Jingping Town, in the canteen.

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, and the cook sat with their backs to the door.

Outside, the road was not wide and there was another sound of horses' hooves.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded rapid and majestic.

It's not as slow as it used to be.

A person's tone can pretend to be calm.

Expressions can also pretend to be calm.

But only the sound of horses' hooves could not be modified in any way.

People who have something in their hearts will naturally rush to catch up, and horses don't know how to lie for others.

See the truth on the surface, and tell the heart with jokes.

It seems that the sea is deep, only trickling like dew, and there is no generous attitude in the heart of the bare Dan.

He heard the sound of horses' hooves and stopped not far in front of the dining hall.

Then, there were two more sounds of turning over and dismounting.

The first set, neat and well-trained.

The second one, there was only one sound, but it was like a breeze blowing a willow.

It was just after noon.

"It's closed. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, said the cook.

"Begging for a drink. ”

The person who came said.

"There was no water either. If you want to drink yourself, go to the well in the town and dig it, and I can lend you my barrel. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

After saying that, his whole body suddenly trembled.

The voice......

He was all too familiar.

Although it is a little older than the original, the wind and bones contained in it are still solemn.

He wanted to turn his head to look, but he was apprehensive.

It's not that he's afraid of being nervous, it's because he's excited.

The man who begged for water was not in a hurry, but just stood there and waited, as if to give him some time to relax.

"You're early. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook finally turned around and said.

"How many days do people in my generation still need to care?"

The man begging for water took off the wide hood on his head and said.

It was Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi.

"I said I would look for you for twenty years, but you shouldn't have come to me. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

"Why not?"

Huo Wang asked.

"For if I go to you, you will have all that good food and wine. But here, I really don't even have a bowl of water. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook smiled and said.

"Didn't you say there was a well in the town?"

Huo Wang said.

"The well in the town is the property of Jingping Town, not mine. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

"However, the entire Dingxi Domain is yours, and nothing is mine. ”

He paused slightly, then continued.

"When you come to me, you think you have good wine and good food, but when I come to you, can't you bring good wine and good food?"

Huo Wang said.

He waved his hand behind him, and in an instant, more than a dozen Xuan Crow soldiers stepped forward with food boxes.

"What dish?"

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook asked.

"Everything. Chicken, duck, cow, pig, turnip, cabbage. There is just no fish. ”

Huo Wang said.

"I don't like fish. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

"Because of that. ”

Huo Wang personally took the food box and put it on the table, and ten food boxes were lined up.

"Do you know why I don't like fish?"

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook asked.

"I don't know, could it be that the fish is too fishy?"

Huo Wang said.

"I'm not afraid of blood, but I'm afraid of fish?"

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

"Then it must be because you're afraid of fish bones!"

Huo Wang said.

The two laughed together.

This is not a secret in the first place, not to mention that there has never been a secret between the two.

"Something fell on the ground and you didn't clean it up?"

Huo Wang pointed to the loose burden in the soup on the ground and said.

"You're here, and it's time to return things to their original owners. If you don't come, those who have fallen behind will always come back. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

"When someone else falls into your store, it's naturally your business. ”

Huo Wang shook his head and said.

"Do you know why all the chopsticks in my store are nailed to the table?"

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, and the cook asked rhetorically.

"I don't know...... But I know that your table must be nailed to the ground, and there must be a steel foundation underground. ”

Huo Wang said.

"It's a pity that my desk is not made of steel, otherwise it wouldn't be missing a corner. Chopsticks are not made of steel, otherwise they would not have broken a few. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

"Why don't you change it?"

Huo Wang asked.

"Because I don't have any money. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook spread his hands and said.

"You can sell things for a higher price, and as long as they taste good, someone will eat them." ”

Huo Wang said.

"It's one thing to come and eat, it's another thing to pay the bills. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

"Is there anyone who eats your food and doesn't pay the bill?"

Huo Wang asked in surprise.

"Not really...... At this point, I have to say that you, the king of Dingxi, are still doing very well. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

"It's just that I'm too casual. Either you don't drink and don't open a store, or you can't eat and walk around. ”

He scratched his head and said with some embarrassment.

"Can't eat and walk around?"

Huo Wang was puzzled.

"If I haven't eaten when I sit down, or if I want to eat after eating, I don't want money. The man who dropped it had just walked around when I got into one of my jars. That's the only jar I have,"

Shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook pouted and said.

"You didn't see this wooden box to let them go. ”

Huo Wang said with a smile.

"If I see the box, they can see it. If they can see it, how can they end up here?"

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook glanced at Huo Wang and said.

"Make a place!"

He got up and walked over, reloaded the pile into his baggage, and fetched the barrel from the back hall.

Seeing that his knife had fallen to the ground, and that there were still damp urine stains on the stove, he said to the back of the pyre:

"I'll stew you sooner or later! I'll stew you with your own urine to see if you're comfortable!"

But the lame wild goose doesn't seem to be in the nest, otherwise how could it be quiet without a word of rebuttal?

He pinned the knife to his waist, and when he saw that a piece of the rust on the knife had fallen off, he turned it inward to cover the cold light.

Then he walked back to the front hall with the bucket, packed the baggage in, and walked out of the dining hall.

"Where are you going?"

Huo Wang asked.

"Do what I'm supposed to do, and I'll get you some water to drink by the way. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook raised the barrel and said.

"Didn't you bother to care just now?"

Huo Wang said sarcastically.

"I don't care, but you don't want them to run into you when they come back to look for baggage. In that case, wouldn't it be even more troublesome for you to go and trouble me to hide you?"

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

Huo Wang shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal.

He really didn't want Tang Zhongsong and Zhang Xuexue to run into him.

So I deliberately delayed my departure for a while.

The man in front of him was too familiar with him, but he couldn't hide anything from him.

Even after almost two decades.

However, people do not change as quickly as they do on relatively quiet days.

At least for now.

As soon as he walked, he saw that he was the same as the lame geese, and his legs and feet were not very neat.

Fortunately, he can still walk with one leg in tow, and it is not serious enough to pretend to be a prosthetic.

His left leg was slightly curled up, and he walked with two legs, one long and one short, and each step made his body tilt sharply to the left, as if he was about to fall.

But every now and then, his right shoulder tenses and pulls violently to bring his body back into balance.

Just like that, his left shoulder sank, and his right shoulder pulled step by step towards the town.

With the sound of the wind, he had already heard the fight between Wufusheng and the three halves of the wine and the pine in the soup.

Although Zhang Xuejiu never made a move, he also heard that no one had left so far.

In fact, there is one person - a little clever.

It's just that he didn't count the little ghost as the person in this conflict, so even if he heard it, he wouldn't care.

Jingping Town was originally a place of right and wrong.

After all, location is everything.

The phoenix is born in a ravine, and it can only be a grass chicken.

The real dragon is buried in the dirt, but it is no more than an earthworm.

Jingping Town is the gateway to Bogu Building, and it is naturally complex and abnormal.

On weekdays, a strange person who wants to provoke the authority of Bo Gulou to make a name for himself, or a madman who somehow makes a few crooked poems and wants to name him, or a spy sent by Tongjin Pavilion in the south to inquire about information, these will all gather in Jingping Town.

But no matter which of these three people the little ghost is, it has nothing to do with him.

He just wanted to return this one burden to its original owner.

Sure enough, as soon as he showed his face, everyone's eyes were fixed on him.

Even Zhang Xuexuan was no exception, he even dismounted and turned around to stand.

Tang Zhongsong saw Zhang Xuezhi behaving a little strangely, not because he dismounted and turned around, but because he put away the disgusting arrogance on his face in the past.

The last time I saw his expression, it was in the main hall in the Huowang Palace, Dingxi Royal City.

"Your stuff has fallen into my shop. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Xue said first.

He arched his hand to the shopkeeper, Xiao Er, and the cook took the burden in the bucket.

Although the furoshiki was a little damp by the residual moisture in the bucket, Zhang Xuejiu threw it to Tang Zhongsong without caring and said:

"Show them the credentials. ”

The burden was picked up again, but the wooden box was wrapped in a pile of clothes, and it couldn't be taken out.

In a fit of relief, Tang Zhong untied the burden, shook all the contents to the ground, kicked the wooden box over, and said:

"Open your dog's eyes and see if Lao Tzu is the descendant disciple of Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi!"

"The only descendant!"

As if he felt that the previous sentence was not enjoyable enough, he added another sentence.

Wan San let go of the hand holding Hua Liu, and picked up the wooden box from the ground.

He saw that the wooden box was engraved with the unique mark of Dingxi Palace, and he knew that Tang Zhongsong was not lying.

After all, Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, had already announced to the world about accepting apprentices, and this was indeed the first time he had accepted apprentices.

"It turned out to be Tang Gongzi, I really don't know each other. Fang Cai is my brother reckless, but we are very lost, we are indeed unstable, and the people in this Jingping Town are mixed, and there are often people who deceive the world and steal their reputations, and we are also haggard...... Fortunately, there is no damage on either of us, and I hope that Tang Gongzi will forgive him, so don't hold grudges. ”

Bend San's words were neither humble nor arrogant.

neither held the Dingxi Mansion behind Tang Zhongsong too high, nor did he lose his confidence in Bogulou.

It's just that Hua Liu still looked at the pine in the soup and the three halves of the wine with hatred.

Now his hatred seems to be more towards the soup pine.

Not for anything else, just because he is too arrogant in his speech and demeanor!

"The things were returned, and I left. ”

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, the cook said.

But instead of leaving, he went to the well with a bucket to fetch water.

"Senior, let me help you. ”

Wan San looked at it and said.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper, Xiao Er, and the cook stopped, looked at Bend San and said nothing.

Tang Zhongsong's brows condensed into a pimple, and he looked at Zhang Xuexue suspiciously, but he didn't see what was the reason.

Only the third half of the wine suddenly came out with a sentence:

"Don't you fight, if you fight again, you will borrow my sword. ”

When Hua Liu heard this, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he almost fainted with anger.

Bend San saw that the shopkeeper, Xiao Er, and the cook didn't seem to want him to help, so he hurriedly made way out, bowed down and said, "Senior, please." ”

Then, he turned his head and said to the wine three halves:

"Since these two are not your accomplices, and you say that the death of two has nothing to do with you, then please go back to Bogulou with us to tell the truth of that night. ”

"That's what I said from the beginning! You don't believe you have to fight...... Really!"

The third half of the wine was very disdainful, and threw the half-cut tongs on his hand aside and said.

"Since the two of you are distinguished guests from the Dingxi Palace, you will also go with us to face the Lord Di Lou, okay? Presumably his old man will be overjoyed to see a young talent like Tang Gongzi. ”

Wan San said to Tang Zhongsong and Zhang Xueyu again.

At the same time, he also began to secretly think about what Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, sent his newly acquired disciples to Bogulou for.

Although the wording of the letter was quite polite and courteous, there was not a single substance in the fog.

Wan San didn't believe that he Huo Wang would really send Tang Zhongsong to Bogulou to study, there must be other plans.

But these are beyond his authority and ability, and can only be pushed to Di Weitai to see what decision he makes.

It's just that in this way, the pursuit of the murderer will definitely be delayed, but it is really helpless......

Wan San suddenly shuddered.

It's not cold and there's no wind.

What's more, with his cultivation, how could he be afraid of the cold?

It must only be a little chilling......

He didn't know why Liu Ruiying came.

But now, in addition to the Zhongdu Investigation Division, there is another king of Dingxi.

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings.

Bendsan felt that at the beginning of spring this year, I was afraid that the sky was about to change.

Hua Liu put away his chessboard pieces and was about to leave, but Fang Si and Dao Wu grabbed their arms and stood in place.

The wine was three and a half and saw that the soup was loose and he didn't move.

And the soup is loose because Zhang Xuezhu is not moving.

In this way, the seven of them waited until the shopkeeper, Xiao Er, and the cook finished fetching water before they got on their horses and ran to Bogulou.

The shopkeeper, Xiao Er, and the cook returned to the dining hall with a bucket and handed it to Huo Wang.

Huo Wang didn't shirk it, so he just held the bucket and drank a few big sips.

But not even a drop of water came out of the corners of his lips.

Huo Wang was right, he was afraid of fish bones.

And it's not an ordinary fear, it's a lot of fear.

To this day, he remembers that he has only eaten fish five times, but three times he has been stuck in his throat by a fish bone, and he cannot get in or out.

The first time was when he first met Huo Wang.

At that time, Huo Wang was still a child.

He's also a kid.

However, when it comes to seniority, Huo Wang should call him a senior brother.

Both of them are disciples of You Fanglang.

It was You Fang Langzhong who named Huo Wang and took him away after arriving in Huojia Village.

At that time, Huo Wang still had tears on his face, but he told him that he wanted to drink fish soup.

"What's your name?"

Huo Wang was the same age as him, so he was able to get rid of his nervousness and speak bluntly.

"My name is Ye Wei. ”

Ye Wei is the name of the shopkeeper, Xiao Er, and the cook.

It's unremarkable, and even very unsmooth.

A leaf can blind the eyes and blow the whistle, but how to be great?

He didn't know either.

This name is the same as Huo Wang's Wang, and it was given by You Fanglang.

The difference is that Huo Wang also has his own surname.

Ye Wei even gave his surname to You Fanglang.

After Ye Wei told Huo Wang his name, he went to the pond outside to catch fish. I tossed until it was almost dark, and then I got back two palm-sized crucian carp.

Looking at the milky white fish soup, Huo Wang also forgot to be afraid, and he didn't care about sending it to his mouth if it was hot.

Before that, Huo Wang had never eaten fish.

His family is so poor that he can't even eat, so how can he have fish to eat?

Moreover, Huojia Village is short of water, and even the wells are dry for four or five months throughout the year, and there are no ponds.

However, some people are just gifted, and you can't compare.

Huo Wang, who was eating fish for the first time, stuffed the whole palm-sized small crucian carp into his mouth. After a few chews, he spit out a whole clean and shiny fish bone.

There was not even a trace of fish flesh on the bones, and it was as clean as if it had been licked by a cat.

Ye Wei was curious and a little unconvinced when he saw him eating like this.

Somebody did the same, and ate the little crucian carp in one bite.

As a result, as soon as I chewed it, I felt unbearable pain in my throat.

A fishbone got stuck in the middle, causing him to burst into tears.

In the end, it was You Fang Langzhong who slapped him on the back before he spit out the thorn.

Unexpectedly, the injury was so deep that he could only eat porridge and drink liquid food in the next few days.

You Fang Langzhong is really a Langzhong.

Even if his medical skills are not as superb as Ye Laogui, he can be regarded as an outstanding figure in this industry.

Doctors, hanging pots to help the world, walking the world, benevolence is the head.

It is time to solve the worries and difficulties of all sentient beings, take the life of the king of Hades, and fight from heaven and earth.

When it comes to a critical moment, even your name can be discarded.

Birth, old age, sickness and death, the four most important and inescapable things in this world, are all related to doctors. It can be said that this is one of the most open and selfless professions in heaven and earth.

However, the medical Tao that Huo Wang and Ye Wei learned was extremely selfish.

The two of them didn't know anything about each other, but they had a headache and brain fever, but they could target the medicine and get rid of the disease.

Or it only taught them how to save themselves, but not how to save others.

This is also a miracle in the world.

No one knows how You Fang Langzhong did it, and even Huo Wang and Ye Wei don't know now.

It's just that he let Ye Wei often go into the mountains to fight with wild beasts and even strange beasts that have just begun to become conscious, and then teach him how to stop bleeding, stitch up, and bandage after the skin and flesh are opened, and the bones and tendons are broken.

After Huo Wang ate poison, he taught him how to detoxify when he was in danger.

As for martial arts.

Huo Wang learned to shoot, and Ye Wei practiced knives.

The two of them didn't know what to do, and You Fanglangzhong never explained.

The second time was when he and Huo Wang left the school.

At this time, fifteen years have passed since the first bowl of crucian carp soup.

A year is not much, a day is not less.

You Fanglang Zhong is accurate.

There is no reluctance and sadness to leave the master as imagined.

There will be no master teaching earnestly on the side, rambling on some trivial matters of life.

When I woke up, You Fang Langzhong was already gone.

A letter was left on the table.

The first half is written to Huo Wang:

"I killed your mother, and I killed your father for some reason. At this point, both of your parents are dead, but it is my own responsibility, no wonder others. However, he accepted you as an apprentice and passed on your martial arts skills, but he was as kind as a father. But the enmity is not compatible, if you insist on doing the earthworm thing, then tonight two more ten, the pondside weeping willow down to my life. At that time, there was a rotten life with both hands, and there was a head for you to return to your hometown to pay respects. If you want to take the dragon in the air, then Xiongguan Mandao can be broken through. But don't forget that your hometown is also a blessed place. ”

The second half is written for Ye Wei:

"A flat boat can't withstand the wind and rain, and a leaf obstacle can't see Mount Tai. The content of a mountain cannot be two tigers, and the same sky cannot contain two dragons. ”

"You ......"

Ye Wei wanted to ask Huo Wang if he would kill You Fang Langzhong.

But he didn't ask.

In the evening, Huo Wang went out alone, looking at the direction of the pond.

Ye Wei knew that Huo Wang had already made a decision.

He closed the door, ran to the bed, wrapped himself tightly in the quilt, and wept bitterly.

I don't know how long I cried, so I fell asleep like this, until Huo Wang came back and pulled his quilt and told him to get up and eat.

It was dark outside the window.

Ye Wei didn't know what time it was.

He didn't want to know, he wished he had slept like that all the time.

Huo Wang made a pot of hot fish soup and boiled some green vegetables and tofu.

Both of them are not spicy or happy.

Even if you drink soup, you have to scoop a few spoonfuls of hot sauce and mix it to enjoy it.

But today this pot of fish soup is pure milky white.

Not even an oil star.

The pure white and thick fish soup and the pure white and thick tofu seem to indicate something.

Suddenly, Ye Wei heard a burst of birdsong outside the window.

This bird is only the most cheerful at night around two watches.

Its cry is also quite peculiar, like a person burping in a long series of moments.

Hearing this bird call, I saw Huo Wang sitting opposite.

Ye Wei, who was eating fish absent-mindedly and carefully, was stuck by the thorn again......

Huo Wang was helpless, seeing that he was about to not be able to get up in the next breath, his heart was crossed, and he ran towards the pond with Ye Wei on his back.

That You Fang Langzhong was really squatting under the willow tree, looking like he was about to smoke.

He was not surprised when he saw Huo Wang coming with Ye Wei on his back, but asked lightly:

"Stuck in a fish bone again?"

Huo Wang nodded.

"It's a fire life, but I want to eat fish!

As usual, he slapped his palm on the back, but he slapped the thorn out again.

Spit it out and see where the thorn is...... It's obviously a bone at the back of the gills.

Huo Wangshi couldn't figure out how Ye Wei swallowed such a large piece of bone......

What's even more incomprehensible is, why can't he eat it?

Is it really as You Fanglang said, fire can't eat fish because water overcomes fire?

Seeing Ye Wei lying on the ground and gradually stopping retching, Huo Wang pulled him up and was about to go back, but was stopped by You Fang Langzhong.

"You're not going to kill me?"

You Fanglang asked.

"I thought you wouldn't ask. ”

Huo Wang turned his head and said with a smile.

"I thought you'd do it yourself or not. ”

You Fanglang said.

"Ben didn't want to kill anyone, but now I've saved someone. ”

Huo Wang looked at Ye Wei and said.

There was still a trace of blood hanging from the corner of his mouth.

This is a great merit. ”

You Fanglang said.

"It's your great merit. Enmity and enmity cannot be offset, and this merit and demerit can always be offset. ”

After Huo Wang finished speaking, he and Ye Wei respectfully kowtowed to You Fanglangzhong, and shouted, "Master, take care!"

After hearing this, You Fanglang suddenly shed two lines of turbid tears and said:

"If you don't kill me, I'll die tonight. ”

"Why?!"

Huo Wang and Ye Wei asked in panic.

"Because I ate poison. ”

You Fanglang said.

"I can cure any poison!"

Huo Wang went up to detoxify You Fang Langzhong, but he was gently separated by him with a cigarette pouch.

"It's a poison you can't do. ”

You Fanglang said.

Just poisoning and detoxifying, Huo Wang studied for three hundred and sixty-five days.

But he learned only three hundred and sixty-four.

The rest of the one, isn't it the kind that You Fanglang is wearing now?

It turned out that he had already made a decision.

"However, this poison is the only one. I died after eating, and there was no more. For the rest, as long as it's not too tricky and weird, you can still solve it. ”

After You Fanglangzhong finished speaking, before he could breathe, he suddenly jumped up, plunged into the pond, and never floated again.

Not even a single bubble exists.