Several ravines passed, several mountain beams crossed, and more than an hour passed, and everyone stepped on the back of the Meridian Ridge and walked on the Qin Straight Road.

Just as he was about to find the barracks, a local villager happened to pass by, and everyone greeted him happily. The old man told that there is one in the south and one in the north of the barracks, and the distance is about the same, and it takes a long way to walk.

Fan Zhongyan felt that there was no need for a meal, apologized to everyone, found a shady place to rest a little, and after a cup or two of tea, he continued westward and rushed to Gyeongju Mansion.

After about an hour of travel, they came across a village, and everyone immediately became hungry. Considering the feelings of the women in the team, I found a family to cook a pot of small rice, fried a small pot of vegetarian vegetables, and more than 30 people squeezed together, so it was considered to be lunch. Many people only ate four or five minutes full, as if they deliberately kept their stomachs, just to eat the next distant dinner.

After paying the farmer for the meal, waiting for the cup of hot tea to cool down, Fan Zhongyan sent Wu San to find the village chief to find out about the living conditions of the local people, and then went west, and the villagers sent each other behind.

Along the way, people did not stop, horses did not stop, and when the sun set, I saw the towering and straight city wall of Gyeongju Mansion.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, jumped off their horses, and led them into the city. Considering that there were a lot of people, everyone quickly divided into two groups, the people from the rivers and lakes followed Bai Yutian to the inn, and Wu San took the soldiers to escort Fan Zhong into the Zhizhou Mansion. When they broke up, Fan Zhongyan gave Bai Yutian a silver ingot in order to thank the heroes of the rivers and lakes for their help, and told him to let everyone eat, drink and live well.

In fact, this silver is not given in vain, in front of the battle with Zhao Mingxiu, Slaying Long and others, most of the heroes in the rivers and lakes were injured, eat some good to nourish the body, take some medicine to heal the wound, the body needs, there is nothing to blame. Caring for the good of others, knowing how to repay kindness, and what people want, not to mention that Fan Zhongyan's heart always has the people of the world, as long as these heroes do not violate the ban with force, they are the best people.

Bai Yutian more than a dozen people stayed in the inn, settled down in the accommodation, washed up, sat in the lobby at a table for men and women, ordered the wine and food, smiled on their faces, put the cup up, and kept talking.

Everything is good, but there is a person who calls Bai Yutian very difficult to call, and it is a little unreasonable. He really wanted to call Dong Xiaowan his wife, but Dong Xiaowan and Cui Yongyue seemed to have a deep hatred like the sea; I really want to call Dong Xiaowan my mother-in-law, but Cui Yingying is not the wife he is marrying, at most she is in love and for life; I really want to call Dong Xiaowan the leader of Dong, but this kind of title, whether it is Master Yu Cui Yongyue or her lover Cui Yingying, it seems a little unkind.

Fortunately, the people of Wushan Dao are masters outside the party, and they have never cared much about the salutation, so it is recommended that Bai Yutian call Dong Xiaowan the leader of the Dong sect. Bai Yutian thought about it, and finally took the advice of the Wushan Daoist and commensurate Dong Xiaowan with the Dong Sect Master.

When the wine and food were served, Bai Yutian filled the wine glass, left his seat, walked to Dong Xiaowan, and toasted with sincerity.

Dong Xiaowan pretended not to see it, drinking the tea that Ah Xing poured for her, and eating the dishes that Cui Yingying gave her, so that Cui Yingying, who was sitting on the side, didn't know what to do, but she didn't rush out of her tears.

Cui Yingying saw Bai Yutian standing like a pine with a wine glass, the flower of her smile would never wither, and she was moved by her sincerity, shaking Dong Xiaowan's arm slightly, pretending to smile, and begging: "Mother, for the sake of his ignorance of the world, I can accept his respect." ”

Dong Xiaowan took a deep breath, glanced at Bai Yutian, and said coldly: "I heard that you have a girl named Zhang Yanyan in mind, but is it true?" ”

Bai Yutian replied truthfully: "Don't hide it from the sect leader, it's true. But ......"

Dong Xiaowan didn't let him continue, and said sharply: "When did you forget Zhang Yan'er's girl, and felt that it was the right choice to treat my Yingying wholeheartedly, when would you come to this bar again." ”

Bai Yutian asked himself that he was already in love with Cui Yingying and Zhang Yan'er, and it was difficult to be a good man and not his wife, so he mustered up his courage, drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and said: "Sect Leader Dong, I have toasted the wine, it is your business whether you drink it or not." If you want me to hold the warbler in the palm of my hand for the rest of my life, treat her well, and I will do it correctly. If you want me to forget Miss Zhang Yan'er, I forgive the younger generation for not being able to reply to you, and I can't make you satisfied. ”

Dong Xiaowan sneered, and said seemingly gently: "Then you go, my Yingying doesn't need you to worry about it in the future." He poured the glass of wine that Bai Yutian had touched on the ground, and looked at Cui Yingying and several other disciples stupidly.

Bai Yutian was unmoved, and said: "Dong Xiaowan, Cui Yongyue didn't want to marry you back then, you were stalked, and you finally got what you wanted." Later, because Cui Yongyue disappeared for a period of time in order to save my master Jiang Qingqing, and also to avoid the pursuit of the Biluohumen people, and you can't take care of your mother and daughter, you have held a grudge since then, and you can't forgive him for his momentary mistake until now. ”

Dong Xiaowan said sharply: "Shut up! ”

Bai Yutian sneered: "Shut up? You shut up. I finally found Cui Yingying and married her, but you forcibly took her away on our wedding night, so that I, the groom, had no place to be ashamed of heaven and earth. Even if I, Bai Yutian, am a manly man and have a big heart, I shouldn't hold a grudge against anyone or anything. But the human heart is flesh and blood, and there is a limit to everything that can be endured, not what you want it to be. ”

changed his breath, and then said: "You wave your hand today, let me get out, and don't come to your daughter again in the future." As long as you can assure me that if I don't come to her, she will be happy, and I will do so, so as not to make you, a mother, lose face and lose her majesty. "Walk away, sit next to Wushan Daoren, eat and drink, as if nothing had happened.

Wushan Dao people saw Cui Yingying eating the food with tears in her eyes, which was very indecent, and said: "What a girl, you were squeezed out of tears by the nonsense of the two of you, do you think it's embarrassing!" If you two have a clear conscience, quickly apologize to others and ask for forgiveness. ”

Bai Yutian saw that he was sitting at this table, the people of Wushan Dao, and the four brothers of Chen Xiwen, who were very relaxed, so he got up and led Cui Yingying to this table to sit, poured her tea, poured good wine, sandwiched good dishes, and sent words that could make people happy.

The people of Wushan Dao were very happy to see that Bai Yutian was not only good at creating conflicts, but also good at resolving conflicts, and invited the table full of wine glasses.

Cui Yingying turned her tears into wine, swallowed it in one gulp, and ate the dishes brought by Bai Yutian, feeling a lot better.

For some people, a wishful life seems to be only for pursuing, not to achieve, just to prevent themselves from falling. Once the dream of a good life comes true, if there is no corresponding great wisdom for people to continue to live a good life, what may follow may be degeneration, step by step towards fall, until all the beauty that should be lost can be stopped.

But who doesn't want to have a good life, and who is willing to admit that he doesn't have great wisdom, but sometimes he is too persistent, forgetting what he doesn't want to do to others, so that people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and end up in desires that are difficult to fill.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms.

Bai Yutian couldn't be quiet because he had something on his mind, and wanted to eliminate his boredom with small talk, so he walked into the room of the Wushan Daoist next door. The people of Wushan Dao are injured, and they are busy breathing internal injuries, so there are so many leisure gifts to Bai Yutian, and they are looking forward to him waiting aside. Bai Yutian saw that he was nagging four or five sentences, and only occasionally got a short reply from the Wushan Daoist, not wanting to be bored, he left the room and walked to Chen Xiwen's room.

I knocked on the door, got a reply from inside, and walked in. Seeing that Liu Jindao, Yang Xingbiao, and Ma Chuhe were all there, they sat down very happily, opened their words, and chatted.

Chatting, chatting, Bai Yutian suddenly thought, how good it would be if the four Chen Xiwen brothers could stay in Gyeongju! So he asked: "Cheng Daxia, Liu Daxia, Yang Daxia, Ma Daxia, came from Yanzhou, after all these days of getting along, what do you think of Master Fan?" ”

Chen Xiwen replied with a smile: "In Lord Fan's heart, in addition to pretending to be the safety of the Great Song Dynasty, he is pretending to be the life and death of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. Such a good official is rare in the world, and my brothers and I sincerely admire it. ”

Bai Yutian smiled and said, "What do you think if your lord invites your brother to stay in Gyeongju and follow him to guard the border for the country?" ”

Liu Jindao replied with a smile: "Bai Shaoxia, my brother and the village husband are one of them, they don't know anything about arching and horseback riding, they don't know anything about marching and fighting, and they are used to fighting privately in the rivers and lakes, and they are useless in military affairs. Staying in Gyeongju, in addition to eating and drinking, I am afraid that it will only cause trouble and cause trouble to Lord Fan, so it is better to take the best policy. ”

Bai Yutian said with a smile: "Liu Daxia, that's what I said, and that's what happened. However, everything may be like a copper coin, with positive and negative sides, what you just said is only the side that is not optimistic, and there is also the side that can be optimistic. ”

Yang Xingbiao couldn't help but be curious when he heard that he still had something to use, and smiled: "Young man, please speak." ”

Bai Yutian replied with a smile: "I have heard that Lord Fan Zhongyan commanded Yan'an and raised troops and animals, and Li Yuanhao of Western Xia never dared to offend the border. When the Xia people heard this, they said: "Today, Xiao Fan Laozi has tens of thousands of armor soldiers hidden in his belly, which is not as good as Dafan Laozi." 'The Rong people call the Lord of Zhizhou Lao Tzu, and the Great Fan Lao Tzu is called the previous Zhizhou Fan Yongye. ”

Ma Chuhe was puzzled and asked, "Bai Shaoxia, this is an adult's martial arts, and it has nothing to do with my brothers?" ”

Bai Yutian replied with a smile: "Ma Daxia, how can you say that it is irrelevant." If you protect the safety of Lord Fan, these tens of thousands of armor soldiers are equivalent to hiding in your belly. ”

Chen Xiwen said: "In this way, there is still merit for my brothers to stay in Gyeongju. ”

Bai Yutian replied with a smile: "Not only is there merit, but it will also be an unknown hero, worthy of the word chivalry." ”

Liu Jindao said: "Since Shaoxia thinks so, I will stay with my brothers, and when Master Fan returns to Beijing, I will go home when my brothers will go." ”

Bai Yutian got up, clasped his fists and bowed, and said, "Thank you four for upholding the righteousness." The younger brother took his leave. ”

The four of them got up and returned the salute, sent Bai Yutian out of the room, and looked for Zhou Gong to interpret his dream.