At the foot of the cold mountain ten miles outside Suzhou, there is a small post station.

This is a resting place set up by the imperial court, which is found all over the country, but because of the wealth and peace in the south of the Yangtze River, this post station is also quite atmospheric.

It's like a small inn.

If passers-by do not want to live in a "state-owned enterprise" station, there are several inns not far away to choose from.

Among them, there is also an inn, with the flag and signboard of "Heluo Inn", which is the property of Lei Ye's Heluo Gang.

Those businessmen are really good at doing business.

At this time, it was the morning, and it was not yet the hottest time of the day, and there were people coming and going on the post road outside the city, as well as a team from the Yijia Dart Bureau.

There are quite a lot of people, and it seems that they are going to send darts from afar.

In front of the post station, Shen Qiu and Qingqing tied their horses to the drinking trough, beckoned the post station guys, added some forage and water to the horses, and prepared some more dry food and drinking water.

They were saying goodbye.

The young man of the folded iron also stood here, he was wearing a black power suit that was easy to move, a wide robe, and his eight-foot-tall height made passers-by frequently look sideways.

Behind the young man was a carriage with some things to walk into.

He was going to leave for Luoyang today, where he would meet with the disciples of Xiaoxiang and go to the land of Qilu together.

Lin Huiyin is going to find a doctor for her master, and Zhetie is looking for relatives.

"You'll have to be careful along the way."

Shen Qiu advised:

"You went with us to Xiaoxiang, but you are still inexperienced, if you don't understand anything, just ask the guys at the Li family's pharmacy, and they will help you."

"Yes."

The young man with the iron folded lowered his head, and he said to Shen Qiu:

"This time, I still thank my eldest brother, if you don't say anything, I can't leave Suzhou."

"I wish you stayed here."

Shen Qiu sighed, and he said:

"Fourteen or fifteen years old, at such an age, he is only a half-old child, how can he rest assured that you can travel a long way alone? It's just that you have something in your heart, and it's not a matter to drag it all the time.

But you have to remember, Xiaotie, during the two-month period, no matter whether you find your family or not, you must rush back to Suzhou.

You're a little involved, and I think you know it yourself, it's a matter of life. ”

The young man nodded, and he said:

"I understand, big brother, you will definitely come back on time."

While the two were talking, the young girl also carried a bag of dry food and a few water bladders, and walked out of the post station, she and the young man of the iron were good friends.

Now that her good friend is leaving, she is naturally not in a good mood.

She handed the burden of dry food in her hand to Ori Tie and said:

"Xiao Tie, you must pay attention to safety, I heard Uncle Song say that the land of Qilu is not peaceful, if you encounter danger, you will go to the local beggar gang to help, Uncle Song gave you a letter.

Yes, I have it with me. ”

The young man touched his chest, where there was a letter from the beggar Song.

In recent years, the beggar gang all over the country, under the coordination of the big dragon head Zhang Tugou, has become more and more united internally.

"And your sword."

Qingqing girl glanced at the carriage, and she said worriedly:

"You don't want to mention it?

Several of the blacksmiths at the piano platform said that it was made as an ornament, and they said that no one fought with that kind of thing. ”

"Don't listen to their nonsense."

Xiao Tie laughed, he touched his head, showed a sincere smile, and said to Qingqing:

"The big sword I used in my master is a few points heavier than this sword, and the sword that my master uses is more than twice as heavy as this sword.

Naturally, it is the movement of the dance, and it is also moving, and it is enough to protect itself, Qingqing doesn't have to worry about me. ”

"Yes, Xiao Tie is born with divine power."

Shen Qiu patted the little junior sister on the shoulder, and he said:

"If it is an ordinary weapon, he is not easy to use, and this door panel heavy sword can exert his amazing strength, but I have never heard of putting chains on the sword."

Shen Qiuhu looked at Zhetie suspiciously, and he said:

"Although I know that what you have learned is not an ordinary martial art, is this really useful?"

"Yes."

The young man of the iron broke the iron in a strange pose, and he said:

"If you throw it out like this, you can take it back with a chain, and when you encounter a group attack, you will pick up a big sword, and ordinary people will not be able to get close."

"That's right."

Shen Qiu was thoughtful.

The three of them talked again, and the car of the Li family's pharmacy over there was already ready to leave.

He wasted no more time, reached out and patted the young man on the shoulder, and said to him:

"Let's go, we'll be waiting for you back in Suzhou."

"Okay."

The young man waved his hand to Shenqiu and Qingqing, then sat in the carriage and followed the convoy of the Li family's pharmacy to the post road.

Shen Qiu and Qingqing watched him leave, and he turned his head to look at the silent Qingqing girl beside him.

He quipped softly:

"If you are like Yaoqin, you know how to play the piano, you can play the piano today, what a style."

"Hush."

Qingqing glared at Shen Qiu unhappily, and she said:

"Bad senior brother, you must have remembered Lin Huiyin again, did you miss her?"

"You girl!"

Shen Qiu reached out and flicked it on Qingqing's head in dissatisfaction, and said:

"All said, I don't have that kind of thought, I'm seventeen years old this year... I'm not going to fall in love yet. ”

"If you don't say you're only seventeen, I thought you were twenty-seven."

Qingqing untied the reins of the horse, turned over and got on the horse, she complained to Shen Qiu:

"You don't look like a young man at all, you're old-fashioned, but you're becoming more and more like Master."

Shen Qiu didn't answer.

He also turned over and got on the horse, let the horse carry him and Qingqing, and walked slowly towards Suzhou, after walking for a while, Shen Qiu suddenly said:

"Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've been to worship Master."

He looked at Qingqing and said:

"Why don't we go to Qintai, Master under the festival, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to Suzhou tonight, then rest on the Qintai, and you and Yaoqin will also talk about sisterhood, how about it?"

"Okay."

Qingqing pulled the reins of the horse, turned the horse's head, and said to Shen Qiu:

"There is also candle paper money on the piano platform, so you don't need to prepare it, let's go, senior brother, let's compete to see who gets to the piano platform first."

"Horseback riding?"

Shen Qiu shook his head, and he said:

"What is the meaning of horseback riding, it is better to compare the body. I see that you have achieved some success in your cultivation recently. I'll leave the horse at the inn and pick it up tomorrow. ”

"Okay!"

Qingqing smiled, full of confidence in her smile.

A quarter of an hour later, two figures galloped through the forest in the distance of the post road, and at first, Qingqing could barely keep up with Shen Qiu's pace.

The two of them were as light as swallows, scurrying forward in the forest.

Occasionally, it rises and falls, and it is also a tiptoe to the ground, just like a swallow flying by, a dragonfly touching the water, and rising again.

But after more than a stick of incense, the green girl will be unsustainable.

Her steps slowed down, she was also panting between ups and downs, drenched in sweat, the true qi in her body had been exhausted, and she barely held on for a few more breaths, even her legs were like lead.

On the other hand, Shen Qiu was still so unhurried, with his hands behind his back, and between the ups and downs, his long hair was flying, which was quite chic.

The indulgence of the phantom footwork is obviously one of the three flavors.

"Senior brother! You wait for me. ”

Qingqing didn't jump at all in the end, and just ran through the forest.

But she couldn't keep up with Shen Qiu's leap between the branches, she could only raise her head and shout, but there was no senior brother in front of her.

Just when Qingqing's teeth itched with hatred, a phantom fell from behind her, silently walked a few steps forward, and reached out to pat Qingqing on the shoulder.

"Yikes!"

Qingqing was frightened, turned around and threw out a throwing knife.

"Smack"

The flying knife was caught by Shen Qiu's two fingers, he looked at Qingqing and said:

"The reaction is good, junior sister, it seems that the secret weapon kung fu has not been pulled down."

"You're scaring me again!"

Qingqing crossed her arms, don't look around, the pills on her head shook around, and she said dissatisfiedly:

"It's just to show that you're doing a good job."

"Why, it's just a game with you."

Shen Qiu returned the small flying knife to Qingqing, he squatted down and said to Qingqing:

"Come, I'll carry you, and when your true anger recovers, I'll go by myself."

Qingqing did not refuse.

She climbed up to her senior brother's back with dexterity, wrapped her hands around Shen Qiu's neck, Shen Qiu supported her waist with both hands, and the Xueji True Qi in her body worked, carrying this light girl on her back, and jumped on the branch above her head.

Like a spirit ape, he jumped between the branches, while Qingqing closed his eyes and regained his true qi.

She asked in a whisper:

"Senior brother, why do you say that we are all practicing martial arts together, your progress is so fast, but I am so slow?"

"Don't slow down, already."

Shen Qiu replied:

"In less than a month, you can use the Phantom Footwork to this extent, your talent is really good, it's just that the true qi in your body is insufficient, and after a few years of practice, you can be like me."

"Your true qi is also a lot stronger."

Qingqing said again:

"The cultivation of internal strength is amazing, such a long-distance run, your breathing is not chaotic, and your movements are accurate, it must be a great achievement of internal strength. That set of fish intestine skills, senior brother, have you already repaired it? ”

"It's not fish intestines."

Shen Qiu joked:

"When I was in Xiaoxiang, I told you that day that I learned a good set of kung fu from my dream."

"Teach me."

Qingqing's eyes widened, and she said:

"I also want to make rapid progress like my senior brother, it's better than if something happens again, I can only wait for you to rescue."

Shen Qiu was silent for a moment, and he said:

"Teach, it's not impossible, but it can't be now."

"How long will that be?"

Qingqing said dissatisfiedly:

"It's like when you lied to me when you were a kid and said you bought candy for me, and you haven't bought it yet."

"Wait until we use this set of kung fu openly, and no one dares to come to find trouble..."

Shen Qiu soothed:

"That day is still a long time away.

Besides, the fish intestine skill is also an excellent internal skill, which is suitable for your age to practice, and it can also help you to be light and agile, and it can also bless the power of the hidden weapon, just don't be discovered by others. ”

Qingqing nodded, what the senior brother said made sense, that set of fish intestine skills is much stronger than the Jianghu Heart Method.

She has learned this set of internal skills for more than a month now, counting the daily medicinal bath, the true qi accumulated during the exercise is much faster than in the past, otherwise it would not be able to support the time for Qingqing to carry a stick of incense.

I don't know where I found my brother.

She thought about it, and was a little sad.

She said to her brother:

"But the fish intestine gong is only the beginning, and when you practice until the true qi is mellow and sharp, you can't continue to practice."

"Don't worry."

Shen Qiu laughed, he remembered the assassin who rescued the Demon Sect Master in the Yanyu Tower, so he smiled and said:

"Not now, but maybe there will be one in the future."

He carried Qingqing on his back and swept all the way towards the Falling Moon Qintai, the Xueji Mental Method in his body was constantly running, and the true qi was endless.

Shen Qiu found the balance between consumption and replenishment, and maintained it at such an unhurried pace.

It's just that this longitudinal technique is not necessarily much faster than riding a horse when running long distances.

still has to carry the green girl, the road that can be completed in half an hour in the past, the two of them dragged on for more than an hour.

By the time they arrived at the piano platform, it was already afternoon.

happened to meet Yaoqin having lunch, so Qingqing and Shen Qiu shamelessly went to have a meal.

Yaoqin also told him that the landscape painting would be finished in three or five days, and she also planned to write a poem on the other side of Shen Qiu's folding fan.

Shen Qiu naturally did not refuse.

He has also seen Yaoqin's danqing skills, and it is indeed everyone's demeanor, so strong that he doesn't know where to go.

This Yaoqin girl is really an excellent example of the ladies of ancient times.

Not only is the voice sweet, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

"I'm going to go to Liangguang in a few days to see about my family's business, do you want Qingqing and Shen Qiu to come with me?"

After eating, Yaoqin suddenly asked.

"I'm not going, I still have to practice martial arts."

Shen Qiu looked at Qingqing and said:

"Are you going?"

"I'm not going."

Qingqing smiled and said to Yaoqin:

"I'm going to practice martial arts too."

"This..."

Yaoqin was wearing a veil and couldn't see her expression clearly, so she said:

"In this Suzhou city, there has been some chaos in recent days, I heard Uncle Hei say that there are a lot of people in the rivers and lakes, if you don't go to Liangguang with me, it's best not to stay in Suzhou.

I won't leave until a few days later, and if you two want to go out for a walk, come with me, and I'll wait for you. ”

Yaoqin seemed to have some words and stops, and had some worries.

She said a few words to Qingqing and Shen Qiu, and then went back to the room.

Qingqing and Shen Qiu brought incense, candles, and paper money and came to the unruly tomb to worship.

This tomb is on the edge of the qintai, is leaning against the lake, although it is an artificial lake built inside the qintai, but it is also connected to the waters of Taihu Lake, according to the direction of the Qintai of the falling moon, it should be on the edge of Wujiang District in the previous life.

It's barely the shore of Taihu Lake.

The unruly tomb of the road, next to the ancestral grave of the Su family, the Su family, such a wealthy businessman, the family cemetery is naturally extremely atmospheric, occupying a small hillside, the size of a community.

Shen Qiu and Qingqing crossed the hillside and came to the master's tomb as they spoke.

But after walking through a forest, Shen Qiu suddenly reached out and stopped Qingqing, who was carrying a bamboo basket.

The two looked forward, and in front of the unruly tomb stele, a tall man was standing.

The man was dressed in a black and white robe, lined with royal blue satin, black boots, his hair tied back at the back of his head, a scribe's bun, and an antique bamboo hairpin.

Shen Qiu fixed his eyes and saw that the man was wearing a pair of black gloves on his hands.

It looks ordinary, but it's a little bigger than a regular glove.

There are also black and white copper sheets on the fingertips, and the back of the hand is arranged in the shape of a strange door, which is quite weird.

That kind of shape rune, Shen Qiu had also seen it on the ink-black sword of the Momen, could it be that the man with extraordinary bearing in front of him was a person from the Momen?

He didn't seem to feel Shen Qiu and Qingqing hiding on the edge of the forest, the man was straight, his hands behind his back, facing the unruly tombstone.

His eyes were closed, and there was no expression on his face.

This person should be genuinely missing.

It's just that Yaoqin didn't tell him that someone came to pay tribute to Master today?

"Senior brother, who is that?"

Qingqing lowered her voice and asked Shen Qiu beside her:

"Is that Master's friend? Just like Uncle Song, I've never seen him before. ”

Before Shen Qiu could answer, he heard a voice ringing in his ears, thick and low, like clouds and thunder.

"Two little friends, show up, I'm the old man of Lu Duwei."

Shen Qiu and Qingqing glanced at each other, everyone had invited them, and it was not a matter for them to hide it like this.

He held the knife and walked out with Qingqing and walked towards the master's tomb.

He clenched his fist at the man who looked to be in his thirties and asked:

"May I also ask your Excellency's name?"

The man glanced at Shen Qiu, then at the knife at his waist, and finally at Qingqing, who was hiding behind Shen Qiu.

His gaze lingered on Qingqing for a moment, and then he looked back at the simple tombstone in front of him.

He sighed lightly and said:

"My name is Ren Hao."