Hu Liang handed over the prayer post.

The middle-aged woman took the prayer post with a smile, and when she saw the word "Purple Mansion" on the prayer post, she was shocked. She has been following her master for some years, and she has seen some of the world, so she has naturally heard of the name of the Zifu Sword Immortal, so when he saw the word "Zifu" on the worship post, he immediately thought of the Zifu Sword Immortal who once ran rampant in the land of Jiangbei Heshuo with one person and one sword.

Li Xuandu said softly: "Lao Jia sent this letter of worship to Mr. Chen's hands, and said that the old man is visiting, as for whether to see it or not, please let him decide." ”

Involving the Zifu Sword Immortal, the middle-aged woman didn't dare to make up her own mind, and after taking the post, she confessed and turned around and entered the garden.

Soon the woman went and returned, greeted Li Xuandu, and said softly: "My master is not good to greet him in person, and I ask the three to forgive the sins, please come with me." ”

Entered the manor, bypassed the shadow wall, walked through the corridor, and came to the main hall, there was an old man with white hair and white beard who was already waiting here, and after seeing Li Xuandu, he immediately came up, first waved his hand to signal several stewards to retreat, and then smiled and said: "Engong hasn't seen you for many years, don't come unharmed?"

Zhou Shuning, who was hiding behind Li Xuandu and only showed half of her small face, looked at the old man, her hair was white, her smile was kind, and her black crane looked like a fairy wind, but for some reason, she always had a faint fear of the old man, far from the closeness she felt when facing Li Xuandu and Hu Liang.

Li Xuandu bowed his hand and said: "I have to worry about it, but you are much better than before." ”

This old man is Chen Guhong, who is famous in Jiuhe Mansion, he waved his hand and said: "It's just a small fight, and there is not much difference in essence from those mountain kings who occupy the mountain as kings, and it is just a joke." ”

Then the old man reached out sideways and made a gesture of please, inviting the three of them into the main hall.

After taking a seat, Li Xuandu introduced: "This is Hu Liang, a person from the northwest. ”

Hu Liang hugged his fist at Chen Guhong and saluted.

Chen Guhong returned the salute, "I have heard for a long time the name of the Hu brothers of 'Northwest One Owl Hu Yidao'. ”

Li Xuandu looked at the little girl sitting next to him again and said, "Her name is Zhou Shuning, and she is my sister-in-law." ”

The little girl timidly got up and gave a blessing.

The old man smiled and nodded.

Li Xuandu hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't hide it, I came this time, in fact, I have something to ask for, and I want to temporarily avoid the turmoil in your place." ”

The old man smiled and said: "Where is Engong, I was chased and killed by the people of Zhengyizong back then, if it wasn't for Engong to rescue, I, Chen Guhong, would have been a handful of dry bones, where can I still have today." Now that Engong has encountered a difficult situation, how can I stand idly by? As long as Engong says a word, I will not give up on someone who will go to the soup and go to the fire. ”

Hu Liang frowned and did not speak.

Li Xuandu said: "Since this is the case, then I will say bluntly, I encountered some difficulties in Luzhou this time, because of Qingluanwei." ”

The expression on Chen Guhong's face froze, and then he smiled: "It's just a Qingluanwei, this is not the imperial capital, and they can't make any waves in Luzhou." ”

Without waiting for Li Xuandu to speak, Chen Guhong had already continued: "Even if Engong lives in my Zhuangzi, no matter how strong the wind and rain outside, he can't blow half of Engong. ”

Li Xuandu stood up and thanked him.

Chen Guhong personally sent the three of them to a single-family courtyard, and after arranging all kinds of matters, he left.

When there were only three people left, Hu Liang opened his mouth and asked, "Lao Li, does this person know your roots?"

Li Xuandu shook his head and said, "I don't know." Back then, he was chased and killed by the people of the Zhengyi Sect until the bank of the river, and I happened to pass by, and it happened that those people of the Zhengyi Sect also had a grudge against me, so I easily repelled those people of the Zhengyi Sect and rescued him. Although he also asked my name and surname at that time, in order not to cause trouble, I only said that my name was Li Xuandu. ”

Hu Liang asked again: "Then do you know his details?" ”

Li Xuandu said: "It's not too deep, it's just that there have been occasional correspondence in the past few years." ”

Hu Liang nodded, thoughtful.

Li Xuandu asked, "What do you see?"

"Not really. Hu Liang shook his head and said, "I just feel a little uncomfortable." ”

Li Xuandu frowned slightly, "What do you say?"

Hu Liang groaned slightly, and said: "Maybe I'm thinking too much, but I always feel that this person seems to be upright and heroic, but in fact, he has a calculating heart for self-preservation." ”

Li Xuandu was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "It is said that people do not destroy the heavens and the earth for themselves, even if Chen Guhong has reservations, it is human nature, you don't have to be too harsh." ”

Hu Liang sighed lightly, knowing that Li Xuandu already had a fixed opinion in his heart, so he didn't say anything more.

Zhou Shuning had been listening to the conversation between the two all the time, and knew that Li Xuandu and Hu Liang had some different views on this matter, but this time she was more inclined to Hu Liang than Li Xuandu.

For some reason, this picturesque-looking manor always made her feel an inexplicable uncomfortable feeling.

It's like the Taiping Inn where a lot of people died.

Although Shen Changsheng had almost disposed of the corpse when Li Xuandu took her downstairs at that time, she still smelled the bloody smell that the rain couldn't hide, which made her faintly nauseated.

Zhou Shuning glanced at the two of them and whispered, "I also think it's a little strange here." ”

Li Xuandu said softly: "Of course, there is something strange about the lair of an innate realm master, but we are just looking for a place to temporarily avoid the limelight, and we will not stay here for long." ”

Hu Liang looked at Li Xuandu and asked, "Lao Li, how many days did you say you would stay here?"

Li Xuandu thought for a while and said, "Since you are not at ease, then we will stay here for three days, and at most three days later, we will leave Jiuhe Mansion." ”

Hu Liang nodded and said, "That's it." ”

Li Xuandu looked up at the sky, "It's going to rain." ”

Hu Liang touched his chin, "It's better to be in the northwest, and most of the time it's cloudless and good weather." ”

In the twilight that was approaching dusk, there was a pouring rain, which came as promised.

It began to tick, falling on the black cornices and on the bluestone slabs on the ground, casting a thin layer of mist over the entire estate.

Then there was a bang, and it filled the whole heaven and earth, and as far as the eye could see, only a cloud of rain and fog remained.

Zhou Shuning looked at the rain curtain outside, remembered what Hu Liang had just said, and couldn't help asking, "Uncle Tianliang, why is cloudless weather good?"

Hu Liang smiled: "It will rain only if there are clouds, and if there are no clouds, there will be no wind and no rain, and it is not good weather?"

Li Xuandu got up from the chair, came to the eaves of the porch, looked at the heavy rain outside, and suddenly asked: "Tianliang, what you often say is how people's hearts come from?"

Hu Liang said softly: "It is said by the Confucian Yasheng, who believes that human nature is inherently good, because the goodness is like water, so it is said that people's hearts are like water." ”

Li Xuandu muttered: "People go to high places, and water flows to low places, do you say that this person's heart is high or low?"

Hu Liang shook his head and replied to the question: "People's hearts are like water with many ripples, which is not necessarily a good thing. ”