The sun is no longer as intense as it used to be, but the mountain winds are still strong.

The mountain peaks in spring are dressed in new clothes, and they are full of fun. Spring, always gentle and beautiful, represents endless vitality!

The steward never showed up. He stood in front of the window, quietly observing the situation in the field, perhaps because he had seen too many such scenes, or perhaps because he was getting older, he no longer had the courage and aggressiveness of the past.

He knew Xu Feng's martial arts very well, and he couldn't help Xu Feng with the two people in front of him.

So, he just watched the battle silently. And years of experience in the rivers and lakes seem to have made him see through a lot of world conditions, and he has gradually become tired of the battles and killings on the rivers and lakes.

He just wants to serve the lord in the twilight of his life, so as to repay the lord for his kindness!

If one day, the old man's family is really in danger, he will definitely not be able to sit idly by. His martial arts and this life were all given to him by the master, even if the master wanted his life, he would not hesitate to give it away.

He knows very well that in the rivers and lakes, the most important thing between friends is the word "righteousness", and sometimes even life can be given up for this righteous word.

A few days ago, when he learned that the eldest lady and the dream girl had suddenly disappeared, although he seemed calm on the surface, he was very anxious inside, for fear that they would be in danger.

The eldest lady was raised by him, and he treated her like his own child since she was a child. And he wandered for half his life, but there was no son and half daughter under his knees, in the early years, he walked the rivers and lakes, met a girl, the two fell in love at first sight, and fell in love with each other, and then the woman somehow, without saying goodbye, suddenly disappeared from his world.

He searched for many years, but there was no news, and in those days, he borrowed wine every day to drown his sorrows, and he was in agony. vowed not to enter the red dust for the rest of his life, and for many years after that, although there was no shortage of wonderful women around him to show him goodwill, he had already been like a stagnant water, and he could no longer make any waves.

Over the years, he has been alone, following the lord to charge, born and died, I only hope that the lord will not give up, can always accompany him, so that he can spend the rest of his life, his heart is enough!

At this time, he slowly walked out from under the kitchen window. When everyone saw him coming, they all greeted him warmly.

Just now, Xu Lengyue was still worried about her father, for fear that her father would be injured under the opponent's sword, but now that her father had won and was safe and sound, her heart hanging in her throat slowly relaxed.

In her heart, her father was simply a god-like being. She has always been proud to have such a heroic father. She regarded her father as an idol and made a wish that when she grew up to marry her husband, she would marry a man like her father.

At this moment, she looked at her father's figure, and her eyes were full of admiration.

When Ma Xiaoyun came to her side, she said to Ma Xiaoyun excitedly: "Uncle Ma, are you done?" Look, Daddy has won, Daddy is so powerful and majestic!" She looked at Ma Xiaoyun, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked with a smile, showing the immature and delicate state of a girl.

Ma Xiaoyun looked at her kindly, and also showed a long-lost smile, nodded and said, "Yes, eldest miss, your father is a real hero!" He calmly looked at Xu Feng in the distance, his eyes full of respect.

Ma Xiaoyun suddenly asked, "Who are they, what are they doing here?"

Liu Ruyan pondered and replied: "The tone I heard them speak in was because of an old grudge ten years ago, saying that the Tang family fort lord asked them to collect debts. ”

Ma Xiaoyun frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Debt collection? Tangjiabao? It turned out to be them, but I didn't expect that after ten years, they still refused to give up." It's shameless!"

Not far away, Xu Feng was still chatting with them, laughing heartily from time to time.

Everyone looked at it and wondered, just now they were still fighting to the death, but in the blink of an eye, they were talking and laughing, as if what had just happened was just a normal martial arts exchange between each other.

After a while, Xu Feng invited Du Ding and Zhao Guang into the hall to talk.

When the three of them approached, Xu Feng smiled and said to Liu Ruyan and Luoxia Niangniang: "Let me introduce, this is Du Ding Du Shaoxia, and this is Zhao Guang Zhao Zhuangshi." Du Ding and Zhao Guang hugged their fists and saluted everyone.

He also introduced Du Ding and Zhao Guang to the people around him: "This is Luoxia Niangniang from outside the Saiwai, Niangniang was famous in the Central Plains martial arts ten years ago, and she took it as her responsibility to punish rape and eliminate evil, and was famous for arresting flower thieves. Luoxia Niangniang is an amazing heroine!"

After that, he looked at Liu Ruyan again and said: "This is my virtuous nephew Liu Ruyan Liu Gongzi, a rising star in the martial arts, a rare young talent!"

After his introduction, everyone hugged each other and made a noise. The tense atmosphere just now has vanished.

Hongqinju has returned to its former peace and tranquility.

Xu Feng smiled arrogantly: "We really don't know each other! Don't mention it again, please sit down in the room!"

When Du Ding and Zhao Guang heard him say this, they couldn't help but look ashamed, Zhao Guang's face turned blue and white, hugged Xu Feng with a fist, and said with a little embarrassment: "We are really reckless, how much we have offended, and I hope that Xu Daxia will not blame." ”

Xu Feng laughed, waved his hand and said: "Alas, why did Zhao Zhuangshi say this, it was just a misunderstanding, and the two of them also didn't know the inside story, and they were bewitched by that traitor, so don't mention this matter again." Please come inside and talk about it!"

Everyone followed him into the house, and he immediately beckoned the maid to make tea and entertain him.

After a while, the two maids each brought a pot of tea and walked over, poured a cup for everyone in the hall, and turned to leave.

Shangguan Hongqin has not yet recovered from the panic just now, although she also followed her husband to wander the rivers and lakes in her early years, and she has also seen many scenes of such knives against blood, but after all, she is just a woman's family, and she has passed the age of confusion, so she has become more and more timid, and she is more cautious in case of trouble, lest her beloved relatives have any mistakes.

Thinking of the thrilling battle just now, she still has lingering palpitations. The nervous look on her face still did not ease, although her husband was kind to the two of them, she always felt in her heart that they wanted to put her husband to death just now, and they must be wicked people with bad intentions. Especially the young man surnamed Du, who exuded an arrogant and cold atmosphere, a cold face, cold words, and cold eyes...... It seems that he has been so cold all his life, it makes people shudder, such a cold person, who would dare to talk to him and make friends?

Therefore, she never gave them a good face, and the thought of their aggressive scene just now made her feel uncomfortable, like a thorn in her back.

But Xu Feng seemed quite generous, as if nothing had happened, and talked with them eloquently.

Xu Feng sat precariously, beckoning everyone to taste tea, and said: "Back then, the murder of Mr. Xie of the Shunfeng Dart Bureau was spread in the martial arts, although the name of the Shunfeng Dart Bureau is not loud in the martial arts, and it is not even ranked, but Mr. Xie is an upright person, has always been kind and charitable, and the operation of the Dart Bureau is also decent, so the Shunfeng Dart Bureau is also well-known in the Qin and Han dynasties. ”

"I haven't heard that he has made any enemies in the martial arts, but since that dart, he has been killed inexplicably and bizarrely, because the place where the dart was robbed is within the sphere of influence of Tangjiabao, so all the signs at that time pointed to Tangjiabao, and Tangjiabao naturally became the focus of suspicion. ”

When he said this, he took a sip of tea, looked at Du Ding and Zhao Guang, and continued: "After Mr. Xie and the five dart masters were killed, the Shunfeng Dart Bureau was leaderless for a while, and soon there were internal disputes. Two factions led by the deputy dart head and the big protector were formed, and the two sides fought openly and secretly, each insisting on its own word, and the whole dart game was a miasma. ”

"One side said that a highly respected person should be immediately selected to be the head of the dart, but the other side said that the bones of Mr. Xie's dart head were not cold, and the real culprit should be traced out first to avenge Mr. Xie's dart. The two factions fought over each other like this, and finally the people's hearts were disheartened. During that time, the business volume of Shunfeng Dart Bureau declined rapidly, and soon after, the ten-year-old Dart Bureau was dissolved. ”

He told the ins and outs of the whole incident in one breath, and everyone couldn't help but express their feelings when they heard it.

At this time, Luo Xia Niangniang, who was sitting on the side and listening quietly, asked, "Then how is this matter implicated in Xu Daxia?" she looked at Xu Feng suspiciously.

Xu Feng sighed deeply and said quietly: "This matter is a long story, and it is difficult to explain it in one word!"

He stood up, paced slowly in the hall, looked out the window, and continued: "Before the truth about the murder of Mr. Xie has not been clarified, I will go to Mount Emei to participate in the Emei Sword Meeting at the invitation of the head of the Emei faction, Hongyun Shitai. At that time, there were many people with heads and faces in the rivers and lakes, Shaolin Wudang, Huashan, Hengshan, Kongtong and other major sects sent people, and the Tang family fort master of Jianmen also brought people. ”

"When I was competing with Dai Yushan, the lord of Tang Family Fort, I beat him by three moves, making him lose face. He was originally a good-looking person, but in a fit of anger, in front of many fellow martial artists, he actually slandered me and secretly sent someone to rob the dart goods, killing Mr. Xie and several other dart masters. I was angry, so I reasoned with him, and in front of many martial arts colleagues, I vowed to find out the truth of this incident and return my innocence. So, after the end of the sword meeting, he secretly hired a group of underworld masters to rob and kill me when I passed through the Sword Gate Pass on my way back. Fortunately, Ma Xiaoyun and I fought desperately to get out of the encirclement, and we were lucky to escape. Back then, in the vicious battle at Jianmen Pass, we not only seriously injured him, but also killed more than a dozen of his generals, which greatly damaged his vitality, so for so many years, he has been holding a grudge and waiting for an opportunity to retaliate. I didn't want to, ten years later, he actually invited two more to harm me!"

When everyone heard this, they were all filled with righteous indignation. And Du Ding and Zhao Guang sat there, but they were sitting on pins and needles. was entrusted by the lord of Dai Bao to complete a murder business, but in a daze, he became a helper and abuser!

But Xu Daxia was open-minded, did not take their mistakes to heart, and treated them politely, which really made them feel ashamed.

At this moment, they can't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, how can they have the face to stay here again, the two got up several times and wanted to leave, but they had no choice but to Xu Daxia repeatedly graciously stayed. When the two saw him so enthusiastic, they couldn't refuse again.

Liu Ruyan was about to speak, but Luoxia Niangniang said: "Then can you find out who killed Mr. Xie later?"

Xu Feng stroked his beard and said with a serious expression: "In that battle, Xiaoyun and I were also injured, and then gathered five brothers and quietly infiltrated Tangjiabao to investigate secretly, they found a few scattered dart goods in the secret passage of Tangjiabao's basement, but there was no trace of those dart carts. ”

"They lurked in Tangjiabao for ten days, and only found a few looted darts. The whereabouts of the bodies of Mr. Xie and the five dart masters are unknown. He slowly paced to the window, looked out the window at the verdant mountains, and said with some excitement, "Unexpectedly, ten days later, someone found their bodies on the Lost Beach of the White Horse River. They can only be identified by the clothes they wear. At this point, he looked fixedly into the distance, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Na Du Ding and Zhao Guang both had shocked looks on their faces.

When they received this deal, Dai Yushan, the owner of Tang Family Fort, explained to them that Xu Feng was not only the murderer who killed the head of the Shunfeng Dart Bureau, but also used his handsome appearance to seduce his favorite woman with sweet words.

The woman he loves was taken away, how could he swallow this evil breath, so he had to do everything possible to get rid of him as soon as possible.

What Dai Yushan never imagined was that the two killers he hired with a lot of money not only failed to kill Xu Feng successfully, but were injured by Xu Feng, and also heard another story about this incident from Xu Feng's mouth!

Which is true and which is false, there is its own justice and justice.

Liu Ruyan hesitated and said, "Uncle Xu, how was the truth of this incident exposed?" he looked at Xu Feng with curiosity.

Xu Lengyue couldn't have imagined that her father had actually experienced such a shocking incident. But she never heard her father mention what happened when he was walking the rivers and lakes. Maybe it's because the father and daughter don't communicate too much on weekdays, or because she cares too little about her father, so her father refuses to tell her about his past when he was young.

After listening to her father's story, she suddenly felt that it was difficult for her father to earn today's status and reputation in the rivers and lakes.

She seemed to have grown up all of a sudden, and began to feel sorry for her father.

She was just about to say something, but at this time, Xu Feng said slowly: "Later, the night before the evacuation of Tangjiabao, my five brothers sneaked into Dai Yushan's study while Dai Yushan was out with his wife and children to enjoy the lanterns, trying to find more powerful evidence. The two of them lured the guards outside the door, and the other three took the opportunity to enter the study and search around, and finally found a letter in his pile of books. ”

He sighed, and there was a fierce look in his eyes: "The letter clearly states that the entire robbery plan is carefully arranged, and it is expected that when the dart cart will arrive at the Jianmen Pass, where to set up an ambush, how many people will be arranged to set up an ambush, how to launch an attack, how to evacuate if successful, how to get out if defeated, etc., the details of the entire operation are arranged in detail." ”

"It is clear that this action has been planned for a long time, and this letter is strong evidence that they were responsible for this incident. In order to avoid Dai Yushan's detection, the five of them decided to evacuate overnight. In order to ensure that they can retreat in their entirety, I have sent a team of men and horses to wait in Lijiazhuang, which is outside Tangjiabao's sphere of influence. And just as they were wearing the clothes of the servants of Tangjiabao, they successfully passed through the checkpoints and came to the back mountain forest, but Dai Yushan, who came back, discovered the strangeness in the study, and immediately understood that someone had entered the house to rummage. ”

He ordered the fort to be sealed and the mountain closed, and sent men and horses to search for suspicious people, and a cavalry pursuer finally found the five brothers in the forest behind the mountain and surrounded them. Immediately the two sides started a fierce fight, although my five brothers are not weak in martial arts, but the other party is too powerful, and it is not so easy to retreat. When they were about to approach the mountain forest, they heard the sound of a fight in the forest, and a group of people quietly slipped closer, and under the light of the other party's fire, they saw clearly that it was our five brothers who were fighting to the death with a group of people from Tangjiabao, and then joined the battle. ”

"Despite the timely reinforcements of the men we sent to meet them, the other side was outnumbered, and after a fierce battle, they lost more than a dozen dead and wounded, and among our brethren, six were wounded and two were killed. Fortunately, however, the rest of the brothers also escaped. ”

He told the story of that operation in one breath, as it was, with a deep pain in his eyes. Recalling that past, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought. That scene seemed to flash right in front of my eyes.

Everyone seemed to be stunned, and after a while, they came back to their senses, and they couldn't help but express some feelings, and they were all moved.

Outside the window, the sun is gentle, the mountain breeze is light, the distant mountains are stacked with green, and the purple and red are beautiful, showing a peaceful and quiet spring color in the world.

Dudin held on to the injured wrist, and although the bleeding had stopped, the wound was still extremely painful. He suddenly felt that the tall and majestic old man in front of him was worthy of a generation of heroes.

The once commanding iron man will also have a tender side, and the rivers and lakes that Xu Feng has experienced are by no means understandable to his juniors of his age. He looked at Xu Feng's tall body and couldn't help but be in awe of him.

At this time, Zhao Guang, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "I don't know what Xu Daxia's plans are for this matter?" As soon as he asked this sentence, he suddenly felt awkward in his heart. He suddenly felt that he should not have said such a thing at this time.

Perhaps, this question is also a question that everyone present wants to ask.

Everyone looked at Xu Feng with solemn expressions, all looking forward to his answer.

At this time, Xu Feng looked back at everyone, suddenly smiled, and said lightly: "I, Xu Feng, have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for 30 years, and I have been fortunate to meet many friends, but I have also provoked a lot of enemies. Alas, people in the rivers and lakes, they can't help themselves! The calamity that should come will always come, and the debts that should be repaid must be repaid after all, and some things cannot be avoided. ”

There was a gritty glint in his eyes, and he suddenly regained the fearless pride of his youth. He has seen too many grievances and vendettas on the rivers and lakes, and now, he is already a dying old man, who has already seen the grievances and life and death thoroughly, and there is nothing that can make him afraid anymore, if there is, it is that he can't rest assured that his beloved wife and daughter.

The glitz and fame of the world are all fleeting, and only this inseparable love and family affection is the most worrying.

Liu Ruyan has been here for a few days, and he wanted to let Menghua accompany him to wander around before going back, but he didn't want to encounter such an incident again today, which would make him have no fun.

He decided to take Hua Mei back early tomorrow morning, and after leaving the master for so long, he didn't know how his old man was, and he was very worried about him in his heart, and just wanted to go back to see his old man as soon as possible.

Shangguan Hongqin sat there laughing with her, but she felt very awkward in her heart, as soon as she saw the two fierce and vicious people just now, she felt disgusted in her heart, suddenly stood up, and smiled at everyone: "Everyone, talk slowly, I feel unwell, I am out of company first!"

Xu Lengyue saw her mother get up and leave, she also bowed to everyone and went with her.

Chu Menghua watched Xu Lengyue leave, and also wanted to go out with her, looked at Liu Ruyan, and then looked at Uncle Xu, wanting to speak but didn't know how to speak. Sitting there looking east and west, absent-minded.

She pulled Liu Ruyan's placket, motioned to Liu Ruyan to accompany her out, and sat here listening to a group of people in the rivers and lakes talking about the things in the rivers and lakes that she was not interested in at all, she only felt so bored, she really wanted to go outside to walk and breathe.

She was already lonely, but now she stays with Xu Lengyue every day, and the two of them hit it off, and they are even more wild.

Liu Ruyan glanced at her, got up and hugged his fist at Xu Feng and said, "Uncle Xu, the junior has something to do, go out first, and you can talk slowly!" As he spoke, he smiled at everyone and walked towards the courtyard with Chu Menghua.

Na Du Ding glanced at Liu Ruyan, and said in his heart: This young man is extraordinary, looking at his dress, he must have good martial arts, if he can make a friend, wouldn't it be better!

He quietly looked at Liu Ruyan from time to time, and he had a good impression of him in his heart. Looking at his departing back, there was a sense of appreciation in his eyes.

Luoxia Niangniang took a sip of tea, saw that it was not early, got up and said to Xu Feng: "Xu Daxia, I still have important things to do, so I won't bother anymore, thank you Xu Daxia for your hospitality, if he has free time in the future, he is also welcome to come to the cold house as a guest, and he will leave!"

Xu Feng saw that Luoxia Niangniang was leaving, bowed to her, and said with a smile: "Niangniang didn't dare to say thank you, I wanted to stay in the house for a while longer, but Niangniang was in a hurry to leave, since this is the case, then the old man will no longer be forced to stay, Niangniang please, the old man will give him a ride!"

Luo Xia Niangniang hurriedly refused: "Xu Daxia is too polite, there is no need to send him off, I will go back by myself." You and I are destined to know each other, they are friends, if he can use my place one day, just speak!" she held a peach blossom fan and carried a long skirt, turned around and slowly walked out of the lobby.

Xu Feng and the others sent her to the courtyard. Hurriedly instructed the horse steward to prepare a sedan chair and send Luo Xia Niangniang back home.

When he was young, eight family members came to him with a sedan chair to welcome Luoxia Niangniang to the sedan chair. Xu Feng gently lifted the sedan curtain, and bowed down to help the mother to get into the sedan chair.

Luo Xia Niangniang smiled slightly and thanked her again.

was about to get up the sedan chair, at this time, Shangguan Hongqin heard a noisy voice in the courtyard in the room, and was busy inspecting the window, seeing that it was Luoxia Niangniang who was going to leave the sedan chair, she was busy walking out of the house with Xu Lengyue, walked quickly to the front of the sedan chair, and said to Luoxia Niangniang: "Niangniang is leaving, why don't you stay for a while, you and my sisters also happen to be more accompanied, and talk about good friends!" she said a polite word and warmly stayed with guests.

Thinking of Luoxia Niangniang's rescue of her daughter, she was very grateful in her heart! It's just that when I saw her for the first time, I only felt that she was graceful and generous, and she was incredibly beautiful, and she was still a little jealous at that time.

After getting along for a short time, I knew that she was not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted, and couldn't help but have a lot of good feelings for her. At this moment, seeing that she was leaving, she sincerely wanted to stay with her for a while.

Luoxia Niangniang lifted the curtain and smiled: "Thank you sister for your kindness, there is a lot of trouble today, but I still have some things to do at home, so I won't bother anymore, I will leave first, I will come to visit you when I have time, and there will be a period later!"

At this time, Xu Lengyue on the side suddenly knelt on the ground in front of the sedan chair, and said excitedly: "Niangniang's life-saving grace, Leng Yue has no teeth and never forgets, and Niangniang will be Leng Yue's good sister in the future!

Xu Feng saw that his daughter suddenly knelt down to worship her benefactor, and said in her heart: This girl has finally grown up sensible after this catastrophe!

Seeing this, Luo Xia Niangniang hurriedly got off the sedan chair, helped her up, and said with a smile: "Miss Leng Yue, what are you doing, please get up quickly!" She held Leng Yue's shaved shoulder, "Don't be so polite!" In the future, we will be called sisters, today my sister has other things to do, so I will leave first, my sister will often come to see you when she is free." ”

Before leaving, I didn't forget to tell her to remember to change the dressing every day, judging from her current recovery, it won't be long before she can fully recover.

Leng Yue hurriedly nodded at her and said yes.

got up the sedan chair, and everyone watched the sedan chair go away. Leng Yue looked at the sedan chair fanciously and gradually drifted away, showing an infinite nostalgic look on her face, and Luoxia Niangniang got along in the cave for a few days, she took care of her, and her heart was very warm, she liked this young and beautiful sister in her heart!