with a smile; "In fact, Lu Xian's nephew's words are very reasonable, no matter how turbid the old man is, he can understand the stakes, the virtuous nephew has done this at a young age, and the future creation will never be under your brother, this point makes the old man admire it very much, and at the same time he is moved! It is precisely because of the enthusiasm of you young people that the country has hope, and let me tell you, I have also been in contact with the New Fourth Army, and Commander Xiao of the Suxi Detachment has mobilized me to participate in the New Fourth Army several times......" At this point, he stopped talking and took a sip of wine before continuing; "The old man also admires the fearlessness and bravery of the New Fourth Army in fighting devils, but the old man did not agree, because the old man is a person in the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, in other words, the old man has to hand over more than 100 catties to a person who knows the goods."

Zhu Peng raised the bowl in his hand, his eyes suddenly became shiny, he looked at Lu Caiting and said; "We are both people in the rivers and lakes, so we will end up according to the rules of the road, and meet friends with martial arts, if you win the old man and nephew, the person you want will be released immediately, and the Zhu family will be sincerely convinced, and respect you as a guest, everything is easy to say, maybe some people will be selected to enrich your team?"

After hearing this, Lu Caiting immediately buried his head in silence, secretly thinking to himself, as a martial arts person, he naturally knows that many things on the rivers and lakes are solved by martial arts, and the rivers and lakes are quite primitive and barbaric, no matter how arrogant the other party is, as long as you win him, he will admire you so much, even before and after the saddle, only you are subordinate, but he can't agree immediately, the more hesitant he seems, the more he respects the other party.

Zhu Pengsheng spoke again; "What other concerns does Lu Xian's nephew have? I know that your Qinglong martial arts are comparable to your brother's, and you are still the tall foot of the real person who watched the clouds and cranes in the smoke and rain of the mountain in the mountains, and the martial arts of the Tiangang Strength Dao Sect of the Natural Gate can be said to be famous all over the world, and the Jiangnan is unique, don't be stingy later, and show it with an ancient brain, so that the old man can also open his eyes. ”

When Zhu Meng heard that his uncle wanted him to compete with Lu Caiting, he immediately became excited, gearing up, he was rough and upright, and he also liked to fight fists, Zhu Ke and Zhu Biao were also excited, only Zhu Ran was still so calm and calm.

Lu Caiting raised his head sharply in response; "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, and please ask Brother Zhu's subordinates to show some mercy."

Everyone stood up, Zhu Pengsheng seemed to be old and strong, and he seemed to be particularly energetic at this time, he drank the remaining wine in the bowl in one go, put down the wine bowl, and waved his big hand; "Let's go, go outside in the empty dam!"

Everyone had just left the table and was about to go to the empty dam outside to learn martial arts, when a Zhuang Dingxing rushed in to report; "The owner, the third young master of Yin Ba Yin of Shuangji Town, with twenty or thirty Zhuang Ding with loaded guns and ammunition, is outside the gate to name and ask to see you."

"Oh," Zhu Meng muttered to himself, a little surprised; "Yin Ba is sinister and treacherous, he doesn't have much to do with on weekdays, he actually came to the door with a large group of Zhuang Ding with loaded guns, what kind of stubble is he looking for?"

Zhu Pengsheng's face sank and he said; "Let's go, let's go!" With that, take the lead and stride out the door.