On this day, the weather was better, the sky was clear, people inside and outside Liu's Mansion were surging, and five or six hundred guests entered Liu's Mansion one after another, laughing and laughing, gathering together to witness Liu Zhengfeng, a master of the Hengshan faction, washing his hands in a golden basin.

Speaking of this Liu Zhengfeng, but also a big winner in life, born from the Hengshan family, since childhood gifted and intelligent, but in his early thirties, martial arts that is to step into the first-class realm, coupled with light wealth and good charity, righteousness, friends all over the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, this time prepare a golden basin to wash hands, no longer ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, although the incident is sudden, but also get many friends in the rivers and lakes.

It was nearly noon, the guests arrived, and more than 200 tables sat inside and outside the hall. The Tianmen Dao Master present has the most respectful status, but because he is also a member of the Wuyue Sword Sect, he is considered half a master, and it is inconvenient to sit on the main seat. The deputy gang of the beggar gang advocated Jin Ao, Liuhemen Xia Laomen and other elders, but he also knew that his status was much worse than that of Wuyue and others, so he was willing to sit down, lost etiquette, and was humble to each other.

Suddenly heard two gongs, drums sounded in unison, two teams of officials gongs sounded to open the way, to the front of the mansion, Liu Zhengfeng confessed, quickly greeted out, a moment, accompanied by an arrogant official into the hall.

The people sitting in the rivers and lakes looked at each other, and for some reason, people from the government came.

I saw the official stand in the center of the hall, and a servant stepped forward and knelt down, raised his hands high, and presented a tray, and the official picked up the yellow scroll in the tray and said loudly: "The holy decree has arrived, and Liu Zhengfeng has accepted the decree." ”

Everyone in the audience looked strange, and they actually saw the emperor's decree on such an occasion, and they were stunned for a while.

Liu Zhengfeng knelt down on his knees, kowtowed three times, and said: "Grass people Liu Zhengfeng listens to the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The official unfolded the holy decree and recited: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: According to the governor of Hunan Province, Liu Zhengfeng, a commoner in Hengshan County, is anxious for justice and righteousness, and his merit is in Sangzi, and he is skilled in bows and horses. ”

Liu Zhengfeng said: "Minister Liu Zhengfeng thanks, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The official picked up Liu Zhengfeng and said, "Congratulations to General Liu!"

Liu Zhengfeng arched his hand and said: "Thank you for the cultivation of Enxiang, Governor and Master Zhang!"

The Lord Zhang smiled and said: "In the future, you and I will be ministers in the same palace, and we will have to take care of each other." ”

Liu Zhengfeng said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the next official has just entered the official career, and he still needs more guidance from Master Zhang." Stretching out his hand and making a gesture back, a disciple presented a tray, Liu Zhengfeng smiled: "A little thanks, I hope Lord Zhang will smile." ”

Master Zhang smiled and said, "General Liu is polite. The official on the side took it, his arms sank, but he almost fell off.

Master Zhang was satisfied: "Come on, serve the wine!"

His own subordinates offered wine glasses, and Lord Zhang saluted Liu Zhengfeng three times in a row, and said: "This official is busy with official business, so I won't bother the general and leave." Arching his hand, he turned around and left, and Liu Zhengfeng accompanied him all the way out of the door.

The faces of the people in Huashan were strange, and Shen Yang whispered: "This liar deceived Liu's mansion, or I will arrest him, so as not to be fooled by Uncle Liu." "Over the years, in order to smoothly move immigrants out of the mainland, the Huashan faction has had many dealings with officialdom everywhere and understands some officialdom rules.

Lin Yihua shook his head and chuckled: "Uncle Liu has his own opinions, I don't have to do much, and I will watch first." Cong Buqi nodded, and shook his head again.

Liu Zhengfeng's face was as usual, and he returned to the hall and invited all the elders to take their seats.

Liu Zhengfeng said to many heroes in the rivers and lakes: "Everyone has seen just now that Liu is already an official of the imperial court, and the past grievances in the rivers and lakes have been written off, and in the future, he will only ask the rights and wrongs of the rivers and lakes, which is contrary to this statement, just like this sword." ”

Stretched out his hand and pulled out the sword, stretched out his hand and pulled it, with a "bang", the long sword was broken into two, and he swung it into the ground, and the two broken swords sank into the underground stone slab.

Outside the hall, the firecrackers rang out continuously, the drums sounded in unison, and the disciples of the Liu family poured out together, bringing out a golden basin of clear water to Danian, and placed it in the center of the hall.

"Wait!" There was a loud shout at the gate, and the four yellow-shirted men walked in with their heads held high, stood on one side, and revealed a person behind them, who held high a five-color pennant, stared at Liu Zhengfeng and shouted: "Under the order of the Wuyue Sword Sect's Left Alliance, Uncle Liu's golden basin washing is postponed for the time being." There were many people in the audience who recognized this flag, and there was a lot of discussion.

Liu Zhengfeng's face turned slightly pale, and he still smiled to himself: "It's Shi Shi's nephew, right! I don't know what the leader of the Left Alliance means?"

Shi Teda smiled: "Uncle Liu, this is the intention of the Left League, I only act on orders, and I ask Uncle Liu to forgive me." After speaking, he walked to the seat of the Wuyue Sword Sect and said to everyone: "Shi Dengda, a disciple of the Songshan Sect, I have seen all the senior uncles!" The four people behind him also saluted together.

Tianmen and the others returned the salute, and Dingyi said: "Is your master here?" Persuade Senior Brother Liu, we who study martial arts, morality is important, what kind of officials are at ease. ”

Liu Zhengfeng said: "The Wuyue Lingqi is all related to the Wuyue major affairs, and we should follow it if it is related to the Wuyue." But today I wash my hands in a golden basin, it does not violate the morality of the rivers and lakes, and it has nothing to do with Wuyue, but it is not subject to the Wuyue Order, please reply to the leader of the Left League, Liu does not follow this order, please forgive the Lord of the Left Alliance. With that, he continued to walk towards the golden basin.

Shi Dengda turned sideways, stopped in front of Liu Zhengfeng and said: "Shizun passed down this order, but it is to maintain the justice of the rivers and lakes, to maintain the Wuyue Sword Sect, and also to protect Uncle Liu. ”

Liu Zhengfeng said with a smile: "My invitation has already been sent to the leader of the left league, and explained the details, the leader of the left league has not replied for a long time, but he only stopped it today, is it because I want Liu to go back on my word and make people laugh in front of many heroes in the rivers and lakes?"

Shi Dengda said: "Uncle Liu is righteous and thin, and his chivalrous reputation spreads far and wide, but the heroes of the rivers and lakes have admired the name for a long time, but there is no need to worry about the misunderstanding in the middle. ”

Ding Yi couldn't help but say: "Senior Brother Liu, all the people who came here today are friends, and no one will laugh at you, so it's better to put it aside for the time being and don't wash your hands first." "The eyes are swept downward, and the warning is very obvious.

Liu Zhengfeng paused and said, "Since Master Dingyi also said so, then my handwashing matter will be postponed until tomorrow, and I will carefully ask for advice when the leader of the Left Alliance comes." Friends, please stay for one more day, so that Liu can do his best as a landlord. ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a coquettish voice in the inner courtyard: "What are you doing? Why don't you allow me to play with Sister Liu?"

A male voice said: "You give me to sit quietly and don't move around, and after a while, I will naturally let you go." ”

The female voice said: "I'm going to catch dragonflies with Sister Liu, and I don't do anything to you, Sister Liu doesn't know each other, why are you stopping us?"

Another female voice said, "Let's go, leave this man alone." ”

The male voice said, "Okay, if you want to go, go there, Miss Liu, please stay here." ”

Liu Zhengfeng was furious, he dared to despise his daughter, the second disciple Mi Weiyi walked quickly to the back of the hall, only to see a disciple of the Songshan faction of Huangshan who was stretching out his hand to stop the junior sister, and said loudly: "This senior brother of the Songshan faction, why don't you sit in the hall." ”

The man said proudly: "In accordance with the will of the Left League, watch Liu Zhengfeng's family, and don't miss a single one." When everyone in the hall heard this, their faces changed greatly, what is this Songshan faction going to do?

Liu Zhengfeng was furious and said loudly: "How many people have you sent from Songshan, come out!"

As soon as the words fell, dozens of people suddenly stood up inside and outside the hall, shouting in unison: "Disciple of the Songshan faction, I have seen Uncle Liu. ”

A group of people turned out of the backyard, and Mrs. Liu Zhengfeng, his children, and disciples were all pushed out, and a disciple of the Songshan faction stood behind him, holding a dagger against his back.

Dingyi said angrily: "Tai...... It's too much of a bully!"

Lin Yaohua smashed the armrest of the chair, and looked at the people of the Songshan faction with cold eyes, Lin Pingzhi's face was flushed with anger, and a dangerous look appeared in Hu Chong's eyes, and he drank the wine in the cup head-on.

Liu Zhengfeng said loudly: "Friends, you have also seen it, the Songshan faction threatens me so much, if I give in, won't it make people laugh, this golden basin is really washed today." After saying that, he walked towards the golden basin again.

Shi Teda stretched out his hand to stop and said, "Uncle Liu, slow down!"

Liu Zhengfeng snorted, took a slight stride, reached out and grabbed his façade, Shi Dengda pushed out with both palms, Liu Zhengfeng turned his wrist, buckled Shi Dengda's hands, and the two Songshan disciples behind snatched it out, Liu Zhengfeng slammed Shi Dengda and smashed it, the two of them hurriedly reached out to pick up Shi Dengda, a huge force came, they couldn't stand on their feet, and the three of them rolled into a ball on the ground.

A disciple of the Songshan faction in the back shouted: "Uncle Liu, if you take another step forward, I will kill your son." ”

Lin Pingzhi couldn't bear it anymore, jumped out, pointed at the Songshan sect disciple and said, "You dare to move Liu Gongzi's hair, and chasing you to the ends of the earth will also crush your bones and scatter ashes." ”

Liu Zhengfeng nodded to Lin Pingzhi, stretched out his hands to the golden basin, and suddenly there was a sound of breaking the sky, and a silver needle shot towards the golden basin, making the fox chong wave his hand, and the wine glass instantly appeared in front of the silver needle, Qingming was smashed by the silver needle, and the fragments fell to the ground with the silver needle.

Liu Zhengfeng immersed his hands in the basin, washed it lightly, looked up at the three people who jumped off the roof, and chuckled: "It turned out to be Songshan Fei Daxia, Ding Daxia, and Lu Daxia, who came to the mansion, didn't drink in the hall, and ran to the roof to get exposed to the sun and rain, but why?"

Fei Bin said: "On the orders of the leader of the Left Alliance, you are not allowed to wash your hands in a golden basin!"

Liu Zhengfeng took the towel handed to Danian, slowly wiped the water trails, and said, "I have finished washing my hands, and the affairs of the rivers and lakes will have nothing to do with me in the future, but Fei Daxia doesn't need to say it anymore." ”

Fei Bin smiled coldly and said, "If the leader of the Left Alliance does not approve, you don't count your hand washing!"

Lin Yihua raised his voice and said: "This left alliance leader is also too lenient, and it is difficult for Qing officials to decide family affairs, not to mention this district alliance leader." ”

Fei Bin's eyes were cold, and he turned to Lin Yihua and said, "This senior nephew, you can't talk nonsense, Senior Brother Cong, what is the reason for your Huashan disciple to obstruct my Songshan faction?"

Cong Buqi's eyes were half-squinted and half-opened, and he smiled lightly: "Seeing that the road is uneven, pulling out a knife to help, it has always been a fine tradition of my Huashan, these boys are not educated in vain, they still know right and wrong, Senior Brother Fei, don't hurt people indiscriminately." ”

Fei Bin was just about to speak, but Ding Mian stretched out his hand to stop him and said: "Senior Brother Fei, Senior Brother Cong doesn't know the truth, defending this Liu Zhengfeng is just being deceived by Liu Zhengfeng, just make it clear, I believe Senior Brother Cong can still distinguish between right and wrong." ”

Cong Buqi said with a smile: "This is black and white, my Huashan faction naturally distinguishes clearly, well, such a thing as kidnapping people's relatives must be black." The people in the rivers and lakes below all laughed and laughed, this kind of internal fight in the Wuyue Sword Sect could not be seen in ordinary times.

Liu Zhengfeng arched his hand and said: "Senior Brother Xie Cong will say a fair word for Senior Brother. ”

Cong Buqi said with a smile: "Senior Brother Liu doesn't have to be polite, my Huashan faction can't do anything like eating other people's food and wine, but turning a blind eye to the misfortune of the master's family." ”

Tianmen and the others all felt that their faces were dull, and they looked at Ding Mian and the others with unkind eyes.

Ding Mian looked left and right, and said to Liu Zhengfeng: "The leader of the Left Alliance does not allow you to wash your hands in a golden basin, because he wants to find out about your collusion with the Demon Sect. ”

Everyone in the audience was stunned, Liu Zhengfeng colluded with the Demon Sect? Is this crazy? The good masters of the Hengshan Sect don't do it, but want to be the Demon Sect disciples that everyone shouts and beats.

Liu Zhengfeng had completely calmed down and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Ding's words are ridiculous, why am I colluding with the Demon Sect? Is he going to give me ten thousand family fortunes, or is he going to give me the position of the leader of the Demon Sect?"

Ding Mian shouted: "You say, do you know Qu Yang?" The voice contained internal force, which shook the entire hall and buzzed.

There was a sudden silence inside and outside the hall, hundreds of pairs of eyes involuntarily looked at Liu Zhengfeng, only to see Liu Zhengfeng's expression, slowly sat down on a chair in the center of the hall, picked up the wine jug, poured a glass of wine, and drank it slowly.

"Where did the wild dogs bark, disturb people's quietness, and drink at ease!"

Ding Mian turned around violently, his fat face twitched a few times, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he stared at Ling Hu Chong viciously.

This made Hu Chong not know when, he took another wine glass in his hand, looked at the wine in the cup, sighed, tilted his head, and drank the wine, looking intoxicated.

Liu Zhengfeng was stunned, and swallowed back the words in his mouth, looking at the two tables of people in the Huashan faction.

Ding Mian slowly turned his head to look at Cong Buqi, and said coldly: "Senior Brother Cong, what do you say about this?" Tianmen and the others were also dissatisfied and looked at Cong Buqi, and the junior disciples said this, it was really lawless.

Na Xiang Cong didn't give up and smiled, turned his head and reprimanded: "After drinking two cups of horse urine, I will be dizzy, and I will make amends to Uncle Ding soon!"

Ling Hu Chong squinted his eyes and smiled: "Uncle Shi...... Hehe......"

Cong Buqi turned his head and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Ding, you see, this kid has drunk too much, don't blame it!"