At the time, the lobby of the Yanyu Building was brightly lit, many guests were eating in the lobby, and the people whose Chinese became merchants occupied the largest table, which was full of food and wine, Song Xin led a group of guys to keep pushing glasses and changing glasses, obviously this afternoon's trip to the mutual market was quite fruitful, only to hear Song Xin take the wine glass and say to the guys:" Thanks to the brothers to Song someone's face, with Song successfully completed the transaction, in the next full drink of this cup thank you, tomorrow we are about to set off, I hope you don't drink drunk tonight, delay tomorrow's trip, the big shopkeeper promised before leaving, if the mutual market transaction achieves the expected purpose, the entourage will be rewarded after going back. After saying that, he drank all the wine in the cup, and everyone hurriedly raised their glasses to follow, and the wine table was not lively for a while.

When all the guests dispersed, it was close to five o'clock, Xuanji and the others cleaned up the lobby, leaving the temporary recruit of the guys on night duty in the store, and went straight back to the Yanyu Courtyard, at this time Qingli and Jizo had already prepared dinner and waited for everyone, Xuanji and the others entered the house and found that Di Ting and Qing Li had returned, nodded and sat down, seven people sat around a table, Di Ting glanced at Chu Mofeng who was sitting next to Qing Li and said: " Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, this year's hard work everyone sees in the eyes, since we are dormant here, then low-key is the first criterion that must be observed, high-sounding words I will not say much, everyone toast together, this first glass of wine we respect the tall adult, without the tall adult there would be no us today, I think, the adult's kindness to us in this life and this life we will not forget, so this first glass of wine we respect the adult. ”

After that, he raised his cup and sprinkled the wine in the cup on the ground, and then poured it for everyone, "This second glass of wine toasts ourselves, since we are dormant here, then our most important task is to teach the little boy well, I suggest that the next year begins, give the little boy training, then you must not be soft-hearted, come, let's drink this cup together." ”

After saying that, he drank another glass, then filled it for everyone, and when he put down the wine jug, Di Ting suddenly found that Chu Mofeng was not eating with his head bored as usual, but was listening to Di Ting's speech seriously, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Mo Feng, you don't drink and eat quickly, rest early when you're done, and let Sister Qingli and Sister Rakshasa take you to the mutual market to buy some new clothes early tomorrow morning, and buy some things for the New Year by the way." ”

Chu Mofeng nodded when he heard this: "Then I will eat first for all uncles and sisters, and you can talk slowly." After speaking, he began to work the dumplings and vegetables in front of him, and Qingli couldn't help persuading him, "Slow down kid, no one will grab food from you, eat it slowly." ”

Then Di Ting raised his wine glass again: "This third cup is for the three girls, if you didn't work hard here in the first year of Renshou, we wouldn't be able to sit here and eat and drink comfortably like now, so this third cup of wine is for the three of you." Then the crowd drank it all again. At this time, Chu Mofeng had already finished eating and left the table, and after three glasses of wine, the wine table also began to live.

Qingli asked Di Ting: "Do you remember the family business that the adult ordered for the little prince?" Di Ting nodded and praised, "It's the late general Shi Wansui's young lady, right?"

Qingli took a sip of wine and said: "Well, it's the young lady of General Shi's family, I went back to the master to see the girl at the beginning of the month, my master brought her back to Emei and has been carefully taught, until this year it has been seven years, one hand Emei swordsmanship makes the furnace perfect, but also takes into account the Emei boxing method, and the left and right hands can use the sword, my junior sister Qingyan and Lime also praised her, and the master also said that Emei finally has a genius who has not been seen in a hundred years, so I am thinking that for the training of the little boy, we can't relax." ”

When Jizo heard this, he suddenly realized: "I said that when the adults asked the three of us to go to the Shi Mansion to guard, why didn't I see Miss Shijia, it turned out that Miss Shijia was brought back to Emei by Qinglian Shitai back then." No wonder I once reported to the adults at that time that Miss Shi was missing, and the adults didn't just tell me that if I knew, it would be over, it seems that before General Shi set out for the expedition, the adults had already arranged all the things behind. ”

At this time, Di Ting said to Xuanji: "Can you leave me a place in the pawnshop, those boxes that were retrieved from Longxi County before can't be placed in the Yanyu Building anymore, it's too unsafe for people to come and go there." ”

Xuanji casually asked, "What are you mysteriously coming back to?" In the first few days when I came back, I went to see it every day, and I didn't seem to be at ease. ”

Di listened and glanced at the people present: "Come here, I'll tell you." Everyone hurriedly gathered around and listened, "There are a total of seven boxes, a box of money is unknown, a box of jewelry and jade, a box of four books and five classics, a box of swords and crossbows and arrows, and a box of iron bars, and ten sets of standard armor in a box, the problem is that the last small box, there is no lock, only a round groove, it is estimated that it can be opened with items such as jade pendant or jade Jue, the others are not valuable, only this box I think is the most valuable, so I was always not at ease at that time." ”

After hearing this, Xuanji smiled and said: "Boss, you put that small box in my room, as for the remaining boxes, move them to the pawn shop tomorrow, and leave the boxes of books to the little boy, and I will let the pawn shop guys count the money, and then put it in the pawn shop and Yanyu Building, and the remaining boxes will be temporarily sealed, and we won't need it for a while." ”

At this time, Rakshasa suddenly interjected: "You have been teaching the little boy to practice martial arts, so have you ever thought about what weapons he will use? Swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, bows and forks, you have to choose one of the eighteen kinds of weapons, right? The problem is that the weapons and martial arts of the six of us are different, the boss, you use double knives, and you take the path of Shaolin; Qingli specializes in Emei swordsmanship; I am a self-created dagger kung fu; and Xuanji uses a soft whip; Jizo is practicing marksmanship evolved from the Shaolin stick method; only fish intestines practice hidden weapons. Which one do you want the little boy to learn?"

When everyone heard this, they suddenly froze, and what Rakshasa said was a key issue, and suddenly everyone began to discuss it with gossip: "Use a sword", "Emei swordsmanship is suitable for women to practice, what does a little boy learn, besides, Miss Shi Jia is a sword player, isn't it superfluous for a little boy to learn?" "Use a knife", "It's okay to practice knife skills." ”

"What can be, a spear, an inch long and an inch strong. "What kind of spear to learn, a sword in one year, a knife in ten years, a gun in a hundred years, do you want the little boy to learn when he can become a teacher?

"It's better to learn the hidden weapon, shake the sky with your hands, and be more chic. "Yes, you are chic, but do you see that in addition to you in the rivers and lakes now, that chivalrous man is famous for playing hidden weapons?"

In the end, Di listened and spoke: "Come on, it's useless for any of us to fight here, let's ask the little boy early tomorrow morning to see what he is willing to learn, and I will take out the iron bar in the box containing the sword tomorrow, and let's see what it is." With that, the crowd continued to stagger and stagger again.

Early the next morning, Chu Mofeng got up early, got dressed and ran around the Yanyu Courtyard ten times, then returned to the courtyard and began to fetch water and wash, and then came to the dining room to wait for breakfast to be baked, at this time Di Ting walked in with an iron bar in his hand, put the iron bar aside, and asked Chu Mofeng: "Boy, can you tell me what weapon you like?" Chu Mofeng pondered for a while, shook his head in confusion, looked at Di Ting and was about to speak, and suddenly found the iron bar that Di Ting put aside, and pointed to it and said: " Listen to my uncle, I like that iron bar, can that one be used as a weapon?"

Di Wenyan picked up the iron bar that was put aside and looked at it carefully, only to see that the iron bar was quadrangular, about three feet and one inch long, and there was a groove of little finger width engraved on all four sides, the length was about four inches, and the weight was about three catties. Di Ting put down the iron bar and laughed: "I was negligent before, this is indeed a good weapon, it belongs to you, take care of it." As for teaching you the martial arts of which sect and sect, we will tell you after a few discussions. Now after breakfast, let's go out shopping with your sister Qingli and Sister Xuanji. ”

After breakfast, Chu Mofeng followed Qingli and Xuanji out of the gate of the other courtyard and came to the front of the Yanyu Building, at this time, the people of Wencheng had already arranged the carriage and were ready to return to Beijing, Xuanji saw Song Xin and said with a smile: "Mr. Song is a long way back, be sure to pay attention to safety, and yesterday I have ordered the people below to carry the Zhang Ye drunk you want to your carriage." We will have a period in the future!" Song Xin hugged his fist at Xuanji when he heard this, and said, "The shopkeeper, there will be a period later." Then he jumped into the carriage and led the team out of the city.

Turning his head, Xuanji said to Chu Mofeng: "Boy, my sisters will take you to go shopping, don't talk too much when you get to the mutual market, less talk and see more is the right way." Don't be a hero in the mutual market. After speaking, He Qingli led Chu Mofeng and led Chu Mofeng to the mutual market.