Outside Jiangning City, thirty or forty miles away, there is a Shunfeng Gudu. Since the big ferry port in Jiangning City has been requisitioned by the army, this Shunfeng Gudu, which has always been cold, seems to have regained its former vitality, and passengers come and go, and it will be lively and prosperous in a few years.

Outside Gudu, there is an old temple with the same age as Gudu. The temple is not big, but the lip gloss is good, and all the guests passing by can't help but come in to burn a bunch of incense and ask for a smooth way of the gloss, so the temple has been really lively in recent years. This is the Yuelao Temple, selling incense paper, Buddha rice, lamp oil, tin platinum ......, together with real and fake antiques, eating groceries, all of which prosper through the flow of people.

But the bustle is also built on a desolation. Within ten miles of the surrounding area, there is a water country village with few soldiers. The land south of the Yangtze River is about like this - occasionally, you will see one or two places of gold and color in the long scroll of ink, and the people who see it are often fascinated by it, thinking that the family and country are rejuvenated, and the prosperity is dreaming, and the ruler will guide the country from this, talk about feasts and plays, and think that they are really stable and stable in the country. But the golden tower is their golden tower, and the faint ink-like hunger is the color of the small people. The color is hooked into the picture scroll, the sandbar and the ancient ferry of the fishing wood, which can also outline a unique beauty under the pen of Yaren. It's just that at that time, the people of the land were afraid that they would rather not have this kind of beauty that has been recited for more than a thousand years.

This day is the eighth day of the first month of November, the birthday of the legendary Yue Lao, just in time for the Shunfeng temple fair, so the crowd is extraordinarily grand.

At this time, in a side hall in the temple, there was a woman with her hands folded, kneeling with her eyebrows bowed very sincerely in front of the statue of the old moon. This side hall has been going on for a long time, and the beams and pillars have decayed, so no pilgrims have been allowed to come in.

The curtain in this side hall hangs low, and the curtain accumulates years of incense ash, which has lost the original color of apricot yellow and red indigo, and the more it seems that the light in this side hall is extremely dim.

- This is also a common problem in the Buddha Temple. But in the dim light, the face of the woman kneeling on the futon became more and more still. The old bricks and beams, the ancient Buddha dimmed, and the inverted shade made her cheeks exude a porcelain-like halo.

The woman was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, slender and simply decorated. Knead the blue shirt and the light yellow silk skirt. The light color is not worn, but it has a delicate charm when worn on her. The two colors were kneaded together in this somewhat gloomy side hall, colliding slightly, like a stone fire gently kneading, showing an indescribable elegance and tenderness. I saw that her eyebrows were condensed with smoke and water, her eyes were clear, and she had a beaded hairpin on her head, and the beads on her hairpin head showed a slight coldness against the background of the candlelight.

After a while, she took the bundle of incense from the hand of a little girl beside her and put it on the table, muttered a few words in a low voice, and then straightened her clothes and stood up, and after standing up, she gently waved at the old statue of the moon, and then followed the little girl into a side room behind the Buddha hall.

The side room was quite plainly furnished, and there used to be a young man of twenty-four or fifteen years old waiting in the room. The young man had broad shoulders and a thick back, giving people a sense of steadiness. The woman laughed and exhaled, "Little House." It turned out that this young man's surname was Mi Mingyan, and his nickname was Xiao She'er. Among the gates, he is the best friend of this woman, like a brother and sister. If you just look at his ordinary appearance, I am afraid that no one will think that he is the "feathered horse" in the famous "Seven Horses of Yuanmen" - "Iron Feather Flying Fox Husper Dragon Leopard, no one can control the bridle is difficult to be high". I only heard him smile and say, "Sister Ru, is the wish finished?" ”

The woman nodded—she was Xiao Ru from the Xiao family in the "Nine Surnames of Jiangchuan". The surname Xiao among the nine surnames originally came from the Xiaoliang royal family in the Southern Dynasty and was regarded as the emperor's family. The so-called "clan bifid celebrity grass, river boat surname beauty hemp", the reason why the two sentences are mentioned together is that although the characters in these two sentences are in the rivers and lakes, the ancestors are all from the royal family of the previous dynasty. Needless to say, these nine surnames are divided into Liu, Chen, Xiao, Li, Shi, Chai, Wang, Xie, and Qian, but they are the descendants of the fifteen imperial families. If you want to count their origins one by one, it will be long, and it can be traced back to the Southern Qi, Southern Liang, Southern Song, Southern Chen and the Later Han, Southern Han, Northern Han, Later Tang, Southern Tang, Later Jin, Later Zhou, Fujian, Former Shu, Later Shu and Wu Yue during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Because of the heavy surname, a total of fifteen imperial families are descended.

But I heard Xiao Ru say: "Why did you settle in this temple? ”

The young man said: "Recently, the wind has been tight, and our seven horses have been repeatedly ambushed in the rivers and lakes, although I am under Liu Qi's account, but the situation is sinister, and there are many brothers in the seven horses who have been exposed to their identities." The presiding layman of this temple was originally my uncle, so I temporarily hid here. Why, Sister Ru has been to this temple before? ”

Xiao Ru smiled: "You Boss Yuan and I met here back then. ”

Mi Yan was slightly stunned, he knew that Xiao Ru was the woman that his eldest brother Yuan cared about the most, but he didn't expect that they would meet at such a month's old ancestral hall.

It turns out that this Jinling celebrity has another identity, she is the woman of Boss Yuan. Na Mi Yan seems to have a lot of respect for her, not only because she is the only fan confidant of Boss Yuan in Jiangnan, but also for herself. Not to mention anything else, Xiao Ru's ascetic 'Ten Sand Banks' mental method alone is enough to compete with a first-class practitioner in the rivers and lakes. He has always admired his eldest brother, so he naturally regards Xiao Ru as a sister-in-law. I only heard Xiao Ru sigh: "So, the Wen family is unwilling to wait for a long time, so they are going to make a move?" ”

A trace of anger appeared on Mi Yan's face: "Yes, it is said that Bi Jie also held a 'Jiangnan Summit', and the participants were all famous old families in the north and south of the Yangtze River, as well as the giant bandits on the sea in a dry lake, who were all suppressed by the eldest brother back then, but now they are twisted into a rope." I heard the news that Shi Laoliu was ambushed in Bailuzhou last month, and it was the hand of Mo Jiayu in Huizhou, if it wasn't for Geng Canghuai's unexpected help, he would almost die. Sister Ru knows that Brother Yuan has offended some people over the years, and now that they have the opportunity, they are planning together from top to bottom, and they are afraid that many people in the court and the opposition are thinking that Big Brother is an eyesore. The 'double car' is being conspired by the Qin prime minister, and is involved in the chaos in southern Fujian, and cannot be sent back; our 'seven horses' also have changes from time to time - the Wenfu Foreign Alliance is always watching, in order to kill all the seven horses, I also have to be careful; On the official side, the people in the cavalry under Brother Yuan were restrained by Wan Qiyu with various accidents; And the three ghosts on Longhu Mountain were the promise of a gamble for the eldest brother back then, and they had to help, but they were injured by Luo Han, and it was difficult to find them. Hehe, this sword from the west really disrupted the situation in Jiangnan. It is rumored that the two old men of the clan duo Zhao Wuliang and Zhao Wuji are also ready to move. There is a saying in the rivers and lakes that has spread, what is the Tao 'a sword comes from the east, meets a Yuan, autumn is not the winter solstice, and the decisive battle in the south of the Yangtze River'. Luo Han has only a sword alone, and he rarely talks to others, how could this sentence come out? Isn't it that someone is unpredictable, deliberately trying to muddy the waters, in order to seek personal desires, make a small sensation, and want to have a change in the Jiangnan situation? ”

There was anger in his tone. Yuanmen is different from ordinary Jianghu sects, they only use the growth and decline of strength as a complaint, they are people who want to do things, but in this corrupt Jiangnan, it is so difficult to do one thing.

Xiao Ru sighed: "Strange way, I haven't seen you Boss Yuan for almost three months, and he is afraid that he will be really anxious now, and new injuries and old diseases will occur together." Over the years, he has regulated the law and discipline, persecuted Haoqiang, and he really doesn't know how many people he has offended. Alas, the people of the Wen family are not easy to get along with, and with them, the variables this time are only greater. What's the matter, who is the Wen family in charge of this time? ”

Mi Yan glanced at Xiao Ru very quickly: "Wen Hanlin." ”

Xiao Ru's eyes flashed, nodded, and did not speak. Then she gently brushed a little dust on the coffee table beside her, and said quietly: "What did Chenlong say?" ”

Mi Yan's face froze: "Brother Yuan said: The artillery battle is buried there, and it is all about it, and if you want to drain the dark mines, you are afraid that the people who dismantle the mines will die first, so he does not seek to eradicate them, but only to remove the lead first." ”

This 'Dark Thunder Abyss' was originally from the Buddhist scriptures, Xiao Ruyi raised his head, and said in surprise: "He wants to kill Luo Han? ”

Mi Yan's face was full of energy: "Not bad! Brother Yuan wants to kill Luo Han. He robbed the dart silver, injured Yuan Er, drove away the three ghosts, and humiliated the Yuanmen, and now the turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River is caused by him, and the soup stops boiling, which is like drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle. Boss Yuan said: The soup is always hot, and it can't be poured all the time, but fortunately, it has always been almost hot, and all he can do now is to remove the most important piece of firewood that is about to boil the soup. ”

Xiao Ru's lips pursed, and she paused for a moment before saying, "That's the only way, this is also a lawless way." But- how can I find Luo Han? ”

Mi Yan shook her head: "No way." ”

Xiao Ruyi raised his eyebrows. Mi Yan said: "We used all the eyeliner, but he seemed to have disappeared and could not be found. We only know that he is still in Jiangnan and has not returned to Saiwai, but we just can't find him. That's why Boss Yuan will mention Zhenjiang this time, and he will be forced to come forward. That Yi Cup of wine is now in Huai Shangxin's 'Golden Zhangmen' faction, and it must not be persecuted by Boss Yuan personally. It turned out to be - Su Beiyu didn't believe that he had been making too much trouble recently, I knew that their righteous army was short of silver, but he was known as a 'righteous thief', and he couldn't stretch his hand to the ground in the south of the Yangtze River. This area is the property of the court bigwigs, and after they robbed Liu Shangshu's Zhuangzi in Yangzhou last time, everyone in the court was in danger, and there were troubles. As you know, Brother Yuan can get support in the imperial court, but it is really to give this group of rentiers a stable situation. Brother Yuan has almost turned against Qin Xiang in the court, and he can't offend more people anymore. That Luo Han is a friend of Yi Cup of Wine, and Yu Buxin is one of the three most important rebel armies supported by Yi Cup of Wine. Yuan Lao vigorously forced Yu not to believe it, firstly, to teach him a lesson, and secondly, to easily taste the pressure - in order to force out Luo Han. ”

He paused: "Therefore, Brother Yuan has recently personally arranged, three strikes on northern Jiangsu, dispersed the rudder of Yangzhou's 'Luozhe League', cleared Gaoyou Lake Water Village, and sent Hu Sennan, the commander of the cavalry, to garrison Tongzhou. He is known as 'a thief, a thief, a thief; Ming can be Ming, the world's first 'Ming thief', but this time it's time to suffer. ”

The "Ming Thief" in his mouth is the words that Yu wrote on the banner of the General Alliance after he didn't believe it. Yu doesn't believe that he was born in a miscellaneous faction, but he thinks very highly of himself, and his art industry has been out of the ordinary masters of the rivers and lakes. At the time of the confrontation between Song and Jin, he once joined the Wuma Mountain Righteous Army, roared and gathered, majestic and majestic, and was anxious for others, and his actions were excited, and his words can also be regarded as words of excitement. He professed himself to be a thief, but he was not an ordinary thief, he was obscured by his name, and he was always singing, which can be said to be a kind of indignation against the weak wind in Jiangnan, so he called himself 'Ming thief'. The alliance uses Ming Di as the name to reward and punish Wei Ming, but it really deserves this name. Before he acted, he was different from ordinary bandits, and he often sent the money he asked for in his book to the house of the person who wanted to rob him, and then he took it with the people. He is also a man, although his actions are different from the norm, but he can seek peace, can protect Li Shu, and can coerce large families to be self-sufficient, and among the three rebel armies supported by Yi Cup Wine, he needs the least, but there are two sides to the matter, which means that he has the most people who have been guilty, and his reputation is inevitably mixed among the people.

Xiao Ru had a thoughtful look on it. At this time, I heard a faint singing voice coming from outside the house, the voice was childish, but it shook my heart and ears, and it was audible. Although the location of this side room in the temple is not too deep, the courtyard wall is blocked, and the singing can only be faintly heard. Xiao Ruya was so good at music that she couldn't help but listen to it, and for a moment, she realized that the song came from the empty field in front of the temple.

The winter in Jiangnan resembles the face of a woman in her thirties after washing off the lead. The shouts of the hawkers, the texture of the slate, and the lines on the water surface are the first wrinkles on her face that have been soaked through the years. If a family and a nation always have an inevitable process of prosperity and decline, the Song dynasty and its people at this time are just like a woman in her thirties who is slightly tired. She has learned the handsomeness of life, sweeping her mane, and she will play when the lead Hua Fandel is on the field, but after washing her makeup, there is always a flattering state after exhaustion. Fatigue is also a kind of beauty, mature people like that kind of beauty, like the kind of tiredness that the world passes by but still has residual warmth, although they are also obsessed with this, it is difficult to think about cheering up, but it is difficult to say that this is not a kind of self-treatment philosophy. ——This is also the collective unconscious mentality shared by the bustling crowd in that era, that Jiangning, and that downwind Gudu, right?

In the empty field in front of the temple, it was only early in the morning, and many people had gathered, but the three performers under the big dry mulberry tree in the east looked strange. It was a blind old man holding a huqin, a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, and a man in his thirties in his prime. The man only opened the show with a set of tiger fists, attracted people and then opened up a field in the crowd, and then sat down on a bench borrowed from a liquor store to rest. Then the old man talked for a while, and the book was well spoken, and there was a few applause from the crowd. Then he heard the blind old man cough twice, and it was time for his little granddaughter to play. His granddaughter was wearing a floral cloth shirt and pants, and it was Xiao Yingzi who had appeared in the sleepy horse gathering rain station. In just two months, she seems to have matured a little more, and the girl's body is difficult to show some convex and concave in that floral cloth shirt and pants. She swept her mane, only to hear her grandfather smile at everyone first: "Rank, now my little granddaughter will sing a tune to everyone." ”

As he spoke, he played the piano twice, and said in a new voice: "Speaking of this song, it's normal, we have been singing all the way in the past half a month, and everywhere we go, after singing, we can still ask for two applause." It's not for the good voice of my little granddaughter, but it's for the real word that is a famous hand, which sounds very interesting. As he spoke, he glanced back at the little girl and said, "Yingzi, you can sing." ”

The little girl straightened her mane, and when the huqin was in tune, she began to sing, but it was a short tune "Nanxiangzi". The crowd listened to him emphasize this word, and many of those present who had read the book could not help but want to hear it. You must know that there is a Song generation, from the official gentry to Li Shu, all love lyrics and songs, only to hear that the little girl has started to sing:

The wine has fallen into decay,

The autumn water is long, and the wings are flying.

Mo Dao turmoil is not stable,

Stop the cup,

The clouds rise from the rivers and lakes.

……

She has a good voice, and when she sings, somehow, she seems to have added a different heart song to it.

- The wine had fallen into decay - but she remembered the image of a teenager sleeping at his desk. Such black-clothed cheeks, such a difficult situation, she had never seen in her life.

- Autumn water is long and the wings fly - if before, she didn't understand the autumn water and the long sky, so good, why should she write "fold the wings and fly" in the word. But now, she understands that in this beautiful and beautiful country, there are still personnel and tortures, even if you are in a good mood, all you can do is often just fold your wings and fly. After the wings are broken, there is still a storm - Mo Dao storm is not stable - after perching but stable, what can you do? Only-'stop the cup', right? - In this unprepared life, how many times will you stop drinking in your life? Stop the cup and stop looking, and hope is to hope that—

The clouds rise from the rivers and lakes.

The lyrics are not familiar with it, and there are a few places where the words are not harmonious, but they add to the frustration. The crowd applauded, high-fives and syllables. The man in his thirties sitting on a stool raised his eyes slightly under a hat. - He also wore a big hat this winter, I don't know what habit it was. The man tapped lightly on the bench with one finger, no matter how you look at it, he is not like an ordinary person who runs the rivers and lakes.

Xiao Ru vaguely listened to the song in the house, and Qu Luo sighed: "What a 'cloud rises from the rivers and lakes and a wild goose'." ”

After speaking, she herself seemed to have a sense of disappointment, and said lightly: "It seems that that Huaishang person was really a little unable to sit still by your Boss Yuan." ”

Mi Yan's face was stunned, but she heard Xiao Ru say: "I came this time, speaking of which, a small part of the reason is that there is such an old song that has been turned up and sung again. ”

Mi Yan was even more stunned, you must know that Xiao Ru is self-proclaimed and strict, and he has the style of everyone's old clan. She was originally from the old Jinling family, and she has always had few footprints in Jinling, although she has always cared about lyrics and songs, but how could she ...... When I heard the song like this, I couldn't help but feel that there was something hidden in her words.

I only heard her smile at the little girl beside her: "Shui Jing, I'm afraid this song is very related to the young man who saved you in the river that day." ”

Shui Jing is the name of the little girl who accompanied her, and this name is really beautiful and charming. She shook her head blankly, not sure what she was thinking. I only heard Xiao Ru smile lightly: "It's him, except for him, in this Jiangnan realm, there are not many people who come on a camel." ”

There was a peculiar look on the face of the water thorn - it turned out that she was the little girl rescued by Luo Han in the river that day. She is a native of Quarry Rock, where there is an industrial grange left by Xiao Ruzu, and Shui Jing'er and her father are both people in her village, and they are also servants of the Xiao family. She was rescued by Luo Han that day, and recently because she wanted to send an important thing, she and her father entered Jinling City to find Xiao Ru. Of course, Xiao Ru also heard about the most peculiar experience of this fisherman girl in her life. - The Xiao family has reached this generation, the population has been adjusted to zero, and Xiao Ru is the only woman left in the decency, so she sighed and said, "I didn't expect to meet him again." ”

Mi Yan was stunned again, Xiao Ru said that she had actually met Luo Han? You must know that Luo Han's whereabouts have always been rarely in the customs, and ordinary martial arts people have almost only heard of his name and never met him, let alone Xiao Ru, who has always rarely traveled out of the south of the Yangtze River. Xiao Ru's face seemed to have a trace of memory, and he muttered: "It's been some time since I talked about that side, and if you think about it, it should have been six years ago." ”

Mi Yan didn't ask much, just listened to her continue. He knows that Xiao Ru is a human being, if you don't ask her what you should say, she will automatically say it, and if you shouldn't say it, you can ask in vain. I saw that a hint of redness suddenly appeared on Xiao Ru's face, reflecting the faint light that penetrated through the window, which was extremely charming. She unconsciously used one hand to gently comb a lock of hair hanging down in front of her left shoulder, and said softly: "Speaking of which, Chenlong should also be regarded as having a relationship with him—I didn't expect that six years later, such a scene would happen again." ”

Mi Ether was even more surprised in her heart - Luo Han actually had a relationship with Boss Yuan? That's really ...... It's so bizarre. - I only heard Xiao Ru say: "Six years ago, it was in Yangzhou." I had to talk to the people of the 'Nine Surnames of the River Boat' for a while, so I got there. ”

Her expression was slightly distant, and it seemed that it was very important to her, so her expression when she recalled it unconsciously seemed a little solemn. I only heard her say: "That thing is a little embarrassing to say - the reason for that time is that I met Prime Minister Qin." ”

Speaking of this, she smiled slightly: "A woman, especially a woman with a good reputation, in this life, she is willing to meet reluctantly, somehow, it is always men—and most of them are not ordinary men. ”

She called herself 'quite famous', and when she said these four words, she did not mean to boast at all, but had a sigh of last resort. Also, in the land south of the Yangtze River, if there is anyone who can crown a place, then there are only two people: Lin'an has no Zhu Yan, and Jinling has only Xiao Ru.

I only heard Xiao Ru say lightly: "I met Prime Minister Qin in Lin'an that year." At that time, I didn't know it was him at first, it was in the 'Xue Garden', a leisurely tour to enjoy the scenery, and I met by chance, and I didn't know who it was at the time, and I didn't think about it afterwards, I didn't think about it...... He is such a famous person, but he is a man who is dark and slightly fat, and quite bookish. …… He seemed to have taken a fancy to me at a glance, and afterwards he even looked for someone to come to me, wanting me to enter the house and take charge of the paperwork. ”

She shook her head and smiled at this, as if she felt ridiculous. It's not for Qin Hui's rather bad reputation, which is often mentioned by everyone, for her, men are just men, she doesn't care about their power calculations, the great cause of the country, and their ambitions and loyalty - she was born in a noble family, and she has seen too much and looked down on many fights in the world, for her, men are just men - only the two kinds of men she likes and dislikes.

"—of course I was reluctant. Not to mention that I had known Chenlong for a few years at that time, but no, I wouldn't have entered his prime minister's house, and I would be a school secretary. Qin Xiang later thought about it and also inquired about some things about me, with his eyeliner, he might know a lot of things, of course, he also knew about my relationship with Chenlong. It is said that he seems to have hinted at Chenlong for this. ”

Speaking of this, the smile on the corner of her lips was a little contemptuous, as if she looked down on those men who were unable to win a woman's heart with their own bearing, but thought that everything in the world could be settled with power. I only heard her say: "Chen Long didn't mention it to me, but you can imagine how he let go of Qin Xiang's topic hesitantly." It seems that he started to fight with Qin Xiang from this matter. Of course, this is just a guide, and there are many deep factors of discord between them. At that time, Chenlong had not long since his comeback, so for this matter, I was afraid that it would add a lot of obstacles to his great cause. ”

Her face was slightly bright, and she seemed to be very happy that she had added such a little trouble to Yuan Chenlong - it turned out that the subtle mentality of the beautiful person was no different from that of ordinary women, and she liked to add a little trouble to her dear people; And the word 'love' can make a woman's face so bright. It was Boss Yuan's silent troubles that made this woman read a little love from his always quiet treatment. Because she knew that with Yuan Chenlong's temperament, he would not bear such a burden to every woman. Just listen to her continue: "But there is always something funny in the world. That matter has already been done, although Prime Minister Qin is intimidated for a while, but after seeing your boss's face, he still knows my background, and it is not easy to think about it. I didn't think about it, a year later, the trouble didn't come with him, it came from the 'Nine Surnames of Jiangchuan' who was also one of the ways I was on. ”

Her voice was long and long, as if she was telling someone else's story: "It was six years ago, when the rivers and lakes were first decided, and the government and the opposition were at peace, so the palace was a little uneasy and lonely." Shengping in the prosperous era, why do you want some singing and dancing women to decorate, this is a common practice in the imperial court. That is a big deal among the people, but most of you will not remember it - that is: the court draft. This is nothing to you men, but among the people, the harassment is only extraordinary. ”

"It is said that there is a slogan in the mouths of the Jianghu men that the 'nine surnames of the riverboat' are: 'The nine surnames of the riverboat are beautiful and hemp', and the sentence is supposed to say that the beauties in the 'nine surnames of the riverboat' are like hemp."

She smiled slightly, because that sentence originally did not only refer to the beautiful woman in the nine surnames of Jiangchuan Ruma, but also had a related meaning: Xiao Ru's nose slightly left two faint pockmarks when she was a child acne, she was called glamorous in the "nine surnames of Jiangchuan", and the sentence "Nine surnames of Jiangchuan Meiren Ma" originally also meant that she was the first beauty in the "nine surnames of Jiangchuan".

“…… It's just that I never thought that some of the beautiful women in the nine surnames would be so unbearable and lonely, but some people were interested in the draft. This is nothing, it turns out to be - the rivers and lakes are stormy, and the few can be known. A person who is conceited of his fame, if he can't show off on the high candle of the palace and be with Tingting Shazhu all day long, he will really wronged them - so it is not wrong to move some hearts. ”

She spoke idly, and such a tone was the greatest contempt she was willing to express. "I didn't think that these self-confident women in the nine surnames were preparing for the draft, and they were in a hurry, but when they arrived at the level of Qin Xiang, they encountered some obstacles. Qin Hui is quite capable of holding grudges, and he actually remembers that I am such an alienated and scattered woman, and knows that I am also the 'nine surnames of Jiangchuan', so he deliberately hinders those girls from entering the palace. As a result, I was guilty of some public indignation. Many people in the 'Nine Surnames of Jiangchuan' posted that they wanted me to go to Yangzhou and meet them, so I had no choice but to go. ”

Speaking of which, although the 'nine surnames of Jiangchuan' are different, the ancestral master is a famous teacher, that is, Cao Qing, a descendant of Cao Wei. He was a master of the Southern Dynasties. On that day, this Cao Wangsun may have been because of his own sense of life experience, after the destruction of Liang and Chen's country, he rescued and orphaned him, and taught him some kung fu, so that he took the boat as his home, wandered the rivers and lakes, and thought that he was not a subordinate, which is the earliest origin of the 'nine surnames of the river boat'. Since him, there is a rule in their door: if they are masters in the door, if the temple of a certain dynasty collapses and the society changes, it is necessary to try to save one or two of their orphans and give them kung fu, so that they can wander the rivers and lakes to inherit the ancestors. Therefore, although the 'river boat' is loose, it is still quite related. If you have to make an appointment with Cambodia, Xiao Ru is inconvenient to refuse.

I only heard her say: "They must ask me to go to Lin'an to find Qin Mou to talk about the item, saying that this is a major matter in the door, and whether the nine surnames can make a comeback depends on this matter, and it is also tied to me alone." I really don't understand, everyone was considered to have owned the world as their ancestors, and they had experienced the collapse of those countries, how could there be people who couldn't see through it. But I didn't expect them to threaten with force. I didn't make any preparations when I went, and the 'Ten Shadi' efforts had not yet been completed, and even if I did, I was afraid that I would not be able to cope with these five clansmen surnamed Liu, Chai, Shi, Wang, and Xie by myself. We said in Zhuxi'an that we would do it if we were stiff, there were many of them, and I couldn't beat them, so I had to be detained by them. They openly said that I had figured out when I would send me to Lin'an, but in fact, I knew that they had secretly sent someone to report such 'good' news to Qin Xiang. I also know that they want to attach themselves to the forces of Qin Xiang's faction, in order to cheer up in the rivers and lakes and in the imperial court - the nine surnames are taboo at the time, and those who have never been able to appear in the Song court have always been at odds with your Yuan boss. At that time, they often moved my heart with deeds such as Wei Zifu. Wei Zifu was in the Han generation, and his appearance was extremely expensive for a while, and thousands of years later, there are still people who envy him. Qin Xiang took a fancy to them, and he was afraid that it was also the thin reputation of the so-called nine surnames in the rivers and lakes. They all have their own plans, and I, an idler, will become a pawn. But at that time, I was alone, the news was not clear, I wanted to inform Chenlong, but the letter could not be sent, and there was really no good way to think about it, only secretly worried. ”

She is such a woman, even when she talks about the bleakest and most embarrassing and helpless time in her life, she is still so indifferent.

"Bamboo Creek is a good place, the green bamboo is clear, the stream is murmuring, if in normal times, it can be quite a small stay for a while. Unfortunately, I am under house arrest, although I can still walk around, but the acupoints and veins are sealed, and I can't lift my qi and gather strength. In those few nights, I often sat in the bamboo forest by the stream, thinking about such a ridiculous thing and this somewhat absurd life, and sometimes I couldn't help but feel a little funny when I thought about it, and I laughed so much that tears came out. Life can sometimes be like a farce. Even if you are self-assured and simple, you don't want to, and there are always people who want to drag you into that farce. That day, I sat by the bamboo stream, bathing my feet in water, and pondering helplessness. At this moment, I saw a strange-looking animal slowly walking from the other side of the stream. It was already dark, and I didn't see it clearly, but when I got closer, I saw that it was a camel. The man riding the camel was a young man dressed in black, and he was quite neat. He came to the water to drink camels, and there was a slight ice floe in the water, and the ice chips were very thin, so that he could cut his hands, and he seemed to love the ice very much, and he lingered at the water's edge for a long time, catching each other with his hands, and did not avoid the cold. At that time, the tears on my face had not dried, and although I was curious about him, I was more immersed in my own thoughts, so I didn't look at him much. And when he had drunk the water, he led the camel and walked away. He had only been gone for a while, and people from the Shi and Liu families came to urge me to leave. They...... The tone was quite bad, saying that Qin Xiang had already said that they had already said it, and they would wait for me to meet him. I didn't say yes, but they were so determined that they would hit me if I didn't agree. Although I am weak-natured, I also pity my own feathers, how can I be at their mercy, and I am about to talk to them about a humiliation again, but I did not think that the young man riding the camel somehow did not leave, he had turned back, and had been standing quietly in the shadows, until they were about to use their strength, he 'snorted'. It was only at this time that I noticed his existence, and I was slightly shocked, knowing that the people of the Shi family were famous for not being easy to speak. The Shi Ting of the Shi family has the most dry temperament, and there is fire in me, and when I heard his voice, I yelled at him: 'Irrelevant people get out of my way!' ’”

But the boy was not angry, but listened to him say calmly, 'It is you who should get out, let her go.'" ”

He spoke briefly, as if he was not used to talking to people. With just one sentence, the faces of the Shi and Chai families changed, and they said, 'Who are you?' Why? ’”

The boy didn't answer, but looked at them and smiled. - But how can the people of the Shi family be provoked, Shi Ting patted his waist, he hung a knife in his waist, and as soon as he slapped the knife, he moved his hand. It was the six people from the Shi and Chai families who made the move first, but they didn't think about it, but when they made a move, it was the young man who sent out the sword first. The sword light rippled in the bamboo forest, and it was very different from the Zhongzheng road of the Central Plains swordsmanship: people walked treacherously, and the shape of the sword was really weird. The young man didn't seem to want to hurt anyone, and after a while, I heard the people of the Chai family exclaim: 'Luo Han, he is Luo Han, a lone sword! He looked horrified. When I saw the six of them, I stepped up and used my housekeeping skills, but it was only then that I remembered some legends about Luo Han. …… His swordsmanship, after a while in Tengwang Pavilion, has long been greatly famous among the nine surnames. I took a closer look, and his moves were really out of line with common sense and rules. At that time, I was extremely surprised, and there was only one feeling in my heart: if Chen Long saw it, what would he say? - What would he say? ”

She hesitated, Mi Yan knew that with Xiao Ru's knowledge, it was obvious that it was not trivial to say this. Four years ago, after her 'Ten Sand Banks' internal strength has been completed, according to Hu Bugu, she has been called the first master among the women in the world, that is, among men, with the benefit of Yuanmen's 'double car', although they are not named, depending on their meaning, they really regard Xiao Ru as a rare opponent in the world. On the day she watched Luo Han draw her sword, although her kung fu was not finished, with her extensive knowledge that she had admired for a long time in martial arts-Hua Zhou even laughed at her as 'Arsenal', and even Boss Yuan had asked her for advice if she had any problems - it can be seen how high her comments should be.

I only heard Xiao Ru continue: "His swordsmanship is extremely dangerous, there are not many people in the rivers and lakes who take this path, even if it is successful, it is difficult to open the weather, and become a top master, but he seems to have done it." In just a few moves, the people of the Shi and Chai families were defeated and driven away. After driving them away, he asked me where I was going, and I said Jinling. Then he put me on his camel and drove me home. - Speaking of which, I'm afraid I'm just one of the few women in the Jiangnan area who has ever ridden a camel. He didn't talk much along the way, except that I called him 'Shaoxia' once, and he said 'I'm not' in a sullen voice, as if he didn't like that title very much—and I didn't dare to call him that anymore because of my existence. ”

Xiao Ru said that the corners of her lips wrinkled slightly at this time, and she smiled faintly, as if she remembered the situation with Luo Han that day. She had been beautiful for a long time, and she had always been used to being stolen, so it was strange for the young man to treat herself as nothing. There were some things that she would not have said: she had made a lot of promises to the young man at the time—that he was indeed not modest, and that he, like her, was afraid that he was two people who would not be bound by the name of the world and some illusory concepts. He doesn't think he is a 'chivalrous', just like she helped Boss Yuan, not for Boss Yuan's great family and country, just for - this, it is her man; As she darkened: No matter how outsiders praise her, Luo Han fought hard with a lonely sword and returned to Jiangnan, I am afraid that it is not for the righteousness of the family and country, but just for a confidant of his. I only heard her pause for a while and then said: "He just sent me to the southern Jiangsu realm." After traveling for two days, on the road that day, I saw a few people coming from a distance, although it was far away, but I could also recognize it as your brother Yuan. I shouted 'Chenlong' from afar, and the young man was stunned, looked at the figure of Chenlong riding a horse in the distance, and wondered: "The person who picked you up is here?" ’”

I was so excited, I nodded. He said lightly: "It seems that he is a master, you don't have to worry about the road ahead, I can also go." ’”

Then he told me to get off the camel, and without waiting for Chenlong to get close, he took care of himself and left the camel, and I didn't have time to thank him. - Chenlong can't find me, and when he saw that he had disappeared for so long, he was afraid that something would happen before he came in person. This is the origin of my relationship with Na Luo Han, maybe he also sent a cup that time—so I said that he should be regarded as having a distant relationship with Chenlong. ”

After a pause, it took a long time before I heard her say in silence: "I didn't think that six years have passed, and they will face each other again - it turned out to be this situation." Life is like water, twists and turns, and this world is really unpredictable. When I came this time, I heard that the old song was covered again-such a secluded tune, it would be turned out like this, and it also has a deep meaning when I think about it. I think Luo Han may also come, I want to meet him, for the sake of the past relationship, perhaps, I can resolve this grievance between Yuanmen and him. ”

When she had finished speaking, the room seemed very silent. Mi Yan didn't speak. Xiao Ru was thinking in his heart: "On that day, I wanted to be with Chenlong, and there were so many unpredictable twists and turns. Now, I want to be with Chenlong again, really together for a long time, and comfort each other's century-old loneliness with an eight-character Geng. Will it be a lifetime of twists and turns? ”

It turned out that she planned to marry Yuan Chenlong under a pair of red candles after many years. Thinking of this, a touch of red seemed to rise in front of her eyes. The red color comes from a book with her birthday hidden in her arms, this post was still in front of the ancestral shrine in her quarrying rock side village a month ago, for so many years, she asked the father and daughter of Shui Jing'er to bring it with her. The post in her arms burned her heart like a small flame, like a rare little joy in this miserable rivers and lakes, and a little infatuation that a woman earnestly thought about that might not be cared about by men.

She was a wise woman, and she didn't want to mention it to anyone, knowing that if she wanted to do so, there would be many twists and turns. She didn't want to say it, but—would the longed-for post-bow and longing-longed love with gold on a red background come true? Will there be no more twists and turns?

Will it?

At this time, there was a voice outside the hall, Xiao Ru frowned lightly and sighed. Mi Yan was stunned for a moment, and was about to go out to see, Xiao Ru sighed: "No need." ”

Mi Yan stopped, Xiao Ru said: "It's no one else, they are all people with the nine surnames of Jiangchuan, and you're only afraid that it will be bad if you see it." I didn't think they would remember this day. They are here for me. ”

At this, a wrinkle and bitterness appeared on her cheeks. I only heard her say lightly to Shui Jing: "Xiao Jing'er, you go out to see who is singing that song outside, see if they are free, I want to see it." ”