On this moonless night, there was only one lantern hanging in the pavilion on Qinxin Lake, and several figures could be vaguely seen sitting around the table, and bursts of laughter and laughter came from the pavilion in the wind.

On the first seat was a young man who looked like a scholar, and around him were the girls from Liu's mother's house.

The young man leaned lazily back in his chair, resting his right hand on the back of the chair, and lifted a delicate wooden box on the table with his left hand.

"Xiao Sheng feels that these bead chains and emerald rings are especially suitable for your sisters, please—" Before the words were finished, the girls quickly took the jewelry from the box and put it on themselves, and even in the dim light, these pearls and jade still shined.

The young man clapped his hands and laughed: "I knew that these talents really set off the natural beauty of your sisters." The girls thanked them politely, and said coquettishly: "This black light is blind, how can Lang Jun see our appearance clearly?" The young man said, "Where can the beauty of my sisters be covered by this night?" ”

"Lang Jun is really good at laughing." At this moment, a thin and tall figure came from the darkness. It was a man in Tsing Yi in his twenties, carrying a double knife on his back and a bamboo basket in his hand.

Silently, as if blending in with the night, he went straight to the pavilion and sat down, put the bamboo basket on the table, and looked only at the man opposite.

Originally, when a new guest was seated, the girls would greet them very politely, but they seemed to be frightened, and they did not know whether this person had come to drink or seek revenge, and no one dared to speak rashly.

A clear voice breaks the silence,

"Lian Gongzi is really punctual!" It was the scholar-looking guy, he clapped his hands, and said, "Sisters, please go back." The girls came out in a stream, leaving a burst of fragrance as they left, but the man in green still stared at the other side, without even blinking his eyes.

The scholar-like man looked at the bamboo basket and said with satisfaction: "I'm still alive." Little Black. A man in black in a mask appeared silently in the pavilion and set up a pot on the spot.

"You have to eat the fish as soon as it's fresh." The scholar-like man sat back in his chair, but his voice became clearer, like a woman.

The man in black took out the fish in the bamboo basket and slaughtered it immediately and cooked it.

"Mr. He," the man in Tsing Yi surnamed Lian spoke,

"I've already brought what you want."

"Yes," said Mr. Ho, with the face of a young man and a woman's voice. This Mr. He was originally a woman.

He Youning is the most famous intelligence dealer on the rivers and lakes. Mr. Ho's rule of buying and selling information is that he will exchange what price he has for information.

But this

The "price" is judged by her, so the exchange items issued according to the situation may be a bag of gold bars, a piece of jade, a basket of lychees, or a box of sugar cakes.

Lian Yufu was the guest of this transaction, and he wanted to know how to defeat the Thunder Whip Hu Xiu, so he went around to find the location of He Youning's mountain pavilion, and He Youning's asking price was a fresh and fatty osmanthus fish, which was sent to the pavilion on Qinxin Lake at three o'clock the next day, and it was outdated.

In the mountain pavilion, Lian Yufu didn't see He Youning's face, he only heard that Mr. He's age was unknown, with a hundred voices and a thousand faces.

Even Yu Fu knew that the person sitting on the first seat must be He Youning, and he could guess that the face in front of him was not He Youning's real appearance.

He Youning looked at Lian Yufu with her night eyes, this young man's face was like a jade carefully carved by a skilled craftsman, with sharp edges and corners, revealing unshakable perseverance.

"Go find Zhuhai Lost Trace Xu Weilou, he is now in Fengjiazhuang, he will tell you the way to defeat Hu Xiu. As long as you answer everything he asks, he will not refuse your request. He Youning said.

"Thank you." Lian Yufu immediately got up and left. He Youning looked at his back as he walked into the night, and said softly: "If you are in such a hurry, you won't stay and eat the fish before leaving." If the old man is still there, he will definitely laugh and say, "I didn't know you were so generous, but I didn't hear you say anything about keeping people." "It's a pity that the old man has long since turned to ashes.

Xiao Hei couldn't speak, He Youning was on a whim, so he went to Qinxin Lake, invited the girls to laugh, and listened to their stories, as for pretending to be a scholar, it was purely personal interest.

He Youning leaned lazily on the chair, crossed one leg, and the fragrance of fish filled the pavilion.

"After so many years, he has become more and more beautiful." He Youning thought to himself. What Lian Youfu didn't know was that in fact, He Youning and him were fellow villagers, and the two used to play and frolic together when they were young, but He Youning went to the mountain pavilion very early and cut off contact with everything in the past.

What Lian Yufu didn't expect was that He Youning knew the truth, but he didn't ask, and He Youning, as an intelligence dealer, wouldn't say it, but out of the friendship of his fellow villagers and the mood of wanting to watch the show, He Youning didn't give Lian Youfu the most direct information, but let him take an extra detour, because that was the best answer.

Lian Yufu arrived at Fengjiazhuang and knocked on the door to say that he wanted to see Xu Weilou, who was lost in Zhuhai, and the Feng family led him to the garden.

There was an elegant sound of pipa in the flower hall, and even Yufu stood and looked up, and several men and women in the hall were sitting or standing, or drinking and playing chess, or playing the piano and fishing.

The servant walked up to a knight who seemed to be uninhibited and was pouring wine into his stomach one cup after another.

Xu Weilou looked around and saw Lian Yufu, still holding a wine jug and glass in his hand, and walked out of the flower hall in three steps and two steps.

"This Lian Shaoxia came from afar, why don't you come in and have a drink together? Oh no, it's a few drinks. Lian Yufu hugged his fist to Xu Weilou and said: "Senior......"

"Oh no!" Xu Weilou took a step back,

"I can't afford it, what's the matter with you?"

"I want to ask Xu Daxia to teach me to defeat Thunder Whip Hu Xiu."

"The word hero can also be exempted, didn't you just say who you defeated? Hu Xiu? ”

"Yes." Xu Weilou's expression became a little strange,

"Do you have a grudge against him?"

"Yes. He killed my friend Fang Zhi. Lian Yufu's eyes were like torches.

“...... Do you know why he killed your friend? Xu Weilou asked. Lian Yufu shook his head,

"It was my fellow disciple who brought his body back, saying that he had died in a fight with someone at a tea stall, and when he rushed there, Fang Zhi was already dead, and I only heard that the murderer was Hu Xiu. I checked the injuries on his body, and it was indeed caused by the Thunder Whip, and Hu Xiu was the only one in the whole Jianghu who used this weapon. I knew that with my martial arts, no matter how many years I practiced, it would be difficult to avenge him, so I ......"

"I understand," Xu Weilou said, "Then who taught you to come to me?" After listening to Lian Yufu's answer, Xu Weilou slandered He Youning for a while, the most important thing is that she actually pushed the trouble to herself, and she didn't take a bite of the fish when she made money, a profiteer, a profiteer.

"Honestly, now you don't need to know how to defeat Hu Xiu."

"Why?" Lian Yufu's eyes widened.

"Because he's dead." Xu Weilou said lightly.

"Dead?" Lian Yufu's eyes were a little confused.

"You heard it right, and I didn't say it wrong, Hu Xiu is dead, and he was buried ten days ago. Moreover, why did he kill Fang Zhi, it was a month ago, because of Yun Hai Ling, do you know Yun Hai Ling? Lian Yufu nodded, and the Yunhai Order, which had hidden the secret book of martial arts, made waves in the rivers and lakes, attracting people from all walks of life to chase and rob, and finally returned to Qingxiamen.

He still remembered that Fang Zhi had said to himself that Yun Hai made him aspire to win.

On that day, the Yunhai Order had been obtained by Qingxiamen, and Fang Zhi made insulting remarks to a disciple of Qingxiamen at the tea stall, not only hurting people, but also claiming to break the disciple's body and feed it to the dog, killing Qingxiamen to seize Yunhailing. I was also present at the time and dissuaded him, after all, it was really ...... to do such a thing" Xu Weilou looked at Lian Yufu's shocked face, and considered his words,

"We are all Jianghu people, we shouldn't be. Hu Xiu couldn't look at it, so he stepped forward to save people, but ......" Xu Weilou sighed,

"The shot was too heavy, and Fang Zhi was killed."

"You, don't lie to me." Lian Yufu took two steps back.

"You can ask the one who opened the tea stall yourself, which is on the official road outside Los Angeles." Xu Weilou stared at Lian Yu Fu's helpless eyes.

"Fang Zhi ......" Lian Yue Fu wanted to say that Fang Zhi would not do such a thing, but found that he did not have the confidence to say it, he only knew that Fang Zhi was an ambitious person, and the Fang Zhi he knew was indeed very good to his relatives and friends, but for opponents, even strangers, he would have no idea what attitude he would have.

If this is the case, is there any need to avenge him? What's more, Hu Xiu is dead. Lian Yufu turned to leave with heavy steps, and Xu Weilou stared at his back until he disappeared from his sight.

A few days later, Lian Yufu walked on the road leading to Hu Xiu's house, his back was still straight, but his expression was tired.

"Brother Lian, where are you going? Together. Xu Weilou squatted on the low wall beside the road. Even Yu Fu ignored him,

"You don't still want to go to the Hu family to seek revenge, do you?" Xu Weilou jumped off the wall and walked side by side with him. Lian Yufu lowered his eyes,

"I just wanted to check it out."

"Have you been to the tea stall?"

"Hmm."

"Little brother," Xu Weilou wanted to say something, the two had already arrived outside Hu Xiu's house, and there was a commotion in the courtyard.

But when a group of hooligans saw that Hu Xiu was dead, they came to rob the orphans and widows, threatening them to tie up the mother and son and sell them if they did not hand over the money.

Xu Weilou looked at Lian Yufu, and when he saw him pursing his lips, he quickly pulled out the double knives behind his back and rushed into the courtyard, Xu Weilou secretly said approvingly

"Okay", and also rushed into the courtyard, and the two of them didn't have much effort to beat the hooligans away.

Hu's wife pulled her young son, who was born with insufficient lameness, to kneel down and thank her, and Xu Lian and the others hurriedly helped them up.

Xu Weilou saw that the mother and son couldn't live here anymore, so he wanted to take them to settle elsewhere.

"Where are you going next?" Xu Weilou asked Lian Yufu. Lian Yufu sighed, but seemed to be relaxed, and said, "Go home." Xu Weilou said: "I, in the future, I will recognize you as my friend of Xu Weilou." A faint smile appeared on Lian Yufu's face,

"Me too." On the day Lian Yufu returned to his hometown, it snowed for the first time. White snowflakes fluttered and fell on Lian Yufu's head, as if he had gray hair.

He knocked on the door, and the father who opened the door hugged his son tightly in surprise, and the mother called his son's name one after another.

On the hill in the distance, He Youning held an umbrella and sighed softly: "It's so beautiful, this snow." ”