Chen Ran's newly bought carriage ran happily along the Yi River, and the setting sun shone obliquely on the carriage, casting the shadow of the carriage on the water surface of the Yi River on the east side.

Chen Ran sat in the carriage and looked at the water to the east, only to see a tall black shadow of a horse walking on the golden water.

The shadow of the horse was gradually lengthened by the setting sun, and gradually moved towards the center of the river, as if the horse was pulling the Chen father and son to the dragon palace in the water for a banquet.

After crossing the Longmen Bridge, on the Longmen Mountain in the distance, there are large and small stone Buddhas carved all over the mountain. The setting sun gives these stone Buddhas a layer of sacred golden light, which looks magnificent and solemn.

"Longquan Villa is on the other side of the river with these Buddha statues. The people we meet here are people we can't afford to mess with. Remember, be sure to talk less, watch more, learn more, you know? Chen Dabao instructed Chen Ran.

"Got it." Chen Ran casually agreed.

Longquan Villa is located on the bank of the Yi River, across the river from the Longmen Grottoes. It is almost the most luxurious manor outside Luoyang City.

This manor was originally the mansion given by King Yongyang of this dynasty to Lin Luoya, who was known as the first beauty on the rivers and lakes at that time, thirty years ago. Later, King Yongyang offended the emperor and was given death, and Lin Luoya disappeared for no reason.

Since then, the house has had a mysterious owner.

Since the king of Yongyang is a rebellious minister and thief, the people above the court do not dare to come to Longquan Villa as a guest in order to avoid suspicion. And the masters on the rivers and lakes are all big families, unwilling to go against the imperial court, and no one dares to enter and leave Longquan Villa openly.

So most of the people who come are sneaky.

The mysterious owner, coupled with the mysterious guests, Longquan Villa has become a mystery since then.

In normal times, it is difficult to even get close to the Longmen Grottoes, let alone sit in Longquan Villa and enjoy the scenery of Longmen Mountain.

Therefore, when Chen Dabao showed Ma Ruliang's invitation and entered Longquan Villa, he suddenly felt that his identity seemed to have changed subtly.

As long as you create a platform for your son to get close to the masters and magnates of the rivers and lakes, then tonight will be worth the trip.

Longquan Villa occupies a large area, almost half of the back mountain of Longmen Mountain, and the roads inside are intricate. After Chen Dabao's carriage entered, under the guidance of the servants inside, he passed through a bamboo forest, two bluestone roads, and three hot spring pools.

As they passed by the hot spring pool, the father and son could faintly hear the woman's debauched laughter coming from inside.

This kind of laughter is simply heartstringing, even Chen Ran, who was used to seeing all kinds of beauties on the Internet and hard drives in his previous life, couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart. No way, I drank a bowl of tiger whip soup today, and it was too angry.

The father, on the other hand, sat upright in the carriage, looking at his nose, nose, mouth, and mouth, looking completely unaffected.

The carriage stopped and stopped, and finally stopped at the entrance of a courtyard.

Chen Dabao and Chen Ran stepped out of the carriage, and in front of them was a very elegant courtyard, surrounded by vines and green leaves on both sides of the tall wooden arch, and three big characters were written on a plaque on it: Listen to Yuxuan.

When Chen Ran saw these three words, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud.

When Chen Dabao saw his son laughing, he immediately became a little dissatisfied, and frowned: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"It's fine." Chen Ran shook his head and said, "I suddenly remembered the name of a latrine. ”

Chen Dabao was stunned for a moment, and said slightly angrily: "What a mess, inexplicable." ”

After entering the courtyard, unlike Chen Ran's relaxed and comfortable, Chen Dabao was always in a tense social state.

He constantly greeted passers-by, lest a careless courtesy provoke the disgust of others.

People on the rivers and lakes attach great importance to etiquette, and sometimes just an inadvertent negligence will lead to an unexpected enemy. Therefore, greeting is a science, and it is quite crucial.

Chen Ran was forced by his father's pressure to smirk at various people.

It's just that a considerable number of people didn't pay attention to Chen Dabao, but Chen Dabao didn't care much. Chen Dabao recognized these people, they were all masters of darts with heads and faces near Luoyang City, and it was normal to ignore his greetings.

Going deeper, a magnificent hall finally appeared, and there were several tables of eight immortals in the hall, and it seemed that many people were going to be feasted tonight.

Chen Ran noticed that many people only dared to wait outside the hall, and those sitting in the hall at the moment were some respected old men in the Central Plains Martial Arts.

Chen Dabao walked to a distance of about three zhang outside the hall, and he didn't dare to go any further, he patted Chen Ran, and used his mouth to nun the inside of the hall, and then said: "Ran'er, the head of the Eight Immortals table in the middle is Ma Ruliang, the chief dart head of the Pegasus Dart Bureau. ”

Chen Ran looked inside, Ma Ruliang, who was famous in the Central Plains, looked like an ordinary old man, wearing a simple black silk sweatshirt, half white and half black beard.

Chen Dabao watched Ma Ruliang talking and laughing inside, with an envious look on his face, and said to Chen Ran beside him: "The power of this Ma Zong's dart head not only has a semicolon in Yuzhou, Jinzhou, Shaanxi, and even the southern states, and the Pegasus Dart Bureau can almost be said to be famous in the world. If the dart line is opened to this extent, it can be regarded as the peak. Ran'er, in the future, you should learn like this Ma Zong's dart. ”

Chen Ran smiled slightly, he was the third level of the Yi Jin Sutra at the moment, and he might not be able to beat this old man Ma.

He looked at it for a while, and suddenly asked: "Dad, isn't this Ma Ruliang a disciple of the Shaolin layman, why did he hold a banquet and none of the monks from the Shaolin Temple came?" ”

"This kid is saying something stupid." Chen Dabao said angrily: "The monks are all vegetarians, can they serve this kind of banquet?" ”

"That's just as well." Chen Ran nodded suddenly.

However, when Chen Dabao heard Chen Ran's words, he began to pay attention to the guests on the field, and after looking at it for a while, he was a little puzzled: "Why is it that the people invited by Mr. Ma are all darts and people." There are also some people in the martial arts hall who specialize in being bodyguards for wealthy businessmen. ”

Chen Ran's heart moved, and he said thoughtfully: "It seems that Mr. Ma invited the same kind of business, and they are all from the care of the family and the nursing home." ”

Chen Dabao's face instantly fell, with a depressed expression on his face, and said: "It turns out that Mr. Chen didn't invite me because of my reputation and strength, just because I was a dart master." Inside and outside Luoyang City, whether it is a big dart shop or a small dart shop, he invited them all. ”

"What does this Mr. Ma want to do, hold an industry conference? Integrate industry resources, improve industrial efficiency, and optimize functional allocation? "Chen Ran is a little inexplicable, the concept of this Ma Zong's dart head should not be so advanced, right?

At this time, Chen Dabao saw clearly the various people invited, and suddenly felt a little excited. He originally thought that he was favored by Ma Ruliang and was going to integrate into an upper-class circle, but it turned out that he was all self-inflicted.

He was depressed, and suddenly a voice behind him sounded: "Chen Dabao, it's really you!" ”

Chen Dabao turned his head, his face changed suddenly, and he clasped his hands into fists and said, "Meet my brother." ”

Chen Ran saw the person who came clearly, and also bowed and saluted: "Boy Chen Ran, meet your uncle." ”

The person who came was Chen Ran's uncle, Han Xinghao.

The Han family is a martial arts family in Xingyun Town, on the bank of the Yishui River outside Luoyang City. Specializing in inns and gambling houses, it is a big force in Xingyun Town.

The relationship between Chen and Han's family was originally acceptable, but later because Chen Ran's mother Han Xiaoping and Han Xinghao's wife have been not on good terms. The relationship between the two sisters-in-law developed into an enemy. The more discord there is, the more old age and death will not get along.

Now, although Chen Ran's mother Han Xiaoping has long passed away, there is still very little contact between the two families.

At this moment, the two families, who are relatives, actually met on this occasion, and they were suddenly a little embarrassed.

Han Xinghao is slightly older than Chen Dabao, he hasn't seen him for many years, and his originally burly figure has gradually become stronger. From behind him, a young girl suddenly jumped out and smiled at Chen Ran: "Hello cousin." ”

"Hello cousin." Chen Ran nodded, recognizing that this was the daughter of his uncle's family, cousin Han Qingying.

Chen Ran had almost no impression of this cousin, and when they reunited at this moment, they saw Han Qingying's round cheeks, fair skin, and a pair of big eyes, which were very beautiful.

She was wearing a cyan gauze skirt, a close-fitting short jacket on her upper body, outlining a concave and convex figure, and a long sword hanging from her waist, which looked a little heroic.

After the brother and sister finished greeting, they didn't know what to say and fell into a brief embarrassment.

Chen Dabao is the most important etiquette, in order to break the embarrassment, he said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for many years, Qingying has grown into a big girl." ”

Hearing Chen Dabao mention Han Qingying, Han Xinghao suddenly opened the conversation, pretending to shake his head helplessly: "My little girl is not talented, a few days ago, I had to go to Lin'an's Sword Hall to determine the grade of martial arts, and I really set a seven-grade for her to come back." Now it is a knife catcher in Luoyang City. ”

When Chen Dabao heard this, he was taken aback.

Lin'an is the capital of this dynasty, and the sword hall in West Lake is organized by the imperial court to evaluate the heroes of the world.

Any martial artist can go to the Sword Hall to evaluate his martial arts. And once you enter the product, it is the supreme glory of official certification, more than eight grades, and seek an errand in the yamen of Luoyang City, depending on the grade.

This kind of assessment can be regarded as the imperial examination in martial arts.

And Han Qingying is only twenty-eight years old this year, and she actually ordered a seven-grade return, which can be said to be a genius. You must know that Han Xinghao went to Lin'an three times back then, but he didn't even get a nine-pin. And Chen Dabao didn't even have the courage to go to the rating.

Moreover, now that Han Qingying is on duty in the inner city as a head catcher with a knife, her future future is limitless.

Seeing the surprised expression on Chen Dabao's face, Han Xinghao's goal was achieved, and he couldn't help but smile, his face was full of pride, and he said casually: "I don't know what achievements Ran'er has made in martial arts over the years?" ”

Chen Dabao was originally very satisfied with his son, but seeing that the other party's son and daughter were already a head catcher with a knife, and Chen Ran had not even walked a serious dart now.

The gap between the two sides is really a bit big.

The depression in his heart is difficult to add, he was lost twice today, and the excitement of coming by car has long been thrown out of the clouds.