People walked around, and people kept hitting the grass and bushes with weapons, but no one spoke. I don't know how long I was lying on the ground, but I was lucky, but no one found the two of them. Gradually, the footsteps around became quieter, Lin Yin gritted his teeth and pulled Ren Yue to run out of the mountain, no matter how loud the sound was when he ran. The two teenagers had little experience, but they didn't know that hiding in the bushes was often easier to be found, and it was still a matter of luck that they were not found, and no one chased them when they fled, so they fled to the city safely.

Hu Jiexian, the lord of Hujiabao Fort, likes to call friends and go to the incense burner pavilion in the city of Xunyang County to drink on weekdays. The incense burner pavilion is not the largest restaurant in the county, but it is the most famous one. It is said that when it was still a small wine shop, the great poet Li Taibai of this dynasty drank there many times and wrote poems. Li Taibai once went to Lushan five times, and once lived in seclusion in the north canyon of the five old peaks, and liked to come to the incense burner pavilion to buy wine and get drunk on weekdays, and also drank a small wine shop into a big restaurant. Many people say that the delicacies in the incense burner pavilion are not outstanding, and the wine is not the most mellow and sweet, but it is popular. On this day, Hu Jiexian took five points of drunkenness out of the incense burner pavilion, this restaurant is not far from Hujiabao, he did not ride a horse, did not bring a companion, quit the friend who drank together, and walked home alone. The sky is clear and refreshing, the foot of Lushan Mountain is always cooler than other places, the wine is slight, the autumn breeze is gentle, and the more Hu Bao walks, the more refreshing it is.

There are a lot of tourists from all over the north and south in Xunyang City, the business of various merchants and restaurants in the city is good all year round, and this place is the land of fish and rice, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Usually there are few beggars on the street, but recently Hu Jiexian found that there are a lot of beggars, and some of them are hung with cloth bags unique to the beggar gang. When he was about to get home, Hu Jiexian was stopped by someone, but when he turned his head, he saw two little beggars under the age of fourteen or fifteen, a man and a woman. Hu Jiexian was about to take out some fragments of copper plates to give alms, and suddenly found that the two beggars were very familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, wasn't it exactly what he met at the top of Wulao Peak a few months ago, the little girl's surname was Ren, and her brother also instructed his brother in martial arts, but for some reason, the two of them were covered in rags and dirty, and they didn't see Ren Cheng, who had extremely high martial arts.

Hu Jie walked over first and asked, "Two children, what's wrong with you?" What about Brother Ling? ”

The two are Ren Yue and Lin Yin, they ran out of the mountains, and arrived in Xunyang City in a panic, hiding for fear of being discovered by the pursuers, and inadvertently found Hu Jiexian. Lin Yin looked around and said, "Hello Mr. Hu, we are being chased by many people, can you help us hide it?" "Very anxious.

Hu Jiexian didn't know what was going on, but when he saw that the two of them looked panicked, he said, "You follow me." He stopped talking and led the two to Nahujiabao. I panicked all the way, but fortunately there was nothing wrong, and it didn't take long to arrive at Hujiabao. Hujiabao is in the south of Xunyang City, with a high-walled compound and many houses. After entering the courtyard, the two of them felt relieved, and they hurriedly thanked Hu Jiexian. Hu Jie saw that the two of them were dirty and tired, so he didn't ask much, and asked the maid to take them to wash and change clothes.

After a few days of scorching heat, the two of them barely touched the water, and this bath took most of the hour before resting. Hu Jiexian's five brothers have a lot of children, and they have their own clothes to change, and after changing their clothes, the maid took Ren Yue and the others to the guest hall, and Hu Jiexian and another middle-aged man were already sitting in the hall. Seeing Ren Yue and the others, Hu Jie first stood up and said to the middle-aged man: "These two are the two young heroes I have seen in Wulao Peak, although they are young, their martial arts are extraordinary. In fact, Lin Yin didn't know anything about martial arts that day, so this statement was polite. The middle-aged man also stood up and said with a smile: "In Xia Hu Jielian, hello to the two young heroes, I am the second among the brothers." When Ren Yue and the others saw Hu Jielian's two locks of long beard and his handsome appearance, they had some good feelings and were busy saying hello.

beckoned the two to sit down, and Hu Jie first asked, "What has happened to the two of you lately?" Where is that Ren Daxia? ”

Lin Yin and Ren Yue glanced at each other, but Lin Yin spoke: "Our eldest brother Ren has passed away." He told everything that had happened recently, skipping the fact that he had memorized the cheats, and only said that the cheats had been burned.

Hu Jiexian's brothers were amazed after hearing this, and only after a long time did they hear Hu Jiexian say: "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." It's really hard for the two of them to meet such a big event at such a young age. Ren Daxia is young and artistic, and he has a high heart, and his untimely death is really sad, and the two young heroes also ask for condolences. He sighed and said, "Since Xiaoxia has come to my Hujiabao, we will keep you safe, and there is no need to worry about someone looking for you." ”

Lin Yin and the others are both high-minded, and it seems that they have come to the right place. Lin Yin said: "Thank you, we just want to avoid here for a few days, and then we have to go to Jianmen, I'm afraid of ...... I'm afraid I want to borrow some coils from Mr. Hu. After a pause, he said, "I will definitely pay it back in the future." ”

Hu Jie said first: "Eh, say anything or not." It's just that the sword gate is in the middle of the river, and it is afraid that there are two or three thousand miles away from here, and the mountains and rivers are high and deep all the way, so I am afraid it is not easy to go. Then he asked, "Do you have any relatives next to you, why don't you send a message to them and let them come and pick you up?" Lin Yin and the others both shook their heads. Seeing this, Hu Jie thought for a moment and was about to stay, but heard Hu Jielian say: "Jianmen is located in the north of Sichuan, and it is not difficult to take a boat here to enter Sichuan along the Yangtze River to the west. I don't know why the two of you are in a hurry to get there. ”

Ren Yue said quietly: "My hometown is there, and we want to take my brother's ashes back to my hometown for burial." After speaking, he suddenly found that he didn't see Lin Yin carrying the ashes, and his face was full of anxiety. Lin Yin also understood, and hurriedly said: "The bag I was carrying just now is the ashes of Brother Ren, I put it aside when I took a bath, and I went to find it." He was about to go out, but he heard Hu Jie say first: "Don't panic, I'll go and let someone bring it up, and the two of you will wait a while." ”

Ren Yue nodded and said: "I don't have any relatives at home, I still have some money and food in my hometown, and I am not afraid to go home, I am not afraid of food and clothing." ”

Seeing this, Hu Jie sighed: "The two of you have the heart to send the hero back to his hometown, and I won't dissuade him, but the rivers and lakes are sinister, so be more careful." Hu Jielian also said: "After a few days of rest, I will send someone to hire a boat to send you into Sichuan, don't worry." Lin Yin hurriedly thanked him again.

While he was talking, an old servant carried a white cloth package and handed it to Lin Yin, took the package, and there was a round and smooth thing in it, opened it was a porcelain altar, and when he opened the lid, it was not his own clothes inside, and he wanted to put Ren Cheng's ashes in the jar together. Ren Yue snatched the jar and held it in his arms.

The four of them talked for a while, Hu Jiexian asked people to take Lin Yin and the two to rest, the two of them were frightened, sad, and nervous and tired in the past few days, and they were extremely tired at the moment, Ren Yue went to the guest room and fell asleep, and even the pastries prepared by the Hu family for her did not take a look, but they were reluctant to let go of Ren Cheng's columbarium when they slept.

Lin Yin remembered Ren Cheng's advice, before going to bed to meditate and practice, the first few days have been worried and scared, not practiced well, at this time the mind is slightly relaxed, although extremely sleepy, but also try to meditate luck, not long after the time to notice a small stream of true qi running in the meridians and acupoints around the body, the limbs and hundreds of bones with the true qi passed, little by little relaxation and relaxation, very comfortable, sleepiness gradually faded. Unconsciously, when Lin Yin opened his eyes, he found that he was already in the dark, and seeing that he couldn't sleep anymore, he went to think about the Chinese words in the cheats again. Thinking of cheats, and thinking of Ren Cheng, he and Ren Cheng have known each other for a short time, but they have been dependent on each other for several months, Ren Cheng is as kind and generous as a brother, and he teaches himself wholeheartedly, and he can't help but feel sad. Recalling the secret book, it was as if Ren Cheng was by his side, and he read word by word: "If you don't collect the river, you might as well become the sea." Kunpeng rises, does not cover the sky, does not cover the sun. Kun is up and down, the dragon fights in the wild Kun and is easy to deer, and the bandit boy begs me. Leaping up, under the count, leaping up, thousands of hundreds, leaping up, heaven and earth, and high and deep, the dragon roars and the tiger roars...... "Lin Yin is not very literate, although Ren Cheng has explained the meaning of words, but he did not say the meaning of the key, plus many words are quoted from books such as Zhou Yi Laozhuang, borrowing all kinds of classic stories and metaphors to practice the exercises, Lin Yin does not understand at all, so he thought about reciting the cheats countless times in his heart, but he still found nothing, only a headache. was distressed, but someone came to call him for dinner, so he stopped worrying.

The two stayed in Hujiabao for a few days, and they met Hu Jiexian's brothers one by one, and they sighed and relieved a few times. On this day, Lin Yin and Ren Yue resigned to Hu Jiexian, and at this time it was August, Hu Jie first kept them after the Mid-Autumn Festival before leaving, but the two did not agree. On the second day, Hu Jiecheng, the old man of Kuanglu Wuyi, took Ren Yue and the others to the Xunyang Riverside Wharf, and a passenger boat was already parked by the river waiting for them.

Jiangzhou is one of the main shipbuilding bases in the Tang Dynasty, there are all kinds of fishermen and official ships docked at the head of the Xunyang River, the size is different, the big one even has more than 20 zhang, five or six zhang high, four or five layers up and down, and the small one can only carry a few people. Hu Jiecheng took the two of them on a passenger boat five or six zhang long and two zhang wide, with only a middle-aged man and a few young boatmen on board, and no other guests, and the big man was the owner of the ship. When the owner of the boat saw Hu Jiecheng, he was busy and said with a smile: "The boat is all cleaned, are these two the guests you are talking about, Third Master?" "Kuanglu Wuyi has a good reputation here, this ship was booked by them a few days ago, and the owner of the ship is also happy to do the business of Nahujiabao.

Hu Jiecheng nodded and said, "These two children are our honored guests, Lao Li, you help take care of them on the way, you can't bully them." He smiled again: "Although they are young, their martial arts are not weak, I'm afraid you won't be able to bully others." ”

The boatman's surname is Li, because of the excellent water quality, he got the nickname Li Yu, which is the same as "carp". Li Yu smiled at Lin Yin and the others, and said, "I run the water to do business, where will I bully guests, not to mention your Hu family's distinguished guests, I promise to serve you like my father and mother." ”