Today's New Year, according to folk customs, every household needs to paste Spring Festival couplets, hang lanterns, wear new clothes, Tianfu City is no exception, the streets and alleys are full of strong new atmosphere, and you can see the joyful crowd everywhere.

At this moment, in a very thin but long alley, an old man with a wine jug hanging on his waist and clothes washed to white walked slowly, as if he had no goal, occasionally someone passed by the old man, looked at it curiously, and would not take the old man seriously.

Only those naughty children who are ignorant of the world will not be able to control their good breath, and follow the old man with his back hand, all the way to the distance, they are curious why the old man does not wear new clothes during the New Year, and why he wears a pair of iron-like shoes on his feet.

The old man occasionally turned around and grimaced at the naughty boys, scaring them away from him, and the old man continued aimlessly.

I don't know how long it took, a person appeared at the end of the alley, also an old man, brightly dressed, fluttering belts, and his momentum was self-evidently superior, this person was Ma Xingkong, the new patriarch of the Ma family who was about to succeed.

Ma Xingkong waited at the end of the alley, smiling faintly at the old man in the alley.

When the two of them were not far away, Ma Xingkong walked a few steps into the alley and smiled at the rickety figure who walked over.

The old man in the alley lowered his head and smiled: "The alley is empty at both ends, I originally planned to avoid you, but I was still blocked by you." ”

Ma Xingkong smiled faintly: "Naturally, if you don't go to Mafu to find me, I will block your way, the reason is very simple." ”

The old man in the alley smiled: "Dressed in rags, if you dare to enter the horse mansion at first glance, you must not be driven out by the flower child, in case the dog is released, I can run past those beasts." ”

Ma Xingkong smiled faintly: "The beast is still afraid of the master's words, and the beast will also look at people's faces, as long as you dare to appear in front of the Ma Mansion Gate, these will run back to the kennel strangely, do you want to try?"

Ning Tieshoe shook his head and said, "Today's New Year, don't talk nonsense, let's talk about your idea of blocking the road, while I am still in Tianfu City, it will be solved if it can be solved." ”

Ma Xingkong rubbed his face with his hands and said, "Your apprentice and Xiao Jiansheng ran to the arsenal of the Ma Mansion together, are you planning to let him get together as a pair and make Ma Fu restless?"

Ning Tieshoe said happily: "It's a big deal to let the dog go." ”

Ma Xingkong said calmly: "I won't go around the bend with you today, to tell the truth, someone in Mafu wants to move him, in your opinion, can he move?"

Ning Tieshoe thought for a while and said: "Naturally, he can move, but there must be a reason, such as he burned the Ma family's arsenal, or killed the people of the Ma family, as for other small things, he can't move." ”

Ma Xingkong seemed to be a little angry, but he still said calmly: "Ning Tieshoe, why do you want to protect him, many people are guessing your intentions, so today I am brave enough to ask for those who don't understand." ”

Ning Tieshoe didn't stop at his feet, and when he was about to walk to Ma Xingkong, he said: "This is very meaningless, isn't there already a lot of people moving? I believe that someone in Ma Fu will also move him this time, the difference is to what extent." ”

Ma Xingkong sighed, turned sideways to get out of the way, then looked at the back, and said: "After all, there are many confused people, this has nothing to do with several realms, and naturally there are many confused people in Mafu." ”

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The iron shoes moved a few steps forward, stopped, rubbed the uneven stones on the ground with his feet boringly, turned around and said: "At least Ma Fengchuan, the number one in the world, is still an understanding person, others are not easy to say, and they are too lazy to say, and when the time comes, if I don't say it, someone will say it." ”

Ning Tieshoe walked out of the alley and walked towards a thinner alley, just at this moment, the last ray of the sun's afterglow fell on him, wrapping the old man in a golden canton, Ma Xingkong looked at this scene in a daze, and laughed at himself in a low voice: "Fortunately, I am an understanding person." ”

It wasn't until Ning Tieshoe walked into the alley that could only accommodate more than one person, that the afterglow also completely dissipated, Ma Xingkong stood in place for a while, and then thought about the alley where Ning Tieshoe came, and the two of them walked in the opposite direction, and no one looked back, but Ma Xingkong wanted to look back at Ning Tieshoe and ask the last question, are you really superior.

Once for this matter, Ma Xingkong made a special trip to the mainland once, and that time he blocked Ning Tieshoe's way in Guirou, but the result was the same both times, and he didn't ask that sentence.

Everyone in the world says that Ning Tieshoe is superior to anyone else, even Ma Fengchuan, who is already the first in the world, also said so, but Ma Xingkong is a little reluctant to admit it, after all, this strange person who wanders outside the world has never done anything with anyone, so who is he superior to anyone else, who is sealed?

In addition to blocking the road of Ning's iron shoes when he left the Ma family this time, he also had a task, which was to trace the traces of the dead wood suicide note, according to his induction, the dead wood suicide note has been left in Tianfu City, and occasionally appears outside Tianfu City at night, as for the exact location, he can't say well, and the person who took the book seems to have some means.

Ma Xingkong left the alley, and suddenly quickened his pace and walked towards the Four Elephant Fort, because he suddenly felt that the dead wood suicide note was appearing on the eighth floor of the Four Elephant Castle at this moment.

And Ning Tieshoe walked in the alley, and sat down on the steps in front of a house, through the crack in the door, he could smell the aroma of wine and fragrant dishes wafting out of it, so he simply took off the wine gourd, shook it lightly, poured a few sips, slightly relieved his hunger, and then got up and left.

About half an hour later, Ning Tieshoe crossed a bustling street and stepped onto an arched stone bridge suspended in the river.

On the stone bridge, Ning Tieshoe stared at the back of a woman in a black skirt for a long time, and at this moment, the woman turned around, looked at Ning Tieshoe through a layer of black veil and said lightly: "The Lord has already said that there is no grace between grandmothers, why are you still ghosted?"

Ning Tieshoe smiled: "But my precious apprentice seems to have a trace of affection with you, is this a reason?"

The woman said coldly: "He is still young, and he has not yet understood the truth of the world, so he can't talk about grace." ”

Ning Tieshoe took a few steps forward to the woman in black and said, "Although Yuanmuyu is small, he is a person of three lives and three lives like you, and in the previous life, he was the soul of your sword, is this considered a grace?"

Although the woman was surprised, she didn't look at that face, but her eyes were a little more resentful, staring at the river flowing slowly under the bridge, and said in a low voice: "So in this life, you accepted him as an apprentice, so that he could find the Lord of the Buddha to avenge the bloodstains, and let him take revenge on the bloodstains, so as to kill the matter of the previous body?"

Ning Tieshoe patted the guardrail of the stone bridge, nodded, and said: "If it is not expected, you will die under the long sword of Yuanmuyu in this life, but this result is not the end, maybe you will find him for revenge in your next life, which is the so-called injustice."

Retribution, life after life, just suffers those innocent people. ”

The woman looked at some grass clippings floating in the river, and suddenly asked, "What about him, he was just a dead man, why did he appear in front of the Lord of the Buddha?"

Ning Tieshoe took out the wine gourd on his waist, just before he was about to put it to his mouth, and then handed it to the woman, and said with a smile: "Do you want to take a sip first, moisten your throat and then talk about things?"

The woman glared at Ning Tieshoe.

Ning Tieshoe immediately withdrew his hand, took a few sips of his own thoughts, and then said: "Wrong, his appearance really has nothing to do with the old man, the old man is just a protector of the way, to prevent him from having some deviations before stepping into the ancestral realm, if you really want to know your kindness with him, maybe you should ask him two." ”

The woman slowly looked up at the sky, her eyes gradually became darker, and she stared at it for a few breaths, and then she looked at her eyes and said, "Now is not the time, when the time comes, the Lord will naturally ask them to understand." ”

Ning Tieshoe smiled faintly: "So it's not time for you to look for him now, with your current ability, you can completely kill him, but it still can't reduce the affection between you, but it will deepen." ”

The woman didn't speak, hesitated and walked off the stone bridge, disappearing into the crowd.

Ning Tieshoe slowly narrowed his eyes, looked at the direction where the woman disappeared, and said in a low voice: "I want it, but I can't rush it." ”

Unconsciously, the sky gradually darkened, the streets of Tianfu City gradually lit up with festive lights, from time to time there were gorgeous fireworks rising into the sky, reflecting the whole sky colorful, Ning Tieshoe did not leave the stone bridge, just sat down in place, leaning on the stone bridge and looking at the sky, waiting for the fireworks to appear in front of him, he had not enjoyed such a quiet day alone for a long time, today the little rabbit cub was not around, his ears were a lot clearer, but there was not much effort, Ning Tieshoe frowned, got up with a chuckle, and walked in the direction of Sixiang Fort。

At this moment, on the eighth floor of the Four Elephant Castle, there are two people sitting there silently playing against each other, the two have been sitting for almost a day, but the interest is still very high, of course, this high interest comes from the fact that one side has been losing, trying to win back a game, and be satisfied with the New Year.

When it was dark, the two lit a lantern on the edge of the chessboard, and the fiery red light was just enough to illuminate one piece, and their faces were also red.

Halfway through the chess road, one of them just fell a son, and the other person was struggling to think about the way to crack it, and the person who fell seemed to be a little impatient to wait, and said: "Old man, stop in moderation, admit defeat when it's time to admit defeat, and be serious all your life, and not be alone." ”

The man sighed and said, "You've said it all, you've been serious for almost a lifetime, and you can't be sloppy when you're coming, what do you say about the old pervert?"

The person who was called the old pervert smiled: "Last time you lost your family and bankrupt, and even that book was lost to the old man, do you still have the goods?"

The man happened to be a little undecided, and when he heard this, he stopped his hand and laughed in a low voice: "Old pervert, don't worry, it's a big deal to go to Ma's house, anyway, those things are idle." ”

The person who was called an old pervert suddenly came to his senses, drew the chessboard, and said with a smile: "Then let's do it again, is it good to win or lose a game?"

The other party nodded solemnly.

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