The streets in front of the Assassin's Mansion were crowded with people from Los Angeles and the surrounding villages. The crowd spontaneously formed a long line, and the line was more than a mile long. But because the queue is quite orderly, the streets do not look crowded. Eight large iron pots were erected outside the main entrance of the Thorn Mansion, and the iron pots were larger than the wheels of a carriage. The firewood under the big iron pot is burning, and the pot is boiling with thick laba porridge, and from time to time there is a strong aroma, and many people in the long queue are attracted to fight.

In the past, when there was a famine, there would be deeds of the government or local gentry opening warehouses to release grain and boiling porridge to relieve the victims. In many Buddhist temples, there is also a custom that the monks of the temple boil porridge and distribute it to the pilgrims on the day of Laba Festival, in order to thank the pilgrims for their offerings to the temple and the monks over the past year, and pray for the believers. Li Yingxin is also a Buddhist disciple who practices at home, so since three years ago, the Assassin Mansion has held a soup soup ceremony every year on Laba Festival. In fact, as the capital of a state, Los Angeles City, its people live and work in peace and contentment, and can even be called very rich. There won't be any way to freeze bones. And Li Yingxin's soup porridge is only regarded as a good deed to accumulate virtue, and most of the people come to drink porridge to touch the wealth and good luck of the wealthy officials of the Shifu. Of course, even in the Great Xia Imperial City, there will be beggars, let alone Luoshi City. Therefore, there will be many beggars who really come to drink porridge for a hot and full meal.

In the procession, a young man in a green shirt was leading a horse, and on the horse's back was a young man wearing a black felt hat. The clothes and pants on the young man's body looked a little shabby, but he sat on the horse a little proudly, like a rich young master who deliberately pretended to be poor with some bad taste, and thought that the behavior of the person leading the horse in front of him was logical. If he knew the identity of the person leading the horse for him, he would be so frightened that he would roll off the horse's back and fall under the horse's hooves, and then beg the horse to stomp on him a few times.

Ding Ye, who was sitting on horseback, was not drunk at all, but his head was still a little dizzy. While looking at the door of the Thorn Shi Mansion, he said to Yun Xuelan, who was leading the horse: "Brother Lan, you see, the woman in the white dress wearing a veil in the middle is the daughter of Lord Thorn Shi Li, although it is so far away, but at first glance, this figure must be a stunning beauty." ”

Although Yun Xuelan, who was standing under the horse, did not have the same vision as Ding Ye on horseback, his eyesight had become extremely good since refining the moon spirit, and he could see a woman with a veil in front of the Li Mansion a hundred meters away, and a woman with a veil was holding porridge in a bowl held by a girl in front of him. The demeanor is gentle and kind, and there is no delicacy and arrogance of a rich daughter. But Yun Xuelan's eyes didn't stay on this woman for long, and she was attracted by the young man in front of the big iron pot beside her. The young man was wearing a light yellow robe, and his face was delicate and handsome, although he was not as good as Ding Ye on horseback, it was enough to make many women fall in love and even feel ashamed. The young man just served porridge for a woman, the woman was very bold and laughed at the young man, the young man was not a cowardly and hypocritical person, and he always mingled with those rivers and lakes on weekdays. If it had been someone who had molested him like this at other times, the young man would have already opened his yellow tone, and the woman who didn't say anything was ashamed while scolding, and she would not stop talking while smiling and covering her red face. But now in front of almost half of the people of Luoshi City, and more importantly, his sister is standing by his side, the young man naturally wants to restrain these words and deeds that will "corrupt" the Li family's style. The boy could only smile awkwardly. The young man is Li Haozi, who has been cultivating martial arts with Yun Xuelan since childhood, and it is also the purpose of Yun Xuelan's visit to Luoshi City.

Ding Ye saw that Yun Xuelan didn't look at Li Yingxin, so he followed the young man's line of sight, and saw that the young man was staring intently at a handsome young man next to the woman. Seeing that Yun Xuelan's eyes were not only straight, but the corners of his mouth were also cracked in a brilliant arc, and he was smiling stupidly. Ding Ye looked at the young man in front of the Thorn Shi Mansion and then at the young man beside him, and after repeating it a few times, he finally asked with a surprised face: "Brother Lan, it turns out that you are good at this?"

Yun Xuelan looked at Li Haozi, who had grown taller than before, and the edges and corners were becoming more and more distinct, although the young man in front of him had changed a little, he still coincided with the person who grew up together in Yunyin Villa in his mind. The scene of the two practicing boxing together, reading together, going up the mountain and down the river together, stealing wine and barbecue meat together came to mind. The past is vivid. He didn't hear what Ding Ye on horseback asked him, but he casually answered when he heard the young man speak.

Heard Yun Xuelan's affirmative answer. Ding Ye looked at the young man's infatuated face carefully, then at the son of the Li family who was stared at by the young man, and finally looked down at himself. He actually muttered to himself: "That kid is not much better looking than me, why didn't he take a fancy to me?" After saying this, he also felt that his thoughts just now were a little inexplicable.

Yun Xuelan came back to his senses from the past, he only heard Ding Ye say what he liked himself, so he looked up at the young man, and saw the latter's strange expression, so he asked, "What's the matter?

Before Ding Ye could answer, a thin middle-aged man standing behind the two of them with bulging cheekbones and thin lips like blades heard the young man's words, and seemed to be extremely disdainful of the other party's youthful ignorance and self-indulgence, and seemed to show that he was proficient in information, he smiled mockingly: "Propose? It's up to you? The toad wants to eat swan meat, right? You are the biggest kid who thinks that there are two broken money in the family and think that the world is big and my biggest child." I've seen so much that I really think I can climb the plane tree of the Thorn Mansion? The sparrow and the rooster really think of themselves as phoenixes?"

Ding Ye was about to turn around and scold when he heard this, the two of them were just queuing up to joke with each other to pass the time, but the people behind him were inevitably nosy. Yun Xuelan pressed the young man's arm with her hand and signaled Ding Ye not to be angry. Yun Xuelan was also deeply disgusted by the mean words of the person behind him, he just frowned, and did not defend too much.

The thin man with mean words saw that the two in front of him did not refute, thinking that the other party was ashamed of what he said, so he kicked his nose more and more in the face. He continued: "Do you know who came to Luoshi City yesterday? Yesterday, the middle gate of the Assassin's Mansion was wide open to welcome a group of carriages and horses, do you know who it is, do you know what they are doing here?"

The two teenagers in front of him ignored the man's words, and the thin man felt a little disappointed. But the person behind him came up with great interest and asked: "I also heard yesterday that when a group of people entered the city, the guards guarding the gate let them go without checking the vehicle. Later, I heard that these people came to the Assassin's Mansion, and Lord Assassin Shi rushed home directly from outside, and he didn't even do official business. Who the hell is it?"

The conversation between the two aroused the interest of many people in line, and everyone asked the thin middle-aged man one after another. The man was quite satisfied when he felt the curious gazes cast by everyone, he cleared his throat and said, "It's from the Yuwen family." One of the four kings with different surnames, Dazhu Guoyu Wenjia. The Yuwen family is on an equal footing with the Yun family of our Yunyin Villa. It is said that the Yuwen family came this time to the third son, Yuwenxing, who is the princess's concubine. He came this time to propose marriage to the Assassin's Mansion. ”

"Who is the one who is going to marry?"

"Who else can you marry? Could it be Li Tingshi's wife? Of course, she is the daughter of the Assassin's Mansion. The man's answer drew laughter from the crowd, and the questioner scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Could it be that the Li family wants to marry the Yuwen family? I heard that the relationship between the Yuwen family and the Yun family has always been mediocre. Isn't the relationship between the Yun family and the Li family very good?"

A few days ago, another immortal cave mansion was discovered near Sanhuai Town, and many young children of the Jianghu sect clan forces went there. The people of the Yuwen family also went, and it is said that this Yuwen Xing also seriously injured a son of the Yun family, and the Yun family can be said to have been slapped and lost face in their own realm. This time, the Yuwen family came to propose relatives, and it was clear that they were here to dig the foot of the wall and slap the Yun family in the face again. ”

"Yes, so, not everyone can worry about the eldest lady of the Li family, but people will be princesses in the future, but not all mountain and village husbands are worthy of proposing marriage. ”

Yun Xuelan still turned a deaf ear to the sarcasm of the people behind her, and the discussion of the people behind her about this matter became more and more intense. The boy just muttered, "Yuwen family?" Seeing that his companion was deep in thought, and his expression was unprecedentedly solemn and serious, Ding Ye didn't dare to ask more questions about the young man who didn't bother the horse.

The line gradually lined up to the two, and Ding Ye got off the horse and stood side by side with the young man. When it was the turn of the two to step forward, just as Ding Ye was about to go to Li Yingxin's side, but unexpectedly, Yun Xuelan next to him stood directly in front of the yellow-shirted young man beside the woman without hesitation. Li Haozi in front of the iron pot did not look up, but kept stirring in the pot with a big spoon. Yun Xuelan smiled: "What do you have in this eight-treasure porridge?"

Li Haozi replied casually: "Red dates, red beans, glutinous rice, peanuts, adzuki beans, lentils, mung beans, longan." ”

"You don't have any rats in this porridge?" Yun Xuelan's voice was not small, and everyone listened to it sincerely. The people in line were all shocked when they heard this, especially the thin middle-aged man who stood behind the two of them and mocked them, and even showed an expression that he was really looking for death. The people in front of the Li family thought that the young man in front of him was here to make trouble, and they all showed displeasure, preparing the young man to blast the young man away if he spoke wildly again. Ding Ye thought that Yun Xuelan wanted to talk to this son of the Li family, but he didn't want the former to speak amazingly, and even he was unprepared. He didn't even care about Li Yingxin's porridge, so he grabbed Yun Xuelan's arm and whispered to the other party to leave the province with him.

When Li Haozi heard the young man's words, he was obviously a little angry in his heart, but then he seemed to think of something, he suddenly raised his head and stared at the young man for a long time, and then stammered and said in a trembling voice: "You, you." You. ”

The Li family guards behind the young man thought that their young master was speechless by the popularity of this troublemaker of unknown origin in front of him, so they glanced at each other and stepped forward to drag Yun Xuelan away.

Yun Xuelan still smiled calmly and said, "Why don't you recognize me, a mouse? Could it be that the brother-in-law of the Yuwen family doesn't recognize me as a friend?"

Li Haozi's face was flushed with excitement, he stepped forward and pushed away the Li family guard who was pulling Yun Xuelan, and then directly pounced on the young man and hugged the young man tightly and cried: "Brother Lan, I miss you to death." ”

The onlookers seemed to understand something, it turned out that the two teenagers were really old acquaintances, and they seemed to have a lot of relationship. Everyone couldn't help but speculate about the identity of the young man in green shirts. In particular, the middle-aged man who had made insulting and mocking the young man several times before suddenly felt hot on his face, he was worried that the young man would hold a grudge against his words and would retaliate against him with the power of the Li family, so he fled in disgrace while everyone's attention was in front of the Li Mansion.

Ding Ye also watched this scene dumbfounded. Yun Xuelan mentioned to him twice that he had some friendship with the Li family, and he could come to the door for him to propose, he thought that the young man was just a casual cowhide talk, after all, the young man sat alone by the moat at dawn and waited for the city gate to open, if he had such a good friendship with the son of the Li family, after all, he was also a child of a big family, and which of the children of the big family in his impression was not gorgeously dressed, and he hugged before and after going out, for fear that others would not know that he was from a wealthy family. What's more, if he is the son of a big force, how can he deign to deal with him, a small person who is not reckless. didn't expect the other party to really have an old relationship with the Li family. Ding Ye suddenly remembered what he asked Yun Xuelan when he was queuing, and he seemed to think of something, and the look on his face was very ambiguous and exciting.

Li Yingxin, who was on the side, also heard the conversation between the two, and from his brother's words and reactions, he had already judged who I was. It's just that what surprised her a little was that Yun Xuelan in her imagination should be a gentleman who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do anything, and only thinks about the rivers and lakes. Not only is his eyes high and his hands are low, but he is full of the kind of arrogance of a powerful young man, and he does not know the most basic etiquette for dealing with people and things. Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him was far more handsome than his younger brother, and although Fang Cai's words would feel extremely impolite at first glance, if people who knew the relationship between him and his younger brother would not feel anything, at this time, the communication between the two young men belonged to them. And his words and deeds are very measured, Li Yingxin thought that Yun Xuelan was just a stubborn teenager at the beginning, and he was bent on tricking his younger brother into going to the rivers and lakes, but the young man himself didn't take it seriously at all. Over the years, his younger brother has often talked about his playmate, which makes Li Yingxin very unhappy. She felt that the son of the Yun family had long forgotten the agreement with his younger brother, and he wouldn't even remember his younger brother. These children of the Da clan are extremely utilitarian, so they naturally don't bother to maintain a relationship with someone they feel is useless, and the agreement with their younger brother at the beginning is just a pastime. Although she has said that over the years, if this Yun Shaozhuang owner really comes to find her younger brother, she will definitely fight hard with him, asking the other party why she taught her well-behaved and sensible younger brother like this. But she knew better that if this Yun Gongzi didn't come to her brother from now on, she would have a worse impression of him. Now that the other party really appeared in Luoshi City, in front of their Li Mansion, the girl's impression of him has changed a lot. If Yun Xuelan knew that Li Yingxin thought about himself so complicated, he would definitely spurt out a mouthful of old blood.

Yun Xuelan patted Li Haozi on the back. The two said in unison: "It hasn't changed." ”