Li Huaizhu wiped the blood from the gun, jumped on the horse, and continued to hurry. After running for a long time, a large town appeared in front of me, which was Merlot Town. He urged the horse into the town, only to see that the town was full of pedestrians, bustling, street shops lined up in layers, all kinds of signboards were dazzling, the men and bosses shouted strangely, and the guests in and out of the store were endless. I also saw a crowded place, the neighborhood artists teased the orangutans, asked for rice flowers to play long worms, acrobats showed their talents, and men played bamboo poles and women ascended to the sky. Li Huaizhu walked through the street and came to the alley, and suddenly forgot the address of the master's house. He looked at it, and there was a cloth seller walking in front of him. Li Huaizhu got off the horse and bowed, and asked, "Big brother, dare to ask Xie Kuiyuan, the head of the Xie sect, which street is going to?" ”

The cloth seller said: "Xianggong just walk to the road in front of him, pass through the alley, bypass the right street, and there is a coral tree in front of the gate is his house." ”

Li Huaizhu hugged his fists and said: "Thank you, big brother, I'll go here!" ”

The man hurriedly asked, "Who is Xianggong from the head of the Xie sect?" ”

Li Huaizhu said: "Down there is Li Huaizhu, the eldest disciple of the head of the Xie sect!" ”

The man sighed and said, "Alas! Xianggong, you're late! ”

Li Huaizhu was stunned: "How can you say this?" ”

The man said, "Your master passed away three years ago, aren't you too late?" ”

Li Huaizhu suddenly heard the bad news, shuddered, and asked in a mournful voice: "Big brother, is this true?" ”

The man nodded and said, "It's true! ”

Li Huaizhu was heartbroken and burst into tears. He bought a piece of white cloth and a few hemp ropes on the street to make a filial piety dress, and bought a piece of paper money and a bottle of liquor, and led the horse to the door of Xie Mansion with a heavy and complicated heart. He reached out and knocked on the doorknocker a few times, but there was no answer inside, and he gently pushed, and the two green-painted doors were separated on either side. Li Huaizhuxin said: "I haven't been to Xie Mansion for several years, and I don't know if my sister and brother are okay." He led the horse into the courtyard to take a look, but saw that a mourning hall had been erected in the corner of the courtyard, and there was a depression in front of and behind the house, and the courtyard was extremely cold, and there was no anger in the past. He tied his horse, knelt down in front of the master's mourning hall, burned the paper money and cried, "Master, why didn't you wait for the apprentice to come when you died?" In the past few years, I have missed you and my wife very much. The apprentice has now made a big disaster, there is no calculation, I want to ask you to show the way, I don't know that you have passed away! Whining...... Master, what should the disciples do in the future? ”

"Who is Your Excellency, and why are you weeping in front of my father's ethereal hall?"

Li Huaizhu looked back and saw that it was a son who was visiting his age. This person is eight feet tall, seven feet wide and hanging zero, with a high bun, a face like the bottom of a pot, a straight nose and a square mouth, two sword eyebrows, a pair of red phoenix eyes, and a blue robe. Li Ye wiped away his tears, stood up, and took out his left fist to smash the man's right face. The man leaned to one side and shook Li Huaizhu's right chest with his backpalm. Li Huaizhu shook his right arm and unloaded the opponent's palm. The man slapped the ground with his left palm, jumped up a few feet, and quickly kicked out a set of mandarin duck legs, attacking Li Huaizhu's left chest and waist. Li Huaizhu quickly slapped the opponent's mandarin duck leg with a series of palms, and shook his foot to sweep the opponent's foothold. The man was horrified, and he was in a hurry, and the soles of his feet skillfully stepped on Li Huaizhu's calf, volleyed a harrier and turned over, floated away for several feet, jumped up, and fought with Li Huaizhu again. The two of them fought fast and fast, and they fought more than 50 moves in a row, without winning or losing.

Li Huaizhu hugged his fists and said: "Hehe, my junior brother's martial arts have improved a lot. ”

The man said: "Where is it, how can the junior brother dare to get an axe in front of the senior brother with these two tricks?" ”

This person is Xie Hualan, the beloved son of Xie Jiaotou.

Li Huaizhu clenched Xie Hualan's hand and said with a smile: "Senior brother, I miss you for my brother!" ”

Xie Hualan hugged Li Huaizhu, cried bitterly, and shouted excitedly: "Mother, it's senior brother, senior brother is here......"

Li Huaizhu let go of Xie Hualan and said, "Senior brother, quickly lead my brother to see my sister!" ”

The two brothers returned to the living room hand in hand. Xie Hualan invited her mother out of the inner room.

Li Huaizhu knelt down and kowtowed: "The master is above, and the apprentice kowtows!" ”

Old Madam Xie picked up her beloved disciple and said, "Huaizhu, please get up quickly." You can come here, the master is very happy. He also instructed Hua Lan to prepare tea and dinner quickly, and not to neglect his senior brother.

Xie Hualan obeyed her mother's orders and quickly prepared tea and dinner for her senior brother.

Li Huaizhu was so hungry that he ate a meal in the sea and touched his stomach and put it in the bowl.

The old lady smiled and asked, "Huaizhu, I don't know what you are doing here in Merlot Town?" ”

Li Huaizhu killed his brother-in-law and recounted the battle of Wujiazhuang.

Old Madam Xie sighed: "I see. Then he asked, "I wonder how the apprentice has been doing in recent years?" ”

Li Huaizhu's heart was heartbroken, and he said slowly: "Alas, three years ago, a natural fire burned down my house, my father was buried in the fire, and he suffered from a major drought for three consecutive years. ”

"Alas, the world is really unpredictable, and life is unpredictable!" The old lady sighed.

Li Huaizhu had mixed feelings: "Master, why didn't you notify the apprentice when the master died?" ”

Old Madam Xie said: "Your master died of a sudden illness, so you didn't rush to inform the disciples, and you didn't want to alarm the major sects in the rivers and lakes, so you didn't receive any news. ”

Li Huaizhu wiped her tears and asked, "Since Master has passed away for three years, why is his mourning hall still there?" Could it be that Master's body hasn't been buried yet? ”

Xie Hualan said: "Daddy's coffin was buried three years ago, but now the three-year filial piety period has not yet expired, so the mourning hall has not been demolished. ”

Old Madam Xie felt very sorry when she saw that the apprentice was in the dust and was haggard in every way, and said to Hua Lan: "Son, your senior brother is tired all the way, you quickly lead him into the library to rest." ”

"Yes, I'll take my senior brother with me." Xie Hualan bowed and said.

Old Madam Xie admonished: "You two remember, read more books in your spare time, and don't eat, drink, fight, and cause trouble." ”

Xie Hualan agreed, and the two brothers left the living room.

In the library, it is not very gorgeous, but it is very comfortable. A red spike sand lamp is hung on the top of the pavilion, and a black lacquer bookshelf is erected under the south wall, and several layers of martial arts books are placed on the shelf. This is all Xie Kuiyuan's life's work. In front of the bookshelf, there is a Nanmu bookcase. This book case is worth a little money in the whole library. A delicate pen holder is placed on the desk, on which hangs a row of old bamboo pens, and a square inkstone is pressed on a stack of plain paper. Under the east wall, there is a wooden bed with a shed, and two soap tents are hung on the edge of the shed, hooked on both sides.

"I haven't been here for three years, this bookstore is still the same as before, only the master ......" Li Huaizhu missed the master very much, tears rolled in his eyes, but it was a pity that three years have made everything change into a person.

"Senior brother, don't be like this, I want to open a little." Xie Hualan patted her senior brother on the shoulder.

Li Huaizhu sighed and flipped through a few books, feeling quite tired and sleepy, and lay on the bed to rest. Xie Hualan has been by the bedside.

After lunch the next day, Li Huaizhu took out a thick, yellowed paper book from the bookshelf, and the cover was marked with the words "Xie's Weapon Tips". He opened it and saw that there were eighteen kinds of weapons on it, including knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, whips, maces, hammers, grasps, hammers, sticks, lances, sticks, crutches, and meteors, and there were detailed explanations under each weapon. Li Huaizhu said in his heart: "A martial arts master like Master who can be proficient in eighteen kinds of weapons and understand the internal strength and mental method, I can't compare to half of it in my life, how dare I expect to learn all his weapons?" But at least I'm going to have to learn two kinds of weapons anyway. I'm already proficient in the Meteor Hammer, so I might as well learn the spear again. After all, it is more practical to fight immediately or with a long weapon. Although he was in a difficult situation, he still dreamed of one day galloping on the battlefield and leading his troops to kill the enemy. Since he was a child, he has always had a dream of being a general.

After half a month of careful study, Li Huaizhu had a deeper understanding of the internal strength and mental method, and learned the essentials of using the spear. Xie Hualan admired his brother's understanding very much and praised him.