About 600 miles from Guilin to Wuzhou Mansion, Li Wenyu and Du Chang walked for two days and three nights, and finally arrived.

Although it is the residence of King Gui, Wuzhou Mansion is much smaller than the two cities of Guilin and Nanning, about two-thirds of Guilin, and the population of the city is only about 200,000.

Coincidentally, my sister Du Ping'er's husband's family is also in Wuzhou Mansion, but in Mengshan County below.

King Gui's Mansion is not in Wuzhou City, but thirty miles north of the city.

"This is King Gui's Mansion?" Du Yan looked at the huge mansion in front of him.

The whole Guiwang Mansion covers an area of nearly 1,000 acres, with pavilions and pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, magnificent. Moreover, the guards at the gate of the palace are also well-armored, majestic, and the vermilion high walls cover everything in the palace, full of a sense of distance and oppression.

"Father......" As soon as Li Wenyu fell off the horse, a figure rushed over, knelt directly on the ground, and bowed respectfully: "Child Li Ling, please see your father." ”

This is Li Wenyu's righteous son Li Ling, who served as the deputy chief eunuch of King Gui's Mansion.

He was indeed very young, only twenty-eight years old. He looks very handsome and sunny, his eyes are soft, and his eyebrows and eyes are just but not aggressive.

He really didn't look like a eunuch, he didn't have a gloomy feeling all over his body, but was full of enthusiasm and sunshine. Seeing Li Wenyu at this time, he couldn't suppress the excitement and joy in his heart at all, and his eyes looking at Li Wenyu were also full of admiration.

Compared with Du Chang, the fate of Li Ling and Li Wenyu is much closer.

Li Ling was a poor hard-working child, and when he was ten years old, his parents were bullied to death. So he was ruthless and castrated himself, intending to enter the palace and become a eunuch to avenge his parents.

However, just when he was about to slip into the darkness, Li Wenyu appeared, directly helped his parents avenge him, and sought justice for his family. However, Li Ling has already emasculated himself and cannot become a normal person anymore. So Li Wenyu took him with him and adopted him as a righteous son.

said that he was a righteous son, but in fact, Li Ling was brought up by him, and there was no difference between him and his own flesh and blood.

"This is your brother, Du Yan. Li Wenyu's eyes were rarely soft, and he gently stroked the top of Li Ling's head, then pulled him up and pointed at Du Chang to introduce.

"I've seen my brother. Du changed his salute.

"Hello little brother. Li Ling looked at Du Yan with a close smile, and looked at him carefully for a while. Then he said: "I was surprised to hear that my father had accepted a son, and I was also very happy. The first is that there is also someone around the father to take care of, and the second is because the foolish brother is not able to inherit his father's mantle, and now that he has a younger brother, the foolish brother can be justified and have no interest. ”

Du Yan is very good at observing words and feelings, and he can almost see at a glance that this brother's words are sincere.

In fact, Du Bian has also met such people. This kind of person is naturally full of affection and affection, and it makes people very trusted.

Now Du Bian finally knows that this Li Ling is so smart and has very high martial arts attainments, but why can't he inherit the mantle of Li Wenyu. Because he is righteous and too kind. Unlike Du Chang, it is also good and evil, and the methods are ruthless.

Li Ling served as the deputy governor of the Guiwang Mansion, and he seemed to be a high-ranking authority, but in fact he was completely outside the power of the empire. King Gui, like other vassal kings, is just a royal nobleman who has been raised, without the slightest power, and it is difficult to even leave his fiefdom.

As the deputy head of the Guiwang Mansion, Li Ling also lived a life of near-seclusion, rarely dealing with local powerful institutions.

"Father, I'm going to report to the prince that you're here. Li Ling said, and then couldn't wait to let Li Wenyu and Du Yan enter the palace and settle down.

"Nope. Li Wenyu said: "As a Wanhu in Dongchang, I have no will, no task, and it is not easy to deal with local vassal kings. ”

"Yes. Li Ling said: "Speaking of which, the prince misses you very much, when you followed the great master to learn swordsmanship, it was the happiest time for the prince. ”

Li Wenyu said: "At that time, he was just a son, and he didn't pay so much attention to it, so now he can't." ”

Then, Li Wenyu said: "I came this time, mainly to let the Great Grandmaster accept Du Cheng's disciples. You go in and report to the great grandmaster, and you will say that you don't want to see the junior Li Wenyu. ”

Li Ling said: "The great master is not in the palace, he has gone to seclusion on Lotus Mountain. Because there are too many people who come to apprentice, the status is higher than the other, and the status is more valuable than the other. The prince's son, the prince's son, the concubine of the cabinet scholars, etc., the great master was so annoyed that he simply hid on Lotus Mountain. ”

This great grandmaster's name is Ning Zongwu, who had been an emperor for a period of time before and lived in the capital. Later, there were so many people who came to visit him that he moved to the remote province of Guangxi and hid in the Guiwang Mansion. Because there was an iron law in the Daning Dynasty, officials and generals were not allowed to have personal relations with the vassal king, so Ning Zongwu felt that he could enjoy peace in the Guiwang Mansion.

However, I didn't expect that not long after hiding in King Gui's mansion, there was still an endless stream of people who came to worship. In desperation, he could only hide on the more remote Lotus Mountain, and did not let anyone know.

Li Wenyu said: "Then I will take Du Yan to Lotus Mountain, you can go in." ”

Li Ling was full of reluctance and said, "Otherwise, I'll go with my father's little brother." ”

He and Li Wenyu haven't seen each other for a long time, and it's good to be able to stay a little longer.

"You have a position, how can you leave without permission?" Li Wenyu said.

"Yes. Li Ling immediately bowed down to make amends.

"Idiot. Li Wenyu said: "In this way, I will come again before I go back to Guilin Mansion, and you and my father and son will have a meal." ”

"Yes. Li Ling was overjoyed.

Lotus Mountain is more than 100 miles away from King Gui's Mansion, and Du Bian and Li Wenyu got on their horses and hurried away.

"This brother of yours has an extremely intelligent mind and a very high martial arts, but unfortunately his heart is too pure. Li Wenyu said: "Du Bian, when I get old, this brother will rely on you to protect me." ”

Du Bian said: "I must rely on my brother and treat him as a sibling." ”

Li Wenyu nodded and said: "Although your child is mean and ruthless, but the pure conscience of your family and relatives is the same as Li Ling, at that time, you risked your life to go back to save the nurse, I knew that you were also a good child." ”

Du Bian couldn't help but turn his head to look, only to see that a few hundred meters later, Li Ling was still tiptoeing to look at Li Wenyu's back, and when he saw Du Bian looking back, he showed a smile and waved his hand at him.

Fate is so wonderful, in just such a short time, he has an extra brother.

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The Lotus Mountain is not high, but it is remote enough, there is a Lotus Temple in the mountain, and the great master of Ning Zongwu and his disciples take refuge here.

Du Bian waited outside, and Li Wenyu went to bow to the mountain gate.

"Don't be a junior, Li Wenyu, meet the great master. In front of the mountain gate, Li Wenyu respectfully bowed down.

However, the mountain gate was closed and there was no response.

Li Wenyu bowed down meticulously and said: "Don't be a junior, Li Wenyu, meet the great grandmaster." ”

Inside the Lotus Temple, there was still no sound.

Li Wenyu was not discouraged at all, just bent over and stood here like this, paying a visit every minute.

One hour, two hours, three hours......

Half a day has passed, and Li Wenyu has bent down to salute hundreds of times, and has also met hundreds of times.

Finally, a helpless and unhappy voice came from inside: "Where did I come from, I don't see! I have hid here, and I have been found by you? Isn't it too much?

This is the great grandmaster Ning Zongwu, the former emperor, the great master of Chinese culture, martial arts, alchemy, horsemanship, etc., all of which are refined. His status in the rivers and lakes is higher than that of Zhang Yangming, after all, Zhang Yangming is just an academic master and does not know martial arts. And in this world, the weight of martial arts is too heavy.

Li Wenyu said: "Great Grandmaster, I brought a peerless treasure jade, just waiting for the carving of the Great Grandmaster." After all, the Great Grandmaster also belonged to my eunuch party, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing to cultivate a talent for my eunuch party?"

"Where to come from, where to go. Ning Zongwu said: "If you don't leave, I'll do it!"

This Grand Master is an acute sub with a very temperamental temperament.

Li Wenyu said: "Great Grandmaster, this righteous son of mine is really a genius who has not been seen in a hundred years, wouldn't it be a pity for you to miss it?"

"No, get out. The Grand Master directly used a foul mouth.

Li Wenyu hesitated for a while and said, "Great Grandmaster, there is something I forgot to explain more than ten years ago, a beautiful woman named Wang Huaixiu once entrusted me to tell ......."

"Shut up, shut up......" Ning Zongwu's angry voice came from inside.

Then a gust of wind came quickly, the mountain gate opened, and an old man with crane hair and a childish face, the appearance of fairy wind and bones, but full of uninhibited temperament, walked out, he was wearing a coarse cloth shirt, and said angrily: "Li Wenyu, are you going to die?"

This great grandmaster Ning Zongwu is also a heavenly eunuch, and there is also an unknown relationship that happened more than ten years ago. And this relationship is not very glorious, so it is Ning Zongwu's taboo secret, which is absolutely unknown, and now Li Wenyu actually brought this matter up in order to provoke him.

Li Wenyu immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Unworthy disciple Li Wenyu, meet the great grandmaster." ”

Ning Zongwu waved his hand casually, and directly pushed Li Wenyu up and said, "Don't, I'm not your teacher, and I don't have a disciple like you." ”

Li Wenyu pulled Du Bian and said: "Great Grandmaster, this is my righteous son Du Bian, a genius who has not been met in a hundred years, please accept him as an apprentice, he will definitely become your pride." ”

"Genius, where can genius go? The most I've seen in my life is genius, don't come to this set. Great Grandmaster Ning Zongwu said: "I came in seclusion and lived a leisurely life. Now, somebody has stuffed four disciples around me, and you're going to stuff one of them in? How big is your face?"

Li Wenyu frowned suddenly, he didn't expect that there were already four disciples by Ning Zongwu's side, there was no doubt that they were all very big, at least much bigger than Li Wenyu, so that Ning Zongwu couldn't refuse.

"Go back, I'm determined not to accept it. Ning Zongwu said categorically: "If you continue to entangle, don't blame me for turning my face." Where did so many geniuses come from in this world? ”

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