Lin'an City, Tianji Pavilion.

Early in the morning, Zhao Yuangao, the master of Tianji Pavilion, sat in the middle hall, holding a letter in his hand, and while reading it, he lightly wiped his beard with satisfaction, nodded and smiled.

Although more than ten years have passed, Zhao Yuan's appearance has not changed much, and he is still dignified, elegant and handsome. Now he is over fifty years old, and he is a little more majestic than he once was.

"Okay, well done!" Zhao Yuan put down the letter, nodded and smiled at Liu Xunyi and Qin Wei who were waiting in the hall, "Jia Shilang Xiu Shu is intended to praise the two of you, what you did in Yanmen Pass, Lord Jia has already explained to me in the letter. Yes, it is not in vain that Benhou has cultivated the two of you in the past ten years. ”

Receiving Zhao Yuan's appreciation, Liu Xunyi and Qin Wei showed joy on their faces, and Qin Wei hurriedly said: "Master Hou has an overreputation, and the two of us are just acting on orders." ”

Zhao Yuan bowed slightly, and said, "But I wonder if the two of you can find out who is going to be unfavorable to Lord Jia?"

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi and Qin Wei couldn't help but be stunned, Liu Xunyi said: "Lord Jia has been caught by that gang of thieves for more than ten days, didn't they tell Lord Jia their purpose?"

Zhao Yuan slowly shook his head with a hesitant expression and said, "Lord Jia didn't say a word about the thief, so he should be completely ignorant. What can you find out?"

Without waiting for Liu Xunyi to hesitate, Qin Wei had already spoken first: "They are from the Western Regions, and the leader is a woman, called ...... It's called Xun Qin, and there's a man named ...... Abaoru. ”

"Xunqin?Abaolu?" Zhao Yuan was obviously extremely unfamiliar with these two names, looked sideways at Liu Xunyi, and said, "Xunyi, what about you?"

Liu Xunyi pondered for a moment, then arched his hand and said, "Master Hou, I have fought with three of them and found that they are masters from the Golden Wheel Temple in the Western Regions, Heavenly Burial Peak, and Linglong Sea. As we all know, the three major sects of the Western Regions have always regarded themselves very highly, and they have no way to communicate with each other on weekdays, but now there is someone who can merge them into one, presumably this person must not be simple. ”

Qin Wei interjected: "What Brother Liu said is that that woman is not simple?"

"Not necessarily. Liu Xunyi shook his head and said, "That woman is still young, I'm afraid she doesn't have such a great ability to mobilize the masters of the three major sects in the Western Regions, I expect that there must be a mastermind behind them, and this mastermind is probably quite powerful in the Western Regions." ”

Zhao Yuan nodded undeniably and said, "It's a pity that you couldn't capture that woman and those people from the Western Regions alive, otherwise you will definitely be able to find out some reasons under torture." Zhao Yuan was a little absent-minded when he said this, and it seemed that something suddenly came to mind in his heart.

"The subordinates are guilty!" Hearing this, Liu Xunyi and Qin Wei bowed together.

Zhao Yuan waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "I don't blame you, I'm just worried that there are some ulterior secrets in this." ”

"What Master Hou said is...... Master Jia?" Liu Xunyi thought carefully, and immediately reflected the deep meaning of Zhao Yuan's words. Qin Wei on the side was looking at Zhao Yuan with a pair of curious eyes in confusion.

Zhao Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, those people from the Western Regions captured Jia Shilang but neither asked for money nor killed him, obviously not ordinary bandits, I am guessing what their real purpose is......"

"That's right!" Qin Wei interjected as if he had suddenly remembered something, "The Tatars are also searching for Lord Jia's whereabouts at Yanmen Pass. At the Yanmen Inn, I saw with my own eyes a hundred Tatar households interrogating everywhere with a portrait of Jia Shilang with great fanfare. ”

"Mongols?" Zhao Yuan figured out the reason after thinking about it slightly, and snorted coldly, "I'm afraid that they will also get the news about Jia Shilang's disappearance, so they will set up ambushes everywhere to try to find Jia Shilang, and then use Jia Shilang to do some evil things that are not conducive to my Great Song Dynasty." The Great Khan of Mongolia has long coveted my Great Song Dynasty, and he said that he would return my Great Song Dynasty to Zhao after jointly destroying Jin, but he did not expect them to rebel, not only encroaching on the northern territory, but also wanting to wait for the opportunity to go south to completely annex my Great Song Dynasty, which is really shameless and hateful. ”

Qin Wei echoed: "Lord Jia is my Great Song Dynasty minister, even if they don't do anything after they find Master Jia, just killing him is tantamount to cutting off a pillar of my Great Song Dynasty, now thinking about these Tatars is really sinister, and you must guard against it." ”

Zhao Yuan couldn't help but be upset when he thought of this, his face was tired, and he waved his hand and said: "In any case, you have done a good job in the matter of Yanmen Pass, and there will be a reward for you later, so you can retire now." ”

Qin Wei originally wanted to show off his exploits in front of Zhao Yuan, but Liu Xunyi dragged him out of the main hall quickly.

"Brother Liu, there is something I've always been curious about, I wonder if you can answer it for me?"

Leaving the main hall, Qin Wei kept asking Liu Xunyi, but Liu Xunyi was even more straightforward, shaking his head and saying, "I know what you want to ask." No need to ask, and I won't answer. ”

"With your martial arts, it should be enough to deal with that woman and the three people from the Western Regions, but why did you ...... without even fighting?"

"Didn't I tell you Hugh to ask?" Liu Xunyi turned around and replied solemnly, "You won't understand it." ”

"I don't understand?" Qin Wei immediately became angry when he heard this, and dragged Liu Xunyi's arm and asked unwillingly, "We grew up together in open crotch pants, we have never been separated for so many years, and we have been good brothers for half our lives, what are you saying that I don't understand? This is not the first time you have shown mercy to outsiders, what is the reason for this?"

Liu Xunyi looked at Qin Wei with a straight face, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Most of the people in the rivers and lakes are heroes and heroes, generous and righteous people, not to mention that they didn't hurt Lord Jia in the slightest along the way, and we don't know their true purpose, whether they are good or evil, whether they are enemies or friends, no one can say." Do you understand what I mean?"

"I don't understand!" Qin Wei shook his head like a rattle, "Why can't you kill them?"

Liu Xunyi pursed his lips slightly, frowned slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Our task is to rescue Lord Jia, not to kill that group of people from the Western Regions, it is enough for you and me to do our duty, so why rush for quick success? What's more, there is a saying that is forgiving and forgiving, and there are too many enemies, what good will it do to you and me?"

Qin Wei pondered for a moment, shook his head resolutely and said: "Brother Liu, I'm different from you, I don't have such a good talent as you, the martial arts classics in the library, when you were a child, you brought dry food and water to see that you refused to come out for a few months, because you can understand, learn quickly, you can understand your fists and feet and swords at all, and you can understand it without a teacher." Therefore, since you passed the sixteenth examination, you have hardly been a Golden Sword Captain for a day, and you have directly ranked among the top ten young guards, and you have never fallen off again. But I'm different, I'm stupid by nature, even if you patiently teach me, I was eighteen years old before I sat on the position of Shaobao for the first time, and I was squeezed out the next year, and I couldn't get in the next year, until you practiced hard for a few months this year, I was lucky enough to return to the list of Shaobao, so I cherish it now, I don't allow myself to make a little mistake in the task assigned by Hou Ye, only in this way can I attract Hou Ye's attention. I don't understand what you said about being forgiving and forgiving, because when I was the captain of the Golden Sword, everyone was desperately squeezing up, and no one in the martial arts meeting died of mercy in what year? Who didn't fight with their last breath, at that time they were merciful, and they would only be killed by someone else's knife, and if I forgave others, how could others spare me?"

"Brother Qin, why do you have to live so tired?" Liu Xunyi sighed, "Do you remember that when Xinglin Village was in trouble, we wandered around begging, at that time, we would be very satisfied if we could have porridge to drink, and if we could live, it would be a blessing from God." Nowadays, we have more and more, but we are beginning to be more and more unsatisfied. ”

Hearing Liu Xunyi mention the matter of his youth again, Qin Wei's expression darkened. Obviously, he still remembers the tragic fate of the past.

"Brother Qin, do you know why I like those Jianghu people? It's because most of them can live freely and happily. There is too much fame and fortune in the government, we are people who practice martial arts, and we are by no means their opponents in terms of intrigue, and even if you get some things, what can you do? Sooner or later, they will be robbed by others. Liu Xunyi sighed.

Liu Xunyi's words made Qin Wei's expression a little lost, and he said in a low voice: "Brother Liu, I don't blame you, I didn't want to rob you of your credit in front of the Hou Ye just now, I just ......"

Without waiting for Qin Wei to finish speaking, Liu Xunyi had already put his hand on Qin Wei's shoulder, and said with a smile: "You and I are good brothers who share life and death, and I understand some things without having to say them." In the past, we entered Tianji Pavilion together, read and read together, and practiced boxing together...... Hou Ye is not only our adult, but also our reborn father, it is human nature that you want to behave better in your father, I understand. And you are really a little arrogant about yourself, who said that you are born stupid? You set up an ambush in advance at the Yanmen Inn, and used the inn guys to give anesthetics to the people of the Western Regions, all of which are enough to prove that you are talented and intelligent. It's not a shame that you are ranked among the top ten young people at the age of eighteen, and the Tianji Pavilion is full of masters who have been tested by life and death for a long time, can you stand out among these people, aren't you still considered a hero? If you are not satisfied, it can only be because I ...... it."

"Brother Liu, don't get me wrong! I have no intention of being jealous of you. One day, my status in Hou Ye's heart can be half of yours, and I, Qin Wei, will be content in this life. Qin Wei was moved, and couldn't help but have tears in his eyes after explaining, "For so many years, I have always regarded you as the only relative in the world, and of course Yu'er...... If she's still alive......"

As soon as "Yu'er" was mentioned, the smile on Liu Xunyi's face immediately froze, and a thick sadness surged into his heart irrepressibly.

For so many years, Liu Xunyi has never given up looking for Liu Xunyu's whereabouts, but Liu Xunyu seems to have sunk into the sea, and there has been no news.

The world is big, the sea of people is vast, and Liu Xunyi, who has been looking for no result for a long time, has gradually begun to accept the reality, and rarely mentions things about his sister to others in the past two years, just silently searching. Many people in Tianji Pavilion know that Liu Xunyi likes to inquire about people and things on the rivers and lakes, but he likes the anecdotes of the rivers and lakes and the martial arts of various sects, but few people know that there is another reason why he does this, that is, he wants to find out the whereabouts of his sister in the rivers and lakes.

After thinking about it, Liu Xunyi let out a breath of turbidity, which rejuvenated his spirits, stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of Qin Wei's eyes, and smiled freely: "There is no need to mention the past, otherwise it will only increase the sadness." You'd better hurry up and practice, otherwise when the Golden Sword Captain will give you a battle post at next year's martial arts meeting, you'll be burning your eyebrows again, haha......"

Hearing Liu Xunyi's words, Qin Wei suddenly burst into tears and laughed, and hammered his fist heavily on Liu Xunyi's chest, saying, "Brother Liu, we have been good brothers for the rest of our lives!"

"It's the same in the next life. Liu Xunyi said with a smile, "So good brother, don't force me to kill those people I don't want to kill in the future, as long as I am not a big traitor, I will not be guilty of death." You should know that my life is very simple, that is, ......"

"I know, this is no secret in the Heavenly Machine Pavilion for a long time. Before Liu Xunyi finished speaking, Qin Wei already grabbed the words with a wicked smile, "The lifelong wish of Lord Liu Xunyi of Tianji Pavilion is nothing more than to be able to find his sister...... Read all the martial arts classics in the world and marry the lord of Xinde of the Great Song Dynasty!haha......"

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