After entering the city gate, the man was not in a hurry to stay, but wandered around the street with a bamboo box on his back.

The man didn't walk fast, looking at the buildings in the street, his mouth seemed to be still muttering something, suddenly the man's eyes lit up, spit a little bit of spit on the palm, rubbed his palms lightly, brushed back along the door of the head, and took out a small bronze mirror from his arms, looked at it a few times, nodded with satisfaction, raised his eyes and looked forward, and quickly put the bronze mirror into his arms, and the steps were three points faster than before.

Lu Guanju was dressed in men's clothes and wandered around the street boredly.

I just went to find a few girlfriends, but they were all stopped by the housekeeper, saying that the young lady in the house was about to leave the cabinet, and she couldn't go out with Miss Lu.

Lu Guanju didn't say much, just turned around and left.

There are fewer and fewer playmates around him, and he is not there.

The older you get, the more lonely you get.

There are craftsmen who pinch clay figures, and one by one the clay figures are vivid and lifelike in his hands, Lu Guanju looked interesting, so he leaned over and watched with a few children.

The craftsman didn't expect adults to come over to join in the fun, and when he looked up, he saw that this was not Miss Lu, so he nodded and asked, "Miss also likes my craftsmanship in pinching people?"

Unexpectedly, he was recognized, Lu Guanju smiled and said: "Uncle has good skills, I was curious, so I came over to take a look." ”

The craftsman smiled, took out a new piece of clay and pinched it.

With a cup of tea, a human figure is pinched. The craftsman inserts the unpainted clay figurine on a bamboo skewer, picks up the brush, and begins to color the clay figurine slowly.

Lu Guanju looked at it with interest, and when he looked at it, he felt that this little clay figure was becoming more and more like the little man in his heart.

Well, the clay figurines are still a little uglier.

After the craftsman pinched it, he handed it over and said: "General Lu has worked hard for the safety of our people, and this little clay figure will be given to the young lady to talk about the villain's intentions." ”

When Lu Guanju heard this, he waved his hand again and again and said: "How can this make it, it is not easy for you to support your family, you wait for me." ”

After speaking, he took out a small purse from his bosom, picked out a small piece of broken silver, gently put it on the craftsman's board, and took the ugly and cute little clay figure.

When the craftsman saw the silver on the table, he hurriedly got up and said, "Miss, this is unacceptable, my clay figure only has a few copper plates, where can I use so much silver." ”

Lu Guanju smiled and said: "Uncle is welcome, I like this clay figure very much, thank you." ”

The craftsman put the silver in his arms, and thought of it with joy, it seems that the rumors in the market are true, but fortunately, he has a good memory, and he has seen the Yuan Chair of the Martial Arts Pavilion at a glance, and he can make a general appearance.

Lu Guanju turned around with the clay figure and almost collided with a person.

Taking a step back, Lu Guanju looked at the smiling man in front of him, who seemed to be a foreigner.

This man is wearing a scarf, his hair is black and shiny, but it is a little sparse, and the man is not tall, only slightly taller than Lu Guanju.

The man with the bamboo box on his back said with a smile on his face: "This son, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." ”

Lu Guanju waved his hand, but he was surprised by this person's title of "son", it seemed that his disguise was quite useful, so he deliberately said in a thick voice: "Don't tight, don't tight." ”

After speaking, he wanted to carry the clay figure and continue to walk.

Who knew that the man said again: "The contemptible surname is Kan, he is a painter, he likes to travel around, and now he has just arrived in Pingnan City, and he wants to ask the son, which inn is more suitable for accommodation?"

Lu Guanju was also enthusiastic, so he didn't move forward, and asked rhetorically: "What kind of inn does Mr. Kan want to live in?" The cheaper ones are the three-day inn and the Qingong inn, and the higher-grade ones can choose to go to the Tongfu Inn. ”

The man surnamed Kan narrowed his eyes and saluted again: "Thank you, Gongzi." ”

Lu Guanju waved his hand and left, looking at her departing back, the man's eyes changed, and he looked at Lu Guanju's back and did not move.

The craftsman on the side said with a smile: "Stranger, haven't you seen it? This handsome boy is the daughter of General Lu of Pingnan City." ”

After the man surnamed Kan said "oh", he smiled and said to the artist: "Brother Xie reminds me that it is the daughter of General Lu, but why is she dressed like this?"

The craftsman just looked at these children and saw that there was no business, and the silver given by the eldest lady of the Lu family was worth his harvest for several days, so he picked up the stall and said: "You don't know, this Miss Lu has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and everyone in Pingnan City knows it, and everyone knows it." ”

After speaking, he pulled out a small bamboo stool from behind him, patted it twice and said, "If you are not in a hurry to stay, sit down and let us two brothers chat for a while." ”

The man surnamed Kan glanced at the figure that was about to disappear into the street, smiled, and sat down.

The craftsman said to the children: "Go home, your mother should be in a hurry, come back tomorrow, remember to tell your father and mother, this clay figure is beautiful, but you have to spend money to take it home to play." ”

The children scattered and went home noisily.

It's just that I've seen the clay figurines for a few days, and my father and mother don't buy them for the two coppers.

The craftsman said in a low voice: "I see that my brother is also a laborer, running around for his life, the silver in his pocket is not so easy to earn, the inn that Miss Lu told you is still more expensive, if you are too expensive, brother, I will tell you a few cheap inns, although the food and accommodation are poor, but the silver has also saved a lot." ”

The man surnamed Kan said: "Then I need my brother to give me some advice." ”

The craftsman smiled: "You can ask the right person, Miss Lu is everyone's beautiful girl, high vision, some small inns can not enter her eyes, like the Longmen Inn, you listen, the name is so atmospheric, in fact, it doesn't cost much to stay a night, and there are a lot of food to fill your stomach, although the wine is not a good wine, it is also strong enough, besides, if you want to drink fine wine, who doesn't go to the drunken immortal residence, I heard that the wine of the drunken immortal residence is called wine, tsk, it's a pity that the old man is not blessed, and he earns this bit of silver with his craft, but it's just to make a living." ”

The man surnamed Kan touched his body, touched it for a long time, and found a small rag bag, gently checked it with his left hand, carefully untied the rope, looked in at the mouth of the bag with wide eyes, sighed slightly, put his right index finger and middle finger together, stretched into the bag, and took out two coins, and with a fist, the two coins fell into the palm of his right hand.

He stretched out his right hand and said, "Don't be too little, old brother!"

The craftsman was stunned for a moment, and then pushed his hand and said, "Brother, isn't it, how can I ask for your money, brother?"

The man surnamed Kan looked at the hand that did not withdraw and said: "I just arrived, and I just want to bother my brother to tell me more about this Pingnan City, these two dollars, my brother will take it to drink tea, don't push it back." ”

When the craftsman heard this, he smiled dryly: "How embarrassing is this, this, big brother, you are really a bright person." ”

After picking up two coins from the hand of the man surnamed Kan and carefully putting them into the money bag, the craftsman who kneaded the clay man said in a low voice: "Look at my brother so real, brother, I will tell you a good place to go, look at your dusty appearance, you must have been in a hurry for a long time, this man, who doesn't have a little idea or something, our Pingnan City's Remnant Flower Lane is a good place to go, don't look at the girls in it are older, but they are all experienced in a hundred battles, all kinds of moves will, you spend a little more money, you can live for one night, and even the money for the accommodation is saved." ”

After speaking, the craftsman raised his eyebrows and gave a look that you know.

The man surnamed Kan grinned a few times, and said in his heart, what this old brother said, he really hasn't experienced it, you can give it a try.

A few words of meat shortened the distance between the two old men, and the man surnamed Kan took the craftsman's arm, poked his head over and asked: "Brother, I go north and south, I like to listen to interesting things from all over the world, do you have the time to chat with me for a while?"

After all, the craftsman took two pennies from others, and looked at the sky again, it was still early after dark, so he said with a smile: "Brother, this is the right person, we have a lot of things in Pingnan City, I am a clear man, and the matter of Miss Lu is enough for me to tell you for a while." ”

The man surnamed Kan nodded and said with a smile: "Then brother, let's talk about it." ”

As the sky got dark, the man surnamed Kan got up from the clay figure stall and said with a smile: "I am very happy to see my brother today, and my brother will come over another day to invite my brother to have a few drinks." ”

The craftsman who was about to clean up the stall and return home smiled: "Brother is polite, if you are free another day, brother and I will be the east, and I will do the friendship of the landlord." ”

After leaving the clay figure stall, the man surnamed Kan already had an understanding of the situation in the entire Pingnan City, and in addition, he remembered a lot of the story of Lu Guanju.

I really didn't want to insert the willows into the willows, and I didn't think that she was my goal.

It seems that there is a desire to pick flowers, and this flower is only afraid that it will be easy to get.

As for the martial arts hall professor, in his eyes, he is a scumbag.

This old brother is good at everything, but his vision is poor, and this person who practices martial arts is still very different.

The bamboo box on his body was a little heavy, and the man surnamed Kan walked towards the Tongfu Inn with the bamboo box on his back.

When the craftsman saw the direction of the eldest brother, he shouted, "I said brother, just now we said, here you are going the other way." ”

The man surnamed Kan said with a smile: "My brother has a heart, I'm too tired today, another day, another day." ”

The craftsman looked at the somewhat thin man, nodded and waved his hand.

Looking at the man who was far away, the craftsman checked his money bag and grinned.

If you don't go, I'll go, and I won't have to meet.

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Zheng Xiding and Yi Zhongyuan got into the carriage sent by Bu Ji'an, which was Bu Ji'an's carriage, the three-horse carriage.

After all, he is his own teacher, and Bu Ji'an doesn't care if he is in line with the rules or not, and besides, in this Nanjun City, who dares to talk to him about the rules.

Moreover, the rules of the world have become the rules of each state itself.

Zheng Xiding boarded the carriage first, and Yi Zhongyuan then sat on the side of the carriage.

Bu Ji'an is not a person who likes luxury, but the luxury of this carriage is still beyond the imagination of Zheng Xiding and Yi Zhongyuan.

The old man is more willing to enjoy the blessings.

Yi Zhongyuan looked at his senior brother and said: "I think that Sheng Luhao went with Lord Wei wholeheartedly, and everyone in the sect said that he was ungrateful, but now that I think about it, he Sheng Luhao just dared to express what he thought." ”

Zheng Xiding sneered and asked, "I'm afraid you're not for wealth and glory!"

Yi Zhongyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Senior brother, if a sword is on my neck, do you think I still have the heart to think about this wealth and glory? If this sword is on my neck more than once, do you say that I am most reluctant to have this life left?"

Zheng Xiding frowned when he heard this, and remained silent.

After being silent for a long time, he asked, "Why don't you talk to the sect?"

Yi Zhongyuan sneered and asked, "Isn't Senior Brother also one of theirs, and you still ask me this?"

Zheng Xiding shook his head, took out the sign in his arms and said: "I'm different from you, I'm willing to hold this brand to cooperate with them, not like you, who is willing to work for it." ”

Yi Zhongyuan looked at the sign in Zheng Xiding's hand and did not speak.

Seeing this, Zheng Xiding knew in his heart, but this is life, Zheng Xiding can only be Zheng Xiding, and Yi Zhongyuan can only be Yi Zhongyuan.

After a deep groan, he opened his mouth and asked, "He Xiangfeng is so powerful?"

Yi Zhongyuan turned his head to look out of the carriage and said, "His sword is very fast! And his methods are more ruthless than his sword!"

When Zheng Xiding heard this, he was shocked, but he kept silent and said softly: "The Qingyang Sword of Ziyang Pavilion has been handed over to me by Senior Brother in charge. ”

Yi Zhongyuan's pupils shrank, he turned his head to look at Zheng Xiding, and suddenly smiled and said, "Then congratulations to Senior Brother." ”

Zheng Xiding put the sign in his arms and said: "Senior Brother Yi, if Senior Brother has great freedom in the future, Senior Brother promises, this freedom will be shared by you." ”

Yi Zhongyuan did not speak.

The carriage had been gone for a quarter of an hour, and when it stopped, the coachman went under the window and knocked lightly on the window and said, "Two lords, the General's Mansion has arrived." ”

The butler stepped down from the carriage in front of him and waited in front of Bujian's carriage.

Zheng Xiding and Yi Zhongyuan got out of the carriage.

The housekeeper stretched out his hand and said, "Two adults, please come in quickly." ”

Zheng Xiding stepped forward, Yi Zhongyuan followed, and the housekeeper led the way with small steps.

As soon as he entered the general's mansion, Bu Ji'an, who received the report from his subordinates, walked out quickly and said loudly: "Master, Uncle Yi, as soon as Bu Ji'an returned to the city, he was busy dealing with military affairs, and he neglected the two division commanders. ”

Zheng Xiding said with a smile: "Where are you, how can I and your Uncle Yi be such small people? But this wine can be drunk a few more glasses, after all, our master and apprentice haven't drunk together for two years." ”

Yi Zhongyuan also smiled and said: "Our Ziyang Pavilion should be the most respected teacher in your Bu Ji'an, that Sheng Luhao, as the personal disciple of the senior brother in charge, has not come to our Ziyang Pavilion since he went down the mountain, the senior brother is not picking his disciple's gift, I really miss it tightly." ”

Bu Ji'an said with a smile: "Master Sheng is now our deputy marshal of Jingzhou soldiers and horses, but it's not for me Bu Ji'an to dare to discuss, master, uncle, hurry up and please, the wine has been prepared, let's talk while drinking." ”

Walking Ji'an to lead the way, Zheng Xiding asked: "Ji'an, just now you said that Sheng Luhao is already our deputy marshal of soldiers and horses in Jingzhou?"

Bu Ji'an nodded and said, "Master, it has been more than a year since the king promoted Master Sheng, it's not that I don't call him senior brother because of the friendship of my master, but he doesn't like such a title." ”

Zheng Xiding shook his head, and Yi Zhongyuan on the side said, "It seems that we are only afraid that we will deal with this nephew." ”

The word "nephew" is very heavy in Yi Zhongyuan.

Bu Ji'an said: "I'm afraid it will be like this, when I went down the mountain, I thought all the way, I was afraid that a few people who wanted to see the king had to have Wei Shuai agree, and Lord Sheng here, I'm afraid I would have to ask." ”

Zheng Xiding frowned and asked, "He Sheng Luhao is so powerful now?"

Having arrived at the living room, Bu Ji'an said, "Master, let's talk about this matter while eating, the two masters please sit down quickly." ”

The three of them sat down, Zheng Xiding was invited to the first place by Bu Ji'an, Yi Zhongyuan sat on the left of Zheng Xiding, and Bu Ji'an accompanied him on the right.

After retiring from the subordinates, Bu Ji'an picked up the wine jug and poured the wine for the master and uncle, and after filling the glass, he picked up the wine glass and said: "Today, the two division commanders can come to my house, it is really full of brilliance, I am overjoyed, so I will use this wine to thank the two teachers for their help." ”

After speaking, Bu Ji'an drank it all.

"Good, good!"

Zheng Xiding said two good words in a row, looked at Yi Zhongyuan and said: "Senior brother, this is my own wine, you have to drink it, come, do it!"

Yi Zhongyuan raised his glass and toasted his senior brother, and toasted with Zheng Xiding.

The three of them ate a few bites of food, and Bu Ji'an said with a smile: "The chef in the house is not as good as the craftsmanship of our Ziyang Pavilion master, Bu Ji'an has missed the canteen of our Ziyang Pavilion since he went down the mountain." At that time, I was able to eat a pot of rice. ”

Zheng Xiding said with a smile: "At that time, you were studying art, and you studied hard, and you consumed a lot, so it was normal to eat too much." As for this meal, it's still better than your General's Mansion, but it's just that the food in our Ziyang Pavilion is not available in your General's Mansion. ”

After Bu Ji'an finished pouring the wine, he heard the master's words, so he asked, "What is the ingredient?"

Yi Zhongyuan smiled on the side: "If the old man guesses well, what the senior brother said is that love word." ”

Zheng Xiding nodded and said: "What the senior brother said is good, that's exactly the case, Ji'an, you have always had a master in your heart, there is Ziyang Pavilion, and you are the general of the official to a city, still like this, you don't know, every time you send someone to be a teacher and send something to Ziyang Pavilion, the senior brother in charge envies me and says that I have accepted a good apprentice." Every time I come down the mountain to stay here for a few days and return to the mountain gate, my brother doesn't want to see me. ”

Bu Ji'an said: "I was negligent and didn't take care of the master." ”

Zheng Xiding shook his head and said, "You just took care of him, his heart is not here." ”

The three of them clinked glasses, drank them all, and while Bu Ji'an was pouring wine, Yi Zhongyuan asked: "Senior nephew Ji'an, what happened when you mentioned Sheng Luhao?"

Bu Ji'an put down the wine jug, looked at the two elders of the division and said: "This Sheng Da is more capable than me, in the Shimen, even more so when he goes down the mountain, Wei Shuai loves him very much, and cultivates him carefully, and later, he Sheng Da has become the king's henchman, and now in front of the king, Sheng Da is the only one who dares to contradict Wei Shuai." ”

Zheng Xiding took a sip of food, nodded and said: "The king is skilled in controlling people, but he Sheng Luhao is also really capable, Ji'an, you are indeed inferior to him in this regard." ”

Bu Ji'an nodded, raised his glass and said: "Master, if this case of the destruction of the Ten Thousand Instruments Gate was not involved in Bazhou, how could the king ask such a trivial matter, but when this matter was on Nanyu Mountain, was what He Xiangfeng said true? ”

Zheng Xiding first dried the wine in his cup, looked at Bu Ji'an and said: "This matter is not much different from what he said on the mountain, but the relationship between He Xiangfeng and the head of the king is a revenge relationship, and the head of the king has no choice but to send his disciples to help He Xiangfeng do that thing." As for the only daughter of Lu Yiping, the defender of Pingnan City in Bazhou, I found out afterwards, and it was your Uncle Yi who knew about it. ”

Yi Zhongyuan glanced at Zheng Xiding, drank all the wine in the cup, put a chopstick dish in his mouth, and after swallowing it, he said: "As the senior brother said, before in the mountains, the senior nephew was afraid that he had suffered some grievances, in fact, we will not treat the senior nephew as well, but the few people you brought with me are only afraid that they will be wiped out because of this matter, so in order not to embarrass you too much, my senior brother and I thought of such a compromise statement, and now that you are in the southern county town, I will talk to you in detail." “

Zheng Xiding glanced at Yi Zhongyuan.

Bu Ji'an didn't notice the master's eyes, but drank the wine in the glass and said, "Then it will bother the uncle." ”

Yi Zhongyuan said slowly: "This is going to talk about the old things about the ancestor of the Ten Thousand Instruments Sect and the head of the Ten Thousand Instruments Sect, He Xiangfeng is true, why did his ancestor help the ancestors of the Wang family in order to build that Tianzhu Sword, but the ancestors of the Wang family actually did not use all the materials to cast the sword, but quietly hid a part of it." Later, Xuanyimen, who got the Tianzhu Sword, knew that the person who forged the sword was the ancestor of the Wang family, so he helped the later Wang Luren to establish a sect, and the matter was hated by the He family. Later, Wang Shibei helped me Ziyang Pavilion to build the Qingyang Sword, and also left some materials, in his words, it was too much, I told the senior brother in charge of this matter, and the senior brother gave the remaining materials to Wanqimen as a reward, after all, these materials, in our hands, are also like scrap iron. ”

Bu Ji'an toasted the two division commanders with a glass, Yi Zhongyuan drank a glass of wine, and continued: "The He family's generation has produced two geniuses, one is He Xiangfeng, and the other is more famous, Ji'an's nephew should have heard of it, it is He Zhen who worships the Sword Pavilion. ”

Bu Ji'an nodded and said, "I know this person, known as the unparalleled sword in the world." ”

Yi Zhongyuan continued: "Wang Shibei used the materials left by the ancestors and the remaining materials from our Ziyang Pavilion to build the Qingyang Sword to create another sword, this sword is nameless, if I guess correctly, it should have been taken away by He Xiangfeng." ”

When Zheng Xiding heard this, he looked at Yi Zhongyuan, who didn't even know about it.

Yi Zhongyuan looked at Zheng Xiding, nodded slightly, and continued: "He Xiangfeng is a person from the palace side by side, you already know this matter, if the general trend is like today, the king side by side and the national teacher Huo Xingwei After doing that, I am afraid that the princes of all states are ready to move, but I am afraid that our king of Jiangling does not have such thoughts, but we have Yangzhou in the east of Jingzhou and Yuzhou in the north, and the king is friendly with Bazhou, but he is just on guard against Yangzhou." As for Tabazhou, it is not because of the pressure of the Liangzhou army that it has formed an alliance with our Jingzhou. ”

Bu Ji'an nodded and said: "What Uncle Yi said is very true, these are actually known to many people, but this deadlock is not easy to break, but I still don't understand, he Yangzhou crossed our Jingzhou and stretched out his hand to Bazhou, what is the benefit to our Jingzhou?"

Yi Zhongyuan said: "This is Yangzhou's plan, Bazhou is in chaos, in fact, it is only for Yangzhou, and it doesn't take much advantage, but for our Jingzhou, it is a great opportunity, which is the reason why He Xiangfeng has the confidence to go to the king." ”

Picking up the wine glass, he toasted the wine in the glass himself, and continued: "I met He Xiangfeng when I went to Wanqimen to catch up with the head of the king. ”

Bu Ji'an filled the wine for Uncle Shi and asked, "So Uncle Shi knows the whole story?"

Yi Zhongyuan nodded and said: "After all, I am a person from our Ziyang Pavilion, our No. 1 sect in Jingzhou, He Xiangfeng released me and informed him of his plan, I think this matter is beneficial to my Jingzhou, and I will discuss it with my senior brother when I return to the division, you also know that now the affairs of the division, the senior brother has a lot to worry about, as for the back, that is, what the senior brother said on the mountain, it is all true." ”

Bu Ji'an frowned, thought about it carefully, and asked, "What is his intention to sit side by side with the palace, and how can we trust them?"

Yi Zhongyuan said: "He Xiangfeng guessed that you would ask about this matter, in fact, with your current status as a nephew of Ji'an, you should be able to guess a thing or two." ”

Bu Ji'an looked at the wine glass in his hand, thought for a moment, looked up and asked, "It turns out that he is the idea of Xuzhou!"