A heavy snow rested, fell last night, rested in the dawn, and fell in Baoding City.

In the remnants of the snow, there was a sudden movement in front of the old mansion.

The snow was swept out of the open field, and a dustpan was propped up with wooden sticks, under which lay a few grains of wheat, and a slender hemp rope was tied to the stick.

Behind an old locust tree at the corner, two dolls with snotty noses and tiger heads were looking at their heads, and when they saw a few sparrows that had attracted a few chirping, their eyes suddenly lit up and they sank.

Seeing that the sparrow was about to burrow into the dustpan after the wheat, a few neighing of horses came suddenly, and the sudden sound of horses' hooves trampled everything.

Then I saw the sparrow flying.

The two children were overjoyed when they saw the emptiness, they kept stamping their feet angrily, their little faces flushed, and they could only stare at the visitor angrily.

It was a few people from the rivers and lakes, freshly dressed and angry, with swords and swords, and stopped in front of the deeply locked Zhu Gate in high spirits, looking at both sides of the gate with an incomparably admiring and respectful look.

It turns out that there is a couplet carved on the stone wall next to the door.

One door is seven jinshi, and the father and son are three tanhua.

A group of five people dismounted together, holding the reins, as if they were pilgrimage, looking at everything in this mansion.

Once upon a time, this place was famous all over the world, and there were many masters of the rivers and lakes who had gone through it, heroes and heroes of the invincible martial arts, and even more people who did not know how many people had been famous since then.

This is the holy place in the hearts of people in the martial arts, and it is also the place where the people of the rivers and lakes revere it.

Li Yuan.

And these five people, they have just heard the story of "Li Yuan", heard the story that happened here, and now they want to see it with their own eyes.

In fact, in the past 20 years, there have been countless young people, fledgling young heroes who have come here. They all yearn for the rivers and lakes, and yearn for the day when they can be as famous as "Xiao Li Flying Knife" and "Flying Swordsman", and become them.

It's a pity that "Xiao Li Flying Knife" has become a martial arts sound, the hero is no longer there, and "Li Yuan" has also declined.

Very old indeed.

The vermilion paint on the door has long been mottled, the copper rings are rusty, and wild grass grows on the high walls and between the tiles in the courtyard.

The door is full of birds.

Li Yuan shouldn't have been like this.

Five people, five brothers, with a moment of loss flashing in their eyes, and some of them overflowing with tears, stood silent in the snow for a long time.

It's just that the gloom in their eyes soon disappeared again, and they became radiant and ambitious.

Because they all firmly believe that they will be able to become famous, just like countless young people who yearn for the rivers and lakes, and then learn martial arts and sharpen their swords, with full of enthusiasm and chivalry, they are determined to break out of the world and do a great job.

Yes, there are too many people who have walked into that cloudy river and lake from here, but how many people can come back in the end......

The five young men left, sang loudly, rode away, and headed for the rivers and lakes they longed for.

And behind the locust tree, the two children were looking at the backs of the five people who were dashing and far away, full of envy, and completely forgot that they were still puffing up.

"When we grow up in the future, we will do the same, and when the big brother covers you."

"Good!"

"What is that?"

A woman quietly appeared behind them, grabbed their ears, and the two dolls were dragged home crying and crying.

But it wasn't long before someone came again.

Li Ducian is here.

He came unhurriedly, looking at this ancient mansion with both emotion and melancholy.

Because once upon a time, he also came here, just like those who left just now, they were also full of ambition, aiming to be famous, drunk with swords, and laughing proudly.

At that time, he was more arrogant than everyone else, and he was also the most ambitious.

"Why is Childe sighing?" The Lady of Elysium asked curiously.

Li Ducian put his hands behind his back and said softly: "At the beginning of the story, people often have a beautiful dream in their hearts, and my dream started here. ”

The Lady of Elysium was very thoughtful, and she understood the meaning of her words when she turned her eyes: "Where did Childe start to wander the rivers and lakes back then?" ”

"Yes," Li Ducian looked at the tiles and grass in front of him, and said softly, "However, the old dream is coming to an end, and a new dream is about to begin." ”

Without the slightest hint of nostalgia, he turned and walked away.

A narrow alley, hidden on the corner, sticks to the back wall of the mansion.

There were few people on the streets, and before the snow could melt, it fell again, sprinkled with water, and the desert was terrible.

In the alley, a small chicken feather shop was still open for business, smoke was rising from the low chimneys, the high walls blocked the skylight, and the dead leaves on the ground were flying in the cold wind, as if no one cared.

Li Ducian walked in with the Lady of Bliss.

The cotton curtain was lifted, and the shopkeeper was a man in blue in his early thirties, who must have been an extremely handsome man if he had not been smoked by firewood oil for many years.

The full heavenly court, the thick black ink eyebrows, a pair of Danfeng eyes are very good-looking, a straight nose bridge, and two lips as thin as a sword.

Such a pair of facial features is enough to be called handsome on any face, but the skin and flesh on the man's face are too rough, shiny, and blue-stubble.

"The guest officer wants to eat ......" Seeing the guest enter the door, the man subconsciously wanted to greet him, but halfway through his words, his tone changed suddenly, "It's actually you?" ”

This person seems to know Li Ducian.

Li Ducian and the Lady of Paradise picked a seat and sat down, and smiled when they heard this: "I didn't expect the store to remember me." ”

The man's eyes were surprised, but he quickly recovered to the same as before: "No way, my small place is deserted, and there are only a few people who come and go, so naturally I have to develop the habit of knowing customers, and my memory has always been very good." ”

He casually brought a pot of wine, a plate of cooked meat, and a plate of tofu, plus a few baked cakes.

After doing all this, the man said with a smile: "You didn't die outside?" ”

He still remembered that the people in front of him were in shabby clothes and unkempt, as if they were refugees fleeing the famine, but even so, he still looked high-spirited, as if he was fearless, and he used a wine-making method to exchange for a full meal, eating seven steamed buns, two plates of beef, plus a roast chicken, and drinking two pots of wine.

So even if they meet in Pingshui, the man remembers it very clearly.

Looking at it now, this person's clothes have changed, his gas posture has changed, and he has a beautiful woman by his side, and he has clearly made a name for himself.

It is always a happy thing to meet acquaintances again, Li Ducian drank the wine and said slowly: "I almost died several times, but fortunately, I am still a little close." ”

The man suddenly tilted his ears, and he heard that there seemed to be horses galloping outside, and there was an exclamation, which invisibly brought out a murderous aura, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It seems that today is not suitable for opening the door for business." ”

Li Ducian shook his head: "So you really don't have the slightest business mind, the greater the risk, the more silver you can earn, if I were you, now this pot of wine will be sold for at least 1,800 taels of silver, and a plate of peanuts can be worth 3,400 taels." ”

The man seemed to be stupid, opened his mouth, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a voice floating outside: "Sure enough, he is a ghost son who can make money, and the way to make money is different from people." ”

Someone came in with the curtain open, and it was an acquaintance.

"Songyang Iron Sword" Guo Ding.

This man entered the door with his front foot, and three more men came in with his back foot.

One of the young men with a pale face said coldly: "Li Ducian, do you still remember the blood debt of my Wei family back then? ”

"The Wei family?" Li Ducian frowned when he heard this, and then suddenly smiled, "You shouldn't be talking about Wei Tianpeng's guy, right?" ”

The man just sneered, and sat down like Guo Ding, without moving his hand, as if waiting for something.

The shopkeeper said, "It seems that business must be very good today." ”

"Hehe," the three who came in took out a gold ingot each, and said with a smile, "Then let you make a windfall, go buy a table of wine and food, and order a few good coffins." ”

This is not over yet, and after a while, many people have come one after another.

There are both fresh and familiar faces.

Including Ding Ling, who met in Mount Emei that day.

Then I heard a jingling sound and chased in, it was Ding Linglin......

(End of chapter)