Chapter 14: The Letter of the Mountain Dweller
When the mountain monk was leaving, he left a letter for Yuan Xi and asked Zhao Qianjun to help hand it over.
Zhao Qianjun was afraid of an accident, so he checked his home, and rushed to Pingnan City with the letter.
As for why the mountain monk left a letter for Yuan Xi, and why he didn't give it to him when Yuan Xi went down the mountain, he didn't ask, and the mountain monk didn't say.
Zhao Qianjun didn't ride a horse, and he didn't have a horse.
Fortunately, he was very familiar with the road to Pingnan City, and after four days of driving, he finally arrived in Pingnan City.
Even in order to send a letter to Yuan Xi, when he arrived in Pingnan City, his master could not forget to greet him, and naturally there was no reason to come to the door empty-handed.
Carrying the deer antler velvet he had saved, as well as two pieces of smoked deer breast, Zhao Qianjun, who entered the city, went directly to the Yunde Martial Arts Hall in the west of the city.
Along the way, he heard the news that the owner of the Jin Wei Martial Arts Pavilion was recruiting disciples of the lineage, and he wondered in his heart, when did there be an additional Jin Wei Martial Arts Hall in Pingnan City?
Without inquiring carefully, he ran directly to the martial arts hall, hoping that Yuan Xi had come to the martial arts hall after listening to his words, otherwise Pingnan City was so big, and he really couldn't find him.
Zhao Qianjun, who comes here once a year, many disciples still know him, so after entering the door, the disciples took him to the living room and went to find the hall owner.
When Cheng Yunde heard that Zhao Qianjun was coming, he was in a good mood, so he said to his disciple and asked him to tell Zhao Qianjun to wait for a while, and he would go to the living room in a while.
Zhao Qianjun, who waited in the living room for a while, saw Cheng Yunde and Cheng Shifei, who had already changed their clothes.
Although he is not a disciple of the lineage, the master is still the master, and he respectfully shouted the master, and the gift in his hand was handed to the success and wrongs of the senior brother who called him.
Cheng Shifei and Zhao Qianjun are no strangers, since he was a child, he has been looking forward to this senior brother who can bring all kinds of delicious meat to come to the house a few more times.
Cheng Yunde sat on the main seat with a smile and beckoned his disciples,
"Qianjun, don't stand, come, sit down!"
Beckoning people to show tea, Cheng Yunde looked at his named disciple, and rejoiced in his heart, it was his blessing to have such a disciple who knew how to repay his kindness.
Qianjun usually comes to see himself during the New Year, and now that he comes to the door on this ordinary day, there must be something, so he asked,
"Qianjun, everything is okay at home? Come to find a teacher, but something?"
Zhao Qianjun was sitting in his seat, listening to the master's question, and hurriedly replied,
"Master Xie is worried, everything is fine at home!"
After saying that, he went on to ask,
"Master, I wonder if a young man named Yuan Xi has come to the door of the martial arts hall recently?"
Yuan Xi was asking Kong Lixiang how to teach his disciples in the chair lounge, Zhu and Erren were urging a group of disciples to practice in the martial arts arena, and when Zhao Qianjun came over, the two of them called out to their senior brothers.
Zhao Qianjun was older than the two of them and Kong Lixiang, so when Cheng Yunde brought him back, although he was not officially included in the door wall, he still asked the young Kong Lixiang and the three of them to call him senior brother, so as not to feel inferior when this half-grown son stayed here.
Cao He and the others are okay, and they also take care of Zhao Qianjun, so Zhao Qianjun also respects these two senior brothers.
Yuan Xi's martial arts were too high, and his Shishan Jushi's method of training him was obviously not suitable for this group of disciples, so he consulted Kong Lixiang, and then prepared to formulate his own teaching method according to his own characteristics, after all, everyone was looking forward to the Yuan Sect chair to give him some advice.
At this time, a disciple came over and said that the hall master had invited the Yuan Sect to go to the meeting room.
Hearing that Yuan Xi was a professor in the martial arts hall, Zhao Qianjun was very happy in his heart, but he knew that with Yuan Xi's ability in the martial arts hall, it was just an expedient measure.
The master is still as kind-hearted as ever, of course, Yuan Xi's ability is not bad, and he will not eat white food if he stays in the martial arts hall.
As he spoke, Yuan Xi came to the living room, and was very surprised to see Zhao Qianjun, and it was only a few days since he saw Uncle Zhao again.
Seeing Yuan Xi, Zhao Qianjun was even more in a trance. Although he knew that Yuan Xi was good-looking, he was always used to seeing Yuan Xi in coarse cloth clothes, and suddenly changed into such clothes, so that Zhao Qianjun, who had originally gotten up and wanted to pat him on the shoulder, was embarrassed to raise his hand.
Yuan Xi didn't think as much as Zhao Qianjun thought, and asked happily,
"Uncle Zhao, why are you here?"
Zhao Qianjun only remembered to get down to business, and when the master asked him why he was here just now, he told the master that he had made a special trip, and Yuan Xi's master had a letter for him to pass it on to Yuan Xi.
took out a letter and handed it to Yuan Xi, looking at Yuan Xi who took the letter suspiciously, he said,
"Xiao Yuanxi, your master has also gone down the mountain, let me forward this letter to you before leaving, I am afraid that you will leave Pingnan City, it will be difficult to find you, and you will be entrusted by your master, so I hurriedly sent it over. ”
After thanking Zhao Qianjun, Yuan Xi took the letter into his arms first.
After finishing the business, Zhao Qianjun sat back in the chair, and Yuan Xi sat down next to him.
Zhao Qianjun remembered his doubts, so he opened his mouth and asked Master,
"Master, when I came over, I heard that a new martial arts hall had opened in the city, what was the origin?"
Cheng Yunde didn't answer in a hurry, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then said with a smile,
"Speaking of which, you still know the two masters of the Jin Wei Martial Arts Pavilion. ”
"I know?" Zhao Qianjun was confused, he couldn't have imagined that the two senior brothers would be able to stand on their own.
Cheng Yunde, who nodded, opened his mouth,
"It was opened by your senior brother Cao Renwei and second senior brother He Yijin. ”
When Zhao Qianjun heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked,
"Master, is it our family martial arts hall that opened a semicolon? Then why don't you use the name of Yunde Martial Arts Pavilion? Jin Wei Martial Arts Pavilion, oh...... I understand, Jin Wei Martial Arts Pavilion is taken from the names of the two senior brothers, but this is not in accordance with the rules!"
Cheng Fei, who was sitting on the side, whispered,
"Senior Brother Zhao, it's the two senior brothers who have set up their own door!"
Zhao Qianjun stood up directly,
"What!"
He could never have imagined that the two senior brothers would do such a thing.
Seeing that he was so excited, Cheng Yunde waved his hand,
"That's it, Qianjun, you don't have to be angry, people have their own ambitions, they have their way to go, Master and I can't stop me, after learning skills, aren't they all for the sake of eating!"
The more Zhao Qianjun thought about it, the more angry he became, how could the two senior brothers whom he respected so much do such an ungrateful thing, he slapped the table and stood up,
"I'll go to them and ask these two people, is their conscience blackened by smoke?"
Cheng Shifei got up at this time, walked up to Zhao Qianjun, and pressed him back to his seat.
"Senior Brother Zhao, my father's words are not very good, what can you do if you go? Forget it, you are far away from Pingnan City, and you have been traveling all the way for several days, just catch up with my father and Brother Yuan here, and let's have a few drinks in the evening." ”
Zhao Qianjun was a little depressed after the anger, originally he came this time, and he wanted to have a few drinks with the two senior brothers who were not a few years older than him, how could it become like this?
Yuan Xi saw that Uncle Zhao was in a bad mood, so he said,
"Uncle Zhao, did you say where you were going when Master left?"
Seeing Yuan Xi ask about the mountain monk, Zhao Qianjun remembered the scene of drinking with the mountain monk at the end,
"No, your master is a master, and I don't understand some of the things he said, I'm just a rough person, and I can just have a few more drinks with the layman. ”
After Yuan Xi sighed, he then asked Wang Lizhuang about his current situation.
Cheng Shifei called Kong Lixiang and the three of them, and everyone chatted about the recent situation of the martial arts hall in the hall, which was so lively, and the center of the topic, somehow, finally came to Yuan Xi.
Then he mentioned the matter of General Lu's only daughter, and Yuan Xi couldn't resist it, so he said that he would go back to the house to look at the master's letter, and left amid the laughter of the crowd.
Cheng Shifei laughed especially happily.
He felt that it seemed that only Brother Yuan could marry Sister Guan Guan in this Pingnan City.
Yuan Xi returned to his room, took out the letter from his arms, and opened it.
There is not much content in the letter, but after reading it, Yuan Xi's eyes are a little hot.
"Yuan Xi, I'm sorry.
You don't have to be surprised, this sorry sentence is what Master should say. After all, taking you away from your parents from an early age did not give you a choice. Although Master has taught you a lot, it does not offset the suffering of being far away from your parents. So Master says sorry to you, forgive Master, in you.
There is no choice in the birth of each person. But everyone has a choice about how they want to live in the future. What can influence your choices is what you learn, think, and want.
Remember, Master asks you to see the world for yourself to see your choices. Each choice you make will be a factor in your next choice.
And what you get is your growth.
Work hard, boy, your life is destined not to be ordinary, this is what you are destined from birth!
If you have something to do in the future, you can go to Yongzhou to find me!
You will know about your origins in the future. ”
Who are his parents? This is a question that has been growing up with Yuan Xi since childhood. The memories of his childhood have long since dissipated as he grew up, and only the little wooden man in his hand who has never lost it is like a key for him to remember that he should go and find his home.
After reading the letter, he folded it and found his package, which contained some of his belongings, including the little wooden man.
Putting the letter in, he picked up the wooden man he had seen countless times, and was in a daze.
The world is so big, why is it home? and what is home?
A leaf of duckweed returns to the sea, where are the roots?
Yuan Xi was a little melancholy, he missed his master, and he also missed the home he couldn't remember anymore.
Yongzhou, where is that?
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Lu Guanju didn't go out for a walk in the past two days, and was bored at home.
Sitting quietly in the boudoir wind by the window, whose girl combs new makeup.
No matter how much she likes to play around, she is still a girl after all. She often dresses as a man, just to make it easier to go out and have fun. Looking at herself in the bronze mirror, she gently combed her hair with a sandalwood comb.
Lu Guanju's face flushed with a hint of blush, as if she thought of something, she bit her lower lip, seemed to be a little angry, slapped the small comb in her hand on the dressing table, and she got up.
It's boring.
Lean on the window and look outside, the sky is blue and the wind is light, and there are occasional white clouds covering the sun.
I haven't been out of the general's mansion for two days, and Lu Guanju is about to go crazy. But she was embarrassed to go out, and her little girl Zhuqing told her that there were rumors about her outside.
She even said that she had a crush on that kid.
Hmph, why did this girl fall in love with him, why?
With her temper, she wanted to go out to the restaurant and tea shop to see which one had eaten the leopard's gall and dared to chew Miss Ben's tongue.
A little surprised, Mother Lu grabbed her daughter and asked her carefully what was going on.
She gave a general account of the competition that day, and then stomped her foot and said,
"Mother, there is nothing at all, I don't know how it has become what they say. No, I have to go and see who is chewing his tongue behind his back and ruining this girl's reputation. ”
Lu Mu took the girl's arm and said with a smile,
"Guanguan, the Qing is self-purifying, don't you want to cover up when you go out like this? No, it will stop in a few days, you go out and say, isn't this reminding everyone, continue to use your jokes with wine and tea?"
Lu Guanju pouted,
"Aren't I afraid of affecting our family's reputation!"
"Reputation? My little pass, there is no matchmaker to come to the door to make my father's face gloomy. When you were young, your father mentioned when he was drinking with your Uncle Dong that he married their Dong family, and Dong Xianglin, the only son of his family, I think it's very good, what do you think?"
Hearing his mother say this, Lu Guanju laughed at that time,
"Mother, if his family dares to come to propose, I will dare to marry. ”
When he was young, Dong Xianglin knelt and begged him not to marry him, and Lu Guanju wanted to laugh when he remembered it, and he didn't have any manhood at all.
and his girlfriends, there are several who admire Fu Xinhan.
She didn't understand, this Fu Xinhan wrote a few poems and was a genius? Even if he was a genius, he was a spineless genius.
Since childhood, I have loved to complain.
Mother Lu didn't think that a martial arts hall chair could be worthy of her daughter, so she didn't ask her daughter if she really thought about it.
It really can't be true, how can the daughter of the General's Mansion marry casually?
Lu Guanju got off the embroidery building and stood in the courtyard.
Holding her breath and concentrating, she played the Flowing Cloud Palm that she had practiced countless times.
The clouds are flowing and the wind is surging, and the clouds are thick. Liuyun's palm technique is not to resist the enemy with strength, but to oppress the enemy with continuous offensives. Lu Guanju is also a woman, and her strength may be insufficient, but she is more than dexterous, otherwise she would have been more likely to be captured alive when she was intercepted and killed.
Lu Guanju couldn't understand why he couldn't even touch the corner of the kid's clothes who didn't fight back. He has been taught martial arts by his father since he was a child, and he uses the peerless knowledge of Qingyun Sect, how can he be so powerful as a kid from an unknown background.
Thinking about it, I was angry, and I actually defeated this girl by that means. If you lose, you lose, and this girl can't afford to lose, and she almost made a fool of herself. The more Lu Guanju thought about it, the more angry he became, and his palm technique began to mess up.
Then came a voice,
"Why is this palm technique still going back more and more? Guan Guan, this is not like you!"
It turned out that Lu Yiping was back.
Lu Yiping, who had just returned home, changed his armor and heard his wife say that his daughter had stayed at home for the past two days, so he went to the embroidery building of the girl in the backyard to take a look.
He didn't make a sound, and Lu Guanju was thoughtful, and he didn't hear his father enter the backyard.
Lu Yiping saw that his daughter's practice was messing up, so he stopped her.
Hearing his father's voice, Lu Guanju took his palm, ran over, hugged Lu Yiping's arm, and shook it gently,
"Daddy, you can come back!
Lu Yiping looked at his daughter and said with a smile,
"The military situation is urgent, and my father didn't have time to go home, so I sent someone to tell your mother, and I went directly from the camp to the capital. ”
When Lu Guanju heard this, he asked curiously,
"What's so urgent that you have to go to the capital in person?"
Lu Yiping sighed,
"It's not that you were intercepted and killed, I tracked down people from other states, it's urgent, and I have to discuss it with the king. The world may not be peaceful, don't look at our Bazhou seems to be stable and stable, there is nothing to do, that is because of the king's strategy, and we have a large army stationed on the east and west sides. In case one day Xiliang goes crazy and suddenly launches a large-scale attack, let's Bazhou...... Alas, don't always go out and go crazy, now it's not only the army that presses the realm, but also some means of doing it, will appear, we have to be extra careful. I have to transfer two teams of people to go back, one team to guard at home, and the other team to go to the city lord's mansion to your Uncle Dong's house, and send more people to patrol and be safer. ”
Lu Guanju was taken aback,
"Do you still need to take precautions? Is it so serious?"
Lu Yiping nodded and said,
"Do you think that if the lord or defender of a city is assassinated or stabbed, will it have a big impact? This is not a question of fear of death or not death, but about the safety of the entire Bazhou. Your assassination this time is because the other party intends to use you as a threat to blackmail your father, and the situation is serious, and we have to guard against it. In the future, the city gate must be inspected more intensively, especially those who are dressed in rivers and lakes. ”
At this time, Lu Guanju remembered Yuan Xilai, so he said to Lu Yiping,
"Daddy, I've found that boy!"
When Lu Yiping heard this, he thought for a while and asked,
"But the boy you met before your assassination?"
Lu Guanju nodded,
"Well, it's him, I went shopping a few days ago, and I happened to see him and Xiao Feizi of Yunde Martial Arts Hall going to Buzhuang together, I should have gone to buy new clothes. Otherwise, with his poor and sour dress, he won't be able to get a good look in this Pingnan City. Who can't treat him as a little girl? Daddy, don't you know, his skills are very high, and his daughter can't beat him with all her means. ”
Lu Guanju said a lot of things in a row, and when Lu Yiping heard this, why did his daughter still fight with him?
Lu Guanju found her Yuan Xi and went home to find her father, but her father was not there, and then she took someone to the martial arts hall and told what happened as it was.
And Lu Yiping also interrogated the two in detail.
After thinking for a while, Lu Yiping said,
"According to what you say, this young man is still a master! At this time, we have such a master in Pingnan City, and it was before you were assassinated, what is so strange about this?"
Lu Guanju saw his father pondering there, and said,
"Daddy, that Yuan Xi doesn't look like a bad person, he also said that it may be his master who saved me. ”
Lu Yiping looked at his daughter and said,
"Child, you are still too shallow in the world, Daddy doesn't say anything else, what if that young man was arranged by the enemy, and that assassination is just a scene, just let him get close to you?
Hearing Lu Yiping say this, Lu Guanju felt that his father's words seemed to be very reasonable.
Lu Yiping accompanied his daughter inside,
"You're out of discipline in your right hand, and you're fighting together, what's going on?"
Hearing his father's question, Lu Guanju blushed a little, and then said,
"My daughter is distracted!"
As soon as Lu Yiping thought about it, he guessed the reason and comforted his daughter,
"Daddy said earlier than you, practice is a matter of course, you can't be anxious, and you can't slack off, your set of palm techniques is actually almost practiced, and when Daddy is free, I will feed you more. ”
"Hmm!"
The next day, Lu Yiping sat in the camp and shouted,
"Come on, go to the Yunde Martial Arts Pavilion, and invite the old hall master to talk about it!"