The New Year is approaching, and a sensational incident that happened before the Pingdu Bobu Department caused a sensation in the government and the opposition of Pakistan, and it took a few months before the incident caused a war of words in the Hu'an Palace.

In the autumn of that year, a sub-tribe of the Pingdu Bo tribe suffered a disaster, and most of the Fu owed that year, Pingdu Bo was called for, and the improper disposal caused a violent resistance to the Fu, which was suppressed, and the person who provoked the head was killed, and eight troublesome warriors fled to Hu'an Mountain to join the Menglong and changed their names and surnames.

After the winter, Xiangshan learned that it was appropriate to escort the eight people to Pingdubo for disposal and report to Hu Anbo, but Menglong had put the eight people in an unknown place to hide before going to Yushui. Because Menglong then went to the capital again, the matter has been put on hold.

Now that Menglong is back, Uncle Yu has summoned his henchmen to discuss how to deal with it.

Xiangshan said: "The handling of this matter is very inappropriate. First, there is an impermeable wall in the world, and if Pingdu Bo learns the news in the future, both sides will not look good, and it is difficult to say if Jiangzhou is to blame again; second, taking in rebellious slaves is to encourage the wind of rebellion. ”

Menglong said: "Now is the time to employ people, the eight people are strong in martial arts, incognito for their own use, and no one knows, there is nothing wrong." Besides, I have already asked clearly, although these people are subordinate people, they have military exploits, they are not rewarded, and they are not just, if there is a reward, they can naturally resist it, how can they fight by force?"

Xiangshan said: "Childe's words, it is dangerous! Yi Jun, please chase away Keqing Deng Lu!"

Uncle Qi said: "Now what Menglong did, how did it get involved with Deng Fuzi?"

Xiangshan said: "Menglong is young, like a white cloth, and the color will never be lost when he is dyed." From Deng Fuzi to Hu'an Mountain, he advocated Wu to Menglong, and he should be expelled from Hu'an Mountain. ”

After Deng Lu arrived at Hu'an Mountain, in order to prevent accidents, he has always spoken not much on political affairs, and said at this time: "Doctor Xiang misunderstood, I only talk about the art of war, not anything else, Wu Qi generation of famous generals, naturally want to talk about it." ”

Xiangshan said: "Menglong has proposed several times that slaves have military exploits and can be Chinese, this is the law of changing ancestors, is it also the art of war?"

Before Deng Lu could speak, Mu Cheng, the five hundred chief of the mountain division, said: "According to the last general, this is a good thing, which can improve the combat power. ”

Ruo Chunpei also said: "The ancestors made the law, and it is also prosperous, and it is not impossible to change. ”

Xiangshan said: "Chunpei is good at telling stories, you might as well listen to the old man tell you today." A long time ago, on Jinba Mountain, there was a man who liked to wear women's clothes, and he was robbed by a group of wild men at one time. When he found out that it was a man, the savage was furious, cut off his penis, and said, 'Look if you are still wearing clothes that you shouldn't wear.' The method of changing the ancestors is to dress indiscriminately!"

Deng Lu said: "Today, Deng also made a fuss and told a story. There is a little son in the Huang Kingdom who likes all kinds of hats since he was a child. The people of the country gave him a beautiful crown of pure gold, which everyone envied and praised one by one, so he did not take it off for a while, and no one persuaded him to change his hat. As he grew older, he couldn't take it down, not only was the son abolished, but he also became a fool. That's the constant benefit. ”

Someone laughed: "He's not too heavy." ”

Uncle said: "Don't talk about these gossips, discuss serious things." ”

Menglong said: "At that time, the eight people of Pingdu were like ants on a hot pot, desperate, so they came to join Hu'an Palace, but handed them over, not only was I unjust, but also Hu'an Palace was unjust! Besides, no one knew about this matter, what scruples?"

Xiangshan said: "Childe said that no one knows, how do I know?"

Menglong came to his anger for a while and said, "Doctor Xiang has people everywhere, of course he can know!"

Uncle Yu shouted: "Above the lobby, you are unshy!"

After the dispute continued, Menglong gave in and proposed to be deported, and in the end, considering the overall interests of the nobles, he still listened to the kind words, and ordered the eight people to be tied up and returned to Pingdu, and all of them were executed. In this matter, Menglong couldn't forgive himself the most because he thought that the eight people had no way to go to him, but they were almost sent to the guillotine by themselves, which was an unrighteous act and could not be let go for a long time.

For the people of Hu'an Mountain, the cold winter is not over is the season of troubles, the snow in the mountains brings a different kind of experience and happiness, when the brothers and sisters of the Menglong brothers and sisters and their partners consume too much energy in skiing and snowball fights, the supply of nature to this grassland has begun again————— it is already in February of the following year, the trees begin to sprout, and the hibernating animals begin to wake up.

If Chunpei was preparing to go to the Gong's clan according to the previous proposal, Mrs. Yu was urgently summoned.

Ruo Chunpei didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly entered the Wenxiang Garden of Hu'an Palace, this was the first time he came here, and thought: "If it weren't for himself, he wouldn't have summoned me here." "Nervous.

After seeing Madame, I didn't have time to sit down, Chun Pei said, "What's the matter with Madame, so nervous?"

"You may be seated and listen to me. Unexpectedly, an accidental thing caused a big trouble. I only recently inquired about it. ”

Listening to Mrs. Ruochunpei, Ruo Chunpei realized that it was the following incident:

A few years ago, the marquis was seriously ill, and Mrs., Menglong, and Mengyu went to visit the city.

One day, the sixth prince Ba Ping'an suddenly visited, because Han Wei, the doctor of Ba Guo, was ordered by the king to inspect a number of tribes, and came to the capital.

After exploring the condition, when leaving, I met several women, including Fang Fang, Meng Yu, E Guihua, and Ba Chan, who were the daughters of Qi Rui, who came back from outside, and they couldn't avoid it, so they had to see each other.

Back in the house, Ba Ping'an invited Han Wei to a banquet, and asked Han Wei after drinking: "How is the osmanthus flower?"

Han Wei replied: "Looking at his face, I have also heard that the osmanthus flower is dignified and beautiful, and she can be a concubine." But if you want to talk about beauty, it must be the daughter of the jade. ”

Ping An nodded and said, "It's a pity that I'm still young." ”

"I went back to Jiangzhou and became a scholar, and ordered this girl to be sent to the Jiangzhou Palace, regarded as a princess, taught etiquette, singing and dancing, piano and chess, and sent it to the king of Chu, or the monarch of other big countries, for the sake of Baoba. ”

Ba Ping'an thought that what Han Wei said was just a joke, and he didn't expect that he would return to Jiangzhou and want to learn from Fan Li, the doctor of Yueguo.

The lord of Pakistan is about to make an order.

Chunpei said: "Is the news reliable?"

"It must be reliable. ”

"Madame is anxious to come to me, and I understand what I mean. Madam, do you remember what happened to Ruo's little beauty back then?"

The lady said, "Of course I remember! Otherwise, how could I invite you here?"

Chunpei said with a smile: "Women's affairs, it's best to find a woman to solve them." As long as the king's will is not made, this matter is not difficult. ”

Madame said, "I am much more relieved when you say so. Please go to Jiangzhou, what do you need to prepare, just ask. ”

"Without further ado, I'll be ready to go. ”

Madame invited her husband to discuss a little, Ruo Chunpei set out with the servants the next day, carried the treasures, and arrived in Jiangzhou, focusing on visiting one of the most favored beauties of the Ba master.

Things were easily done, if Chunpei returned to Hu'an Mountain, it was the last few days of the month, and together with Yu Menglong, he brought people and gifts to the Gongshi.

Out of the grassland, through Wanfeng Village, Longshui Dam, arrived at the only ferry into Hu'an Mountain, Longxikou.

Pu Yancang, the head of the boat master at the mouth of the three rivers of Pangu Lake, the leader of the Tho clan and his nephew Tho Yuan have already led people to wait, crossing the river, and there are hundreds of stone steps above the Tho village.

Tho's village is built by the mountain and the water, the mountain behind it is called Huoba Mountain, and the descendants are called Luoying Mountain, which belongs to the Wuling mountain system, and there is a lot of coal in the mountain.

On the stone road, Ruo Chunpei and Tho Cang were talking and laughing, and Menglong and Tho Yuan followed behind, talking and watching and walking. There were samurai in front to open the way, and Park Yeon-cang led a team of samurai to escort the back.

Tho Yuan, three or four years older than Menglong, is the son of Tho Huai, the chief of grain and grass in Hu'an Palace, and Tho Huai has only this one child, with a medium stature, a delicate face, and martial arts, and his skills are not high, but he is influenced by his father, is good at managing money, and has insight. Because he often waits for gifts in Hu'an Palace, or goes to visit his father, he is familiar with Menglong, and Menglong appreciates him very much, not because of his martial arts, but because of his financial expertise.

There are still dozens of steps away from the walled gate, and I hear cheers from the left. Menglong said to Ruo Chunpei and Tho Cang, who were walking in front: "You guys go to the village first, I'll go and take a look." ”

Menglong, Tho Yuan, Hu'an Palace guards and several guards turned to the stone slab branch road on the left, walked fifty or sixty steps, there is a large irregular mud dam, about two or three hundred square meters, there are five hundreds of years old trees on the side, all are banyan trees, one of them is by the north of the river, two in the west, and one on each side of the other two, like five big umbrellas that are called open to cover the mud dam around, so the Danfushui people are called Huangjue Dam, also called "five trees", cross the boat, Passers-by like to take a break under the tree, especially on hot days, and the Tho people also set up simple stalls in time to provide cool boiled water and exchange goods.

On the dam, there were more than a dozen boys, the eldest was thirteen or fourteen years old, and the younger one was more than ten years old, shirtless, standing in a row of different heights and uneven front and back standing more than 20 steps away from the southeast and the largest yellow cypress tree, with their backs to the direction of Menglong.

Menglong said to Tho Yuan, "What are they doing?"

"It's supposed to be a sword throw. "The favorite weapon of the Ba people is the willow leaf sword, which is shaped like a willow leaf, about 50 centimeters long, and made of blue bronze. The Willow Leaf Sword is a short sword, shorter than the Chu Sword, which is conducive to being used in the jungle, and in addition to fighting, they also like to use it for throwing.

Yu Menglong likes to throw short swords very much, his skills are very high, he heard that it is more than throwing swords, he became interested, and said to Tho Yuan and his entourage: "Hugh should be alarmed, see how they throw." ”

Several people walked to the middle of the two yellow cypress trees at the intersection of the dam and did not move, quietly watching. The boys were so engrossed in the game that they didn't notice that outsiders were coming.

After a while, I saw that the row of boys separated four or five steps to the sides, and the middle boy did not move, lifted the short sword, raised his hand, and the short sword flew out from the top right of his head.

To Menglong's surprise, the short sword seemed to lose control, spinning in circles in the air, spinning faster and faster, and suddenly, there was a "bang", followed by the row of boys cheering hard.

Menglong didn't see what was stabbed clearly, and when he heard the boys cheering and being infected, he also shouted, "Good!"

Hearing someone applaud, the row of boys turned around and saw a young man, gorgeously dressed and with an extraordinary temperament, surrounded by Tho Yuan, and behind him were several majestic warriors, who did not know who, and remained still.

Suddenly, one of the boys shouted, "Master Menglong?"

Tho Yuan smiled: "You kid has eyes and beads!"

The boy said, "I've seen the Tiger Ben Ding. ”

Zhu Ding said: "I am Zhu Ding, who are you?"

"Tho brute!" said the boy, walking this way, and the other boys came with him.

Menglong met head-on. Menglong saw that he was about twelve or thirteen years old, with dark skin and quite firmness, and said to him with a smile: "I'm Menglong, what did you compare just now?"

Tho Manzi said: "The sword just now, called the short sword spinning thorn, is a unique skill. ”

Menglong said: "What kind of absolute?"

Tho Manzi said: "I can't say it, anyway, the sword turned countless times, and then it stabbed." ”

Menglong said: "What did you stab just now? I'll go and see first." ”

The boys got out of the way, and the barbarians led the way, and then Menglong, Tho Yuan, and Zhu Ding walked under the yellow cypress tree.

Menglong raised his eyes and saw that the short sword was pierced in the center of a square target that was stable on the branch of the yellow cypress tree, and the front third of the sword body had penetrated the wooden target about three inches thick, and said secretly: "It is both accurate and powerful." ”

Menglong said: "I didn't understand it just now, Tho barbarian, can you vote again and let me see and understand?"

"Childe, I can't spin stabs, I can fight!"

Tho Yuan said: "Then who voted just now?"

At this time, a kid shouted, "I voted!"

Menglong looked at him, he was about the same age and physical condition as Tho Manzi, and he was a super good material for practicing martial arts, but he was a little taller, and asked, "Who are you?"

"My name is Long You. ”

Tho Yuan said: "Long You, you vote again." ”

Everyone gathered under the yellow cypress tree again, and the barbarian took the sword from the target and handed it to Long You.

Menglong thought to himself, "I've never seen any spinning thorns, could it be that the sword he uses is different?" and said, "Can you use my sword?" As he spoke, he unsheathed his sword.

Long You glanced at Menglong and said, "Why not." ”

Long You took the sword in Menglong's hand, held the hilt, and felt that he raised it with force, and the sword flew forward like a golden plate, and there was a "bang", and the sword passed through the side of the wound left by the sword on the target just now, and the hilt hung on the target.

Menglong was taken aback and took the lead in applauding, and everyone cheered together.

Zhu Ding smiled at Menglong: "I still haven't seen how to get on target." ”

Menglong also smiled: "I didn't see it clearly. ”

Tho Yuan said: "Long You, do it again." ”

"There are birds in the trees, can you project living creatures?"

The dragon estimated, "You want to eat bird meat?"

Xiao Menglong said: "I don't think it's necessary. "The barbarian had already taken down the sword of the dream dragon, and Long You tried again, and hit the target again. The crowd applauded again.

Menglong said: "What other techniques do you have?"

This time Long You put the sword body flat in the palm of his left hand and gently sent it out, and the sword was like a willow leaf, sliding in the wind, staying on the target at the same time, the cheers sounded again.

A bronze short sword, in Long You's hand, played a total of five or six tricks.

Menglong praised: "It's really a unique skill!"

Long You said: "What am I." The short sword is in the hands of the fourth brother, just like a juggler, and it is only when he thinks of which sword goes, he will hit every shot. ”

Menglong was startled and said, "Can you try it here!"

Long You said: "The fourth brother is not here. ”

Menglong said: "Where?"

Tho Manzi said: "Childe, Hugh listened to his nonsense, Long You said that he had an elder brother named Long Si, but we have never seen him, and he said that he was a fool, how could he be so good at swordsmanship? ”

Suddenly, Long You drew his sword and said angrily: "You dare to accuse me of deceiving people, I will pierce you first! I think you are also a fool!"

"I'll be afraid of you!" the man's sword was unsheathed.

Tho Yuan shouted: "What are you doing! Childe is here, who dares to come nonsense!"

Menglong smiled: "You two boys, your temperament is more impatient than the red-faced tiger. The two boys took their swords.

At this moment, a person ran and shouted: "If the pedestrians and the owner of the village ask the prince to go quickly, the sacrificial ceremony is ready!" It turned out that it was the beginning of March, and the local Ba people had the tradition of sacrificing to the snake god.

Tho Yuan said: "Childe, please." Menglong looked at the boy who was performing sword throwing and said, "I will come to Hu'an Palace to be a tiger ben!"

Tho Manzi shouted first: "Childe, my martial arts, I can already be a tiger ben!"

Menglong smiled: "I just heard that your martial arts are good, but you have to come back when you are better!"

Tho Manzi said seriously: "A word is a certainty!"

Menglong said: "Dan Fushui testifies!"

Bidding farewell to these boys and returning to the wide stone-level road into the village, Menglong asked Tho Yuan: "The kid who threw the sword just now is called Long You, remember that there is no dragon clan in Danfushui, which sub-clan is it?

"The swordsmanship is good, but it's also the first time I've seen him throw stabs. Long You is not from the Tho clan, he is from the villain's mother clan, and he has only been here for more than a month. ”

Menglong nodded and said, "Which clan does your mother belong to?"

"My mother's clan was lost many years ago, and my mother and uncle never talked about it. ”

"Understood. After the defeat of some ancient tribes, they were divided, some lived in seclusion in the mountains, and some changed their names and surnames to survive on their own. ”

"Exactly. Almost every few years, someone from my mother's clan came to Tho's village to find their way. ”

Menglong nodded in agreement and said, "That Longyou's spinning thorn is a bit interesting. ”

Shan Ding, who followed closely behind Menglong, said: "That kid's origin is unknown, he throws a sword with a hundred shots, if he uses a hidden weapon, it is the most difficult to prevent, so it is better to be careful."

Menglong smiled: "It's still a child, why bother with it." No matter what tribe you come from, as long as you are strong in martial arts, willing to let go of hatred, and loyal to Hu'an Mountain, you can send it to Hu'an Palace as a tiger ben. Tho Yuan "Nuo" sounded.

When the boys heard that the sacrificial ceremony was about to begin, they followed them into the village.

That night, in Su Tho's village, Zhu Menglong enjoyed the maid's bed for the first time and opened the vows, but because he was drunk, he couldn't remember the specific details the next day.