Chapter Twenty-Five: The Quiet Woman

After the class in the morning, I have to take a lunch break for an hour and a half.

Except for the overnight disciples, the rest of the disciples went home to rest. There is one who is easily hungry, and he has to add a meal, and after eating too much, his father and mother are happy, which shows that the child has suffered in the martial arts hall and has spent a lot of strength.

Taking advantage of the lunch break, Yuan Xi went over to see what was right and wrong.

I didn't see him in the front yard in the morning, and Yuan Xi guessed that he had been practicing with Teaser Fei. To his surprise, the backyard had been relatively quiet that morning, and there had been no movement except for a few dog barks earlier.

In this way, Yuan Xi was a little surprised, could it be that this kid overcame his fear of being funny so quickly?

When I walked over, I saw that Cheng Shifei was boxing, and Funny Fei was lying on his stomach on the side, squinting his eyes, which was very comfortable.

Yuan Xi stood there quietly, watching Cheng Shifei finish a set of Kaiyan palms, and nodded, it was indeed an improvement compared to before, adding a lot of momentum.

Seeing Yuan Xi standing there, Cheng Shifei said excitedly,

"Brother Yuan, I feel that I have changed a lot, every palm, punch out is full of confidence, you see if my Kaiyan palm is much more momentum than before?"

Yuan Xi smiled,

"Why, this is a submission and a joke? Do you feel confident? Why don't I untie the leash and give it a try?"

Cheng Cheng, who was full of confidence, was a little discouraged when he heard the words, and he said to Yuan Xi with some annoyance,

"Brother Yuan, the confidence I have accumulated with great difficulty, don't hit me!"

Yuan Xi patted him on the shoulder, and then said,

"It's good to have faith, but don't let an illusion give you so-called self-confidence, in that case, once the truth is revealed, your self-confidence will collapse faster, and the whole person will easily collapse. Therefore, I want you to see your own real growth, your own progress, what you used to fear, you are really not afraid, that is success. Go ahead, stand in front of Teaser Fei, don't do anything, just stand up, with your body, even if Teaser bites you, you can dodge, and it is still tied to a rope. ”

Cheng saw that Yuan Xi didn't seem to be joking, but now he didn't really want to try, in case he was scared again, it would be a shame, so he said to Yuan Xi,

"Brother Yuan, I understand what you said, that, I haven't eaten since the morning, and I've been boxing for a long time, and I'm hungry and bored, so let's go to the wonton shop on the street to eat something, okay? You don't know, his wontons are delicious, I sometimes get hungry at noon, so I go there to eat a bowl of fresh meat wontons." What do you think?"

Yuan Xi happened to think about the letter he received in the morning, and asked him to meet him at the lake in the north of the city every three o'clock.

He didn't know where the lake was, how big it was, and he didn't have a specific location in his heart, so he just asked him by the way when he went out with Cheng Shifei.

In fact, Yuan Xi didn't really want to go, and there was no payment for this letter, and he didn't have any acquaintances in this Pingnan City, who knew what kind of person wrote to him.

is also out of curiosity, Yuan Xi has nothing to fear, and wants to go over and take a look.

Yuan Xi thought for a while and said,

"Okay, but Xiao Fei, why didn't you see Cheng Shibo today?

Cheng Shifei shook his head and said,

"No, my dad went to my brother-in-law's house, and it seems that there is something going on at my brother-in-law's house recently, and my dad always goes over. ”

Yuan Xi nodded, and then said,

"Wait for me, I'll go get something. ”

Yuan Xi returned to his room, took some broken silver and walked out of the martial arts hall with Yuan Xi.

After the lunch break, the disciples came to the martial arts hall to move their muscles and bones on their own, and then practiced the basic skills.

Cheng Shifei took Yuan Xi to the wonton shop he frequented, and first asked for four bowls of fresh meat wontons.

Cheng Shifei hadn't eaten since the morning, and he was hungry, so he had to serve two bowls first. Although Brother Yuan had breakfast, it was not appropriate to just ask him for a bowl, and this has been half a day, and it should be no problem for Brother Yuan to eat two bowls.

Besides, he can't eat himself.

Yuan Xi asked with a puzzled expression,

"Xiao Fei, didn't you say that you like to eat this wonton? I looked at his bowl, it's so small, why did you ask for a bowl for yourself? You consume so much this morning, it's now this hour, you need to eat more." ”

Cheng Shifei looked at Brother Yuan, who asked himself seriously, as if he was not joking, so he squeezed out some smiles and said,

"No, no, Brother Yuan, I'm willing to eat hot, usually eat a bowl first, and then let the boss continue to cook it. ”

Yuan Xi sighed, and then pulled out a pair of chopsticks and watched the boss cook wontons.

If you want to talk about Yuan Xi, I really haven't eaten wontons.

Living in seclusion in Tianyu Mountain, where can I eat these meals, occasionally eat pasta or steamed white flour steamed buns from Aunt Zhao.

The soup is an old soup, boiled with pork bones.

As soon as he sat on the stall, Yuan Xi smelled the fragrance of the soup, and thought that he didn't come out with Xiao Fei in vain, and he had been in Pingnan City for some time, and he hadn't come out to shop much, so it seemed necessary to take time to come out and go around, eat more, and see more.

After a while, the guy brought four bowls of wontons to the table.

Bringing the wontons out of the tray, the guy said,

"Two guests, the wontons are ready, be careful of scalding, there are peppers and balsamic vinegar on the table, guests can add them to their own taste!"

Cheng Shifei first pushed a bowl to Yuan Xi, and pulled a bowl himself, and then said to the guy,

"Little second brother, tell the boss to cook two more bowls. ”

Yuan Xi was not polite, put the bowl in front of him, smelled it first, and then took a sip of soup, he nodded with satisfaction.

Growing up in Tianyu Mountain, he didn't eat less meat, but most of the game was roasted and eaten, and then he was boiled in white water, and he only ate meat, and he never drank broth.

I didn't expect this pork bone soup to be so delicious, and then sandwich it with a wonton entrance. It was a little hot, Yuan Xi inhaled, and the wontons rolled back and forth in his mouth.

The boss is a real trader, his wontons have thin skins and big fillings, and the meat is fragrant and juicy when he takes a bite, and Yuan Xi thinks it is too delicious.

Cheng Shifei, who was putting some chili peppers and vinegar, saw that Brother Yuan couldn't wait to eat it, so he said,

"How about it, Brother Yuan, it's delicious, you can also put some pepper and vinegar, see what flavor you like." ”

Yuan Xi, who was eating while being scalded by hot wontons, didn't have time to speak, just nodded.

Cheng Shifei was also very hungry and immediately ate it.

After a few bites, he ate half a bowl, and after being hungry for most of the day, he felt that this wonton was delicious, and he didn't have time to drink the soup.

looked up at Brother Yuan, and just saw Yuan Xi stretching out his hand to move the second bowl.

He glanced at the empty bowl next to him, and the soup was gone.

After moving the second bowl to him, Yuan Xi picked up the small jar of pepper, then rolled out a small spoon and put it in the bowl, stirred it twice with chopsticks and was about to eat, found that Xiao Fei was looking at himself, glanced at his bowl again, and saw that there was still half a bowl, so he said,

"Xiao Fei, eat quickly!"

Cheng Fei, who was shocked by Yuan Xi's eating speed, said "ah", and after saying "um", he hurriedly pulled two wontons into his mouth.

At this time, the man brought two more bowls and put them on the table.

Yuan Xi took a sip of the peppery soup and called it exciting, and the spicy taste of the pepper seemed to give the bone broth a new soul.

I didn't expect a small spoonful of pepper to be so powerful, Yuan Xi was curious, picked up the small jar of pepper and smelled it.

"Ahh

Without paying attention, Yuan Xi was irritated by the pepper and sneezed a few times.

Seeing this, Cheng Cheng, who was pulling the wonton in his mouth, couldn't help laughing, but he choked on the soup and turned his head and coughed.

Yuan Xi asked with concern,

"What's wrong, Xiaofei?"

Cheng Shifei waved his hand behind Yuan Xi and said,

"It's okay, ahem, I just choked, ahem, just cough a few times, ahem!"

Yuan Xi let out an "oh" and continued to eat.

As if his appetite was stimulated by pepper, he ate one bite at a time, and a bowl of eight or nine wontons quickly went down.

Cheng Shifei, who finally didn't cough, brought over the second bowl, and saw that his speed was too much behind Brother Yuan, so he didn't put pepper and vinegar, so he started eating.

After drinking the soup in the bowl, the third bowl of Yuan Xi was already placed in front of him.

The second bowl of Cheng Shifei was the last of the previous four bowls, and the wontons were the same anyway, and this bowl was just a little colder.

The boy eats, and the more fragrant and cooler he eats, he can eat faster.

In this bowl, he added some balsamic vinegar alone.

Sour, it can still make people appetite, different taste, the same delicious.

When Yuan Xi finished eating the third bowl, Cheng Zhengfei, who was in a hurry, also finished the second bowl. Glancing at Yuan Xi, he reached out and pulled the bowl to him first.

At this time, he was also seven or eight points full, and he used to be two bowls.

Yuan Xi thought for a while, he could eat another bowl, and it was not very supportive, so he told the boss to cook another bowl.

The boss didn't expect the young man brought by the young hall owner of the martial arts hall to be so edible, so he responded with a smile, and then cooked another bowl and gave two more.

When Cheng heard this, he asked,

"Brother Yuan, haven't you eaten yet? Why don't you eat my bowl first?"

Four steamed buns, a big bowl of porridge, and two eggs in the morning are not so bad? Cheng Shifei even doubted whether Yuan Xi would not be able to eat enough in his martial arts hall, and it seemed that he would have to ask Uncle Song when he went back.

Yuan Xi waved his hand and said,

"Eat it, I'd like to have another bowl with pepper and vinegar so I know which flavor I like best." ”

When I heard it, Brother Yuan would eat it, I used to put some vinegar and pepper in the past, and I always ate it like this.

I ate a bowl of original soup in a hurry just now, and I thought it was delicious.

Thinking that he was worthy of Brother Yuan, he had already put some pepper and vinegar in the bowl in his hand.

Sure enough, there are some habits, and it's really a habit.

Yuan Xi still had to eat a bowl, so he was not so anxious and ate slowly.

After a while, after the boiled wontons were served, Yuan Xi put some pepper and vinegar and ate them again.

Sour, spicy and fragrant, really good, Yuan Xi is very satisfied.

The well-fed two stroked their stomachs with their hands and exhaled a long breath.

Yuan Xi took out a piece of broken silver, handed it to the guy, and was pressed by Yuan Xi when he got up to pay.

Waiting for the guy to find money, Yuan Xi said to Cheng Shifei,

"It's still early, let's go shopping?"

Hiccup's success and wrong,

"Okay, Brother Yuan, where do you want to go?"

Yuan Xi said casually,

"You are familiar with this city, when I entered the city, I heard that there is a lake in our Pingnan City, I don't know what the scenery is?"

Cheng Shifei felt as if he had eaten too much, and this wonton soup was about to reach his throat.

Originally, he ate the last bowl of wontons, but he could catch a glance at Brother Yuan and drink the bowl again, so he gritted his teeth and drank the remaining half of the soup in his bowl.

Standing up and walking back and forth to eat, he said,

"Well, there is indeed a lake on the north side of the city, the scenery is good, let's go over, it will be almost half an hour away, do you want to go?" Brother Yuan!"

Yuan Xi thought that there should be no problem with Xiaofei in the past, so he said,

"Let's go, I haven't been to the north side of the city either, you can take me for a walk. ”

After receiving the change that the guy had recovered, the two walked towards the north of the city.

It is not advisable to exercise more after the meal, the two of them just walked slowly, walked for more than half an hour, and came to Baisha Lake in the north of the city.

The water is shining and sunny, and the mountains are empty and rainy.

Yuan Xi did not expect that there is such a beautiful place in the city, there is a hill next to the lake opposite, the mountain is not high, it can be seen that there is a four-corner pavilion for people to rest on the top of the mountain.

There are three or two small boats in the lake, which are parked in the middle of the lake in the shade of the mountain, and there should be people boating on the lake to enjoy the scenery.

There was the old boat with a crossbar in the bow of the boat and sitting quietly fishing.

At this time, it is noon, and there are not many tourists.

The two of them wandered under the trees by the lake, and Yuan Xi looked left and right from time to time to see who was nearby.

I secretly said in my heart, isn't this person who keeps the letter a bad brain, the lake is so big, where can he find it? But the other party asked him to come to see him, could it be that he had seen himself?

Seeing Yuan Xi looking around, Cheng Cheng asked,

"Brother Yuan, are you looking for someone?"

Yuan Xi took out the letter from his bosom, handed it to Cheng Shifei and said,

"Someone sent this letter in the morning, inexplicably asked me to come to the lake to meet, I didn't want to come, and I wanted to see who it was, so I came to take a look, I didn't tell you before, don't mind. ”

Cheng Shifei looked at the handwriting and felt that the handwriting was very awkward, as if it was deliberately written so that no one would recognize the handwriting.

When did Brother Yuan tell him that he didn't mind, anyway, Brother Yuan was willing to come with him, which was his trust, but this letter was really weird, why didn't he even keep a payment, Cheng Shifei suddenly remembered what his father had said to him.

Could it be that Brother Yuan really has any secrets? But looking at Brother Yuan's appearance, he doesn't seem to know who the person he met is.

"Brother Yuan, this letter is so strange, there is not even a payment, the ghost knows who is the appointment? Let's go shopping again, if no one shows up, let's go back!"

Yuan Xi was curious about who made an appointment to meet him, and it didn't matter if he couldn't see it, the two continued to walk around the lake, and after walking around, no one talked to them.

Yuan Xi felt that the moment was about the same, since there was no one, he went back with Cheng right and wrong.

And at this time, Cheng Zhengfei still has a small guess in his heart, could it be because of himself that the other party is inconvenient to show up?

And when they walked back, the two also met an acquaintance, Lu Yiping's guard, Zheng Shuyuan.

Cheng Shifei and Zheng Shuyuan were familiar with each other, so they said hello, but Yuan Xi just once took a look at Zheng Shuyuan and ignored it.

This Zheng Shuyuan is just following Yuan Xi.

The last time Li Ersheng and the three of them were tracked down so easily by Yuan Xi, it was Wu Zhong and Zheng Shuyuan who took turns to lead people to watch.

There were still their people at the door of the martial arts hall, but after seeing Yuan Xi and Cheng Shifei come out, they reported to Zheng Shuyuan, who was drinking tea in a nearby teahouse, and reported the direction where the two were going.

When the two of them sat at the wonton stall and ate wontons, Uncle Zheng just glanced at it from a distance, so he asked people to keep an eye on it, so he found a place to continue waiting.

And when the two of them left the wonton stall on Yuan Xi, Zheng Shuyuan came to the stall and asked the news that the two were going to Baisha Lake in the north of the city.

Zheng Shuyuan said hello to Cheng Shifei and continued to walk forward.

Yuan Xi and the two went back in the direction of the martial arts hall.

Uncle Zheng calculated in his heart, from the perspective of time, the two of them did not spend much time by the lake, and he carefully checked whether there were any suspicious people near the lake.

He walked around and didn't find anything.

In a small boat in the middle of the lake, Lu Guanju sat in the cabin, and through the half-covered window, she looked at the lake.

She still wears men's attire today, so it's more convenient to do so.

There are a lot of open spaces by the lake, and there are few people, which is suitable for practicing boxing here.

Ever since she had spoken to her after her father had seen her last time she practiced boxing, she felt that she was still short of a breakthrough in her palms.

Also, for some reason, the figure of that teenager always came to her mind.

For no reason, she always thinks of a man, which makes her blush secretly.

She felt that she might want to find the key point of the palm breakthrough in the body called Yuan Xi, after all, his skills were really good, so she wanted to meet that Yuan Xi, and asked him to go through the tricks with her again, and find out how she felt.

She wouldn't go to the Yunde Martial Arts Pavilion, so she thought of a way, wrote a letter with her left hand, and asked him to come to the lake to meet, in order to avoid embarrassment, she waited in the boat in the lake first.

As for the letter, it could be delivered to Yuan Xi, but it passed through the hands of several people.

She instructed her personal maid Zhu Qing to hand over the letter to Dong Xianglin, the son of the city lord, and Zhu Qing looked at her young lady in surprise, how could she still send a letter to the son of the city lord?

Zhu Qing had met Dong Gongzi, perhaps because of the identity of the son of the city lord, Zhu Qing felt that he was a good man.

In Zhuqing's vocabulary world, a good man represents a lot of men, because she doesn't know how to use other words to describe it.

I remember that she learned a word, called Merry, and was laughed at by the young lady for a long time.

It wasn't her who the young lady was laughing at, but she just used the word romance on Dong Gongzi.

Dong Xianglin received the letter from the female demon, his hands trembled, and he thought that this demon would not be unable to marry and worry about himself again.

When opened, it was revealed that it contained a piece of paper and another letter.

The paper reads,

"Give this letter to Yuan Xi of the Yunde Martial Arts Pavilion for me, remember, don't let others know, otherwise you will look good." ”

The heart said aunt and grandmother, just this little thing, how can it stump me Dong Xianglin?

After greeting his confidants and arranging it, the letter was finally sent to the martial arts hall by a little beggar.

Dong Xianglin thought of the rumors, and thought of the letter that Lu Numo sent so painstakingly, and didn't let others know about it, so he felt that he must be able to get out of the sea of suffering.

You know, his father asked him a while ago what he thought of Lu Guanju, and he almost knelt down for his father at that time.

Dong Shixian is a scholar, and he doesn't like women to practice martial arts, he is afraid that Lu Yiping will come to the door, and he will not be able to excuse himself.

Like his son, he also understands that the family affairs of the two families, at least in their Dong Mansion, have the same opinion.

Lu Guanju didn't expect Cheng Shifei to follow, so she didn't show up, she didn't want that kid to see the person she met on Yuanxi.

Then Zheng Shuyuan's appearance made Lu Guanju even more surprised, why did he still come here? Could it be that he came to find herself? She was glad that she was witty and waited in the center of the lake.

After Zheng Shuyuan also left, she let Lao Zhouzi row to the shore.

The person made an appointment, but he didn't see it, Lu Guanju was unwilling, and on the way home, he thought that he still had to make another appointment.

The breeze rises, the willows float, the lake is wrinkled, and people are independent.

Quiet girl, I am by the lake.

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Hearing this, Lu Shiyin exclaimed in surprise, looked at Wei Long, and then leaned over and asked in a low voice,

"General, this is a big deal, is this really the case?"

Wei Long nodded, and then said to Lu Shiyin, who was startled,

"The assassination of King Lu is now known to everyone, and even if I try my best to block the news, it will be useless, because the person who spread the news is the organization that assassinated King Lu. ”

Lu Shiyin was startled, his brows furrowed, and he thought for a moment and asked,

"What organization? What did the general find? What did they do this for?"

Wei Long shook his head, and then said,

"The person who assassinated King Lu was a little eunuch in the royal capital, this little eunuch had been in the palace for nearly ten years, he was clever and sensible, appreciated by the head of internal affairs, and was promoted to be a close attendant of King Lu, and served by King Lu's side for three years, who would have thought that he would suddenly make a move. ”

Lu Shiyin was a little puzzled, and then said angrily,

"What is Chen Mink Temple for? The people under him stabbed the big basket, and he couldn't escape the blame. ”

Wei Long looked at Lu Shiyin, who was trembling with anger, waved his hand, and continued,

"Old guy, they are all old, their temperament is still so big, things have passed, whether he Chen Mink Temple is derelict in his duties is another matter, and now the most worrying thing is the organization that suddenly appeared on the rivers and lakes, cutting the deer building. ”

"Cutting the deer building? Qin loses his deer, the world chases it, only the winner gets the deer and cuts it, this Jianghu organization, in the name of cutting deer, is it possible that it has the heart to dominate the world? But isn't this wishful thinking?"

Wei Long sighed,

"Now that the Great Jin Dynasty exists in name only, and the princes and kings of various places are in their own ways, naturally some people want to take this opportunity to replace the Sima clan and become the co-lord of the world, that is, King Lu, and once asked me if Qingzhou has this opportunity. ”

Lu Shiyin used to be a guest of Weilong Mansion, and Weilong asked him about politics many times, so he did not shy away from him in his words.

Lu Shiyin didn't speak, waiting for General Wei to continue.

Wei Long is also over half a hundred years old, he straightened his waist, and then said,

"I'm getting old, I'm getting old, I'm sitting here, and my back is bent. ”

Reaching out and hammering his back, he continued,

"If you want to say that the soldiers and horses in the world are the strongest in Liang, Yong, and Hebei, because these three states have been resisting foreign enemies and fighting constantly. Therefore, when the new monarch ascended the throne, although the states had ghosts, no one really dared to be the first bird, even Shangguan Qingyun, the king of Xiliang, only sent a message, and did not dare to really send troops to the battle. When King Lu asked me, I replied, if the king has such a heart, his subordinates will not give up. ”

Lu Shiyin nodded and said,

"The general has a heart, although the old man is a reader, he has also read "Liutao" and "Three Strategies". Fighting a war is not a child's play, the governance of Qingzhou is not enough, how can I have the ability to annex the world, if it is forced, it is not my Qingzhou people who are miserable, General Wei, as the uncle of King Lu, can consider the people of Qingzhou, which is the blessing of the people. ”

Wei Long smiled,

"You're still so polite when you speak, but you're right, the old man is at this age, and he is talking about juvenile madness, and he has that heart, but he is also powerless. We Qingzhou, Xiang'an has been quiet for many years, more of them are talents, how many people are as reckless as the old man? ”

Hearing Wei Long mention that he was a reckless man, Lu Shiyin's face was a little embarrassed, and he said,

"Although the old man was born in the Lu family, I am not used to the four major families, and the governance of my Qingzhou is a family of success, and a family of defeat. ”

Wei Long smiled,

"A good sentence is also a family, and a family is also a family. ”

Lu Shiyin continued to ask,

"What is the situation of the king now? The general went up the mountain to take the wall with him?"

Wei Long stretched out his hand, and Wei Bo, who was waiting outside the chai door, came over and leaned over to obey the order.

"Go to Penglai Pavilion and invite the young master of the big wall, say I'm here, and tell the head of Cui, the young master of the big wall, I will take it down the mountain, I Wei Long received this situation, and then there is a place to trouble him Penglai Pavilion." ”

Webber was ordered to leave.

Wei Long continued,

"You once scolded Chen Mink Temple, saying that he was a rootless person, but he was so close to the king, but you didn't know that Chen Mink Temple was the first guard by the king's side. Except for the king's sleep, he guards around the king, and has been secretly protecting the king's safety. This time, the little eunuch took advantage of the time to serve tea to the king, and suddenly made a move, although Chen Diao Temple intervened in time to stop it, but because the king was close at hand, he was still injured by the little eunuch. ”

Lu Shiyin asked eagerly,

"What did the little eunuch confess?"

Wei Long shook his head and said,

"The little eunuch had a poison bag in his mouth, and after the incident, he committed suicide by biting the poison, but before he died, he scolded the king, saying that he was unreasonable, and his family was ruined. ”

Wei Long got up, looked at the distant mountains with his hands behind his back, and continued,

After that, there were rumors that the king was stabbed because of the deer cutting tower. ”

Lu Shiyin then got up, stood aside and asked,

"Didn't you find something?"

Wei Long smiled bitterly, and then said,

"This is my dereliction of duty, but I didn't find out any useful information, fortunately, now that Xuzhou is in civil strife, I just need to guard against Jizhou one or two, otherwise internal and external troubles, I will be a little unbearable. ”