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It's noon, and the sun is shining three rods,

Meng Bai, who hadn't slept for a long time, sat on the head of the bed with hazy eyes, recalling that he fainted from the heat when he bathed in the medicine tank yesterday, and when he lay on the bed when he didn't know when, Meng Bai was a little stunned.

Meng Bai, who got up and put on a white short-sleeved cloth shirt, walked out of the door, but he never saw his grandfather, and the doors of the east and west rooms were also closed.

"Grandpa!" Meng Bai shouted in the courtyard.

Seeing that his grandfather did not answer, Meng Bai returned to the house and prepared to wash his face with a basin of water, only to find that there was a letter next to his pillow.

Meng Bai walked to the bed and opened the letter.

"Meng'er, grandpa is gone. Don't rush to find me, grandpa went to a far away place, and grandpa is going to do what he hasn't done in his life. In the future, if you want to practice swords, take another letter in the envelope, go to Pengyuan Mountain, find a man named 'Wang Ru', and he will teach you how to use a sword, and the map is in the wooden box behind the door of the miscellaneous house. If you don't want to leave Tianyi City, grandpa hopes that you can gain fame and fame, become an official who dedicates the country, or spend your life peacefully in the city, grandpa will be satisfied. I hope that when I see Meng Er in the future, he will be a man who stands up to the sky. Grandpa: Meng Yiwu. ”

After reading the letter, Meng Bai burst into tears, couldn't cry, and sat on the ground.

On this day, the young Meng Bai never had the idea of going out to Qinglian Lane in his heart, he buried his head in his knees and cried loudly.

At night, there was a summer thunderstorm in Tianyi City, and a thunderclap opened the sky, illuminating Tianyi City in the night from time to time.

......

Two days later

In Qinglian Lane, there was a five-foot young man, dressed in white, with a cage on his back, standing quietly at the door of a house.

The young man in white looked at the courtyard for a long time before he locked the gate and turned around and walked out of Qinglian Lane.

The young man is Meng Bai.

Meng Bai thought about it for a long time at home, and also thought about a lot of things, wondering if his grandfather would suddenly appear, and gave him two sticks to tell him to hurry up and endorse the book. Thinking about how to live alone in the future, thinking about whether I want to practice swords, thinking about my parents who never appeared in my memory, and thinking about how I couldn't wait for my grandfather's sudden appearance in the end.

He chose to go south to find the person named 'Wang Ru' to learn swords, he wanted to take a look at the 'Taibai Bang' when he left, and he also wanted to see the sword cultivation of Tianyi City again, and finally he wanted to say goodbye to his friend Chu Xiao and tell him that he could finally practice swords openly in the future.

Meng Bai, a young man in white who left Qinglian Lane, hired a coachman, and first went to the Wenjian Platform outside the palace, Meng Bai did not go to the Jianlou, but stood on the street dozens of meters away from the Wenjian Platform like other people.

After reading the two sword cultivators' questions, the young Meng Bai came to the city again to take a look at the 'Taibai List', he saw the name of Wu Jianshi, still ranked one hundred and forty, and also saw Gao Jizi's name, high on the top, ranked seventh.

When the coachman pulled him outside the Chu Mansion, it was already dusk, and after paying the money, Meng Bai came to the magnificent General's Mansion.

"I'm looking for Chu Xiao. ”

The porter knew that Meng Bai was a friend of the second prince of the mansion, and said: "Meng Gongzi, unfortunately the second prince left the general's mansion yesterday. ”

"When will he come back?" Meng Bai asked.

The porter replied: "I don't know about this, Madame has a word, if Meng Gongzi comes to find the second prince and asks me to take you directly to her." ”

"I'm tired. ”

Meng Bai, who followed the porter into the general's mansion, walked half a stick of incense to the main hall of the mansion, and the general's wife Li Su was sitting inside talking to a young man at this time.

"Madam, Meng Gongzi is here. The porter brought Meng Bai into the main hall.

Li Su saw that it was Meng Bai, and said with a smile: "Xiao Meng, sit down first." ”

Meng Bai put the bamboo box cage on his shoulder at his feet, glanced at the young man sitting next to Li Su, and found that the man's eyebrows were somewhat similar to Chu Xiao.

"Mrs. Li, I wonder when Chu Xiao will come back?" Meng Bai asked.

Li Su replied: "Xiao'er went to his father's place, and it is estimated that he will leave Qiancheng after calculating the time." ”

Meng Bai was stunned and looked disappointed: "Then please tell Mrs. Chu Xiao that I am leaving Tianyi City to learn swords, and take me to compete with him when I am successful in swordsmanship." ”

"Oh, Meng Gongzi wants to learn swords, this is a good thing, when Xiao'er arrives in the army, I will write to tell him. Li Su was a little surprised to hear that Meng Bai was leaving.

Meng Bai stood up, took out a three-inch wooden sword from the bamboo box on the ground, handed it to Li Su and said, "This is my favorite thing, and I ask Mrs. Li to transfer it to Chu Xiao." ”

Li Su took the wooden sword and said with a smile: "You two children really have a good heart, and Xiao'er will also call you something when she leaves." ”

After speaking, Li Su took out a jade pendant from his waist, and the jade pendant was engraved with two carps.

"Xiao'er asked me to tell you that I would ask for a sword in Tianyi City in ten years. Li Su, who gave the jade pendant to Meng Bai, continued.

Meng Bai's eyes suddenly brightened when he heard this, "No problem, Mrs. Li, I'll leave first." ”

Li Su stood up and asked, "Does Xiao Meng have a mount?"

Meng Bai, who was on the back of the bamboo box, looked at Li Su and shook his head.

Then, Meng Baixiang, who left the general's mansion, had an extra jade pendant and a little donkey with him.

Outside the gate of the General's Mansion, Li Su and the young man who watched Meng Bai leave came out.

"Mother, is he the second brother's Meng Bai?" asked the young man who was very similar to Chu Xiao.

Li Su nodded, and said with a smile in his eyes: "Yes, he is the only friend Xiao'er has known all these years." ”

The young man was burly and grinned: "It's really hard for my second brother, and he has made a friend over the years." ”

Li Su raised his right hand to make a gesture to fight, and scolded: "Do you still want Xiao'er to be like you back then, flying in the city?"

Chu Xiao's elder brother Chu Guanzun dodged aside, looked at the young man leading the donkey in the distance and sighed: "I envy the second brother for making such a friend, it's quite interesting." ”

......

On the official road ten miles away from Tianyi City. A young man in white clothes was rolling up his sleeves and pulling the donkey rope at this time, only to see the young man pulling the donkey and pulling forward, but the donkey was working against it, always staying in place.

The young man was Meng Bai who had just left the city, and when he was in the general's mansion, he wanted to refuse Mrs. Li's kindness, but then he thought that he didn't know what year and month he would go on this long journey, so he simply agreed. But as soon as he arrived at the stable, he was once again disillusioned, and although the horses in the stable were all horses, they were too tall. But it's too difficult to turn over and ride a horse by yourself, not to mention that you can't ride a horse yet.

In the end, he remembered that he had ridden the donkey of the old man Wang outside the city before, so he asked Mrs. Li if there was a donkey in the house, which could be asked by the general's wife, and Chu Guanzun, who had just returned from the battlefield, heard this, smiled and leaned back, unable to close his mouth.

Fortunately, it was the general's wife who asked, and Li Su immediately asked someone to lead a donkey to him without saying a word.

Not long after leaving the city, Meng Bai was still holding a good one, and he was tired of walking and was about to ride for a while. As soon as he turned over and rode on the back of the donkey, the donkey leaned back and threw Meng Bai directly to the ground.

If you don't let you ride, you won't be allowed to ride, it's getting dark, and it's good to walk for a while and find a post station to rest. Who knew that this donkey and Meng Bai were angry, but they didn't leave, so there was a scene of the young man pulling the donkey.

"Brother Donkey, I beg you, will you go?"

"Hurry up and let Lao Tzu go, if you don't go, Lao Tzu will whip you with a whip!"

"Uncle, donkey uncle, let's go..."

"You donkey day, don't toast, don't eat and drink. ”

"Can I tell you, just this place, I, Meng Bai, am scared every time I pass by, do you know why?"

"Because there are tigers here, do you know that the tigers eat a little donkey like you, and don't hurry up!"

No matter how Meng Bai spoke, he still dragged and dragged, and the donkey's eyes looked at him like a fool.

Lacking strength and hungry, Meng Bai sat directly on the ground, panting, and suddenly remembered that there were pastries given by Mrs. Li before leaving in the bamboo box.

Meng Bai got up and clapped his hands, took out the pastries in the cage and put them in his mouth.

The donkey on the side leaned towards Meng Bai extremely spiritually.

"Do you want to eat?" Meng Bai asked.

"I won't give it!" said and ate a piece of pastry.

Seeing that the donkey was still staring at him, Meng Bai suddenly became enlightened, found a branch next to the official road, then took out a book from the bamboo box, removed the book thread and tied it to the pastry, and tied the other end of the book thread to the branch, walked to the donkey, and shook the cake at the donkey's mouth and nose.

Sure enough, the donkey walked over to the pastry that was dangling in the air and ate it in one bite.

"If you still want to eat, you have to carry me, you know?" said Meng Bai, who took out another piece of pastry and tied it to the thread.

Riding the donkey carefully, Meng Bai hung the pastry in front of the donkey's mouth, and the donkey walked forward in order to eat.

The young man on the back of the donkey shook his head and said, "Little donkey, little donkey, you will arrive at the post station after walking for a while, and I will feed you when you arrive." ”

The moonlight shone on the official road, illuminating the way for a man and a donkey to move forward.

The chirping of summer insects sounded from time to time all around, and Meng Bai yawned a little sleepy.

"Donkey, I'll give you a name. ”

"It's called Ah Mao, is it good?"

As if he could understand the boy's words, the little donkey stopped again in protest.

Seeing this, the young man hurriedly said, "It's not called Ah Mao, it's not called Ah Mao." ”

"Blackie?"

"Xiaobai?"

"Ash?"

"Erbastard?"

"Fugui'er?"

The donkey that repeatedly stopped made the young man a little worried, Meng Bai scratched his head and said: "After I practice swords, I will definitely be able to become that extremely powerful sword cultivator, and then you will walk the rivers and lakes with me, and many people will know me, and they will also know you..."

"That's right, you have to give you a loud name, I want to think about it...."

"I like swords, you are the mount of my great sword cultivation, and in the future you will be called... Sword donkey, sword donkey, cheap donkey?"

This time, the boy was thrown directly to the ground.

When the young man came to the post station on a donkey, he was already a son.

asked for a room at the post station, Meng Bai fell asleep, and as for naming the donkey, it had already been decided.

Just when Meng Bai said the word red rabbit, the donkey did not stop or shake him off, but began to run wildly with great excitement, and Meng Bai almost vomited.

"Sword cultivation Meng Bai, riding a donkey red rabbit".