On weekdays, except for a pair of children of the head of the family who go to and from school, as well as the necessary servants to buy and buy to go in and out, the old house of the Liu family, which is not very open at other times, not only rarely opens the courtyard door today, but also opens the door in the middle of the position.

Not only that, Liu Yuanxiang, the head of the Liu family who runs his own business in Liangzhou County all the year round, has quietly returned to the town at some point, and after assigning the people of the Fuzhong to open the main gate, he personally took a large group of direct or side leaders of the clan to stand on the steps outside the mansion gate, looking at the corner of the street, looking forward to it, and waiting for the distinguished guests.

It's just such a big battle, the Liu clan has all the cards to arrive, but only the pair of descendants under the knees of the head of the family, the eldest daughter of the head of the family Liu Qingqiu, who is less than fifteen years old and has a good reputation but has been spread all over the county town of Liangzhou, is still in the cottage of the township school at this time, is holding a book of sages and quiet books, and the son of the head of the family, Liu Qinghui, who is two years younger than him, is obviously not a person who loves to read, the voice of the voice is not too loud, mixed in the sound of a Langlang book, it is not so obvious.

As one of the town's sage guards, the township school teacher was also sitting in the thatched hall, and he was naturally clear about these things that were happening under his nose, but this Qing-shirted Confucian scholar, who had always been gentle and quiet, and had excellent qi cultivation skills, did not have any too special reaction, as if he didn't know.

Before coming to the town, this Confucian sage also has a very loud name, and the other three together called the "Confucian Four Students", in the world's largest Confucian Temple Patriarch Hall is a chair, not very high, but definitely not low, one of the candidates for the next head of the Confucian religion, teaching for him, handy, but familiar, and since he took over the Confucianism lineage in the town guard position for more than ten years, sitting in the township school looking at the door to study, after the age of the young people who go out again, There are no more than one or two hundred people, so this middle-aged Confucian who knows the way of educating people, rigorous learning is one thing, but at the same time, it is no longer the same as when he was in the early days, he only thinks that all the students sitting in the study hall should die studying, reading dead books, "there is no class, teach according to aptitude" is the consistent proposition of the oldest scholar among the dozens of gods enshrined in the temple in the world, and Confucianism is also relying on this to achieve the foundation of Confucianism, which is one of the only three products today, and it cannot be said that it is unreasonable.

But said that in the morning, Liu Yuanxiang, the head of the Liu family who rarely came back, tried to give a pair of children leave at Mr. Cui's side of the township school, but the servants in the house had not yet made the trip, and they were stopped by the old lady of the Liu family who was about to step out of the door. ”

The Longquan Sword Sect, the head of the four major sword sects, the mountain gate is open in Shijizhou, which is the first place in the world of nine continents, and it is the land of a continent with financial wealth that dominates the top of the nine continents in the world.

This time, there were four sword cultivators sent by the Longquan Sword Sect to Yanguan Town, Liguanzhou, Northwest China, headed by a young man who was less than fourteen years old, this person's surname was Ou, and his single name was a yang character, and the three people behind him, one young and two elders, were all sword cultivators.

What is very interesting is that I don't know if it's a coincidence or a consensus of the rivers and lakes, the large and small immortal sects of Jiuzhou in the world, but anyone who pays the luck of a Chengzong as a deposit to come here to talk about buying and selling apprentices, whether it is picking people or talking about buying and selling, without exception they are all responsible for young people, Ke Yuzhen of Shuixiu Lake, Zhang Jinhuai of Yunlin Sect, and even Li Yuyao of Xihe Sword Sect and Ouyang of Longquan Sword Sect.

What's more interesting is that the three sects and the family have already set the rules, all the foreign immortals who come to talk about the deal, all take the operation of the Yicheng sect as a deposit stepping stone, plus the three achievements can take people away, they don't care about the size of the other party's mountain gate, the grade, but in fact, the grade of the immortal sect within Jiuzhou is precisely related to the amount of luck, although there are occasional exceptions, and it is not a certain positive and inevitable connection, but the vast majority of them will be the higher the grade, the thicker the luck, The so-called one-percent luck is very different in the eyes of these immortals who are divided into three, six, nine and so on.

If you take these foreign immortal sects that came to Yanguan Town this time for the appointment of Jiazi, the Shuixiu Lake of the fifth grade is not as good as the Yunlin Sect of the fourth grade, and the Yunlin Sect of the fourth grade is naturally not as good as the four sword sects that are located in the third grade and are one step away from entering the second grade, and there is a rule in the cultivation world that has evolved over thousands of years, which is directly related to this matter, that is, the rank of the Xianmen is from the first grade, down to the ninth grade, and every third grade is a big step, which is very different from each other, and there is a saying on the rivers and lakes that is not rough. The highest in the third grade is the fourth grade sect to the top three grades of the lowest from the third grade sect is not worthy of the shoes, and the amount of luck is a world of difference, which can be seen in the big gap.

But the person who formulated the rules of buying and selling at the beginning turned a blind eye to the difference, and drew a line on the Sicheng Qi Luck, so that you would not really hurt your muscles and bones to the point that you couldn't live directly, and it could make you grit your teeth and cut the pain of your skin, and the higher the grade of the sect that came, the more painful it would be after cutting off the Sicheng Qi Luck.

It was almost noon, a group of four people led by Ouyang appeared in a low-key manner on the corner of Qingshui Street in the town, this son of a wealthy family who was famous and famous, as soon as he appeared, he could see that he was not a person from that Ke Yuzhen, not only was he dressed plainly, but his attitude was peaceful, they didn't even swagger into the town from the east entrance of the town, but they deliberately made a detour and silently entered Yanguan Town from the north entrance of the town, and they didn't alarm anyone, so that few townspeople saw them.

Liu Yuanxiang, who had been waiting for a long time with a large group of people from the Liu clan, saw the person who came, hurriedly walked down the steps, took a few steps forward, and said with a smile: "The distinguished guest came to the door, and I missed the welcome, and I ask you to forgive the immortals." ”

The young man Ouyang on the opposite side also smiled gently, hugged his fists back, and said apologetically: "The head of the Liu family is polite, you have to wait here for a long time, it is really a faux pas for us, I am sorry, please forgive Haihan." ”

From the beginning of the meeting, the atmosphere was very harmonious, and after a warm greeting, the guests and hosts were very relaxed, put their arms together at the door of the house, and soon arrived at the main hall of the old mansion of the Liu family.

The old lady of the Liu family, who was already in her prime, did not go to the gate of the mansion with the Liu clan to greet her, but just sat in the main hall and waited for someone to come.

A group of people outside the gate of the mansion passed through the gate of the mansion, bypassed the shadow wall in front of the door and entered the front yard, and they could see the head of the Liu family sitting on the throne of the main hall of the previous generation, who was a sturdy old man who looked with white hair and old age, but was very energetic.

Ouyang took the three people from the same door and entered the main hall accompanied by Liu Yuanxiang, the young man of the immortal family took the lead in clenching his fists and respectfully saluted the old man, "The junior Ouyang of the Longquan Sword Sect, with the three of them, has seen the old man Liu. ”

Old lady Liu nodded and didn't get up, looked around at the old and young and the group of four, stretched out his hand to help, and laughed heartily: "The old decay is just a piece of rotten wood in the countryside, in the face of all the immortal masters, Yu Li should have gone out to greet him, but he is too old to have inconvenient legs and feet, and he has to bother you to come to see me first, sins and sins." ”

It can be seen that Ouyang doesn't mind this, listening to the old man say this, he lowered his body again, and said with a smile: "The old man is relieved, my father has specially explained before I came, I want to greet the old man well, and I want to say hello to you on his behalf!" My father and you are best friends, how dare the younger generation be presumptuous? ”

Old lady Liu was stunned when she heard this, and after looking at the young man seriously, she said uncertainly: "So, Ling Tang is Ou Heming?" ”

Ouyang smiled and nodded, affirming, "Exactly." ”

Old Lady Liu took a closer look at the young man who was standing respectfully lying down, shook his head and smiled with some sighs: "Sure enough, the cultivation of the Immortal Family is different from us ordinary people, when your father came here to discuss business sixty years ago, we were still friends of the same age, I never thought that after this Jiazi, I am already dying, but your father is still in the prime of life, it's different, it's different." ”

As the old man spoke, he seemed to be caught in some kind of very distant memory, his eyes were cloudy and ethereal, and the four visitors standing in the hall, including the head of the Liu family and the Longquan Sword Sect, were all waiting quietly, no one was disturbed, and there was no impatience.

Mrs. Liu suddenly came back to his senses after a while, looking at the four visitors from the countryside under the hall, everyone's faces were gentle and calm, without any annoyance, and he couldn't help but feel a little relieved, but at the same time he looked at the door of the main hall, it seemed that the pair of muddy eyes could pass through the streets and alleys, and saw the tall gatehouse archway of the Zhu family on Yuzhuan Street in the south of the town, and then sighed with some pity.

It's a pity that his old friend surnamed Zhu, who has been in the ground for many years, had worked hard to manage and plan for most of his life when he was alive, painstakingly and meticulously, but in the end, he still failed to let the person behind him escape his fate, and failed to run out of the old Taoist priest in the north spiritual temple of the nameless lane in the south of the town.

"The carved fence and jade masonry should still be there, but Zhu Yan has changed."

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It was getting late, after dinner.

As soon as the time passed, Hou Junchen, a sloppy man who was in charge of the town's watch, went out with his belongings to earn money to eat, walked through the streets and alleys, walked slowly, knocked on the bangzi again and again, and had words in his mouth, and his voice was long.

"It's dry, watch out for the candles."

……

Chu Yuanxiao, a poor young man, as always, sent off the old bachelor after dinner, sat alone under the old locust tree at the entrance of the town, and watched the round in the sky for a while After fifteen, it began to gradually turn from a consummation to a half-string bright moon.

Before leaving, Hou Junchen specially warned him not to stay outside, go home as soon as possible, lock the doors and windows, not everyone will be like the red-clothed noble son with the name of Red Lotus Sacrifice Wine at the beginning, go to the door to kill people, and stop halfway.

The young man always listened to persuasion, so he just sat under the tree for a while, then got up and patted the soil on his buttocks, and prepared to go home and lock the door to sleep.

It's a pity that the phrase "there is no way for good and evil, only people recruit themselves" always seems to be inappropriate for him, since the day the red lotus wine of the Fengxue Building jumped on the wall of his house on a rainy night, his troubles have never stopped, and today it seems that there is another incident.

Before the young man walked into the courtyard and locked the courtyard door, he heard a soft smile from afar, and a very enthusiastic call came from the west side of the long street.

The young man was a little hesitant, on the one hand, he knew that it was not appropriate for him to see outsiders now, and on the other hand, he clearly knew that these two neighbors who had never even said a few words in the past must have come with some purpose, which means that there must be a demon when things go wrong! But he is still a little dilemma, if he is facing a foreigner, he can enter and close the door without hesitation, without giving the other party a chance to speak, but in the face of the neighbors in the town, he will sometimes be a little unable to pull his face.

In the past many years, this young man because of the rumors spread everywhere in the town, people everywhere dislike dogs and don't love them, so he lives a restrained and stumbling life, so he looks at human affection more than others, because the grace of dripping water is heavier than others for him, when Lao Liangtou passed away on the broken bamboo chair in the thatched house, he helped him carry and bury the old man's neighbors, there was the swarthy man who came to help, and when the stonemason master in the town sent the stone tablet, More than half of the tributes placed in front of the monument were from the Han Kee restaurant in the center of the town, and the honest swarthy man, like the smiling master stonemason, did not take any money.

Chu Yuanxiao looked back at the thatched hut across the street, and after hesitating for a while, he finally didn't choose to raise his feet, standing in place and waiting for the pair of extremely enthusiastic middle-aged women and the slightly silent swarthy man couple, and when they arrived, they let the two into the courtyard.

Today's welcome to the door, benevolence and righteousness are exhausted, no matter what, it is considered to be repaid.

Han Kui, a simple man who spoke little, has been silent since he entered the door, and after occasionally looking up at the lonely boy, he would lower his head again, looking sideways at the various dilapidated furnishings in the dilapidated courtyard outside the house, with a little imperceptible kindness hidden in his eyes.

In fact, their Han family was not much different from the courtyard in front of them many years ago, and then it was not until he asked for his daughter-in-law that it began to change, and even now it has a new look, and the Han family can finally have some wealth and nobility like those rich families, which is of course a good thing, and he also feels that the good things that are widely circulated in the town to evaluate his daughter-in-law are all right, but this swarthy man who has always talked little will sometimes be a little nostalgic, nostalgic for when he was not full of food, Unexpectedly, I took out an egg from the chicken coop behind the house, and I miss the joy of staying in the field every day and looking forward to the rain, and then waiting for the rain to fall on my own few acres of thin fields, and I will know that I can have a good harvest this year.

This honest man has never studied since he was a child, and he doesn't know what he felt back then, he should use a word called "hope" to describe it, but occasionally there are some regrets, and now his family is far more than he was back then, and he no longer has to worry about how to fill his stomach, his son can still afford to pay the hundreds of texts every year, and it is better to have books to read than he is too much as a father, but he is rarely as happy as he was back then, and he can just hold a simple pastry and be happy for a long time... Could it be that once this person has money, there are fewer things that can make him happy?

Liu Yuqing is worthy of opening the door to do business, ushering in the send-off, and dealing with people for more than ten years, obviously a day ago she still disliked you as a broom star who is a hard-hitting person, but when you stand in front of you at this moment, you can't see the prejudice she has in her heart for you.

This Han Ji shopkeeper, who has always been famous for his calculations in the town, can make the Han family change its face in just over ten years, and pull out his legs from the ranks of the so-called mud legs, naturally her ability to speak, do things, and talk about business is far beyond her peers, she is very confident in this point, as the saying goes, there is a specialization in the art industry, if you want to bargain, then her ability is much more sophisticated than some so-called famous children of the fairy family.

Since the beginning of the meeting, the shopkeeper Liu has been building a relationship with the poor young man, while talking about how the old drunkard was alive, how his shop and he did diner business, and how he had a harmonious relationship with the old husband, but when he met on the road, he could still talk a few words, and also mentioned how the old man felt sorry when he passed away, so he took the initiative to come over to help see him off. What kind of good people don't live long, in short, they are a lot of friendships and have a long history, as if his Han family and this poor boy Chu Yuanxiao are rare world friends, and they can't be kissed anymore.

Chu Yuanxiao introduced these two people into the house and sat down, in fact, their intentions were also very easy to guess, it was nothing more than the dizzying water rhyme that Hou Junchen said in his mouth, thinking about the couple opposite, who were considered elders by generation, and they knew in their hearts that they were clear, but seeing that the other party was talking about him left and right, Chu Yuanxiao, who was reluctant to mention it in the first place, naturally would not mention it first.

The boy rarely has the opportunity to deal with others, since the death of the two old men, there have been those rumors in the town, and the only thing he can talk to the most is the sloppy husband who seems to have no taboos on the other side, and then he has to line up to the round-faced and rich old shopkeeper in the sea of clouds in the west of the town, but the trader and the person in front of him are obviously not the same kind of person, so at this moment, the young man really can't interject, and he doesn't know what to say, so he can only gruff a smile to deal with it, and occasionally deflect his gaze and meet the swarthy man. Both sides will be a little embarrassed, and they will invariably turn their eyes away, sitting uneasy, and the atmosphere between the three of them will seem a little unnatural.

Liu Yuqing thought that the atmosphere of this occasion was almost baked, stretched out his hand and patted the man beside him, and motioned for him to put the small box still in his hand on the table, and then introduced with a smile: "Before coming, I also discussed with you Uncle Han and the two of you, saying that I haven't visited for a long time, and I came here so rashly today, and I don't know what to bring, I didn't see anything good after touching around at home, so I could only bring a few pieces of harvest cakes from the shop to you to taste, it's not a good thing, Xiao Chu, don't dislike it!" ”

Seeing this, Chu Yuanxiao had nothing else to say, so he could only follow politely, and responded with a smile: "Uncle Han and Aunt Han are elders, and it is already a blessing for me to be able to come over and visit the door, where do you need to bring me anything, you are so polite." ”

Liu Yuqing saw that the young man in front of him spoke politely, so she was naturally satisfied, and said with a smile: "Alas, how can you come to the door without some gifts, it is more or less a heart!" ”

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at the man beside her, and saw that he had a blank face, and she couldn't receive her eyes without looking at herself, so she could only be a little embarrassed while considering her own words, and continued to say, "Actually, I came with your Uncle Han today, and I still have some side things to ask Xiao Chu for a favor, and I don't know if it's inconvenient for you here?" ”

The poor young man was slightly stunned when he heard this, although his heart was like a mirror, but the puzzled expression on his face should still be there, and then he pretended to be puzzled: "Ah, the two elders have something to ask me to help with?" Naturally, if you can help, you have to work hard to help, and the affection between the villagers is there, and it's not inconvenient to say that it's just..."

When the young man spoke, his face seemed to be a little embarrassed, and Ai Ai said: "It's just that the two elders also know that my family has been poor since I was a child, and the two elders in the family have passed away early, and they haven't left anything valuable, so I'm afraid I may not be able to help the two." ”

Hearing the young man say "the love between the villagers", the middle-aged woman's face sitting opposite seemed to be unnatural for a moment, but it was only a flash, and finally she gritted her teeth, looked at the young man and said sincerely: "It shouldn't be a big deal, so my aunt will say it directly!" I think you should also know that recently there are a lot of foreign immortals in our town who want to accept apprentices, and it just so happens that two more immortals have come to our house, and they have taken a fancy to your Yuanfu brother, saying that they want to accept him as an apprentice, but they have put forward some conditions, we heard that some things here may have something to do with Xiao Chu, so I discussed with your uncle to come over and see if I can ask you for a favor? ”

After listening to Liu Yuqing's words, Chu Yuanxiao looked a little surprised, as if he could feel the joy in the hearts of the couple opposite, raised his hands and clasped his fists together to congratulate, and said with a smile: "Brother Han is favored by the immortal family?" That's a good thing! I congratulate Uncle Han and his aunt first! ”

Liu Yuqing smiled, but saw that the other party seemed to have forgotten the content of the second half of what she said, so she frowned without a trace, thought for a while and looked around, then got up and took two porcelain bowls from the cabinet at the root of the wall, lifted the kettle on the table and poured water into the bowl, put a bowl in front of the young man, held the bowl in his hand, and apologized to the young man: "Xiao Chu, this is a reluctant invitation, the two immortals said that they want to accept the conditions for my family's yuan to enter the immortal gate, You also know that those of us who are parents are all looking forward to their son Jackie Chan, that is, they are looking forward to their son becoming a talent, today your Uncle Han and your aunt are here to beg you to come, I hope Xiao Chu can be fulfilled! ”

When Chu Yuanxiao heard this, he finally sighed with some regret, he had already politely refused once before the shopkeeper Liu had asked for it, and then he deliberately did not pick up the stubble once, but the other party was obviously a good person, but he seemed to fully understand what he meant.

The helpless poor young man looked at the bowl of water in front of him, hesitated for a moment and still didn't pick it up, just looked at the middle-aged woman opposite who was holding the bowl of water with an eager face, and hesitated to think about how to reply to the other party's request.

Just when Chu Yuanxiao was hesitating, a voice suddenly came from the direction of the courtyard gate, careless, but pleasant as a silver bell, "You are so stingy and stingy even when you come to visit and give gifts, but you want people to cut off your own road and future with one mouth, and you have to lose most of your life, just in order to let your own precious son can embark on the path of cultivation smoothly, I have seen a lot of people who come to the door to ask for help, but I have never seen you come to the door to kill people like this." ”

This voice was too abrupt, and the three people in the room were startled at the same time, and they all turned their heads together, looking at the courtyard gate through the open door, only to see a handsome girl dressed in a red suit, carrying a long sword, and a long scarlet sword tassel hanging on the head of the sword, sitting on the wall at the courtyard gate at this moment, with one hand on the wall, and her straight and slender legs covered under the hem of the long gown, overlapping each other and hanging down from the wall, dangling at will.

Chu Yuanxiao naturally remembered this girl, when they entered the town, the old man who was traveling with her had also talked to him, and the couple sitting opposite him had different faces at this time, but they were not very good-looking.

With Liu Yuqing's shrewdness and sophistication, she can naturally judge that this cute and cute little girl is not a local, but when she saw that she might be able to make it, her words were rudely interrupted, and her mood was naturally not much better, so she looked at the girl in red with disapproval, and said, "Is this girl talking mean?" The two immortals who talked to my son about the sale said that as long as Xiao Chu can voluntarily give away that share of the water rhyme, they will definitely give a fair price accordingly, and Xiao Chu himself will not have much loss, how can this be said that we are killing people? ”

The girl in red looked at the middle-aged woman who had said a couple of words, raised her eyebrows and said meaningfully, "Oh, yes? That's what Zhang Jinhuai of the Yunlin Sect told you? said that after he Chu Yuanxiao was deprived of water rhyme, he would not have any loss? ”

Liu Yuqing was stunned by this question, her face was a little embarrassed, and her eyes were fluttering, but when she turned her head to look at the young man opposite, she found that he was just looking at everything in front of him with a calm face, no surprise, let alone surprise, it turned out that he knew everything!

The last moment this thought flashed through her mind, the shopkeeper who had always been exquisite, felt that the two of them had been played, and when this thought climbed into her heart, she could no longer linger, directly filling her mind, unable to tolerate any other thoughts, only to see her face change, and when the words were spoken, the voice began to become poignant and sharp, "Yes!" The two immortals told us that after he Chu Yuanxiao was deprived of Shui Yun, he would no longer be able to set foot on the path of cultivation in the future, but so what? ”

In fact, after the girl in red asked that sentence, except for the shopkeeper Liu, no one else spoke again, but the faintly beautiful restaurant proprietress seemed to feel the constant questioning of others, and her emotions became more and more excited when she spoke, and her voice became more and more hysterical, "Besides, there are so many immortals from other places, but except for that Shuixiu Lake, no one else has ever approached this courtyard, and even if that Shuixiu Lake comes, it is not here to take him as an apprentice. So there is no one to talk to him Chu Yuanxiao about business at all, what is the problem when the road is broken? He never had a chance to step into the immortal gate in the first place! What's more, our Han family is kind to him Chu Yuanxiao, what's wrong with me letting him give this opportunity to my son? ”

The girl in red sitting on the wall looked at the middle-aged woman who suddenly began to become a little crazy, and only slightly hooked the corners of her lips when she heard her words, but did not speak.

But Chu Yuanxiao, who was sitting opposite the woman, finally changed his eyes because of the last words of the shopkeeper Liu, but he hesitated for a while and still didn't speak in the end.

Only the swarthy man who had been sitting silently beside Liu Yuqing, finally sighed when he heard this, slowly raised his hand and pressed it on his daughter-in-law's shoulder, and when he saw her turn her head, he shook his head gently.

Liu Yuqing originally wanted to open her mouth to speak, but after seeing her man's calm eyes, she opened her mouth and finally quieted down.

The swarthy man saw that his daughter-in-law was silent, so he turned his head to look at the girl sitting on the wall at the gate of the courtyard, and finally looked at the young man sitting opposite, and said with some regret: "Xiao Chu, Uncle Han probably understood, maybe there are some differences in the degree of understanding of some things between us, so Uncle Han has to say sorry to you, in fact, before we came here, we didn't know that you would affect your lifespan after being stripped of the water rhyme, but we thought that you might not be able to practice in the future... Of course, at this point, we are indeed selfish, not refreshing enough and not honest enough, there is nothing bad to admit, but now it seems that this deal really cannot be done, Uncle Han will also say sorry to you again, I hope you don't hold a grudge against us. ”

After Han Kui said these words, he slowly stood up, took his daughter-in-law's hand and prepared to go out, but the couple suddenly stopped when they went out, Han Kui was silent for a moment, and did not look back, but a dull voice came: "Xiao Chu, Uncle Han originally had no face to say this, but after thinking about it, I still have to explain, your aunt herself is not a bad person, but she is a high-spirited person, and she has to worry about two things in this life, one is how to make our uncompetitive father and son eat and clothe, The second is how to make his son promising, and it is best to be a master... When you have a child in the future, you should be able to understand that what people often say about wanting their son to become a dragon is a personal feeling. ”

Speaking of this, the swarthy man lowered his head and reached out to gently wipe the corners of his daughter-in-law's eyes, and looked at her slightly reddened eyes distressedly, sighed and raised his head to look at the gate of the courtyard, and said the second half of the sentence apologetically, "What about this person, if you look up and see a lot of high, your neck is easy to stiffen, and when your neck is stiff, it is not easy to lower your head. ”

The tone of these words was plain, without too many ups and downs.

The poor young man who was still sitting at the table and watching the backs of the two lowered his head slightly and was silent for a moment, then stood up from the table, looked at the simple man's back and nodded, before he could speak, he saw the man raise his arm with his back to the room and waved his hand, "That's it, let's go first, we will still be villagers in the future, if you are free and willing, you will often come to the shop to go around." ”

The scene was silent, the young man standing in the house, and the girl sitting on the wall of the courtyard gate, both were silent, watching the couple walk out of the courtyard gate and slowly walk towards the west side of the town.

There are reasons for good and evil in the world, and at this moment, the town is breezy, as if it is sent from generation to generation.

……

After seeing the Han couple leave, Chu Yuanxiao turned his head to look at the girl in red sitting on the wall, and happened to meet the girl's gaze.

"Thank you." The poor boy didn't know what else to say, so he could only thank him in the end.

The girl in red smiled, her arms on the wall made a slight effort, and her whole person jumped off the wall lightly, floating to the ground, her clothes fluttering, not touching an inch of soil, clean and beautiful.

The girl in red who landed on her feet bent down slightly and straightened her skirt, and when she looked up again, she still had a gentle smile on her face, and looked at the young man and introduced herself: "Hello, my name is Jiang Shenyu." ”

"Hello, Chu Lantern Festival." Chu Yuanxiao smiled and nodded at the girl.

"yes, I know." The girl in red nodded, and said: "I'm just a little annoyed staying in the sea of clouds in the west of the town, the two old men only play chess every day, and they don't go out, I heard them chat and mention you, and I'm a little curious, so I came over to take a look." ”

This remark was a bit out of Chu Yuanxiao's expectations, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, if he guessed correctly, the so-called "two old men" should refer to the thin and tall old man who talked to him at the beginning, and the rich old shopkeeper in the sea of clouds, but these two people mentioned him in their chat? The teenager was inexplicably curious, what did they talk about?

The girl in red looked at the young man's expression, and couldn't help but smile, but didn't explain too much, but began to slowly pace around the courtyard, looking around, full of curiosity, the long vermilion sword spike hanging on the head of the sword behind her, and her long black straight hair with a bright red ribbon tied five inches above the tail complemented each other, sometimes overlapping, sometimes separated, smart and soft.

"I heard that someone has been hunting you since you were born?" Jiang Shenyu turned around and returned to the gate of the courtyard, and when he turned his head to look at the poor young man standing outside the door, he asked such a question.

The moment Chu Yuanxiao heard the question, he naturally understood that the identity of the girl in red in front of him was probably even higher than he imagined, after all, like Shuixiu Lake before, and the Yunlin Sect in the Han family right now, he didn't know what kind of dilemma he was facing? But since the other party can say it so firmly, the young man knew that there was no need to cover it up after a little thought, so he simply admitted it generously.

"Yes, those people have killed a lot of people around me, but I don't know exactly who they are." When he said this, the poor boy still couldn't control the anger in his heart, and his tone was not very steady, with some effort to restrain himself.

Jiang Shenyu saw that the other party was so honest, but a flash of appreciation flashed in his eyes, the most devastating thing in the world is nothing more than greed, hatred, ignorance and suspicion, that is, the five poisonous hearts mentioned by Buddhism, and then create bad karma, giving birth to follow-up evil consequences, six desires, seven feelings, eight sufferings, nine tribulations, ten tribulations, etc., many people don't believe in Buddhism, and she doesn't believe it either, but sometimes she feels that some of what they say is not completely unreasonable. As for the young man in front of him, he was already angry before he went deep into too many things, but he already knew how to restrain himself, so he can be regarded as a little wise, right?

The girl in red didn't have too many questions about this, and changed the topic again and asked, "I also heard that you have a bit of a disagreement with the young man named Zhao Jicheng from the Zhao family in Zhennan?" ”

After asking, she saw that the young man opposite didn't understand too much, so she explained with a smile, "It means that the two of you have a conflict and don't deal with each other very well?" ”

Chu Yuanxiao was a little embarrassed, his biggest loss was that he hadn't read a book, "It's not a contradiction, I just don't know why, he is always reluctant to talk to me, I actually don't know where I offended him..."

Jiang Shenyu smiled when he heard this, did not comment, and continued: "I heard from the shopkeeper Fan that the Zhao family has already negotiated with the Xiangwang Mansion, and in the future, he will go to Xinghezhou, which is located directly north of Jiuzhou, and become the first disciple with a foreign surname under the Xiangwang Mansion known as 'Bei Chen', the future can be said to be very immeasurable, are you not afraid that he will come back to you after he has completed his studies in the future?" ”

The poor boy didn't look afraid, but just whispered, "Beichen Xiangwangfu? ”

"Yes, the surname of the Prime Minister's Mansion is Chen, they have a long history, and they are called together with the wealthy Chen family of Nanxizhou." North and South Erchen', but in fact, the combat power of the Xiangwang Mansion is much higher than that of the Nanxi Chen family, according to the algorithm of the Jianghu nine-grade system, the Nanxi Chen family is the third grade, only one level lower than the three sects of the hundred schools of thought, and half a grade higher than your Chengyun Empire, but the Xiangwang Mansion is not in the nine grades, and it is not the kind of non-product that does not enter the stream, but they are unwilling to enter the nine-grade system, and the Linyuan School Palace, which is in charge of the promotion of the world's immortal ranks, has no objection to this. Jiang Shenyu took advantage of Chu Yuanxiao's words to give a more detailed explanation.

Listening to this explanation, Chu Yuanxiao instantly recalled that when Hou Junchen introduced him to Fengxue Tower, he had briefly mentioned "no more than one hand", and this Xiangwang Mansion should be one of them. He glanced at the girl in red, who looked a little bored, and asked carefully: "Miss Jiang, someone told me that it is neither unpopular nor within the nine grades, no more than a handful of people, can you tell me who the others are?" ”

Jiang Shenyu suddenly turned his head, narrowed his eyes and stared at the young man slightly for a moment, and then smiled, without much hesitation, and said softly: "The so-called number of no more than one hand, in fact, there are four, the rivers and lakes will call them the 'Four Great Palaces', Xinghe Zhou Xiangwangfu is one of them, and it is also the only one with a surname that is different from the king's name, while the other three are all surnamed as the king's name, namely the Yue Wangfu in Longchizhou in the northeast, the Chu Wangfu in Shijizhou in the east and the Mu Wangfu in Qixiazhou in the southwest. ”

Speaking of this, the girl in red suddenly stared at Chu Yuanxiao, and said with a smile: "Guess, is it possible that you are a child of the Chu family who was exiled from the Chu Wangfu in Shijizhou?" ”

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