(a)

At noon, the best time of winter, the sun is very comfortable on the face.

The elderly like to bask in the sun, and if they encounter good weather, they all want to come out to bask in the sun.

The old blind man is also an old man, and he also likes to bask in the sun, and has been basking in the sun since the morning until now sitting on the steps in front of the small hall.

The old man also seemed to like to tell stories, he pulled Xu Xiao to tell the story for a long time, and it was not okay if he didn't listen to it, until Xu Xiao hit him with a stone, he didn't let Xu Xiao go. He himself is also very strange, he is not a person who talks a lot, but with Xu Xiao, he feels that there are endless words and stories to tell, which makes Xu Xiao have another word to scold him, that is, a nagging ghost.

The old man also loved to be sleepy and did not like to move, and the old blind man seemed to be asleep, with his eyes closed and motionless.

But at this time, no matter whether the old blind man was really sleeping or fake, he couldn't sleep anymore, because there seemed to be a sound of demolition in the Tianxiang Pavilion.

Although the house has not been demolished, it is almost there.

When Xu Xiao and Xiao Hei came to the Tianxiang Pavilion in front, they didn't dare to recognize that this was the best Tianxiang Pavilion in Yanzhou City, it was even more broken than Xiao Hei's kitchen, at least Xiao Hei's kitchen had doors and windows.

Now the main gate of Tianxiang Pavilion has been demolished, not only the main entrance, all the doors have been demolished, the door that has become two halves is lucky, it may be repaired with nails, some doors have become broken wood, the windows are naturally not spared, if anyone can find out which of this broken wood is the wood of the window, Xu Xiao is even willing to give him two taels of silver.

The doors and windows are nothing, the porcelain of the kiln will also be smashed, and the tables and chairs of the cedar wood will be smashed very happily.

The entire Tianxiang Pavilion was gray, and the air was full of flying dust, so Xu Xiao and Xiao Hei had no choice but to retreat.

After a while, the sound finally stopped, and a man walked out of the dust.

This person has a Confucian bun tied on his head, and he is also wearing a Confucian shirt that is the favorite of scholars, and he also has a piece of white fat jade pendant tied around his waist, his face is covered with dust and sweat, and his left hand is wiping the sweat on his face, making his face dirtier, but from the original outline of his face, it can be seen that he is a weak scholar.

No one can associate this weak scholar with the person who smashed the entire Tianxiang Building just now.

To smash the entire Tianxianglou in such a short period of time, it takes at least five strong men, and it will be smashed non-stop.

This person didn't stop at all when he smashed it, so he was panting, panting heavily, and said while panting: "Damn old blind man, let Lao Tzu come and die." ”

It was hard to imagine that a person who looked like a scholar could say such vulgar words, and Xu Xiao felt as if he had heard it wrong.

Lan Yu Gongzi looked carefully at this scholar-looking person for a few moments, and asked, "Are you Du Shouli?"

"You admit it wrong, Lao Tzu is Du Thirteen of the Bloody Clothes Building, which king is Du Shouli, and he is a coward when he hears this name." Du 13 said, his voice is actually not big, and his voice is the same as his appearance, relatively weak and thin, but he said that every word must be said loudly, and every word must be used with all his strength.

"But you are clearly Du Shouli, you and Du Shouli have the same dress habits, and even the sword is the same. Blue Feather said.

"I said I'm not, I'm Du 13 of the Bloody Clothes Building. As he spoke, he gasped, and because he had spoken too hard, he had begun to cough, and the cough was so heavy that it seemed like he was going to cough out his heart and lungs, so he had to sit on the ground and begin to breathe.

This is the old blind man like Lan Yu Gongzi asked: "The Du Shouli you are talking about is a person from the Du Mansion of Qiantang Wenmen, and Du is Du Fu's Du?"

"Yes, when I went to Jiangnan, I went to Du Mansion as a guest, met Mr. Du in Du Mansion, and met Du Shouli, Mr. Du's only son, and the only incense in the Du family. Blue Feather said.

"Do Mr. Du and Mrs. Du love this Du Shouli very much and are very strict with their requirements?" the old blind man continued to ask.

"Yes, Du Fu is the descendant of Du Fu's family, the famous Wenmen in Qiantang, Du Shouli is the only male of the Du family, Mr. and Mrs. Du naturally love him, and the requirements must be strict. ”

"Is the Du Shouli you ever seen gentle and elegant, and his talent is unparalleled, as if he can write a stunning poem after eating. At this time, Xu Xiao began to ask.

"Although Du Shouli I met couldn't make a poem after eating, he was indeed a genius and a person who kept etiquette, and even his every move during the meal had to follow etiquette. ”

Xu Xiao continued to ask: "Did Mr. Du ask Du Shouli to make poems and make articles in front of you?"

Lan Yu Gongzi replied: "I didn't do the article, I did make a few good poems, and Mr. Du also asked Du Shouli to dance a sword for me, and the swordsmanship is not bad among scholars." ”

The old blind man had already guessed why this weak scholar would act like a madman. said: "The Qiantang Du family is the descendant of Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the Shandong Kong family, the Qiantang Du family is now the most influential family in the literary world, with a strict style and etiquette. As the only male member of the Du family, Du Shouli will inevitably become the head of the Du family in the future.

For a wealthy family like the Du family, the son-in-law must have been cultivated from the time he was sensible, reading the books of sages and sages, and obeying the rites of the Duke of Zhou. Ordinary children don't even know when it's dark when they play, but Du Shouli can't, he can only read, he can only speak and do things according to the requirements of the Du couple, everything must be disciplined and etiquette, I'm afraid he can't even decide whether to eat steamed buns for dinner or white rice.

But a child is a child, always yearning for freedom, and the yearning for freedom will never decrease, but will accumulate more and more as the constraints increase. His rebellious heart may have been a small finch when he was ten years old, but now he is afraid that he has become a tiger.

Once you do something that does not follow the etiquette, you will know the taste, just like a teenager meets a strong woman, the out-of-character things will be more and more, bigger and bigger, and even addictive, and the biggest out-of-character thing is to kill people, keep killing. ”

Xu Xiao said: "Yes, in front of the Du couple, Du Shouli is the Du Shouli who obeys the discipline and etiquette, and in front of others, Du Shouli is the crazy Du Shouli, whether it is the Du Shouli who is obedient or the crazy Du Shouli, they are all Du Shouli, but they are just two sides of Du Shouli." ”

The old blind man said: "The reason why people are human beings is because they have their own consciousness and their own ideas, and if they are forcibly instilled with consciousness and ideas, there will be problems." ”

Xu Xiao smiled: "If the Du family had known you earlier, their Qiantang Du family would not have declined." ”

The old blind man smiled and said: "If I had met such bastard parents as the Du family and his wife, I would definitely kill them, and the Qiantang Du family fell earlier." ”

(b)

The young man's energy seems to be inexhaustible, and even if he is finished, it seems that he will be able to recover quickly, Du Shisan is very young, so he has already recovered.

He walked towards the old blind man, and as he walked, he shook the sword at his waist, and shook his sleeves as he swung his hands, and he looked like a hooligan.

"The old blind man came out to die." Du Shisan said, still roaring, as if this way of speaking made him very happy.

At this time, the Blue Feather Boy stood in front of Du Shisan and said, "I'll compare with you." ”

In the past two days in Tianxiang Pavilion, let him live like a year, although he was accompanied by a beauty, but the taste of his life being remembered by others was really uncomfortable, especially by the bloody clothes building. So he needs to be released, and killing someone is a very good way to release.

Lan Yu Gongzi has seen Du Shouli's swordsmanship, it is not brilliant, and even very poor, even if he stands still and lets Du Shouli kill, Du Shouli can't kill him, so he stands in front of Du Shouli, he wants to use Du Shouli's life to release his depression these days.

But what Lan Yu Gongzi didn't expect was that it was not Du Shouli of Du Mansion who was standing in front of him, but Du Thirteen of the Bloody Clothes Building, so he died, died very quickly, his sword had just been pulled out, and the eight most subtle changes in the Wudang swordsmanship he had learned died before they could be used.

He didn't have time to close his eyes when he died, and there was a shocked look on his face, as if he didn't believe that he would die at all, he wanted to open his mouth to ask Du Thirteen, why his sword could be so fast, but he couldn't say it anymore, because there was a hole in his throat, a hole that was bleeding.

But the old blind man and Xu Xiao both expected it, and they were not surprised by the death of the blue feather boy.

After Du Shisan saw the blood, he seemed to be even more crazy, and laughed.

"You like to kill?" asked the old blind man.

"Like, Lao Tzu has to kill people every day, killing people is really a happy thing, no one can kill at least a chicken, kill a dog. Du 13 said.

"Is human life the same as the life of an animal in your eyes?" continued the old blind man.

"There is no difference between humans and animals, and some people are not even as good as animals. ”

The old blind man stopped talking, for he had seen many people who were inferior to brutes.

Du Shisan walked to the side of a coffin, looked at it for a while, and said, "This is a good coffin." ”

Xu Xiao also walked to the coffin and said, "Not bad." ”

Du 13 said: "It is a blessing to be able to live in such a coffin after death. ”

"Whoever can live in such a coffin after death will definitely laugh out loud. ”

"When a person dies, he doesn't have to keep the etiquette, he can do whatever he wants. Du Shouli no longer spoke in a roaring way, and resumed his original voice, and the deaf could know that he was a young man when he heard his voice, and he would definitely not be more than twenty-five years old.

"Not bad", Xu Xiao said, he felt that the word "good" was difficult to express his affirmation, so he continued: "Emperor Lao Tzu can't take care of it, not only do you not have to be polite, if you see Du Fu below, you can even punch him twice." ”

"Two punches are enough, I'll give him two more kicks. Du 13 smiled, smiling like an ordinary young man.

The old blind man finally got up from the steps and walked towards Du Thirteen, he had been sitting on the steps for a morning, he wanted to continue to sit like this, but Du Thirteen was so pitiful, he wanted to free this poor man.

Du Shisan also walked towards the old blind man, still striding forward, still shaking his arms, but his hand holding the sword trembled. No matter who it is, they will be afraid at the moment of death, and some people will even be afraid of peeing their pants, Du Shisan's hands are shaking, which is enough to make most people admire.

Du 13 is the crazy Du 13, not the stupid Du 13, he knows that he is here to die today, there is no possibility of survival, if he can choose, he would rather break into the palace to assassinate the emperor than face the old blind man, but he has to come, because Du 13 is Du 13 of the Bloody Clothes Building, and he is Du 13, not Du Shouli.

Du 13 pulled out the sword, and the sword was still stained with the blood of the Blue Feather Prince, the blood was originally red, and the blood on the sword was naturally red, but at this moment, Du 13's sword seemed to turn gray after it was stabbed, as if it was also revealing sadness and loneliness.

His sword at this time was very fast, faster than the sword that stabbed at the throat of Lan Yu Gongzi just now, such a sword was by no means a scholar's sword, it was a murderous sword, but unfortunately Lan Yu Gongzi could no longer know this.

The old blind man is not the Blue Feather Prince, but he is the same as the Blue Feather Child, both have only one throat and only one life, and fortunately he is different from the Blue Feather Child, the Blue Feather Boy doesn't know that Du Thirteen's sword is fast, he knows, so there is no hole in his throat.

The old blind man moved, first put the iron pestle in his right hand, and then turned sideways and stepped into his right leg, already dodging the sword, just like he usually walked, but the iron pestle in his right hand was not placed on the ground as he usually walked, but on Du Shisan's left rib.

Du 13 smiled, smiled very happily, he had never smiled so happily, he knew that whether it was Du 13 or Du Shouli, he no longer had to abide by any rules in the world, no longer had to be bound by anyone, he was about to become a dead man, the freest dead man in the world, even if he was called a dead man, Sun Daoren, who was flesh and bones, would definitely not be able to save him. Because the rib of his left chest was broken, and his heart was broken.

Xu Xiao didn't look at this battle of life and death, because life and death had already been doomed, and it was doomed by the people of the Bloody Clothes Building. Before Du 13 drew his sword, he had already come to the plum tree at the edge of the courtyard.

The plum blossoms on the plum trees have only been in bloom for a few days, and these plum blossoms are still very young, and they could have bloomed all winter, but a heavy snowfall that has not been seen in several years crushed their petals, and the petals fell to the ground and merged with the earth.

Like many young people in the world, they could have lived their lives in peace, maybe not exciting, at least happy. But there will always be wind and rain in life, the wind and rain from home, the wind and rain from the rivers and lakes, the wind and rain from their own hearts, the wind and rain are too big, so that they fall down and never get up again, just like these young plum blossoms, with the soil and for one.

Thinking about this, Xu Xiao couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart, and his face didn't seem to smile anymore. But he felt that he had forgotten something, stood on tiptoe, stretched his neck, and saw the plum blossom on the top, this plum blossom bloomed very well, the snow did not collapse its petals, it was still so intact, he hoped that this plum blossom would survive this winter, and he also hoped that he would still be able to see this plum blossom next winter.

Xu Xiao's face had a smile again.

When Xu Xiao turned around, Du 13 was completely dead, and seventeen people had come in the courtyard. Eight of them washed the blood off the ground and wiped it dry with a cotton cloth as if nothing had happened before.

Du Thirteen's body and the body of Blue Feather Boy were both put into the coffin, and eight of the strong men lifted the coffin containing Du Thirteen's body and left.

A man wearing brocade clothes walked up to the old blind man, bowed his hand, and said, "Senior, I am the housekeeper of the Blue Feather Marquis Mansion, and I am here to take the little Marquis home." ”

The old blind man nodded and said, "How many sons do you have here?"

The housekeeper said, "Master Hou has a son. ”

"How old are you Hou Ye, and how many concubines do you have?"

"Master Hou is only forty-two years old, still in the prime of life, and his body is also very tough, and he has three concubines," said the housekeeper.

The old blind man said, "All right, you can go." ”

The housekeeper did not leave, but continued: "Master Hou has a few words for me to relay to my seniors. ”

"What words. ”

"The Blue Feather Marquis Mansion is rich, and it will be richer in the next two years; the Blue Feather Marquis Mansion has the right, and thirty percent of the civil officials in the court have received the favor of the Blue Feather Marquis Mansion, and there will be thirty percent of the generals in the next two years; the Blue Feather Marquis Mansion has connections in the rivers and lakes, and the elders of the Wudang and Kongtong factions are all friends of the Hou Ye, and the Hou Ye will have more friends in the rivers and lakes in two years. Two years later, if the seniors are still alive and still want to avenge Prince Zhao, they can come to the Blue Feather Marquis Mansion, and the Blue Feather Marquis Mansion will definitely treat each other with great courtesy. After the housekeeper finished speaking, without waiting for the old blind man to reply, he turned around and walked to the coffin of the blue feather boy, and said to the coffin: "The slave respectfully invites the little marquis to go home." His voice was very loud, probably because he was afraid that the Blue Feather Boy would not hear it.

After saying that, the butler and the eight strong men all walked out of the courtyard.

Xu Xiao said: "It seems that Lan Yuhou will take revenge on the Bloody Cloak Building after two years."

The old blind man said: "Yes, to deal with a behemoth like the Bloody Cloak Building, you must have money, power, and connections, the current Blue Feather Marquis Mansion is not rich enough, not powerful enough, and not very well-connected, for people like Lan Yuhou, it still takes time, two years is already fast." ”

Xu Xiao asked, "Isn't the Blood Cloak Mansion going to deal with the Blue Feather Marquis Mansion in the past two years?"

The old blind man said, "No, they are also anxious now. ”

Xu Xiao asked, "Who can make the Bloody Clothes Building anxious?"

The old blind man said, "A gun and a pen." ”

"What kind of gun, what kind of pen?"

"The gun is the gun of the overlord, the pen is the pen of the judge, whoever sees this gun will be in awe, and whoever sees this pen will be afraid to death. ”

Xu Xiao said: "To retaliate against the bloody cloak building, you need to have money, power, and connections, you don't have it, what kind of revenge." ”

"I still have a life!"