Chu Qingliu thanked Aunt Zhu, put away the blood book, pulled Xiao Zhan up, and said, "Jiang Zhan, even if everything is as Aunt Zhu said, I am still willing to accept you as an apprentice, and I will still treat you wholeheartedly." As long as you don't think about it too much, the fate of our master and apprentice will not be out of shape at all. ”

"To hear a man's speech is to know the truth and falsehood, and that is right. But there must be evidence, not empty words, you can say that you do not believe, but you must not easily say that others are lying, you have to write it down. Jiang Zhan nodded.

Chu Qingliu said to Sister-in-law Zhu: "Sister-in-law Zhu, if you live in Jiangling, even if you don't encounter anything, you will be uneasy in your heart." If you want to go to Wanghaizhuang, I welcome you. ”

said that Yu Wan Tang Wan lived in Jiangling, and ordered Sister-in-law Zhu to contact, if the second maid was no longer there, then go directly to Wei Shuoren. I wanted to come to pen and ink, wrote the words "Thousands of miles of Jiangling in one day" and handed it to Sister-in-law Zhu to take as a letter, and left a few taels of silver, and took Jiang Zhan's hand and said goodbye.

The master and apprentice walked for a long time, and Jiang Zhan said, "Master, can you tell my mother what I said today?"

Chu Qingliu said: "If you don't say it, you must not be able to hide it from her, and if you say it, I am afraid that she will be uneasy in her heart, and I am also very embarrassed." That's good, let's not talk about it for now, wait until you get to Wanghaizhuang and settle down, and then tell her slowly. After you go back, she will inevitably ask, and you will say that Sister-in-law Zhu and they will also go to Wanghaizhuang, I agreed, don't say anything else. ”

On this day, the boat arrived at Wangjiang, and in the middle of the line, the first small boat in the lower stream came up, and Aunt Yao and Aunt Shun stood on the bow of the boat to salute. After seeing each other, the two maids were sent back to Jiangling to come to the ship, and they no longer hired another boat, but took a small boat instead. said that Qu Lingyu was no longer in Taipingzhou, Jiangnan, and had gone outside Shuzhou, Jiangbei, and ordered the two to come all the way, and Aunt Shun escorted Jiang's sister-in-law Xiaozhan to Wanghaizhuang in Jiangnan, and Aunt Yao went straight to Jiangbei with Chu Qingliu.

When Jiang Zhan heard this, he refused first. But he didn't talk to Chu Qingliu, and said to the second maid: "Aunt Yao, Aunt Shun, did Aunt Qu ask me to separate from my master?"

Aunt Yao said: "Your business, Miss really didn't say it clearly. But you are a little girl, don't go to Wanghaizhuang, it's too early to come out and walk the rivers and lakes at this time. Have you learned all the things that Master has taught you these days? Have you practiced them all? I'm afraid that it may not be. You don't have to stay with the master all the time to learn skills, there are many things to do right now, you should go to Wanghaizhuang, there are many people in the village who can teach you martial arts. ”

Xiao Zhan said: "Two aunts, please take me with you, I will kowtow to Aunt Qu, and I will never follow the master again, I will no longer dare to do much, stay in the village honestly, and work hard." I'll kowtow to my two aunts first. When he said so, he knelt down and prostrate. The second maid hurriedly pulled it up, she already had permission in her heart, but she didn't dare to make the decision and looked at Chu Qingliu.

Chu Qingliu said with a smile: "I want to go to Shuzhou, but I want to ride a horse, there is no boat to sit on, can you ride a horse?"

Xiao Zhan smiled and said, "I can't, but I can't learn?" Even if Master doesn't like to teach me, Aunt Yao and Aunt Shun are always willing to teach me. ”

The Jiangling boatman was no longer around, and Xiao Zhan was much more relaxed, and Chu Qingliu wanted to relieve her, so he would make her laugh. He rarely teased Qu Lingyu, only teased the third sister Mei Zhanxue, and now the third sister doesn't have to tease anymore, but here is this smaller and more troublesome Jiang Zhan, which can only be said to be fate. There will be a lot of such difficult things in the future, and the Master is very painstaking, and I really don't know how many people will be able to see it.

After saying that, Jiang Zhan said goodbye to his mother and went north to Shuzhou with the three of them. This is the road, not the time to learn riding, Yaogu held Jiang Zhan in her arms, hit the horse and hurry, when it was almost dark, came to Yuhe Town in the south of Shuzhou City.

According to Qu Lingling's practice, if there is a small courtyard, you must live in a small courtyard. This time, it is the two small courtyards of the two big stores, and all of them are open separately, so they don't need to walk through the store door, and it seems that they are going to live for a long time.

Jiang Zhan recognized that the person in front of him was Aunt Qu, and he didn't need to be taught, so he knelt down and kowtowed. Qu Lingyu made her kowtow nine times before ordering her to stand up and said, "When you apprenticed, I'm afraid you didn't kowtow so much, right? Jiang Zhan said: "Everything in the world has to be learned to know, not just martial arts. My aunt is teaching me etiquette, and I understand it in my heart. ”

Qu Lingyu said: "It's not so exquisite, I just don't want to despise you." There are so many things in the world, how can you learn them all? Even if you can learn them, why do you have to suffer from that burden? I will teach you to be obedient, when you encounter something you don't know, you might as well do it boldly and indiscriminately, if you do it, if you don't succeed, you can think of a way to stir it up, as long as you are reasonable, others will not dare to say that you are wrong. You don't have to look at your master, I'm right. ”

Chu Qingliu hurriedly said: "You can't say it all, you can only do this if you really have no way and have no choice." "I don't know how much this Jiang Zhan understands, there are so many uncles and aunts on the stall, it is really not easy to avoid being confused.

After gossiping for a long time, dinner was served, and the three of them ate together around the table. Qu Lingyu made it clear that Jiang Zhan didn't need to wait for his master or aunt before he was fourteen years old, so naturally he didn't need to wait for anyone else. But when he is fourteen years old, he must be able to do everything, and he must do everything well, and he must not be disgraced.

Chu Qingliu was originally worried that Qu Lingyu's rules were too strict, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Qu Lingyu only gossiped, and didn't talk about serious things at all. After eating, Aunt Yao brought tea, and Qu Lingyu said, "Senior brother, I invite you to meet a few people." ”

Yao Gu smiled and retreated, and after a while, she took three people with her. Two of them are dart masters of Shuzhou Dart Bureau, one is a ferryman of Jiangkou, and none of them have ropes on their bodies, and the other has no scars after torture. The three of them stood in the hall, and Qu Lingyu said: "I don't need to ask anymore, what do you know, just say it from the beginning." ”

Qu Lingyu traced the coffin to Xuedian Town, Taiping Prefecture on the basis of the coffin, first found the craftsman who made the coffin, and the shop that sold the coffin, and did a big job, bringing all the employees of the owner to ask them one by one, and let out the rumors, so that everyone must know.

Then he ordered people to go in and out of various casinos, brothels, inns, docks, street corners, and pay attention to the porter and boatman, but he didn't ask about everything, and only took Aunt Yao and Aunt Shun to play. In just three or five days, everything has been investigated as if it were his eyes, and Qu Lingyu even went to the fighting place outside the town to take a look.

Since the matter was done by the Shuzhou branch of the Kainan Dart Bureau, Qu Lingyu crossed the river and came to live in the Yuhe town in the south of Shuzhou City, so as to track and investigate, and successively robbed several dart masters to interrogate.

Obviously, those who don't know will let it go after asking, and give a few taels of silver to eat and drink to suppress the shock. If you don't say that you want to be a good man, you will be treated with a hot hand, and the main punishment and non-punishment will be at the same time, and you must leave some traces on their bodies, so that those who see it will be shocked, and then let people go back. If you want to say the coolest thing, that is, in order to be amazing, he also killed a dart master of the Shuzhou Dart Bureau, put it in a coffin, and carried it to the door of the dart board in the middle of the night to be placed.

With such a stir, Jiangling Chief Mei Hongtai should have known about it a long time ago, but even if he knew about this kind of thing, how could he tell others? Naturally, he kept it secret.

Qu Lingyu received a report from Yugu Tanggu in Jiangling, and learned that Chu Qingliu was powerless to prevent the alliance of the three families from returning to the east, so he ordered the second maid to live in Jiangling for a long time, and inquired about the information of the Nandart Bureau nearby, and ordered Yaogu Shungu to go along the river to welcome Chu Qingliu and take it to Yuhe Town.

Chu Qingliu asked a few words, and the confessions of the three were basically the same as what Aunt Zhu said before. The omission is that none of the three of them said anything about the details of Jiang Yuefu's knife, so they really don't know.

After Chu Qingliu asked, Qu Lingyu ordered them to retreat and escort them home with two silver each. took out a few pieces of paper and said, "Senior brother, after picking up Mr. Jiang's coffin, I made my own decision and ordered a few servants to examine them separately, fill in these corpse sheets, and leave you to come back and see them." ”

After Chu Qingliu finished reading it, he saw that all three corpse sheets mentioned that there was a fatal knife wound in the chest, which showed that what Aunt Zhu said was the truth. Chu Qingliu handed over the corpse sheet to Qu Lingyu and put it away, and told Aunt Zhu what she said on the way.

Qu Lingyu said: "Mei Hongtai is usually shrewd, but it's a pity that he made Uncle Shi and them stunned and frightened at that time, and his subordinates are really not distributed, so he would do such a rude thing." Unless I can't find Xuedian Town in Taiping Prefecture, I just run around and run around, this is still a headless case, as long as I find the right place, this matter can no longer be hidden. ”

Jiang Zhan said: "Master, aunt, I understand, what Aunt Zhu said is true, the knife in Grandpa Jiang's chest was really cut by my father." What should I do?"

Qu Lingyu said: "You only have one way to go. From now on, you just have to remember that your father was fooled by the wicked Mei Hongtai and killed Grandpa Jiang. Your father has already regretted it, so he committed suicide to pay for Mr. Jiang's life, this is a heroic act that dares to be, you don't owe the master, the master doesn't owe you, you are still the master and apprentice, and the fate has not changed. Your enemy is Mei Hongtai, and he killed your father. But you don't have to worry about revenge, Master and I will avenge you. ”

"There are many hard-working children in the world who have no father and no mother, but they can also achieve their own achievements and stand on their own feet in the world, and your master is like this. People live for a hundred years, and they can't escape death, and your father just died a little early, so there's nothing to be sad about. In the future, someone will inevitably mention this in front of you, and how to deal with it, you must first have a clear mind in your heart. ”

"I don't like children who have a sad face all day long, and your master must not be happy. Whether you are really happy or pretend to be happy, I can see that I will not beat you and scold you for calling you, you are a happy child, I will treat you like a happy child. ”

"In addition, this matter has nothing to do with your Aunt Mei, and you are not allowed to hold a grudge against Aunt Mei because of this. If you dare to disobey and make the slightest mistake, your master will definitely be unhappy, and I will be unhappy, so can you still be happy? I don't expect you to understand these words immediately, but you have to do them with all your heart. Tomorrow I will ask someone to send you to Wanghaizhuang, your martial arts have been taught, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will not be idle. ”

"That Aunt Zhu doesn't have to go to Wanghaizhuang anymore, I will send her to Qujia Dazhai, if you can't see her, your heart will be more relaxed. In addition, the knife that your father slashed is not something that must be said, I will not tell your master to outsiders, and you don't have to tell your mother about it. But your father once besieged Mr. Jiang, but this must be told to outsiders, and if you don't say it, you can't convict Mei Hongtai. ”

"Okay, it's not too early, you can go to sleep too, I still have something to say to your master. ”

At this time, it was not early, and the two of them talked until midnight before Chu Qingliu roughly explained the situation in Jiangling.

The next morning, the two of them personally sent Jiang Zhan to the gate of the courtyard, and watched her follow the people to Wanghaizhuang, Qu Lingyu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Senior brother, you have done a big wrong thing. ”