"Mrs. Huang, why are you confused?" Ji Cha asked rhetorically, and then said, "We are under the command of Lord Ying of the Imperial Sword Hall of the Guiyi Division, who specializes in killing the people of the Emperor Heavenly Sect, and chopping off their heads as balls!"

Next to him, Hong Chen said "Huh" and said, "You just said this...... Where have I heard something like this. ”

Ji Cha immediately said: "No, no, don't talk nonsense." ”

Mrs. Huang didn't say anything more, and was silent all the way.

Hong Chen followed Ji Cha for a long time, but he still didn't reach the vicinity of the Wind Chasing Sect. He found that Ziyun City was bigger than any city he had ever visited, and a small city like Xiangyun City was less than one-tenth of it.

There are no tall walls, but there are rivers, lakes and valleys. The three of them walked out of the main street of the neat and orderly residential area, and passed by the mountain paths between the scattered villages, and finally arrived at a mountain that was not very high.

"Your second senior brother is here. Ji Cha put Mrs. Huang off her back and gasped for breath, "I hope Mrs. Huang will take us to worship the mountain." ”

Hong Chen asked, "Aren't we going in directly?"

"Go in directly?" Ji Cha waved his hand and said, "We are people from the imperial court, and we are not thieves and bandits, how can we enter without saying a word." When Lord Ying went to the Tianlin Inn during the day, didn't he also send someone to notify him in advance?"

Hong Chen suddenly said: "It turns out that there are still such rules. ”

"Isn't that?" Ji Cha said, "The more you have an identity, the more you have to follow the rules, otherwise you will be looked down upon." The rich and noble princes and generals, pay attention to what kind of 'bell Ming Ding food' when eating, and the number of guests must be left and right, and many different dishes, chopsticks and spoons must be used to eat different foods, what dishes are white jade plates, what meat is paired with ivory chopsticks, and so on...... People who eat with a bowl and a pair of chopsticks everywhere they go are no different from beggars in their eyes. ”

Hong Chen remembered that he seemed to have been taught a lot of etiquette rules when he didn't enter Taoyuan, but after staying in Taoyuan for many years, there was nothing left, and he forgot everything.

Madame Huang stepped on the stone steps and walked up, and when she came to a door, she reached out and knocked twice. Immediately, a young Taoist priest with a lantern came out and opened the door, and after the two said a few words, the young Taoist priest turned around and walked back to the door and ran to the top of the mountain. Madame Huang beckoned to the two below: "The two heroes also come up." ”

Ji Cha Hongchen climbed the stairs and arrived at Mrs. Huang's side. The three of them waited for less than half a moment, and then two Taoist priests came down from the mountain with lanterns. One of them was a young Taoist priest just now, and the other was a middle-aged Taoist priest, whose facial features still looked handsome when he was young, but his cheeks were thin, his eyes were blue and black, he didn't look in good spirits, and his sideburns and hair were half white.

The middle-aged Taoist priest walked down the stairs quickly, and when he saw Mrs. Huang, his eyes lit up obviously, but he immediately regained his serious demeanor, and said leisurely: "Madam Huang came to visit late at night, what happened? I heard that you were captured by thieves yesterday, and now it seems that you have escaped the clutches of the devil." ”

Mrs. Huang has been very calm since she left the Gate of Chasing Light, and she can see the middle-aged Taoist priest, who opened her mouth several times, but did not make a sound. The middle-aged Taoist priest took a deep breath and said in a cold tone: "Madam Huang has nothing to do, so let's go first." He looked at Ji Cha and Hong Chen again: "Take your mother home quickly." ”

Hong Chen was stunned for a moment, and said, "Who is my mother?"

"Isn't Mrs. Huang your mother?" The middle-aged Taoist priest only regarded Ji Cha and Hong Chen as a pair of children of Mrs. Huang, his expression became more and more indifferent, and he waved the wide sleeves of his robe, and said to the young Taoist priest next to him, "Send them down the mountain." ”

Hong Chen turned his head to look at Mrs. Huang, and said in his heart: "My mother seems to have died a long time ago, why does this Taoist priest say that she is my mother?" It was only then that he saw Mrs. Huang's appearance clearly under the lantern light, and he saw that her eyebrows were dark, her nose and mouth were very small, and if it weren't for some fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, she didn't think she was a middle-aged woman at all. I thought again: "Mrs. Huang is so beautiful." Ugly people are ugly in their own way, but beautiful people are similar, so this Taoist priest thinks she is my mother. ”

"Second senior brother. ”

Madame Huang finally made a voice out of her mouth, but it was not at all like her previous voice, as if she had not drunk water for ten days.

The middle-aged Taoist priest's body shook suddenly, staring at Mrs. Huang in a daze, and Mrs. Huang also stared at him with her head tilted slightly. The two pairs of eyes stared at each other for a long time, and neither of them could speak. Hong Chen suddenly noticed that something was shining in their eyes, and asked, "Are you two crying?"

"No, I didn't cry. The middle-aged Taoist priest raised his sleeves, covered his face, and said, "Mrs. Huang, you go quickly." ”

Mrs. Huang took a deep breath, and her body was shaking when she exhaled and breathed: "Second Senior Brother, I call you Second Senior Brother, what are you still calling me Mrs. Huang for?"

The middle-aged Taoist priest continued to hide his face and said: "The colorful clouds have dispersed with the breeze, and there is no bright light flow in the moon. The scenery gate is long gone, and I am no longer your second senior brother. ”

Mrs. Huang said again: "Second senior brother, my father has found it." ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest suddenly lowered his sleeves, revealing an excited face: "Where is the master?" Unconsciously put his hands on Mrs. Huang's shoulders, shaking her body: "Where did you find it? How is he doing?" Then his body stiffened, and the freshly glowing look on his face disappeared again, his hand was slowly withdrawn from Mrs. Huang's shoulder, he took two steps back, and said as if to himself: "Ah, Master has seen you...... Did he believe that, yes, definitely. If not, why didn't Master come to see me?"

Great joy and sorrow hit his heart at once, and the middle-aged Taoist priest covered his left chest with his right hand, only to feel that the blood that flowed from there was all cold, the blood in his heart was cold, and the blood in his wrist was also cold. It was suddenly dark in front of him, and the middle-aged Taoist priest felt that he was having a dream, a dream that had been going on for decades.

The dream began in a wealthy family, where the lady gave birth to a child named Lu Xingwei. This family has been an official for generations, and hopes that the children can also be moderate in their words and deeds, and be cautious, so that they can be proud in the officialdom.

The lady was frail, so she invited a young peasant woman from the countryside who had a newborn child to be a nurse. The nurse's child is half a month older than Lu Xingwei, and he has not yet been named, and Master Lu knows that his family name is Huang, so he gives him the name of "Xiaosheng", saying that it is a blessing for the children of poor families to be happy for a lifetime.

Lu Xingwei and Huang Xiaosheng grew up eating the same mother's milk, and studied and practiced martial arts together, their personalities are the same as their names, one is introverted and the other is very happy all day long.

When the two children were eight years old, Mr. Lu was seconded to other places, but when he happily moved his family to work, he encountered a group of robbers. Master Lu was killed, and Mrs. Lu committed suicide, but the nurse knelt in front of the robbers and took the initiative to dedicate herself, only begging them to spare the lives of the two children. The leader of the robbers saw that the nurse was in good shape, so he took her and Lu Xing back to the cottage.

At night, the leader of the robbers entangled with his accomplices to insult the nurse, forced the two children to watch from the side, and threatened: "You are not allowed to cry, and if anyone cries, I will cut her with a knife." Lu Xing peed his pants in fright, covered his eyes and cried all the time. Huang Xiaosheng giggled. Seeing this, the leader of the robbers smiled and patted Huang Xiaosheng's head: "Yes, I can bend and stretch my husband, learn kung fu from Lao Tzu, and keep you as the second head in the future." ”

Since then, Huang Xiaosheng has been able to receive three bowls of rice and half a roast chicken a day in the cottage, and Lu Xingwei can only drink 20,000 bowls of rice soup and a few wild vegetables. Every night in the dead of night, Huang Xiaosheng, who lived in a wooden house, would sneak to the cave where Lu Xingwei lived, take out a lot of rice and a pile of chicken without bones from his pocket, and then leave.

Once, Lu Xingwei grabbed Huang Xiaosheng and said, "I fought it last night, and those chickens can be combined into a small half chicken, and the rice can hold two and a half bowls, what do you eat every day." Huang Xiaosheng squinted and said, "I soaked the rice in cold water until it was soft before swallowing it." I gnawed the meat on the chicken rack, and the chicken bones were bitten into slag, don't say it, the bone-sticking meat and bone marrow are better than ordinary chicken. Lu Xing's tears flowed down slightly, and he grabbed Huang Xiaosheng's hand tightly with both hands: "We are not brothers, you are closer than brothers......! What will I repay for this kindness!" Huang Xiaosheng just continued to laugh: "One day you will be rich, don't forget your brother." If your brother offends you one day, don't blame your brother. I'm satisfied. ”

One day a year and a half later, a group of officers and soldiers attacked the cottage, and not only were all the bandits executed, but the children stolen by the bandits were also slashed and killed as small bandits. Lu Xingwei hid in the cave with his head in his hands, and when an officer and soldier saw him, he raised his knife and slashed at him, and Lu Xingwei was so frightened that he closed his eyes. After two breaths, there was no feeling of being cut on his body, Lu Xing opened his eyes slightly, only to see Huang Xiaosheng standing in front of him, still laughing, and suddenly fell to the ground, revealing a foot-long wound on his back. The officers and soldiers reached out to grab Lu Xingwei, and Huang Xiaosheng on the ground grabbed the ankles of the officers and soldiers with one hand: "Don't kill him...... He is the child of the official master, send him home, you have a reward!"