When the gatekeeper of the castle saw Tai Hao approaching this way, he stopped him and asked, "Who are you here, and what are you doing here?" ”

Tai Hao replied: "I came from Luo Qi City, planning to go to the Eastern Empire, passing by here, may I ask if this is the territory of the Eastern Empire or the territory of Tibet?" ”

One of the soldiers said: "This is the territory of Tibet, which belongs to Pibo City. ”

Tai Hao saw that it was twilight at this time, so he planned to stay in this castle for the night. He continued to ask the soldier: "My name is Taihao, an official of the Eastern Empire, this time I escorted the princess of the Eastern Empire to Tubo and Qin, and returned to the Eastern Empire after the mission was completed. ”

The soldier said, "If you want to borrow it here, you need to ask the owner of this castle." Since I am an envoy of the Eastern Empire, I can wait here for a while while I go and report to my master. ”

Tai Hao nodded and replied, "Okay, thank you for this brother." ”

He waited in front of the castle for the soldiers' report. After a while, another soldier dressed in fine clothes and holding a sword came out of the city. The soldier saluted Tai Hao and said, "I heard from my subordinates that you are an official of the Eastern Empire from Luo, and I am Jacob, the steward of this castle, and our master is entertaining distinguished guests, and I will receive you in place of my master, and welcome you here." ”

Tai Hao bowed and said, "You are so polite, passing by here from Luo, because it is getting late, so you want to borrow a night here." ”

Jacob said, "It is one of my duties to take care of the guests, and you can rest with me in the castle." ”

Tai Hao secretly praised himself in his heart, he didn't expect this Tibetan nobleman to treat foreign guests so warmly and thoughtfully. So he followed Jacob into the halls of the castle.

Through the lights, Tai Hao found that the castle was beautifully built, with luxurious furnishings in the hall filled with mahogany furniture and a dazzling array of artwork in the corners of the room. Jacob warmly invited Tai Hao to taste the local specialties and arranged a comfortable bedroom for him, which made Tai Hao feel very surprised and grateful.

Taihao was just about to lie down on the bed and rest for a while in the bedroom, when he heard a knock on the door. Taihao opened the door and saw that it was Jacob Cidan, and Jacob Cidan arched his hand and said, "Lord Taihao, our master is invited." ”

Taihao suddenly felt a little surprised, and he didn't know what kind of invitation the noble master of Tibet had sent to him, but he still followed Jacob to the master's study.

After entering the study, Taihao saw a short old man sitting at his desk, holding an ancient book in his hand and pondering. The old man looked quite old, but his face was shrewd, and his clothes were simple, but he did not lose his noble bearing. The old man raised his head, smiled and said to Tai Hao: "Your Excellency, please take a seat, the old man is the owner of this castle, I heard that you are an envoy from the Eastern Empire, and I specially invite you to come over to drink tea and chat together." ”

Tai Hao was surprised and saluted: "Thank you so much for your deep friendship, the younger generation can stay here for a night, it is already very content, how dare you drink tea and talk with you." The younger generation's name is Taihao, and he is just a small city defender in the Eastern Empire, so dare to ask what the seniors should call him? ”

The old man smiled and said, "Don't be too restrained here, the old man's name is Yi Si." ”

Taihao bowed to Yi Si and thanked him, and then sat down with him to drink tea. As soon as he took a sip, Tai Hao suddenly thought that the name of the castle master seemed to have been heard somewhere, in his memory, his master Yuan Shi had said that the name of his seventh junior disciple was Yi Si, and in the past, Kozha Demba also knew that the seventh apprentice of Mao Zu was called Yi Si. But in the cat family, there are too many duplicate names, and Taihao thinks that maybe it's just a duplicate name.

Yi Si saw that he didn't speak for a while, and then asked with a smile, "What is Lord Taihao thinking?" ”

Tai Hao felt a little embarrassed, but still replied honestly: "The junior heard the name of Yi Si's senior, and it seems that he has heard of it somewhere. ”

Yi Si smiled and nodded, and said, "I don't deny that my name has indeed been mentioned in some places. ”

Tai Hao was curious and wanted to ask more, but he also knew that this was not the right time and occasion. He then asked, "Yi Si is the owner of this castle, and the younger generation sees that this castle is extremely luxurious, can you share the story or inheritance of this castle with the younger generation?" ”

Yi Si looked at Tai Hao with a slightly deep gaze, and then said slowly, "This castle does have many legends. It is located in the Pibo City of the Tubo Kingdom, which was the capital of the Tubo Kingdom before, and this castle was built by the Tubo prince at that time to worship the heavens, and is called the 'Temple'. Later, there was a large-scale war here, which was based on the area by both sides, and eventually the entire castle was almost destroyed. However, a few decades later, the castle was rebuilt, and it has survived hundreds of years before it has survived to this day. Later, the old man came to Pibo City from the Eastern Empire, bought this castle for a lot of money, and has been living like this ever since. Later, the leader of the Tibetan Kingdom moved the capital from Pibo City to Luoqi City, and the number of people here gradually decreased, but the old man still guarded the castle here. ”

Taihao listened to Yi Si's introduction and felt very admired in his heart. He looked at Yi Si and said, "Senior Yi Si is really a respectable elder, it is really not easy to protect this castle and preserve it to this day. ”

Yi Si smiled and nodded, "The old man just did what he was supposed to do." He continued, "Despite its hardships, the castle still retains its ancient character and cultural heritage. ”

Tai Hao nodded in understanding, and then asked, "I heard from my predecessor just now that you are also from the Eastern Empire?" ”

Yi Si nodded slowly and said: "That's right, the old man is the same as you, he is also a citizen of the Eastern Empire, which is why the old man invited you to drink tea today, this castle has not been to the compatriots of the Eastern Empire for a long time." ”

"Then why did you choose to be here?" Tai Hao continued to ask.

Yi Si said: "The old man is used to seeing the fights and killings on the rivers and lakes, and wants to find a quiet place to enjoy his old age, so he came here." This place is not like the Central Plains martial arts, full of bloody rain and bloody wind of rivers and lakes. ”

Tai Hao heard him mention "Jianghu" and "Wulin", so he affirmed that he was his seventh uncle, just wanted to ask directly, but before he could speak, Yi Si continued: "You just said that you have heard of the old man's name, where did you hear about it, and who did you hear it from?" ”

Tai Hao responded: "I heard from the master of the younger generation, and the master once said that his seventh junior brother is called Yi Si......"

Yi Si was surprised and continued to ask, "What else did your master say?" ”

Tai Hao said in a low voice: "Master said that back then, the master passed on the seventh volume of "Cat Ancestor Divine Skill" "Idle Cat Listening to the Sea" to the seventh uncle of the younger generation. ”

Hearing this, Yi Siwen became very excited and asked, "What is your master's name?" ”

Taihao replied: "Yuan Shi." ”

Yi Si calmed down after hearing this, and then smiled gently: "It turns out that you are a disciple of the old man's senior brother Yuan Shi, that's right, the old man is your seventh uncle, but that was a long time ago, and now the old man is only the master of this castle." ”

Tai Hao couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't expect that he would be able to meet Yi Si's senior, and sit with him to drink tea and chat, and he also had such a close relationship between his uncle and nephew.

Tai Hao said excitedly: "I didn't expect to meet the seventh uncle here, the younger generation really feels extremely honored." ”

Yi Si smiled and nodded, and said, "I can see from talking to you about these few words, you are a very smart child, you know how to respect your elders, and you can see that you must also be an excellent official in the Eastern Empire, and the old man is also very happy to have this opportunity to meet you." In which city of the Eastern Empire are you the defender? ”

Tai Hao said: "In Pinghe City, it is in the north of the Eastern Empire. ”

Yi Si was surprised: "Pinghe City? When the old man was in the Eastern Empire, he also went to Pinghe City, and had some friendship with Da Shunqu, the general who defended Pinghe City at that time. ”

Tai Hao heard Yi Si mention General Da Shunqu, and sighed: "It turns out that Uncle Seventh still knows General Da Shunqu, General Da Shunqu is a good official who loves the country and the people, but before the younger generation left Pinghe City, General Da Shunqu died of illness......"

Yi Si hurriedly asked, "What did you say?" Da Shunqu passed away? When was this? ”

Taihao said: "It's been more than a year......"

Yi Si showed grief on his face, and whispered to himself: "Brother Da Shunqu, you have really passed away......"

Tai Hao felt very uncomfortable, and hurriedly comforted: "Seventh Senior Uncle, don't be sad, General Da Shunqu has loyalty and courage, and his spirit in the sky will definitely rest in peace." ”

After Yi Si's mood calmed down, he slowly raised his head and continued to ask Tai Hao, "Is your master okay now?" ”

Tai Hao said: "I'm ashamed, I haven't seen my master and his old man for a long time, I heard that he went to look for our senior brother Voy, I don't know if he has found it now." ”

Yi Si sighed and said, "Alas! After so many years, he is still like that, he never wants to think about his own affairs, and puts all his mind on his apprentice! ”

Tai Hao smiled bitterly and nodded: "Master has always been like this, although I apprenticed late, I can understand that Master loves his apprentice very much." He's done enough, and it's time for us apprentices to honor him. ”

Yi Si said: "Senior brother Yuan Shi is too kind, he originally had the opportunity to become the new 'Cat Ancestor', but he gave up everything for his apprentice, ten years ago, we met in Heavenly Snow City, but I remember that he only has three apprentices, one is called Fu Yi, one is called Dumb Shan, and there is a female apprentice named ......"

"It's called Nianyu." Tai Hao reminded.

Yi Si nodded and continued: "Yes, it's called Nian Yu, so when did Senior Brother take you under the door?" ”

Tai Hao said slowly: "It is pure coincidence that the junior and the Yuan Shi Master met, at that time, the junior passed by Fengling City on the way to the post of deputy general of Pinghe City, and stayed in Fengling City for one night. How do you know that there was a murder in Fengling City, and the local officials found the dumb brother in the cat temple, thinking that it was the people killed by the dumb brother, at that time, the first master appeared, announced the truth to everyone, and saved the dumb brother. But the 'four little ghosts' also arrived in Fengling City, the purpose was to snatch the master's "Snow Cat Fluttering" cheats, in the fight, the master was injured, the younger generation fled with the master, jumped into the Yellow River, down the river, to Niangniang Beach, in Niangniang Beach met Tian Maung Divine Doctor, he healed the master's injuries. It was there that the master promised to take the younger generation as an apprentice and taught "Snow Cat Fluttering" to the younger generation. ”