"What little master brought a girl to the Xihua Pavilion today?" Mrs. Bai was a little surprised when she heard the words of her subordinates, this Xihua Pavilion was their private club, and she had never seen her youngest son take a female guest there. The old man Bai Jingtang is an official from the third grade to the inspector, and the internal is all up and down, and the two sons have not crossed the distance at all.

"Who is this girl, and what are you doing there?"

"The little man only saw that the girl was dressed like a commoner, and the little young master wouldn't let him call him as usual, and they ate and left." The housekeeper Bai Sheng said, "Oh, before leaving, the little master asked the little master to buy a bag of flour for the girl." ”

"Flour?" The more Mrs. Bai listened, the more she wondered what it meant to give away flour for no reason. However, Bai Xuan was so close to a civilian woman, which couldn't help but make her a little vigilant. Mrs. Bai is actually a stepfamily, she is not from a noble background, and Bai Jingtang did not take her to the post, so let her stay in the mansion, it is inevitable that she will be a little worried. After she gave birth to her youngest son Bai Xuan, she hoped that her mother would be more expensive than her son, but Bai Xuan and his brother Bai Jin have very different personalities, and the eldest son has a stable and rigorous temperament, and he entered the official career with his father very early; Bai Xuan has been spoiled at home because she has been frail since she was a child, and her personality is relatively open, and she has no interest in her career. She persuaded her bitterly, Bai Xuan still went his own way, Bai Jingtang took more care of his youngest son, so he studied and traveled, so that he could increase his knowledge.

"Bai Sheng, you help me keep an eye on the little young master, see where he has been recently, who he has been with, and where is that girl?"

"Yes, ma'am."

After Bai Xuan sent Shen Zhiqing away, he returned to the mansion and greeted Mrs. Bai as usual.

"Mother, Xuan'er greets you, the climate has been changing recently, but you have to take care of your body."

"Xuan'er, I heard that you have been living alone in the garden to study, and the servants are still enough, do you want to send some more people over?" Madame Bai thought that if she could stuff an eyeliner in the little young master's courtyard, it would be good to stare at it in the future.

"No, mother, there's nothing going on in the garden, and I don't need so many people to serve me."

"Look at you, you've lost weight these days, which makes my mother feel so distressed. Your father and your brother have been busy with government affairs lately, and your mother has been deserted. ”

Before Mrs. Bai could speak, Bai Xuan understood that she was going to mention marriage again. "My son will often come over to accompany his mother." Bai Xuan shook his head again.

"Ugh." Madam Bai sighed lightly, "Xuan'er, your father made a marriage contract for you and the daughter of the Lin family in the early years, you still have to take care of it, and don't make any more troubles outside." "The daughter of the Lin family is Lin Sining, the daughter of the governor Lin Yongqin, when Bai Jingtang entered the office, Lin Yongqin had the grace to support him, and the two families agreed to wait for their children to grow up and marry Qin and Jin. Now although Bai Jingtang's official title is under Lin Yongqin, the Lin family still recognizes this family business, and the two families even interact with each other. When the court is an official, especially in a high position, the marriage of children is naturally for the purpose of political marriage. Since she couldn't find a career in office, she hoped that her son could use this political marriage to stabilize her family's position. Therefore, since her son grew up, she became more nervous about his care, for fear that he would do anything to damage the lintel of the Bai family. Of course, these caused Bai Xuan to be extremely resistant to her mother, and the relationship between mother and son was tense.

"Don't worry about whether your mother hears any gossip outside. The child remembers his mother's teachings. ”

"That's good, that's good, the kitchen has stewed bird's nest lotus seed soup for you, and I'll send someone to serve it to you later."

"Thank you, mother, my son has retired."

When night fell, Bai Xuan held a book and read it at night. There were many bamboo shadows outside the window, and no one noticed that a dark shadow flashed in front of the bamboo forest, quietly approaching the study. "Those who come are guests, come in." Bai Xuan took a sip of tea and continued to read. A person in a night suit flashed in, only to see him stretch out his hand towards Bai Xuan's door, Bai Xuan gently blocked it, and the other party kicked Bai Xuan's knee, Bai Xuan dodged away with lightning speed, and slashed past with a palm. The two of them went back and forth in the house dozens of times, but they didn't make much movement.

"Haha, I haven't seen you for many years, but my kung fu has grown." The other party pulled down the mask, revealing a cold face, stained with a little vicissitudes, but he couldn't hide his heroic spirit, looked Bai Xuan up and down, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

"I didn't know that the master was visiting, and the apprentice was offended." Bai Xuan gave up. "Master has been doing well lately, and the apprentice misses it very much."

"I miss you too." Liu Lun sat down, and Bai Xuan poured a cup of tea and served it. "I think you secretly wanted to learn martial arts from me, I didn't want to teach you, but in the end I still formed a master-apprentice relationship, and now Kung Fu is not under the teacher, I am comforted."

Looking at Liu Lun, whose temples had been dyed with white frost, Bai Xuan remembered the Shangyuan Festival fifteen years ago. That day, he pestered the maid to go out to look at the lanterns, and the street was too crowded, and he was accidentally separated from the maid. Xiao Baixuan searched for it from street to street, and in a corner he tripped over Liu Lun, who was lying down, and he seemed to be seriously injured at that time and was almost dying. Xiao Baixuan was startled by the person covered in blood in front of him, and when he saw that the person was still angry, he cautiously stepped forward and asked, "Are you okay?" Liu Lun was already weak, and took out a letter from his clothes, "You help me hand over the letter to the Anrentang Pharmacy on T-shaped Street and give it to the shopkeeper Wang." Xiao Baixuan took the letter, and was just about to leave, turned around and piled up the sundries next to him as a cover, "Okay, you wait for me here for a while, and I'll be back soon." ”

Xiao Baixuan rushed to the pharmacy to hand over the letter to the king's shopkeeper, and told him about Liu Lun's injury. The shopkeeper Wang immediately followed him to Liu Lun with the medicine box, and after a simple bandage on the spot, he took him back to the pharmacy for treatment. Fortunately, thanks to Xiao Baixuan's rescue, Liu Lun was able to save his life.

That day, the maid had no choice but to go back to report that the little master was lost, and she didn't want Xiao Baixuan to find the maid, so she came back by herself. He was afraid that his mother would blame the maid heavily, so he secretly went back to the house to change into clean clothes before he appeared, but fortunately he tried his best to intercede, and his mother punished the maid with twenty rods.

The maid was very grateful to the young master. In return, Xiao Baixuan took out his silver and asked the maid to help him buy some precious medicinal materials and send them to Anrentang Pharmacy. After a while, when the house had loosened its grip on him, he hid in a cart and slipped to the pharmacy while the maid went out to do business. At this time, Liu Lun was much better than when he first saw him, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Liu Lun practicing a set of long fists in the courtyard. His figure can be described as an ape arm and bee waist, and his fists are like flowing water, and he is obsessed with Xiao Baixuan.

After Liu Lun finished boxing, he saw a little child standing behind him, the child who saved him that day. Xiao Bai Xuan "pounced" and knelt down in front of him and made a grand bow to the teacher, "Xiao Bai Xuan is here to worship Liu Lun as a teacher, I hope to accept it and teach me martial arts!" Liu Lun was a little stunned, he looked at the child's figure, and felt that it was a little thin, not the material for martial arts, but it was not easy to refuse, and he had to help the child up in the past, "I never accept apprentices, child, I see that you have an elegant temperament, you should be born in a scholar's family, and you will definitely be famous in the future, why do you want to learn my crude arts?" ”

Seeing Liu Lun's refusal, Bai Xuan refused to get up, and continued to maintain the momentum of saluting, "Manly men learn literature and martial arts to serve the country, what is ugly." He leaned down again, "To the master!" ”

Liu Lun was a little embarrassed when he saw this. Shopkeeper Wang said to Liu Lun with a smile on the side, "Senior Brother Liu, this kid is really good, if I didn't study medicine and martial arts, I would have wanted to accept him." Besides, he also saved your life, and your good kung fu must be passed on. ”

Liu Lun smiled helplessly, "Okay." Then I promise you, and from now on you will be my initiation disciple. ”

"Apprentice to meet Master." Xiao Baixuan was so excited that she was about to jump up, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"However, I have three things to say. 1. Don't mention that I'm your master outside; Second, I see that your foundation is thin, not the material for martial arts, I will first pass on your internal strength and mental methods to enhance your physique, if you are slack or really unable to improve, you will no longer be able to teach you martial arts; 3. I will come to teach you regularly, but don't come to me, it's inconvenient to come here in the future, learn more and listen to everything, I only teach once, and you can't ask what you shouldn't ask. Are you acceptable to these? ”

"Disciples, please keep in mind, please rest assured." Xiao Baixuan made a salute.

Liu Lun looked at the newly recruited apprentice with a smile, went over to help him up, and helped him straighten the hem of his shirt. "Congratulations, junior brother, the new apprentice." The shopkeeper Wang also smiled and congratulated.

Bai Xuan and his mother were stalked, and finally her mother was relieved, and she took a few personal attendants to move to a private and quiet garden to study. Liu Lun came over every now and then to teach martial arts. After practicing the internal strength and mental method he taught, although Bai Xuan's body still seems to be weak, his inner physique has grown greatly, and he also practices martial arts quite hard, regardless of cold and summer, he persevers in every move.

When Bai Xuan was sixteen years old, Liu Lun left a letter, saying that he had something important to do, but he never appeared again. Since then, Bai Xuan has still not stopped practicing martial arts, and his family knows nothing about his martial arts. "Since the master's farewell, the apprentice has studied and practiced hard every day, and his internal strength has never stopped." Bai Xuan actually wanted to ask, where has the master gone in such a year, and why there is no news, but thinking that this is the master's secret, he promised the master not to ask what he shouldn't ask. "Master came this time, why didn't you tell the apprentice in advance?"

"I also had something to do this time, so I came to Xizhou for a trip, and I saw you outside today, so I secretly entered the house to see you." Liu Lun looked at Bai Xuan lovingly.

"Master, do you know who I am?" Bai Xuan was surprised.

"Haha, as a teacher, I actually always knew that you could hide it from me when you were a little baby." Liu Lun took a sip of tea, "You are the only apprentice I received, I don't break it, but I am also afraid that you will have a burden when you practice martial arts." ”

"Then the master can stay in the house permanently after coming this time, and I will send someone to arrange it," Bai Xuan was overjoyed.

"No need, I'm leaving, I still have something to do." Liu Lun put down the teacup, patted Bai Xuan on the shoulder, got up and walked towards the door, when he arrived at the door, he turned around and said, "When the time comes, I will naturally come to you, you take care of yourself." He opened the door, and the figure disappeared into the night.

Bai Xuan heard that "the time is ripe", and he didn't know what the master meant, could it be that this matter was still related to him. Liu Lun has been coming and going without a trace, since they left the pharmacy, he has not been to find the shopkeeper Wang, and he is still a mystery to Liu Lun's identity.