In the evening, the sunset in the west sky lightly sprinkled a layer of crimson tulle, the sky and the earth, the rivers and the mountains and plants are all enveloped in a bright light, the drifting clouds cast graceful shadows on the river surface, the gentle river breeze blows, and the aquatic plants, reed shadows and the twilight song swaying and dancing, the sparkling waves ooze out of the magnificent charm.

A white sail gently broke through the light veil, light like a white feather cruising between heaven and earth, and flew over the river like a white arrow.

By the river, some people were in a hurry, and when they looked up, they couldn't help but be confused by this magnificent sunset river view, stopped, and looked at the white sails. Gradually approaching, a light green figure at the head of the boat stands in this crimson glow, particularly vivid but no sense of disobedience, this sky and the river are full of bright colors as if it was born for him, like the green jade bamboo standing in the clouds in the misty red mist, the gorgeous and gorgeous add a clear, the picturesque twilight is instantly fresh and beautiful, and the people by the river only feel that they have returned to the world.

The light boat rowed in front of them, and the people on the riverside couldn't help but smile at the light green figure at the head of the boat. In fact, they were very far away from each other, and their faces were blurred and they couldn't see clearly, but the people by the river just felt that the other party also smiled back at him. At that moment, his heart was full of joy, and the tiredness of the road was swept away, and his eyes followed the figure, and the shadow of the arrow passed away, until the sky was dark.

In the misty twilight, the people by the river came back to their senses, looked at the empty river, and faintly regretted, regretting that they did not say hello to the people on the boat just now, regretting that they did not know the people on the boat, if they got acquainted with that person, then it would be the first friend he had made since entering the rivers and lakes.

If they had met that time, they would have been a different story.

He always thought so many years later.

That was the first time ——— Ninglang saw Lan Yanyin, in the beautiful glow of the sky and the river, as if he was not in the world.

This is also the first time Ning Lang has stepped into the rivers and lakes, and he was nineteen years old this year.

Since the age of four on the shallow Bishan to learn art, a full fifteen years, until March this year to go down the mountain, although every year the father and mother have to visit him, but after all, more than ten years have not been home, these years day and night is not the towering tree behind the house, the treasure cave in the wood carved sword, originally wanted to stay by the side of the father and mother from now on to honor them, in order to enjoy the joy of family, but go home only to live for a month, the mother sent him to Yunzhou Lanjia to do an important thing.

Thinking of that important matter, Ning Lang's slightly dark skin couldn't help but feel a little hot, and his heart beat a little faster. It's just that...... When he arrived at the Lan house in a half-excited and half-panicked manner, the steward told him that the master had gone out and that his return date was uncertain. He was momentarily disappointed and relieved.

Out of the Lan family, he thought that since he had already come out, he would not be in a hurry to go home, anyway, his father and mother were in good health, don't worry, he will just roam around the rivers and lakes. The mother always said that men should have a career, and in the past, the senior brothers always talked about the rivers and lakes, so he went to the rivers and lakes to have a look.

At this glance, I saw a romantic and beautiful color, and saw a shocking legend.

Many years later, when he suddenly looked back and remembered his mood at this moment, he could only sigh faintly.

If he had to do it all over again, would he still like to see it again?

At this moment, he will answer that he will see.

And many years later, he could only answer with a smile.

In May, Yucheng, Yuzhou.

On a street in the west of the city, which is not very lively and not very remote, there is a house that is not very rich but not very poor. Brass wrapped in vermilion lacquer gate, although there is no stone lion stone tiger in front of the door to increase the power, but there are two fierce family guards.

In the wide garden covering an area of several acres, there are no carved railings and jade masonry, several corridors are winding like belts, and several pavilions stand among the flowers and trees, which is sparse and comfortable. The roses on the fence are clustered and huddled like a pink cloud, a pomegranate flower is like a fire in the court, but the center of the courtyard is a pond that is several feet round, the pond surface is a few green lotus buds, the small pavilion is independent in the center of the water, the bamboo curtain is surrounded on all sides, and the cool breeze dances lightly.

“…… That's all the news from Yunzhou. The middle-aged man with a white beard on the edge of the pool was reporting to the small pavilion in the center of the pool, "And the affairs of Yucheng have been done according to your instructions." ”

There was a hazy green shadow in the depths of the bamboo curtain.

"Does Qi Shao have any other orders?" The middle-aged man by the pool raised his head slightly and asked.

As soon as his words fell, there were some noisy voices faintly outside the court, followed by the sound of blades, and the middle-aged man couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic when he heard it, and looked at Chi Xin Pavilion with concern.

The pavilion was quiet for a long time before he said lightly: "You go down for the time being." The voice is extremely low, but it is gratuitous and makes people's hearts move.

"Yes." The middle-aged man hurriedly left, but when he walked to the front of the court, the door was suddenly pushed open violently with a bang, and then there were two more bangs, and two figures flew straight in and fell to the ground solidly.

Before the middle-aged man could react, a handsome young man had already strode in and said loudly: "I'm looking for your master!" In one hand, a snow-bright silver spear about the length of a sword, and in the other hand, an old man who was cowering was held.

The middle-aged man stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "In Xia Nie Chongyuan, Tian is the head of the family here, why don't you break in like your Excellency?" ”

"You're the master here? I'm Ning Lang, and I'm looking for you! "The boy has the same look and voice as his name, and all the black and white justice of his age." Sunset Tower is the ancestral business of this uncle's family, but why did you take it by force? He also kicked the old man out of his house and made him live on the streets! You...... You...... Thanks to your dignified manhood, how can you bully the elderly! Ning Lang looked at Nie Chongyuan with solemn eyebrows, and Yingting's face turned red from anger.

Nie Chongyuan frowned, glanced at the old man, the old man was swept away by Nie Chongyuan's eyes, his thin body shrank, and he hid behind Ning Lang. Ning Lang could see it clearly at a glance, and the anger at the moment was a little stronger. Where chivalry is, it should be to help the weak and punish the evil!

"Old Yue......" Nie Chongyuan moved under his feet, wanting to meet the old man.

"What do you want to do?!" Ning Lang shouted loudly and stepped forward to block the old man.

Nie Chongyuan stood still, looked at Ning Lang, and then raised his hand to beckon a family member, and whispered a few words, and the family nodded and turned to leave.

And here, the old man tugged at Ning Lang's sleeve and said softly: "Ning Shaoxia, let's ...... Let's go back. ”

"Why?" Ning Lang turned around, looked at the old man with a cowering expression, and understood, "Uncle, don't be afraid, I will protect you, and I will seek justice for you today!" ”

"Also...... Forget it......" The old man glanced at Nie Chongyuan, who had a calm face, and lowered his head and said.

"How can you forget it!" Ning Lang disagreed, "They took away your family business and drove you to the street as a lonely old man, how can such evil deeds be counted?!" Uncle, don't be afraid of them, with me, I will never let them bully you! ”

"But......" said the old man cowardly.

At this moment, the family member who had just left hurried back, holding a wooden box in his hand. Nie Chongyuan unlocked the lock, then pointed at Ning Lang and motioned for his family to show him.

Ning Lang looked at the wooden box held in front of him, and looked at Nie Chongyuan with some suspicion.

"Ning Shaoxia will understand by looking at it." Nie Chongyuan said calmly.

Ning Lang opened the wooden box, and in the box was a stack of papers, old and new, he picked up one by one and looked at them, first a little ignorant, and then gradually understood, and the look on his face changed.

Nie Chongyuan saw it in his eyes, smiled slightly, and said: "These are the debts of this old man Yue and the transfer letter that he transferred the Sunset Tower to Zai Xia to pay off the debts, in black and white, young man, please see clearly." ”

"You ......" Ning Lang turned his head to look at the old man behind him, but saw that his head was hanging low, his body was bowed, he was very pitiful, his heart was hot, and he turned his head and glared at Nie Chongyuan, "These are really made up by you, Uncle Yue runs such a thriving sunset building, how can he owe you so much money!" ”

Nie Chongyuan sighed, as if he was a little helpless, and said to the old man who was hiding with his head down: "Old Yue, didn't you tell this Ning Shaoxia the truth?" ”

"Say...... What are you talking about......" Yue Lao took a step back slightly and said.

"What's the truth?" Ning Lang looked at the old man and then at Nie Chongyuan.

Nie Chongyuan saw that Yue Lao didn't seem to mean what he said, so he had to say: "Yue Lao is addicted to beauty and gambling, and he has already ruined the Yue family's wealth, not only that, but he also used the Sunset Building as collateral to owe a huge debt of 90,000 silver leaves from Yulin Building and Taifeng Gambling House, and the Sunset Building is far from enough to repay the debt." After that, he saw Ning Lang's eyebrows twitching, and he also knew what he was thinking, and continued: "Shaoxia either doesn't believe Nie's words, or thinks that Nie designed it, so Shaoxia might as well go to the city to inquire, there are many old Yue Lao's relatives and friends in this city, all of whom have left because of Yue Lao's gambling lust, and you can not ask Yue Lao." ”

Ning Lang heard his words, and couldn't help but ask Elder Xiangyue: "Uncle, what he said is true?" ”

He ...... He ...... "Old Yue's thin old face was red, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Nie Chongyuan looked at him like that, and his face couldn't help but feel a lot of regret, and said: "The Yunwu girl in Yulin Tower is admired by everyone, but her daughter is known to the entire Yuzhou people overnight, and people who don't have that family background don't dare to go to her, but Yue Lao lives in Yunwu's boudoir every night, and there is a time when millions of family wealth are hollowed out." Although 'Taifeng Gambling House' is Nie's family business, Nie has persuaded him many times when Yue Lao lingers, but Yue Lao not only did not listen, but the more he gambled, the bigger the gambling became, so that the gambling debts were high, and the Sunset Building was in danger of closing due to Yue Lao's inaction. Nie couldn't, so he had to buy Sunset Tower, cut off Yue Lao's thoughts, save him from being addicted again, and paid off the debt of Yulin Building for him, and gave another two hundred silver leaves, he saved some use, bought a cottage, did some small business, and spent the rest of his life in peace, who knew that he would spend it in one day, and he would ...... Alas! Nie Chongyuan sighed heavily after speaking, and looked at Yue Lao with regret and helplessness.

That old Yue's old face turned even redder, and his skinny body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

As soon as Ning Lang heard this, he looked at Yue Lao's appearance, and immediately understood, and couldn't help but be angry.

At noon today, he had just entered Deyu City, and when he was on the Qianbi Mountain, he had heard the senior brothers mention the name of the Sunset Tower, so he planned to taste the famous Broken Hung Wine that was spread all over the world, but in front of the Sunset Tower, he saw an old man sitting on the ground under the scorching sun, and his mouth was full of sorrow and sorrow, and he couldn't help but feel compassion and came forward to inquire. As soon as the old man saw him approaching, he grabbed him and cried, from the bitterness of the family property being taken away to the hardship of living on the street, and then to the misery of betraying relatives, he was full of justice when he first entered the rivers and lakes, and he couldn't help but be angry when he heard it, and immediately pulled the old man to Nie's mansion to seek justice for him. When he arrived at the door of Nie's mansion, the two guards did not let him in, only said that the master was resting and must not be disturbed, he saw that the man squinted at the person's horizontal appearance, and his anger couldn't help but increase by three points, and he immediately taught the two dog minions a lesson, and broke into the door, who knows...... But it's such a truth.

"Uncle, you ...... How can you lie to me? Ning Langhu looked at Yue Lao with round eyes.

"I ...... Didn't I just want to find someone to complain, who knows...... Who knew that you took it seriously, and insisted on pulling me to Nie Mansion. Yue Lao heard Ning Lang's accusation and pleaded, "I'...... I didn't ask you to come......" The last sentence was empty-hearted and very quiet.

"But you shouldn't have deceived me by telling lies!" Ning Lang said loudly.

Yue Lao couldn't help but shrink his neck when he yelled, and took a few steps back, for fear that the young man who had slashed the gate of Nie's Mansion with this palm would slap him with a palm, "You...... Why are you so loud? ”

"Just clear up the misunderstanding." Nie Chongyuan smiled gently on the side, followed by the next sentence, "Young heroes don't have to be angry, just don't be too anxious to act chivalrous in the future." ”

"I ...... I ......" Ning Lang's face turned red when he heard this, this time he was not angry but ashamed.

Nie Chongyuan waved his hand and said generously: "The young man is also too good-hearted, Nie is not to blame." ”

"I'm sorry, I broke your door, I'll pay for it, and...... Ah, these two big brothers, I'm sorry, I hit you, you can call back, that ...... If you are injured, I have the medicine here, it was given to me by the master, and the effect is very good, na, give ......it to you" Ning Lang bowed and apologized, and he was busy taking out money and medicine, and his handsome face was black and red, which made people laugh very much.

Nie Chongyuan is an old man, how can he not see that what this young man is doing today is just a righteous act of a newborn calf, although his heart is good, but he is a little reckless, and he still broke in in front of Qi Shao, thinking about it, Nie Chongyuan couldn't help but worry, what if Qi Shao was annoyed that he was not doing things well?

Just thinking about it, a soft call came from the Chixin Pavilion: "Chongyuan." ”

As soon as this voice came out, Ning Lang, who was busy taking out medicine, and Yue Lao, who was about to sneak away, couldn't help but be stunned, only feeling clear and charming, but they couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman. Ning Lang panicked, and with the force of his hand, all the things in his arms fell to the ground, but he didn't dare to move.