Chapter 324: Luo Feng's Past
In the capital, in the backyard of the house of the Tobe squire. A woman dressed in white is sitting at a stone table in the garden embroidering flowers. She has a good face and a refined temperament.
"Xinlan, it's not that Erniang said that you, you are also twenty and two, why don't you listen to your father's persuasion and find a good family" Liu Xinlan has raised her since her mother passed away. Her second mother is a good woman, and she treats Liu Xinlan like her own daughter. In the words of others, Liu Xinlan is blessed.
"Erniang's daughter, isn't there no one she likes" Liu Xinlan smiled bitterly, put down the work in her hand and poured a cup of tea for her Erniang.
In fact, Liu Xinlan is not without a crush, her crush is Luo Feng of Tanji Pavilion.
How could Liu Xinlan have something to do with Luo Feng, this has to start with Luo Feng coming out of the mountain.
There is a peculiar mountain in the territory of Datang, called Swordsman Peak. In the daytime, it looks steep, but it is not noticeably different from the other adjacent peaks, only higher. But at night, especially on a full moon night, a sword-shaped light looms over the cliffs of this mountain.
According to Hua Yuzhe, a sword man who has lived here for a long time and witnessed this wonder, once told his disciples that this mountain is the legendary Sword Mountain. Practicing swordsmanship in this mountain, with the help of the essence of the sun and the moon, you will be successful.
On the night of the full moon of this year, there was a young man in white standing on the Swordsman Peak. He looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old. He was a close disciple of the Sword Weng, named Luo Feng.
Luo Feng was ordered by his master to practice his sword here tonight. In the middle of the night, a bright moon hung in the air like a jade plate. The Swordsman's Peak suddenly shone brightly. Luo Feng was unaware at this time. He is dancing the Chiming swordsmanship that his master taught him. It can really be said that I only see the sword light, but I don't see the human figure.
The sword man saw it from afar, and smiled. His youngest apprentice was gone. This child has been fatherless and motherless since he was a child, and he was picked up by his eldest apprentice Fu Bin when he traveled. He was only four or five years old at the time, and he only knew that his name was Luo Feng.
"Master" Luo Feng came to the master's side and called softly. Jian Weng came back to his senses and looked at Luo Feng for a while and said, "You can go down the mountain"
"Master, I" Luo Feng knew the rules of this Sword Pavilion. But he still couldn't accept it for a while. There is an unwritten rule in the Sword Pavilion that as long as the swordsmanship practice is achieved, you must go down the mountain to practice, and you can return to the mountain to visit the master once until you have achieved something.
"Let's go," the sword man took out a piece of silver from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Luo Feng. Luo Feng took the cold silver nugget and reluctantly left the Swordsman Peak. Since then, there has been one more swordsman on the rivers and lakes.
Although Luo Feng is ignorant of the world, he is intelligent by nature and has a good sense of the world. Less than two months after he descended the mountain, he learned how to survive. He got a small job in the yamen. This errand is hard work, and there is no wage in the yamen. After catching a suspect or a thief, the person who reported the crime will give a reward, or collect some oil and water when collecting miscellaneous taxes.
Luo Feng has always been a loner. He is extremely efficient, and any suspect he wants to pursue will not escape. In the beginning, he had a lot of money. Sometimes, he gave some to other brothers in the yali. But later, he found out that they were blackmailing and oppressing the people. He couldn't see it, so he taught a few lessons. As a result, he was fired by the yali within a few days.
Since then, Luo Feng has wandered the rivers and lakes, and has made his name as a swordsman with a sword. He still likes to walk the rivers and lakes alone, and he always likes to take care of injustices. So, when he was fifteen years old, he encountered an incident that changed the course of his life.
It was April. Young men and women from all walks of life go to the nearby mountains to play. Luofeng happened to pass through the Cuckoo Mountain. As the name suggests, this cuckoo is a paradise for cuckoos. These birds are not afraid of tourists. They hovered low and hovered from tree to tree; sometimes landing in the treetops; Sometimes they leap between the branches; Sometimes it jumps on the ground.
Luo Feng was also attracted to the cuckoo, and his steps became slower. At this moment, a woman in white came into his eyes. Although the young Luo Feng didn't understand the amorous style, he was also attracted by the woman's unique temperament. The woman was feeding the cuckoo with the grain of rice in her hand. She vaguely felt that someone was watching her, and she couldn't help but look up. Her name is Liu Xinlan, and she is the niece of Liu Pingzhi, a wealthy family in the town. She is from the capital, and her father is a Tobe squire.
Liu Xinlan saw that it was a handsome big boy, so she smiled at Luo Feng. She then proceeded to feed the cuckoos that surrounded her. A stone came in an instant, and the cuckoo was so frightened that it flew up.
Liu Xinlan straightened up and frowned and looked in the direction where the stone was flying. A boy wearing red pants and a green coat and carrying a birdcage appeared in front of Liu Xinlan. He was followed by two henchmen.
"It's a pity that the girl's appearance is here to feed the cuckoo. Why don't you come to my house and feed the canaries for me?" This son-in-law is Lu Bingshen, the godson of a famous family in the town. He is usually domineering, and when he sees a beautiful woman, he will try his best to get to his home.
"Wu Yue, let's go" Liu Xinlan looked at Lu Bingshen with fleshy eyebrows and was disgusted. Wu Yue originally wanted to teach this gentleman a lesson, but was stopped by her young lady Liu Xinlan. Who knew that Lu Bingshen didn't know what to do, so he stepped forward and made a move on Liu Xinlan. The results can be imagined. He and his subordinates were beaten by Liu Xinlan's girl Wu Yue, and their noses were blue and their faces were swollen.
Lu Bingshen glanced at the two followers. His two subordinates immediately understood and went to fight Wu Yue again. They didn't really fight hard, but pestered Wu Yue to fight.
Lu Bingshen hung his bird cage on a tree branch, and then went to insult Liu Xinlan. Luo Feng couldn't see it, and beat Lu Bingshen to the ground in a few clicks. Lu Bingshen's two subordinates hurriedly ran over to help Lu Bingshen up.
"You, don't go," Lu Bingshen was carried away by two men.
"Thank you for this little brother," Liu Xinlan tidied up her clothes.
"I don't know where this son is going" Wu Yue had a good impression of Luo Feng's righteous move.
"I'm just passing through here."
"We're not locals either. Childe is not as good as a good person to the end" Wu Yue knew that a disciple like Lu Bingshen dared to do something wrong in broad daylight, and he must have a great background. Just now, only his two followers couldn't deal with it by themselves. If he struggles with manpower after going down the mountain, the safety of the young lady will become a problem.
"Okay, I'm fine anyway." Luo Feng himself didn't know why he agreed so simply. Maybe he has a chivalrous side in his bones. Or maybe that Liu Xinlan is not the same as the woman he has seen before.
Luo Feng escorted Liu Xinlan all the way down the mountain. They were stopped by Lu Bingshen's men at the fork in the town. This time it was Yu Jin, the martial artist in Lu Bingshen's mansion, who came back. There are six of them in total, and they are all practitioners.
"Stand back." Luo Feng drew his sword.
Yu Jin waved his hand, and the five people behind him had already surrounded Luo Fengtuan. Together, they attacked Luo Feng. Liu Xinlan only felt that her heart was in her throat.