When the first rays of sunlight shone in through the willow leaves, Lu An slowly opened his eyes and survived another day.

Lu An sat up from the recliner, glanced at his hands, then squeezed them with his hands, and sighed softly.

It's been almost a year since I was separated from Hong Ran.

At that time, Lu An followed several caravans all the way, and finally came to this place, a small border country in the north, Huashui Town in Qi State.

But the specific location of this Huashui Town in the north, Lu An can't say it until now, he only knows that this Qi country is similar to the former Ning country, there are no so-called monks, only some ordinary martial artists who know how to punch and kick, so this place is really very kind to Lu An, and everything is naturally integrated.

Incognito was indeed a little unacceptable to Lu An, but for the sake of his injuries and his own safety, he still chose this path.

Even now, his injuries are not complete.

I feel depressed.

The news of his death was an even worse blow to Lu An, making his already incomplete injuries even more serious.

The most direct thing is to hit Lu An's state of mind and make his state of mind collapse directly.

Zu Qiu defeated Lu An's body, and Hong Ran's words made Lu An's state of mind collapse.

Now Lu An can only be regarded as a martial artist, a martial artist whose hands will tremble involuntarily on rainy days.

Only drinking can suppress the feeling of constant trembling.

A year has passed, and Lu An himself knows where his problem is, but what's the use?

The Five Elements Ring in the body was like a shell, and it hadn't been running for half a year.

Zu Qiu's punch and Hong Ran's words actually caused Lu An's vitality to be directly injured, and his strength plummeted by more than sixty percent.

Lu An scratched his head that was a little swollen, and the feeling of hangover made him a little dizzy.

Habitually picked up the wine jar, and found that the wine jar was all empty, Lu An's brows instantly furrowed, and his expression suddenly became distressed, the wine was gone, then he had to do the most hated thing again.

It's time to go out again.

Lu An took a basin of water and fooled around casually, which can be regarded as washing his face.

Open the door.

The extremely dazzling sunlight came in directly, Lu An subconsciously covered his eyes, and then sighed inexplicably, his body became too bad.

The moment Lu An walked out of the shop, he attracted the attention of many people, and all the old and young greeted him with a smile.

Lu An also responded one by one with a smile, very polite.

As soon as he took two steps out of the door, Lu An stopped because he saw someone he didn't really want to see.

Lu An sighed silently, turned his head cautiously, and planned to leave.

It's a pity, as soon as this head turned around, there was a shout behind him.

"Mr. Yi! Mr. Yi! Wait for me!"

Lu An stopped helplessly, sighed twice, and then squeezed out a smile and turned around.

"It turned out to be Xiao Gongzi, I haven't seen you for a long time. Lu An said with a dry smile.

This Xiao Gongzi ran over directly, saluted respectfully, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Mr. Yi said with a smile, where is it that I haven't seen you for a long time, it's just that I haven't seen you for a day." ”

Lu An sighed, "Is it only a day? Is it only so long?"

Xiao Luochen nodded again and again, and said excitedly: "Yes, Xiaosheng went out for the exam yesterday, so he didn't come to see Mr. Yi, please don't blame Mr." ”

Lu An waved his hand, "Young Master Xiao is too polite, I always hope that we won't see each other, now that we've met, so be it, I'll go first." After speaking, Lu An left directly, not intending to ignore the annoying Xiao Luochen in front of him.

It's a pity that Xiao Luochen didn't plan to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he followed behind Lu An and didn't plan to leave at all.

Lu An felt his head big for a while when he walked in front, and Xiao Luochen followed behind Lu An, chattering non-stop along the way.

"Sir, please help me forge a sword! Xiao Luochen pleaded for this all the way.

Lu An was unmoved, "One hundred taels." ”

Xiao Luochen's eyes straightened suddenly, he was taken aback, and said in surprise: "Sir, one hundred taels? Wasn't it still fifty taels last time? Why is it getting more and more expensive?"

Lu An was stunned for a moment, and said embarrassedly: "The price has risen, and now it's one hundred taels." ”

Xiao Luochen drooped and said with a bitter face: "Sir, please!"

Lu An shook his head and refused directly, "You are a scholar, what kind of sword do you want? You can study hard and practice calligraphy, why do you want a sword? The folding fan in your hand is enough for you." ”

Xiao Luochen suddenly straightened his chest and said very hardly: "Surname Yi, will you cast a sword for me?"

Lu An was taken aback by this loud voice, but he was still unmoved, and shook his head, "One hundred and fifty taels!"

Xiao Luochen's face turned green in an instant, and he immediately said in a low voice: "Sir, my good husband, but I only have five taels!"

Lu An shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Then I can't help it, you can go to me for five taels of silver to buy a kitchen knife, and I'll leave one for you, isn't it good to hang a knife around your waist?"

"That's the way it is, but this knife can't be a kitchen knife, right?

Lu An stopped and spread his hands directly, "Since you think so, I have no choice, Xiao Gongzi, I'm here, do you want to have a drink together?"

Xiao Luochen shook his head

is extremely diligent, "Don't drink, don't drink." ”

Lu An smiled evilly and grabbed Xiao Luochen's hand, ready to drag him in.

Xiao Luochen hurriedly struggled, shook off Lu An hard, and then ran away quickly.

Looking at this back, Lu An shook his head helplessly, there are many strange people and thieves in the world.

A serious scholar has been accompanied by books since he was a child, but his dream is to go to the end of the world with a sword and aspire to die on the battlefield, what should Lu An say?

I have no power to bind the chicken, and I have been reading poetry and books for more than ten years, but I have such an ambition, which is really incredible.

However, Xiao Luochen's appearance can be regarded as a worthy name for him.

It is said that when Xiao Luochen appeared, it was a rainy day, and his father, Lao Xiao, was a famous scholar.

Xiao Luochen's name is like this, I didn't expect that Xiao Luochen's appearance will grow up more and more to lean on it, his skin is extremely white and tender, and he can even be described as blowing a bomb, and his appearance is as clean as Xuanyu, which makes people look extremely comfortable, he is a recognized beautiful man in Huashui Town, and it is estimated that there is no problem in saying that he is a lady of all people.

Although Lu An is not bad-looking, compared to him, it is indeed a little worse.

The two of them are among the best in the town in terms of appearance, but this one is Xiao Luochen, and Lu An relied on the mystery to touch this two.

A beautiful man who looks like such a small jasper, after Lu An came, he began to beg Lu An to help him forge a sword, although there are also a few blacksmith shops in the town, but they don't dare to cast swords casually, of course, they can't cast them well.

It's a pity that when Xiao Luochen passed by Lu An's shop, he saw the newly cast meteorite sword hanging on the wall, and since then, he has been coming twice in three days, changing the law and wanting Lu An to cast a sword for him.

At first, Lu An was willing, but he didn't expect this person to be so brazen, and he actually wanted Lu An to help him forge a sword for free.

In this regard, Lu An could only wave his hand and blast him out, who knew that this Xiao Luochen had no money, but he was extremely thick-skinned, and he ran to Lu An every day from then on.

It was also at that time that Lu An stopped casting swords, only made kitchen knives, and in a sense, he was afraid of this Xiao Luochen.

Lu An sat at the wine table with a melancholy expression.

"What's wrong with Xiao Yi? The wine shop asked out loud.

Lu An shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, "It's nothing, Shui Bo will bring me a pot of wine first." ”

Shui Bole nodded, took a pot of wine, and by the way, took a plate of peanuts and a plate of sauce radish.

Lu An thanked him, and he was there alone drinking in a daze.

After drinking for a while, a pot of wine bottomed out, Lu An chirped twice in his mouth, stretched out his hand, and was about to ask for another pot of wine, when he directly handed over a pot of wine to the side.

Lu An turned his head and saw that it was Shui Xue, Shui Bo's daughter, "Thank you!"

Although he said thank you, he had an ominous premonition in his heart, and sure enough, he knocked the wine jug on the table and scolded directly: "Drink and drink, you know how to drink all day long, don't you do business, why do you want that shop?"

At this time, Shui Bo's head poked out and asked, "Won't it? It's broken again? I bought two of them this month?"

Shui Xue said angrily: "Don't interject!"

Shui Bo immediately smiled and nodded without speaking, he is still very fond of this daughter, fortunately, his daughter is also angry, and this shop can be handed over to her in a year or two, if she is a little more competitive at that time and opens a blacksmith shop, then the two generations of his Shui family will definitely not worry about eating and drinking, and the next grandson will definitely not be bad, after all, his daughter is not bad.

Thinking of this, Shui Bo suddenly giggled.

This sudden laughter directly attracted Lu An and Shui Xue's eyes, and there was a puzzled question on their faces.

"Dad, what are you smiling at?" Shui Xue asked.

Shui Bo suddenly reacted, watching the two laugh even harder, the wrinkles on their faces were crowded together, and their eyes were all gone.

Shui Xue also reacted, knowing what he was laughing at, her face suddenly turned red, and the whole person became shy, and she shouted coquettishly, "Dad, you are really an old and unserious!"

Seeing his daughter blushing, Shui Bo also put away this smile, nodded pretending to be serious, and raised his eyebrows at the right time.

Lu An was stunned by the conversation between the two, and he didn't know what the two were talking about?

"What kind of drama are you father and daughter playing?" Lu An asked out of curiosity.

Shui Xue turned around suddenly, knocked on the wine bottle again, and said angrily: "What's the matter with you, drink your wine!"

This time he directly spilled all the wine in the jug, and Lu An looked distressed, but added, "Half of it is spilled, I will definitely not pay for this pot of wine!"

Shui Xue was suddenly angry, and wanted to continue to open her mouth to speak, but Shui Bo preemptively said, "I've sent you, I've sent you." ”

"Dad, why do you always give him wine for nothing, every time he comes, you give him wine to drink, and our family's wine will be sent by you!" Shui Xue said dissatisfied.

Shui Bo suddenly showed an expression of hatred for iron and steel, and hurriedly waved his hand to let her stay aside, such a stupid daughter, just looking at it makes people worry.

Lu An smiled slightly, he was familiar with Shui Bo's tricks, but he didn't say it, because such a big strip of water and snow in front of him reminded him of Li Qing, and he had a good impression of Shui Xue.

Of course, it's just an ordinary kind of good feeling, and it is not mixed with the kind of feelings that should be.

Shui Bo saw Lu An drinking there alone, took a cup in his hand, sat down directly, and poured himself a glass of wine directly, without the slightest feeling of seeing the outside.

"Uncle Shui, how can the boss come to drink the guest's wine?" Lu An said with a smile.

Shui Bo feigned anger, "I gave you this pot of wine, and you didn't buy it, is it out of order?"

Lu An thought about it, and immediately handed Shui Bo a pair of chopsticks, and motioned for Shui Bo to eat and drink together.

Seeing Lu An's such a down-to-earth behavior, Shui Bo suddenly smiled.

After two or three glasses, Shui Bo burped and asked in a tone unique to elders: "Xiao Yi, is there anyone else in the family?"

Lu An put down the wine glass in his hand and shook his head, "No, there was an elder before, and he also left last year." ”

Shui Bo sighed, showing a look of pity, and continued: "The world is impermanent, just like my old bones, if I leave, Xue'er will be alone, alas." ”

Lu An hummed, said yes, and did not continue to answer.

"Xiao Yi, I will come to you for more drinks and chats in the future, a person in the province is bored in the shop, you can't work all the time, you will be tired, and you have to communicate more appropriately." Uncle Shui instructed.

Lu An snorted, "Uncle Shui, I have come here a lot, and I will definitely come once in three days." ”

Shui Bole nodded, "By the way, Xiao Yi, where are you from? I haven't heard you say where you're from for so long." ”

Lu An paused suddenly, not knowing how to answer this question.

Finding that Lu An didn't speak for a long time, Shui Bo hurriedly snorted and said: "It's okay if you don't say it, it's normal to have a little secret, just like Shui Bo is actually not from here, and he came in from the outside decades ago, and this stay is decades, not only to start a business, but also to become a family, and now there is an extra oil bottle, hehehe." ”

Listening to Shui Bo's self-deprecating words, Lu An nodded and replied honestly: "I was born in a small country called Ning Kingdom, maybe 108,000 miles away from here." ”

Shui Bo suddenly became interested, "Ning Guo? I seem to have heard of it before, it is indeed a bit far, and it may take a month to travel." ”

"Shui Bo, have you heard of it?" asked Lu An with some confusion.

Shui Bo nodded, "It seems that three or four years ago or two years ago, there was a small group of people passing by, I was particularly impressed, there were two children dressed in extraordinarily rich clothes, like two rich and noble sons, and the rest of the people were his two guards, those guards also drank wine with me, one of them seems to be a master, estimated to be a five-grade martial artist, with a big knife pinned to his waist, very magnificent." ”

"And this kind of thing, three or four years ago?" asked Lu An.

Shui Bo thought for a while and nodded, "That's right, it should be this time, they seem to be going to a place where the sword is pavilion, I haven't heard of it, anyway, it's quite far, I vaguely listened to two sentences, and I didn't listen carefully at the time." ”

Lu An nodded, and a possibility suddenly came to mind three or four years ago, when Lu Anke was still in Saibei City, there were two rich sons who went to the Sword Pavilion, so it was very likely that those two princes, the princes who were rumored to go to the Sword Pavilion to be protons, except for the two of them, Lu An couldn't think of anyone else who was qualified and capable of going to the Sword Pavilion.

Lu An propped his head, feeling a little surprised, he really didn't expect to hear the news of these two people in such a place.

"Shui Bo, can you tell me about the situation at that time? Maybe I know those two people. Lu An said.

Shui Bo nodded, and then fell into memories all of a sudden, and thought for a long time before he spoke, "I definitely don't remember the specific situation, but I still have a little impression, because Huashui Town suddenly came to such a group of people, and it was also a big deal at the time, I remember that they should have lived in Lao Yaotou's inn, and they were disgusted by them at that time, saying that Lao Yaotou's inn was dilapidated and old, and made a fuss, and then lived down, and then those guards came to me to buy wine and drink, and stayed for half an hour." ”

"Did they say anything?" Lu An continued to ask.

Shui Bo shook his head, "I don't remember this, they spoke very quietly, and I didn't deliberately listen, I vaguely remember the words I said earlier, but I remember that the expressions of those people at that time were not very good, and they were even a little bad, and they were all injured." ”

"Injured?" Lu An was slightly surprised, "Shui Bo, didn't you say that there is a five-rank martial artist here? This kind of person is not to mention Huashui Town, but he is a well-known figure in Qi Country, and there are still people who can hurt them?"

Shui Bo shook his head, "How can I know this, anyway, I know that they are injured, and the injuries are not light, it seems that there has been a big war, if you really want to know this information, you can ask Lao Yaotou, those people live in his territory, and they must be very impressed." ”

Lu An nodded, "It's okay, I'll just ask casually, it's useless to know what happened three or four years ago now." ”

Shui Bo thought about it and seemed to be the same reason, so he casually took another pot of wine from the side, ready to pour wine for Lu An.

"Dad, still drink it! We don't need money for wine!"

Shui Xue's resentful voice came from one side.

Shui Bo sighed and scolded directly, "Women live to this extent, it's all my fault as a father, if you don't take the initiative, how can there be drama, alas!"

Hearing this, Lu An had a big question on his face.

Shui Bo smiled dryly and poured Lu An a glass of wine.

After drinking Shui Bo down, Lu An stretched his waist, carried two wines, and left with a smile under Shui Xue's resentful eyes.