Suddenly, a voice not far from the bottom of the hill said, "Don't persuade him, he won't listen to you." ”

Liu Yue, Wang Xue, Li Hao and others live in the mountain hut is very secluded, for many years no one has come here, at this time suddenly heard someone talking, the heart is shocked, look back, only to see a very tall and sturdy man from the side of the hill smiling and smiling, followed by a slender and dignified woman, it turned out to be Sun Le Hu Jing and his wife arrived. The couple was followed by five disciples, thinking that Hu Jing saw that a few disciples were highly talented, so they brought them out together.

Wang Xue didn't expect to see Hu Jing and Sun Le at the top of Bozi Mountain, and when she saw it, she was overjoyed and shouted, "Senior Brother Sun, Senior Sister Hu!" hurriedly greeted him and threw herself into Hu Jing's arms. Hu Jing saw that Wang Xue's face was childish, and she had grown into a slim girl, not like the ignorant little girl who followed Liu Yue a year ago, she was overjoyed in her heart, and reached out to stroke Wang Xue's forehead.

Liu Yue said: "Who should I be, it turned out to be the two of you." Why don't you and your wife run a martial arts hall in Weifeng County, and have time to come to Bozi Town?"

Hu Jing took Wang Xue's hand, approached her, and said: "Senior brother in charge is in trouble, how dare we as junior brothers and sisters not come to help? You have picked a good place for these grass huts, if I hadn't come here once in two years, I wouldn't have been able to find it even if I walked on the mountain for three days and three nights." Liu Yueqi said: "How do you know that I am in trouble?" Sun Le took out a letter from his arms, held it up with both hands, and respectfully handed it to Liu Yue. Liu Yue took the letter paper and saw a bunch of Chinese characters written crookedly on it, the Chinese characters were very ugly, and the person who wrote the letter was obviously not proficient in Chinese, and it was expected that it was written by a person from the Western Regions. The content and writing of the letter are not very smooth, but the words are very respectful, probably meaning that Hu Jing and Sun Le will take their disciples to meet Liu Yue, wait for the arrival of the masters of the Western Regions, and study the martial arts of the world together with the masters of the Western Regions. It seems that the old man of the Western Regions knew that the Haba Sect had been disbanded for many years, and there was no difference between the general sect and the sub-sect, so he wrote a letter in advance and sent it to the Haba disciples on the rivers and lakes, and gathered everyone together so that he could pass on his art.

Liu Yue handed the letter to Wang Xue and Wu Tianchuan and said, "This strange man from the Western Regions is thoughtful. At that moment, Hu Jing, Sun Le and others were invited into the hospital. Li Hao, Zhang Guanhua, and Bu Ziyi walked out of the house, and when they saw Hu Jing and Sun Le coming, the three of them were overjoyed, Bu Ziyi took Hu Jing's hand and walked into the house to gossip, Li Hao and Zhang Guanhua went to the courtyard with Sun Le to compete and compete.

Liu Yue ordered Wang Xue and Wu Tianxiang to accompany Hu Jing and Sun Le to bring the five disciples. The five disciples are almost the same age as Wu Tian and Wang Xue, but according to the seniority of the teacher, they are a generation younger than Wang Xue and Wu Tian, and the five disciples know that Wang Xue once beat the forest people of the Giant Dog Gang in Weifeng County, and the Giant Dog Gang was powerful in Weifeng County, and there was a lot of friction with the Fang Wei Martial Arts Hall opened by Hu Jing, Wang Xue beat the Giant Dog Gang, and the five disciples were even more respectful to Wang Xue.

Sun Le had heard of Dana Mountain in the Western Regions in Weifeng County, and when he was discussing with Li Hao and others, he told Liu Yue about the situation of Liu Yue receiving the token and receiving a letter from the Western Regions. Li Hao and Zhang Guanhua were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly went to Bu Ziyi to discuss. A few people couldn't think of a good way to discuss it, but if Liu Yue was really defeated at the hands of the strange man in the Western Regions and faced the danger of being seriously injured and dying, all the disciples would rush up to save Liu Yue, but they didn't care about the rules of the competition, and they could only take one step at a time.

Hu Jing, Sun Le and others came to live in Bozi Town for a few days, but Li Hao and Zhang Guanhua built a total of nine thatched huts, in addition to the firewood house, warehouse and kitchen, there were only six huts left, which was more than enough, but now there are suddenly seven more people, and the grass hut is not enough for everyone to sleep peacefully at night, Hu Jing and others are guests from afar, and they can't let them go to the town to find an inn. Sun Le has always been taciturn, rarely talking to people on weekdays, but his mind is extremely smart, seeing that the grass house is too little to sleep with many people, and after dinner at dusk, he found a reason to say that he would take his disciples down the mountain to go around, and he would not be able to come back early tomorrow morning, he thought that he would find an inn to live at the bottom of the mountain in the past few days, so as not to embarrass Li Hao, Bu Ziyi, Zhang Guanhua and others.

Liu Yue knew Sun Le's thoughts, and didn't want him to spoil the silver two to go to the guest house, got up to stop Sun Le, and said: "It's a little dark, you stay and rest for one night, and it's not too late to go out tomorrow." At the moment, Wang Xue moved to sleep with Bu Ziyi, and he and Wu Tian moved to sleep with Song Dabei, and vacated two empty rooms, one for Sun Le and Hu Jing and his wife, and the other for five disciples to live temporarily.

Who knew that early the next morning, Zhang Leicheng, Xie Jie, Zhou Yuan, and Kang Zhong from Beiling also came, and it turned out that the four of them also received a letter from the Western Regions, and they didn't dare to delay for a moment, so they hurried over, but Beiling was far away from Bozi Town, and although the four of them traveled day and night, they were still a day later than Hu Jing and Sun Le. Li Hao, Zhang Guanhua, Bu Ziyi and the junior disciples of Beiling have not seen each other for many years, and they were overjoyed at first sight, and at the same time thought: "Since the four of you are here, our small grass huts are really not enough to sleep." ”

Taking advantage of the fact that it was still early, Zhang Guanhua and Li Hao carried the axe up the mountain to chop wood and then build a grass house, Zhang Leicheng Kangzhong and others were not polite, with Li Hao going up the mountain to transport wood, only Wu Tian was unable to go out to help, and only talked to Zhou Yuan in the house. After working hard for a long time, they finally built two more thatched huts before sunset. Liu Yue expected that there would be other brothers and sisters coming, so he led everyone to build a few more thatched huts in the open space behind the courtyard early the next morning, and more than a dozen thatched huts were added to Bozi Mountain, just like a small village. Sure enough, after two days, many younger brothers and sisters came from different places, some received letters and went up the mountain, and some heard that Habamen had something to do and rushed to help. There are people who have not seen each other for months, and there are also people who have not seen each other for several years, and they are happy to see each other, some people hug each other and chat, and some people are in groups of three or five to find an open space to learn martial arts.

Wang Xue probably counted that there were more than 40 Haba disciples gathered on the mountain, except for Li Hao, Zhang Guanhua, Bu Ziyi, Wu Tian, Hu Jing, Sun Le, Kang Zhong, Xie Jie, Zhang Leicheng and other more than ten people, she didn't know any of the others, and she wouldn't go to chat with people, so she followed behind Hu Jing.

In the past few days, Wang Xue has been practicing and walking around in the courtyard, and she has become somewhat familiar with all the senior brothers and sisters, but when she looks around among the people, she always feels that there is one person missing, and her heart is moving: "Senior Sister Ma Yanmei and Ma are not among them! I haven't seen Senior Sister Ma since I came back this year." Although she and Ma Yanmei have not been together for a long time, Ma Yanmei is gentle by nature, and Wang Xue is several years older, and she takes care of Wang Xue like a big sister.

Wu Tian lost his martial arts after his heart has been depressed, and later after Wang Xue's admonition, he is no longer obedient and suspicious, but he is reluctant to walk around in the courtyard, for fear that a fellow disciple will ask him about martial arts, causing embarrassment, I heard someone approaching, I don't know if it is Wang Xue, and I thought it was a senior brother who had not seen him for many years to come to chat, and it was expected that the first thing that came was to ask himself about his martial arts in recent years, so he said without looking back: "If you dare to ask me about my recent martial arts practice, I will immediately take your life with a move 'monk hitting the bell'." Wang Xue was stunned, grinned, and said: "If the 'Monk Hitting the Bell' is really so powerful, what are we afraid of the old man of the Western Regions, and we will directly invite Song Dabei to clean him up, won't it be over?" Wu Tian heard that it was Wang Xue's voice, and his heart was relaxed. Wang Xue sat down next to Wu Tian and said, "Wu Tian, let me ask you something...... Wu Tian only said that Wang Xue wanted to ask how his body was, so he hurriedly said: "The wound doesn't hurt anymore." Wang Xue said with a smile: "I'm not asking you about this, I want to ask you, why haven't I seen Senior Sister Ma Yanmei Ma recently? Wu Tian said: "There is nothing wrong with not coming to the Zhenwu Conference, Ma Yanmei originally didn't like to compete in the rivers and lakes, she entered my Haba Gate to ask Senior Brother Liu for advice just on a whim, don't think she will compete for what top champion in the ring." ”

Wang Xue listened to Wu Tian's coldness, obviously she didn't like to talk about Ma Yanmei, she expected that Ma Yanmei had another secret, she was young and curious, and she knew that there was something secret, so she couldn't help but want to investigate, not to mention that it was okay to be idle left and right, and said at the moment: "You have something to hide from me, I'm angry!" pretended to be angry and wanted to leave. Wu Tian hurriedly said: "Good sister, don't go, I just said it, in fact, there is nothing unseemly, why do I have to hide it, but you must not say that I said it, lest they say that I am too talkative." Wang Xue smiled: "This is natural." ”

Wu Tiandao: "Ma Yanmei has been married, and since then she has been married to her husband and children, and she will no longer be involved in martial arts." Wang Xue was surprised and shouted: "Senior Sister Ma is getting married?" Then he thought that he had reached the age when he should talk about marriage, Ma Yanmei was several years older than herself, and it was not unusual to get married a long time ago. Wu Tian said: "After Ma Yanmei got married, she devoted herself to her husband and children, and her martial arts have long been abandoned, don't say that she probably doesn't know about Senior Brother Liu, even if she knows, with her martial arts at this time, what can she help?" Wang Xue asked again: "Which hero did she marry?" Wu Tian said: "What kind of hero and master, she married a rich businessman in a remote county, and the rich businessman had offended Senior Brother Liu before." Wang Xue snorted, feeling slightly disappointed in her heart, and faintly felt that Ma Yanmei was a good bloody child of the rivers and lakes, and she was somewhat greedy for money and forgetting her righteousness when she married a wealthy businessman who offended Liu Yue.

Wu Tiandao: "After our Habamen was disbanded in Yiwei Mountain, Senior Brother Liu had a whim one day and wanted to learn to do business. Wang Xue was stunned and said: "When it comes to martial arts, Senior Brother Liu's talent is definitely second to none, but when it comes to doing business, Senior Brother Liu is a little difficult to say." Wu Tiandao: "What's so hard to say, senior brother is not that material at all." The senior brother borrowed dozens of taels of silver from Zhang Leicheng and started a rice shop business in a remote county, but the senior brother couldn't stay idle, and he had to take time to practice martial arts all year round, so the rice shop business was delayed, and few people bought rice all day long, and the price of rice he sold was also low, so he couldn't make much money in a few months. You know what the senior brother is, he has never valued property, but seeing that the dozens of stones of rice in the warehouse are about to be discarded, he is also worried. At this moment, a man who looked like a merchant suddenly came to the senior brother to cooperate, and he said that he could help the senior brother to transport all the rice in the warehouse to other places and sell it, on the condition that the money from the sale should be divided equally between the two of them, and as for how and where the rice was sold, it was the businessman's privacy, and the senior brother was not allowed to ask. Wang Xue said: "That's it, the rice is also bad, it's better to be able to exchange some money for some money, even if you only sell a copper plate, it's better than not earning a penny." Wu Tian smiled and said, "Senior Brother Liu also had the same idea as you at that time, but he lost a lot of money. Hey, sister, listen to the advice of the younger brother, you must not do business in the future, the business field is really more dangerous than the rivers and lakes. ”

Wang Xue pouted and said, "Senior Brother Liu is so shrewd, he can be deceived, this is really a rare thing. Wu Tian said: "Senior Brother Liu's ability to compare scheming and strategy with his opponents on the rivers and lakes is not small, but the business field is different. The dozens of stones of rice were bought by the senior brother from the farmer who planted rice at a high price, and if he shared it with the merchant, the senior brother would also lose money, but he was sick and rushed to the doctor, thinking that it would be better to lose money and sell it cheaply than to lose the rice in vain, so he agreed to cooperate with the merchant. The merchant hired a few men and a dozen carts to transport the rice from Brother Liu's treasury, and the two of them made an appointment to meet and share the wealth at that time for a limit of three months. ”

Wang Xue shouted: "Ah, I know, that merchant is a liar, he took all the rice of Senior Brother Liu away and never came back." Wu Tian reprimanded softly: "You be quiet, if you let dozens of senior brothers and nephews in the courtyard hear it, what kind of face does Senior Brother Liu have to meet people?" Wang Xue thought about it well, and hurriedly turned back to look, only to see that some of the people in the courtyard were studying martial arts, and some were helping to chop vegetables, cook rice, chop firewood and pick dates, and no one heard a few words of dialogue between himself and Wu Tianshicai. Wu Tian turned his head and saw that no one was paying attention to the situation on his side, and continued in a low voice: "Senior Brother Liu only said that this matter was known to me, Li Hao and Guanhua, and Zhang Leicheng naturally knew about it. Senior Brother Liu felt that this matter was too embarrassing and rarely mentioned it to others, but he was everyone's teacher, and his words and deeds, every move were noticed by everyone, although he did not mention the matter of being deceived and losing money, but except for the nephew who entered later, everyone knew in their hearts, but no one dared to talk about it in front of him. Wang Xue said in a low voice: "I see." What happened?"

Wu Tiandao: "Listen to me slowly! In the first month, the merchant wrote to his senior brother every once in a while, saying that the rice was old and could not be sold for a few dollars, and that the time should not be too small. Wang Xue couldn't help but interject and said, "That businessman is simply looking for an excuse to fill his pocket!" Wu Tian said: "How can Senior Brother Liu not know? But the rice is indeed old, and the price naturally cannot be compared with fresh and good rice, and Senior Brother Liu doesn't care." Later, the merchant's letters gradually decreased, and sometimes it took a dozen or so days before a letter came, and the content of the letter only said that he was trying to take care of the business, but did not say a word about how much money he was making. Senior Brother Liu felt that something was wrong, so he asked his peers about it, and he learned that several nearby colleagues had encountered scammers, and the situation of being deceived was very similar to that of Senior Brother Liu. A colleague told the senior brother that the merchant who sold the rice was a liar at all, and after he had transported the rice, he wrote to you every day at first, so that you would not be suspicious, and when he exchanged the rice for silver taels, he wrote again that the rice was not enough to sell, and asked you to prepare more, and the more you prepared, the better, if you can't raise rice, then he will not come back and share it with you, and when you have bought all the rice with all your wealth, the swindler has long since fled to nowhere and will never write to you again, leaving you at a loss with a lot of rice that can never be eaten and never sold。 Since he has already deceived the rice, it is better to change the money as soon as possible and leave the country, why should he let the deceived person think about raising rice again, and he has to cheat the person to death?"

Wu Tiandao: "That's right, the original rice in the merchant's treasury can't be sold, and the swindler has to trick the merchants into raising dozens of stones back, which is really shameless." Coincidentally, on the day he learned about the incident, Senior Brother Liu received a letter from a scammer, and the content of the letter was really as his peers said, asking Senior Brother Liu to raise some more rice. If Senior Brother Liu doesn't go to raise rice, the scammer won't come back. Wang Xue said coldly: "Senior brother shouldn't be stupid enough to really raise rice?" Wu Tian said: "Senior brother is free and easy by nature, but at this time, he was led by others. At that time, it was the rice harvest season, the rice was very cheap, and the remaining money in the hands of the senior brother could be sold for dozens of stones of rice......" Wang Xue couldn't bear it anymore, and lowered his voice and scolded: "Senior Brother Liu is such a shrewd person, why is he so confused in doing business?" Wu Tian said: "Senior brother has only become shrewd since then, he used to be a little confused, loyal and credulous, and didn't want to think too badly of people, so he raised a lot of rice. The more Wang Xue listened, the more angry she became, and shouted: "No need to say any more, you can tell me the result directly." Wu Tian said: "Of course, the result is that the scammer left the country, leaving the senior brother and a large pile of rice that can never be eaten and never sold. Alas, how can anyone who is a businessman have never lost money? But other businessmen have lost money to buy a lesson and it will be over, but the senior brother knows that it is a lesson and still pays for it. The senior brother lost all his money in business, and owed Zhang Leicheng a lot of money, Zhang Leicheng's ancestors were rich people for the last two generations, so he didn't account for these dozens of taels of silver, but the senior brother was deeply ashamed, heh, the taste of being deceived was not very pleasant. Wang Xue said: "Naturally, it's uncomfortable, I'm just sitting and listening at the moment, and Senior Brother Liu must be even more angry at that time." ”

Wu Tian said: "Senior brother was relieved when he was angry for a while, and from then on he only concentrated on practicing martial arts, and no longer thought about doing business. Who knew that at the end of last year, on the day you and Senior Brother Liu broke up in Weifeng County, Senior Sister Ma sent an invitation to Senior Brother Liu, saying that she was going to get married, and asked Senior Brother to come back to attend the wedding banquet. Wang Xue sighed, she had vaguely guessed that this would be the case when she heard Wu Tian talk about Liu Yue's business, and she was not surprised at the moment, and asked, "What happened later?"

Wu Tian said: "As soon as Senior Brother Liu saw the liar, his face was full of anger. The liar apologized to Senior Brother Liu again and again, saying that he was young and ignorant, desperate, and had made a decision, and now he has changed his ways. The senior brother's temperament has always been easy-going, and he doesn't get angry with that person, let alone use force against that person, but this matter is his heart disease after all, and Ma Yanmei is not allowed to marry the liar boss no matter what. Wang Xue said: "This is not our senior brother's, who Senior Sister Ma marries should be decided by Senior Sister Ma herself, she is willing to marry a liar, whether she will live well in the future is her own business, although Senior Brother Liu is a senior brother, he has no right to order Senior Sister Ma's marriage." Wu Tian said: "I can't say that, Senior Brother loves his fellow disciples, and since he knows that Ma Yanmei is going to marry a liar, how can he rest assured? The country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, who knows if the liar will deceive you Senior Sister Ma again in the future?" Naturally sad, Ma Yanmei begged and complained to her senior brother for a while, but seeing that her senior brother still did not agree, she couldn't bear it in a fit of anger, and threatened to leave Habamen from now on, cut off relations with Senior Brother Liu, and marry that person no matter what. ”

(End of chapter)