said that Shen Lingshan staggered back to the boudoir, and fell on the bed in tears. Rui Zhu had never seen the young lady so sad and gaffe, and she immediately panicked, and tried all her best to persuade her to no avail. I wanted to ask my wife to come and persuade me, but I was stopped by the young lady, so I had to sit aside and cry with the young lady.

Shen Lingshan cried for a while, her emotions slowly calmed down, and she turned over and leaned on the bed.

"Miss, you ...... What's wrong with you? Who made you wronged? Could it be Chen Gongzi?" Rui Zhu asked cautiously when she saw that Miss stopped crying, turned her worry into joy.

Shen Lingshan wiped the tears from her cheeks, shook her head and said:

"Silly girl, who can give the wronged young lady to suffer? I'm just ...... It's just, alas—" said with red eyes and instructed Ruizhu, "Today is a day of great joy, don't mention what happened to my father and my mother, you know?"

"Got it. Miss, you said that today is a day of great joy, what is the happy event? Since it is a happy event, what ...... Miss, why were you so sad just now?" Rui Zhu really couldn't understand.

Shen Lingshan smiled reluctantly and said, "Big brother...... Do you know who he is, big brother?"

"Chen Gongzi......? Not Miss, your sweetheart ......"

Shen Lingshan stretched out her hand to cover Rui Zhu's mouth, and hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense, he ...... It's my own brother. After saying that, his eyes were red again.

"What? Chen Gongzi ...... Is it your brother? the one who was separated twenty years ago...... That one...... Shen Ji?" Rui Zhu was taken aback, and then she understood why the young lady was sad.

Shen Lingshan nodded silently, although she pretended to be smiling, she still couldn't hide the sadness in her heart.

Seeing the young lady's forced smile, Rui Zhu felt extremely uncomfortable. How deep the young lady's affection for Chen Gongzi is, only she knows. She didn't know how to share the pain of the young lady, but subconsciously said: "This is not true, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world? Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said tentatively: "Miss, why don't we try to recognize our relatives by blood, maybe it's really a mistake." ”

Shen Lingshan shook her head and said, "No need, he is indeed my own brother." ”

Rui Zhu looked at Shen Lingshan's pretty face full of tears, and said distressedly: "Miss, you ...... Why is it so miserable?"

Shen Lingshan smiled and said comfortingly: "Actually, it's also good to have such an excellent brother." Especially my father and my mother, my brother's life and death have been unknown for many years, but today they suddenly came back well, how relieved they should be. After speaking, he seemed to think about it, and said to Rui Zhu:

"Go, help me get a basin of water, I'm going to wash my face. ”

When Rui Zhu returned to the room, Shen Lingshan was dressing up in front of the dressing table. She took the handkerchief handed by Ruizhu, wiped the tears on her face, and asked Ruizhu to help touch up her makeup, and then said:

"Let's go out for a while. ”

Rui Zhu didn't know what she was going to do, so she looked at her in a daze and said, "Miss, it's not early, why are you going out at this time?"

Shen Lingshan stood up and said as she walked: "My brother recognizes his ancestors and returns to his ancestors today, I, as a younger sister, must send something to congratulate me." Are you going to go? If you don't go, I'll leave alone. As he spoke, the man had walked out of the side door.

"Miss, wait for me. Rui Zhu hurriedly poured out the washing water and chased after her.

"Miss, what kind of gift are you going to buy for Chen Gongzi—ah, young master?" Rui Zhu asked while trotting all the way to catch up with Shen Lingshan, panting.

"My brother will have to stay for ten days and a half when he comes back this time, right? And my father, mother and brother have not seen each other for twenty years, so I must buy him something. What should it be, you say?"

"Clothes? yes, clothes. It's a hot day right now, and it's definitely not going to work without a change of clothes. Miss, am I right?"

"Well, it's pretty smart. Shen Lingshan pinched Rui Zhu's nose and said.

Rui Zhu thought for a while and suggested, "Miss, the cloth shop outside the Caobu Gate has some complete fabrics, and there is a tailor shop next to it, why don't we go somewhere?"

"Good. ”

Caobu Gate is the north gate of Wuchang City, and you will reach the bank of the Yangtze River when you get out of Caobu Gate. Two years ago, Chen Wenqi sent them to Beijing to take the exam, and they went to the dock through this gate. Walking out of the Caobu Gate, Shen Lingshan looked at the turbulent river in a daze. The wharf that day had been submerged by the surging river, and the passing boats were now docked next to the makeshift gangplank halfway up the slope.

Looking at the shuttle boats, Shen Lingshan's mood was stunned. Two years ago, I said goodbye to my eldest brother here, and there is still a future to look forward to and look forward to, but now things are different......

"Miss, let's go, if you don't hurry up, it will be dark later." ”

Rui Zhu's words pulled Shen Lingshan back to reality from the illusion, she withdrew her gaze looking at the pier, and said to Rui Zhu:

"Ruizhu, you see the tailor shop is on the left, and the cloth shop is on the right. If we buy the cloth and bring it over, maybe the tailor's shop will already be closed. Instead, go to the tailor's shop and tell them to make two pieces of clothing at once, and ask them to close later, and I will go to you as soon as I go to the cloth shop and buy it. ”

Rui Zhu thought it made sense, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you at the tailor's shop." You need to hurry. ”

"Don't worry, I'll buy the cloth and I'll be here soon. ”

After Ruizhu left, Shen Lingshan came to the cloth village not far away, and explained to the shopkeeper to buy a few pieces of fabric. Because I don't know how much cloth is used for a piece of clothing, I described the eldest brother's figure to the shopkeeper in detail, and asked the shopkeeper to choose the fabric of three sets of clothes according to the figure of the eldest brother.

While waiting, a noisy sound faintly came. Shen Lingshan listened attentively, and the noise was mixed with the man's scolding and the woman's crying.

Shen Lingshan smiled, thinking to herself which adult was disciplining the child. In the middle of his thoughts, the scolding became more and more severe, and the crying became more and more sour. Shen Lingshan frowned, it is the nature of children to be naughty, and adults should discipline them, but they can't beat and scold them arbitrarily. I was going to go to persuade him, but I thought that what did it have to do with others disciplining their children? It didn't hurt to meet a reasonable person, but if it was a master who didn't know what to do, wouldn't it be boring to be self-pleased? Shen Lingshan dispelled the idea of going out and continued to wander around the cloth village. But human temperament is roughly the same, and the more you want to let go, the more you can't let go. Although Shen Lingshan didn't go out, she paid more attention to the "movement" outside. Hearing only the faint scolding and crying for a long time, Shen Lingshan began to feel a trace of anger, thinking that it was understandable to hit her twice in anger, and it was difficult to beat the child to death if she was beaten and scolded endlessly? Could it not be her own flesh and blood? Thinking of this, Shen Lingshan suddenly became excited, could it be that it is not her own biological child? No, I have to go and see.

Shen Lingshan looked up at the shopkeeper of the cloth village, and saw that he was helping himself choose the fabric, and he didn't seem to hear the sound outside, so he said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, you continue to pick, I'll go out and go back immediately." After speaking, he flashed out of the cloth village, followed the sound and walked down, only to see some people standing sparsely on the river slope not far away, and the sound of scolding and crying came from there. Shen Lingshan quickened her pace and quickly walked to the front. I saw that in the middle of the circle surrounded by the crowd, a purple-clothed girl was crying and wailing, and around her, four obscene men were glaring at her viciously, and one of them scolded:

"You bold little slut, how dare you steal our boss's things? Why don't you take it out quickly? Do you want us to do it?"

It turns out that it is not adults who discipline children.

"Uncle, what's going on?" Shen Lingshan pointed to the circle and asked a person beside him.

"It was said that this girl stole the man's money......"

"Phew, what kind of stealing money and stealing things, that's just an excuse for them to make trouble. A lean man in his thirties interjected in a low voice.

"They, do you mean the people around the girl......" Shen Lingshan was surprised.

The thin man thought that he was unhappy but helpless, and before Shen Lingshan finished speaking, he hurriedly said:

"These people are all ruffians and hooligans outside the gate of this grass port, and the leader is named Zhao Si. He relied on being the brother-in-law of the county government to catch the fast team, and gathered a few idle hooligans to bully men and women and the market here. The shops above have to pay him a 'protection fee' every month, which will be doubled one day late. That's not all, but whatever he likes to get, he has to change his way to get it. No, today the girl got off the boat from the dock, thinking that she didn't know much about the road, so she stopped and stopped, looked around, and was seen by these hooligans, one of the hooligans named Dog said to Zhao Si, boss, they all said that there is nothing you can't do, can you help me with something today? Zhao Si said proudly, what's the matter, Lao Tzu will do it for you. The dog said, look at the woman on the riverside, she is very beautiful, and the little brother wants to ....... Zhao Si grinned and scolded, you kid has taken a fancy to her? Okay, Lao Tzu walked beside her, and said that she stole Lao Tzu's money bag, and she will not admit it, so you will take her to the official. The dog was a little disappointed and said, "Isn't that ...... Zhao Si slapped the dog on the head and said, "I came to eat with this thing?" Did you drag the woman to the yamen or to your bed, and who was still watching? ”

"I see. Shen Lingshan was suddenly furious and decided to reach out to take care of this injustice.

At this time, the dog screamed to the girl's side and wanted to make a move, but was pulled by Zhao Siyi, the dog was a little stunned, and asked, "Boss, have you changed your mind?"

Zhao Si nodded, attached to the dog's ear and said, "Yes, I changed my mind." This girl looks so standard, if you ...... That's not a riot...... That's why Lao Tzu told you, after you get it, Lao Tzu must ...... first Pick it up. Do you hear that?"

The dog was stunned for a moment, but then he realized it, and said to the girl in a daze:

"You said you didn't steal, then let me search it, and if it's not on you, I'll let you go. ”

The girl blushed, subconsciously grabbed the clothes on her body, and begged, "Please let me go, I really didn't steal your money." ”

"Whether you steal or not, you can only know if you have searched it. As soon as the words fell, the "dog" had already approached the girl, and reached out to tear her sleeve.

"Stop!" Shen Lingshan snorted, waved her palm and slashed at the "dog", and at the same time pulled the girl to her side.

Someone came out to "meddle in things", and "dogs" couldn't help but be furious, and hit Shen Lingshan with a fist. When I saw clearly that the "nosy" was a dizzy beautiful woman, her raised fist couldn't fall. I saw his Adam's apple move up and down, swallowed his saliva secretly, looked straight at Shen Lingshan with both eyes, and shouted, "Boss, you ...... You see, the fairy has come down to earth......"

"Yes, this little girl is really beautiful like a fairy. Dog, get out of the way. Zhao Si waved his hand, let the "dog" step aside, and then paced in front of Shen Lingshan, looked up and down in a daze, and said with a smile: "Well, enough Peugeot." Y-you're going to stand up for her?", he said, gesturing to the girl.

"Exactly. ”

"How do you want to stand out for her?"

"Let her go. ”

"Let her go? And then? You stay instead of her?"

"Yes. ”

Zhao Siyi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said:

"Okay, this son promises you. You-" Zhao Si pointed to the girl, "you can go." ”

"No, boss, you promised me. The dog said urgently.

"If you promise, you can't change it back?" Zhao Si's scoundrel face was exposed.

Shen Lingshan turned around and said to the girl, "Sister, let's go." ”

"Sister, you ......"

"I'm fine, you hurry up. ”

"Sister, be careful. The girl said this and quickly left the scene.

Zhao Si looked at Shen Lingshan like a prey appreciatively, and said with an ambiguous smile: "Little beauty, this son has sold you a great favor, how are you going to thank me?"

Shen Lingshan saw that it was getting late, and didn't want to talk to him, so she asked:

"What do you say?"

"Do you want me to say?" Zhao Si deliberately looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late at this time, it's better to have a drink with a few brothers, and then ......" Speaking of this, he smiled lewdly at the other people.

Shen Lingshan knew that he couldn't spit out ivory in his dog's mouth, and his face turned crimson with shame, and he immediately scolded: "Shameless." Get out of the way, don't be bored. After that, he turned around and wanted to go to Buzhuang.

"Do you want to leave? Do you think Lao Tzu's favor is so easy to buy? Dog, you guys take this slut to Lao Tzu's room. Zhao Si was fierce and said viciously. After speaking, he raised his head, turned around and walked away.

I hadn't walked a few steps when I heard a few muffled grunts behind me. Zhao Si thought happily: Hmph, the little girl is not self-sufficient, and she still wants to come forward to meddle for others. Don't say that you are a weak woman, but a big man, as soon as the three of them stretch out their hands, they still don't obediently catch you?It's a pity that your soft skin is not ...... Well, don't let the dogs take advantage of them first: "Dogs, you dare to take the opportunity to rub oil, beware of your dogs' lives." ”

He stopped, turned around, and saw the beautiful woman standing calmly in the middle of the field, and his three accomplices were lying or crouching, their faces in pain.

"Yo ho, I don't see that you still have two more hits? Zhao Si walked back to the same place, and stroked the sleeves of his shirt with both hands, "Lao Tzu will play a few tricks with you." With that, he leaned slightly to the right, raised his left foot and kicked it sideways, hitting Shen Lingshan's abdomen.

Zhao Si was able to become the "boss" of the three, just because of a little "kung fu". His brother-in-law is the head of the fast catching team, in addition to relying on the backstage of the "official mansion", he also has a little real kung fu in his fists and feet. Zhao Si secretly pestered his sister and asked her to let her brother-in-law teach her "two hands". The character of the head of the team was originally poor, and he was happy to see that his brother-in-law was "a little promising", so he spared no effort to teach him a few tricks of grappling. After Zhao Si learned a few tricks, his palms were itchy and eager to try, and he made several appointments with others, but he won a big victory. Since then, he thought that he was invincible in the world, so he subdued a few little hooligans by force, accepted them as accomplices, and relied on the power of his brother-in-law to run rampant and domineering in the area of Caobumen, and has not encountered an opponent so far.

It's a pity he had bad luck today.

Compared with two years ago, Shen Lingshan's martial arts are no longer the same. Although the authentic "Blade Sword Technique" has just been practiced, the twelve moves and twenty-four hands are perfectly practiced, and with more than half a year of cultivation in Phoenix City, her "Yi Marrow Skill" has reached the sixth layer, which is enough to be listed as a first-class master. On the other hand, the reason why Zhao Si has "never met an opponent" so far is not because of his "kung fu", but because of the forces behind him: his brother-in-law covers him. As the saying goes, the people don't fight with the officials, and in the eyes of the common people, catching fast is the government, and who has nothing to provoke it? However, Shen Lingshan has no such scruples, and it can even be said that he has an "advantage". At this time, in her heart, she was still strongly dissatisfied with the "ignorance" of her uncle and Wu Wei of Jiangxia County.

Therefore, regardless of martial arts or "backstage", Zhao Si does not have the upper hand. Of course, he himself did not know.

Zhao Si's left foot was kicked, and Shen Lingshan used his palm like a knife to slash down at the Kunlun point at his ankle. If he is hit, he can be half of his body** and lose the strength to fight again.

Only then did Zhao Si know that although the woman in front of him was as beautiful as a flower, her martial arts were not general. Hurriedly retracted his legs and retreated, dodging a blow.

The goal of the acupoint brushing method is the acupoint of the human torso. Therefore, Shen Lingshan did not allow Zhao Si to have a chance to breathe, and immediately followed him like a shadow, using twenty-four hands to brush the acupoints and slap them at Zhao Si's body.

Zhao Si knew that the opponent's fist and foot kung fu was far superior to his own, and he couldn't help but be a little timid, and wanted to stop the war, firstly, he couldn't afford to lose this face, and secondly, he still had something to worry about in his heart. So, while shouting: "Dog, you go to the county government and tell my brother-in-law to come quickly", while turning from offense to defense, and being false and wrong. I wonder how hard you are a girl, and when you are exhausted, even if I can't catch you, I can drag the reinforcements to come.

He parried and meditated wish-thinking, as if he had seen himself capture the girl in front of him, and then ......

It's ridiculous that he is still dreaming of spring in danger, but he doesn't know that Shen Lingshan's internal strength is endless, and he is getting braver and braver the more he fights, if he is not afraid that he will not be able to control his life by mistake, he is afraid that he will already be subdued. Hearing Zhao Si's shout, he smiled disdainfully: "Don't call your brother-in-law, it's Wu Weilai, the county governor of Jiangxia, and this girl is not afraid." Saying that his hand did not stop, he saw that the dog turned over and wanted to escape, so he attacked Zhao Si with a palm, and his body turned, and he struck three palms in a row, sealing their ring jumping point, and the poor few people just stood up, and they stood on the spot.

If you talk about Shen Lingshan's cultivation, let alone the dignified Qipinzhi County, it is an ordinary village husband, and he will never call him by his name. She was dissatisfied with Wu Wei's negligence in disciplining his subordinates, and she wanted to stand up on the spot to deter Zhao Si, so she named "Tuoda". Her unintentional move greatly frustrated Zhao Si's spirit, and when she saw another move to subdue the dog and others, Zhao Si was immediately stunned and had no intention of fighting again, he shook a punch at Shen Lingshan, and ran away when he saw a vacancy.

"Want to go, it's not that easy, right?" What Zhao Si said just now, it came out of Shen Lingshan's mouth at this time, it was really a report from the world, and it came quickly, "Aren't you going to the county office?" Okay, this girl will accompany you to meet your brother-in-law and the county master, Master Wu." ”

Zhao Si was in a hurry to escape, revealing a flaw behind him, and was caught up by Shen Lingshan, slapping his palm on the tail acupoint, and staggered on the spot.

Shen Lingshan secretly called it a fluke, looked up at the crowd of onlookers and said, "Which shopkeeper has ropes in his shop, and he bothered to tie up these wicked people, and he will go with me to see the official." ”

And all the people looked at me and I looked at him, but no one answered. Shen Lingshan's heart sank, these shops were still afraid that Zhao Si and them would retaliate in the future.

When he was in a dilemma, the lean man from before walked up to Zhao Si and said, "Don't get me wrong, girl, these people are all pedestrians passing by, how dare the proprietors of those shops above come here to see the excitement? Although I am familiar with the situation here, I don't do business here, and I am not afraid of this guy." After that, he took off his belt and tied Zhao Si into a strong knot.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone laughing and said, "Chen Wenqi, Chen Wenqi, Lord Yan wants your life, and no one can stop it." Haha-"

Shen Lingshan let go of Zhao Si's hand, looked around, and shouted, "Big brother, where are you?"

I saw a flash of figure, two old men with roe deer eyes came to the field, kicked their hands and feet, and threw Zhao Si, Gou'er and others out of the circle, one of them scolded: "Useless things, four males can't lower a female, and they are still embarrassed here." Get out!"

"Who are you, how did you let those thieves go?" Shen Lingshan said. Looking closely, I felt that one of the old men was very familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen this person for a while.

"Hehe, little girl, what's the fun of those people? Come on, come on, the old man will take you to your eldest brother. Before the words fell, the two of them moved at the same time and reached out to grab Shen Lingshan.

Shen Lingshan was searching for the familiar old man in her mind, and when she was surprised, the palm wind of the two had already hit the front door, and she took two steps back in her hurry, avoiding the two of them working together. The two old men were surprised, and couldn't help but let out a "huh", and slapped Shen Lingshan with their palms again.

Shen Lingshan felt that the palm wind was fierce, and knew that the two of them had martial arts, so he used the "Yi Marrow Gong" on his two arms, and used the twenty-four style acupoint palms to concentrate on it. However, the opponent's skill is too strong, and the two of them joined forces, less than fifty moves, and the two hands were restrained, and suddenly half of the body was sore, and he couldn't move.

The two of them carried Shen Lingshan on the left and right, drank away from the onlookers, and strode towards the dock. On the dock, an old man holding a folding fan was pulling a small boat and looking at each other, and when he saw the two of them running with Shen Lingshan between them, he hurriedly crossed the stern, jumped onto the boat, and took Shen Lingshan with his hand. The two men grabbed one of the sterns of the boat, and when they jumped onto the boat, they stretched out their feet and kicked violently, and the boat shot downstream like an arrow from the string.