"How can I be the same, a gentleman will keep his promise for a lifetime, from the moment I recognize your father as the master, I am no longer a person, just a tool, a sword in the master's hand. After the master is gone, restore my identity and hand over the young you to me, I can only take good care of you to grow up, and now that you are older, I am also old, and I don't have that mind anymore. ”

The old man gently stroked Mo Xin's hand and continued: "Maybe there is a providence in the underworld, the master has never met an opponent in his life, only the bright moon and the vicissitudes of the storm, with the help of weapons and the master to a draw, and when the master went to Huashan to seize the sword, and then went to look for him, but caught up with him to escape the world, standing on the top of the mountain and looking at the world, how barren his heart was. The realm he has pursued in his life is not something you and I can speculate, maybe self-destruction is his only destination. ”

Talking about the past, the old man's face gradually became ruddy and radiant again, but Mo Xin was not interested in the deeds of this father, whom he had never met, and when he was tired of listening to it, Huo Ran got up and walked to the door with a sword.

After hesitating at the door for a while, he was silent for a long time and then said quietly: "I'm leaving... Take care. ”

Then he pushed the door and left, the old man looked at the back of his departure, looked at the door fixedly, seemed to want to find a familiar figure from Mo Xin's back, and after Mo Xin left, his cloudy eyes gradually moistened, and for a while the old tears were horizontal, and his body lay on the bed weakly, and slowly closed his eyes...

"Little brother, come in and be happy."

Several dusty women were standing in front of the Qinglou to solicit customers, and at this time, Lin Fan, who was anxious, where did he have such idleness, and dropped a sentence viciously: "I'm not in the mood to talk about anything now, I just want to make money!" Then he turned and walked away.

"Notice... There is no notice here. ”

He muttered to himself, wandering aimlessly in the city, since the last time he went to the forbidden land, Zheng Feiyu was punished by the head of the house for a year, and when Zheng Feiyu came back, he vented all this evil fire on Lin Fan.

Zheng Feiyu threatened that his annual salary was two hundred taels of silver, and drove him out of the door, when did he earn enough two hundred taels outside and then return to the master's door.

It's been a few months since I entered the Huashan Sword Sect, and I haven't gotten any information, not to mention it, and the troubles are still going on one after another, and waves of unsettled ones have arisen again and again.

wandered around the city, but met a few coolies and miscellaneous laborers, but he couldn't look down on the meager salary, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to make up two hundred taels in his life.

You can't go to rob the house, now the Shaanxi area is very peaceful, and there is no reward on the notice of the government, so he bought some dry food from the city, and Lin Fan went out of the city with a heavy heart.

Along the way, he drilled into the mountains and forests, not to mention any bandits and bandits, he didn't even touch a robber, and when he was walking, he suddenly saw several officers and soldiers patrolling passing by on horseback, and he couldn't wait to run over.

"Big brothers, do you know where there are bandits?" As soon as he got closer, Lin Fan asked.

Several officers and soldiers were stunned for a moment, looked at Lin Fan suspiciously, and asked tentatively, "Are you a disciple of Huashan Sword Sect?" ”

"Exactly." Lin Fan nodded.

"Heh..." one of the officers and soldiers burst out laughing, and responded jokingly: "The young man said that he was joking, and we will look for it too." ”

"Drive!"

After speaking, without waiting for Lin Fan to respond, several people laughed and waved their horsewhips and sped away, leaving Lin Fan alone, alone in the wind.

After a day's drive in the wilderness, Lin Fan picked up a handful of water in front of the stream he met and swallowed it in a big gulp, moistening his chapped lips.

It's not a way to go on like this, Lin Fan was a little irritable, so he simply went to the official road to rob a merchant, it's a big deal to ask for the address, and then pay back the money with interest in the future.

If he was really a disciple of the Sword Sect, he didn't need to be in such a hurry, but he was a spy sent by Ji Wushuang, and he didn't want to spend an extra day in the Sword Sect.

He had just walked a short distance when he heard a noise behind him, as if a carriage was passing by, and without thinking, he drew his knife in his left hand, drew his sword in his right hand, turned around and raised his hand with a finger.

"Phew! This way is me..."

"Brother Lin Fan?"

"Huh?"

Before Lin Fan's incision could be read, he was called out of his identity in an instant, and he remembered that he was afraid of being followed by Ma Wuming and others to find trouble when he left the Sword Sect, so he had already taken off his mask, and if he hadn't been called out of his identity today, he would have robbed with his real face, which would inevitably lead to trouble.

With a bang, Lin Fan quickly put away his weapon, his face was slightly red with shame, he looked up, and there was a team of dart carts coming on, the man who opened the road was riding on a tall horse, and a woman in red was beside him, and the two looked a little familiar.

"You are?" Lin Fan hesitated.

The man shook his head with a wry smile, and teased: "Brother Lin is really a noble person who forgets things, you and I have a relationship at the Young Heroes Conference, and I am Guan Sheng." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the woman beside him and introduced, "This is the Qin Hong Girl from the Perak Hall, do you remember?" ”

"Oooh!" Lin Fan suddenly realized, and Lian Dao was ashamed to shirk his clumsiness.

"Lin Shaoxia." Qin Hongyan lightly clamped the horse's belly between his legs, drove the horse to Lin Fan, and politely bowed his hand.

"Brother Guan, Miss Qin." Lin Fan bowed his hand and saluted back, saying that he suddenly winked at Guan Sheng, and said with a sly punt: "Brother Guan, when did you come together?" ”

Looking at Lin Fan's hippie smiling face, the two naturally understood the teasing meaning in his words, Qin Hongyan changed his original hot temper, and a little unnatural appeared on his face, but he still smiled forcefully: "Lin Shaoxia thinks too much, it's just a stopby." ”

After saying that, she rode her horse and continued to hurry, Guan Sheng commanded the team to continue to follow Qin Hongyan, and she jumped off the horse, standing beside Lin Fan and laughing at herself with a lost face: "Brother Lin, how can I have such good luck..."

"You really like her?" Lin Fan was stunned for a moment, he was joking, but he didn't expect it to become a prophecy.

Guan Sheng nodded, pursed his lips and groaned for a while, then suddenly smiled heartily, looked at Lin Fan and asked, "Don't talk about this, why are you here, Brother Lin?" ”

"Ah this..."Lin Fan was a little embarrassed, thought for a moment and explained: "I came here to do some things, I accidentally lost my entanglement, and I was thinking about whether I could find a den of thieves, eliminate violence and peace, and seize some silver taels." ”

"No, it doesn't have to be that troublesome." Guan Sheng patted Lin Fan's shoulder, put his hand into his arms again, and continued: "Since Brother Lin has lost the coil, I will lend you a little silver." ”

"Oh, hey, I can't help it, that's not appropriate." Lin Fan refused again and again.

"This..."Guan Sheng was stunned for a moment, an apologetic look appeared on his face, and he sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry Brother Lin, it turns out that Brother Lin pays attention to the friendship between gentlemen and gentlemen, and that is my presumptuousness." ”

"Huh?"

This time it was Lin Fan's turn to be stunned, and he began to roar in his heart, I didn't mean that! I'm just polite... Accustomed to those hypocritical politeness in modern life, Lin Fan subconsciously rejected Guan Sheng, but he didn't expect him to take it seriously.

If you stuff it a few more times, won't I just go down the slope and pick up the donkey, and now it's not appropriate to open your mouth again? Thinking of this, Lin Fan swallowed his saliva, and his heart was full of despair.

"It's better than this, Brother Lin, if it's convenient for you, go to Luoyang with me, you and I won't be lonely on the way together, I should hire a dart master, and after the escort is completed, I will give you twenty taels of silver as the cost of employment, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"

Guan Sheng's eyes lit up, and he seemed to think that this method was feasible, and it didn't hurt Lin Fan's face, and he could help him again, so he nodded again and again and said to himself: "Brother Lin, don't dislike more than twenty taels, first-class dart masters are all at this price, with Brother Lin's skills, it is definitely worth this price, if it is too much, it will be outside me..."

"I don't have too much!"

Lin Fan hurriedly interrupted Guan Sheng, rubbed his hands awkwardly, and sneered: "Actually, in fact, it's okay to give more." ”

"Huh?" Guan Sheng scratched his head, a little confused about Lin Fan's thoughts, and asked tentatively, "What about thirty taels?" ”

"That's it, let's go." Lin Fan immediately agreed, and he was really embarrassed to open his mouth again.

"Brother Lin, I heard that many of the friends in the rivers and lakes who took the test at that time were in the Luoyang area, and when we finish delivering the goods, maybe we can get together."

"There are some friends who try to compete with each other, but there are also many enemies who are indiscriminate."

"I'm not as good as Brother Lin, who loves and hates freely, I was born in the dart game, and I have always adhered to the principle of having one more friend and one more way, and I will not offend anyone easily, no matter what the other party is, Guan is willing to become friends with him. Not to mention the people in the rivers and lakes, even those heinous green forest heroes, Guan Mou also has some friendship with them. ”

"It's understandable, after all, Brother Guan, you don't only need to have strong financial resources behind you, the dart master in the dart game is experienced enough to be strong in martial arts, but also needs to be well-connected, and you need to be able to go up and down to do both black and white."

"I didn't expect Brother Lin to know so much about our business."

Guan Sheng and his subordinate dart master asked for a horse and handed it to Lin Fan to walk, the two of them were laughing and chatting while opening the way in front of the team, while Qin Hongyan followed behind the team, protecting the dart master and goods in the middle one after the other.

The journey was quite smooth, and the group did not encounter any trouble, until they were about to leave the territory of Shaanxi, Guan Sheng proposed to take everyone to find a village and town to rest and recuperate, and relieve the fatigue of the journey.

After entering the town, everyone first looked for an inn to prepare to stay, but the strange thing was that after passing by several inns, Guan Sheng did not enter, which made Lin Fan a little puzzled.

Guan Sheng seemed to see Lin Fan's doubts, and explained with a smile: "Brother Lin doesn't know, I have also walked this road a few times, I know some old shops, go out and be careful to sail the boat for ten thousand years, we have many taboos in this industry, the first is not to live in the new store, if those old shops find out that they have changed the shopkeeper recently, they will not be able to live." Because we outsiders can't figure out their details, we can't determine whether it is a black store or not, and whether there is a secret door in the store. ”