On the bluestone slab by the lake, Li Haoran sat side by side with Geng Huyuan, completely unconcerned about the boring quarrels and cursing in the pavilion.

Li Haoran smiled at the Geng Nursing Yuan on the side, and asked softly, "Brother Geng, how far do you think Meng Xiaozi will go in the martial arts in the future?"

Geng Huyuan shook his head and said flatly: "I can't say, after all, the things in the future are too ethereal, and no one can say." ”

Li Haoran said again: "Meng Xiaozi has talent, and he is also very diligent on weekdays, if he can't cross the immortal gate in the future, it's a bit unreasonable." ”

Geng Huyuan smiled lightly and said, "When I was young, my master also praised my qualifications, but you see, I still haven't been able to cross the immortal gate now. ”

Li Haoran raised his eyebrows and said, "You are out of luck, if you are given the opportunity to cultivate well, how can your cultivation be like this." ”

Geng Huyuan said calmly: "So, talent and diligence are related to your future cultivation, but they can't determine your achievements. After all, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good fortune and misfortune. ”

Li Haoran sighed, and said: "That's right, this way of luck, although it is ethereal, it can affect people's lives, maybe there is destiny in the dark." ”

Geng Huyuan smiled lightly, noncommittal.

Hua Rong in the pavilion was a little tired and sat there with a dry mouth.

The corners of Meng Ran's mouth curled slightly, teasing the poor man in front of him, and said with a smile: "Hero, are you tired? thirsty or not? Do you want me to feed you a good wine?"

Hua Rong snorted, ignored Meng Ran, and twisted his head in the other direction.

Meng Ran didn't care about him, and said to himself: "Look, you are so unruly, you must be a thief, if I send you to the yamen, it will definitely be a great achievement, and then your family will all follow you to the underworld." What do you think of this idea?"

Hua Rong turned his head and glared at Meng Ran, and said viciously: "You go, Lao Tzu won't be afraid of you." ”

Meng Ran touched his smooth chin and said thoughtfully: "It seems that you know someone from the official mansion, so I can't send you there." But I have another idea, would you like to hear it?"

Hua Rong spit out a word with an expressionless face, "Put." ”

Meng Ran said with a smile: "I know a general banner of the Imperial City Si Xuan Wolf Guard, if I hand you over to him, he will definitely be happy, after all, this is a big case, maybe you can dig up which court moth, right?"

Hua Rong's face instantly became a little ugly.

There are all kinds of heroes and heroines in this world, these people may be greedy for money, lustful, despicable and shameless, or they may be righteous and look at death as if they were at home, but they almost don't want to meet one kind of person, that is, the eagle dog of the Imperial City Division.

It is said that in the torture chamber of this Imperial City Division, there are all kinds of torture instruments, which can make the iron man speak, and the dead man deceive the corpse, which is extremely powerful.

Therefore, as soon as Hua Rong heard that Meng Ran was going to hand him over to the Xuanwolf Guard of the Imperial City Division, he immediately panicked, and his handsome eyes were full of fear, forgetting the most basic truth.

How could ordinary people easily instruct the people of the Imperial City Division, Meng Ran was just deceiving him.

Meng Ran looked at Hua Rong with a smile, and said in a cold voice: "Hero, your eyes are good, those people in the Imperial City Division must talk about your eyes first."

They will cut your eyelids with blades as thin as a cicada's wings and watch as your eyeballs fall out of their sockets before being shoved into your mouth.

The next thing is to deal with your fingers and arms, it's a pity that this pair of good shooting arms. ”

Meng Ran was still chattering and intimidating Hua Rong, while Li Haoran on the shore of the lake laughed out loud and asked Geng Huyuan on the side: "Brother Geng, where did Meng Xiaozi learn these crooked ways? ”

Geng Huyuan shook his head and said, "I don't know, I didn't know him well before, and I rarely see him on weekdays." ”

Li Haoran sighed and continued to observe the movement in the pavilion.

Meng Ran said for a while, Hua Rong couldn't bear it anymore, shouted, and said, "Don't say it again!"

Meng Ran stopped very obediently, looked at Hua Rong who was close to collapse in front of him, and asked softly, "Then let me ask you a few questions, how about it?"

Hua Rong nodded with a disappointed expression.

Meng Ran began to ask, "Who is your master?"

Hua Rong replied: "Guo Yi Du Lieutenant Zhu Wuchang." ”

Meng Ran was stunned for a moment, then understood and asked, "Zhu Tianmao's father?"

Hua Rong nodded.

Meng Ran asked again: "How many servants did that gentleman bring with him to Jiaxing City?"

"Eight. ”

"Let's talk about it specifically. ”

It turned out that Zhu Tianmao came to Jiaxing City this time for an old matter, and this matter was also related to Meng Ran.

After Chu Changcun, the captain of the Fourth Regiment of Hangzhou Zhechong Mansion, returned to the barracks with his soldiers, Zhu Wuchang, the lieutenant of Guoyi, faintly noticed that there were unspeakable secrets behind the battle report submitted by Chu Changcun, but he could not directly interrogate him on the surface, so he sent his son and several powerful servants to Jiaxing to investigate the matter.

After many inquiries, I learned a rough idea, and this is how Zhu Tianmao contacted Meng Ran.

Meng Ran raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice, "Eight people, including the four who died outside the city?"

Hua Rong nodded and said, "Yes." The rest are the four of us. ”

Meng Ran asked again: "What are their names, and what are their characteristics?"

Hua Rong said in a low voice: "My name is Hua Rong, good at shooting, and the fourth brother Gongsun Sheng, who is good at using long swords; the fifth brother Guan Sheng, who is good at using big swords, came to Mengfu to investigate in one day, and then disappeared; ”

Meng Ran seemed to be sprinkling salt on Hua Rong's wounds, and asked in a deep voice, "So who is the one who escaped?"

Hua Rong's face jumped for a while, and he said in a muffled voice: "Fourth brother Gongsun Sheng." ”

Meng Ran said with a mocking expression: "Do you think he will come back, do you think your sixth brother will come?"

The corners of Hua Rong's mouth squirmed a few times, and finally said in a heavy tone: "I don't know what will happen to the fourth brother, but the sixth brother will definitely come." ”

Meng Ran smiled and said, "Okay, if your sixth brother comes, I'll give you a chance." ”

"What chance?"

"We're fighting. If you win, I'll let you go, and if you lose, follow me. ”

The corners of Hua Rong's mouth curled slightly, and he said with a slight mockery: "Master Meng has the courage to fight again?"

Meng Ran ignored Hua Rong's unfriendly tone, and said very seriously: "If Lin Chong doesn't come before noon, I will throw you into the lake to feed the fish." ”

Hua Rong snorted softly, "I'll wait for you." ”

Meng Ran patted Hua Rong's shoulder and said expectantly, "I'm waiting for you." ”

Hua Rong glanced at Meng Ran, closed his eyes and began to recuperate.

Meng Ran looked at the somewhat sluggish Pinhua Daoist on the side, and asked with a smile, "This beautiful man, what is your name?"

Pinhua Daoist pouted and said, "Pinhua Daoren." ”

Meng Ran laughed and said, "It's a bit like the name of a flower thief." ”

Li Haoran, who was sitting over there, took over the conversation and said, "He is a flower thief." ”

Meng Ran looked at Pinhua Daoist with a look of disbelief, and asked seriously, "Is what Senior Li said true?"

Pinhuadao didn't deny it, and nodded very calmly.

Meng Ran scratched his sideburns and asked uncertainly, "So you came to my house for Seinfeld?"

Pinhua Daoist nodded and shook his head, and said, "Half and half." ”

Meng Ran glared at him and said impatiently, "If you have something to say, say it quickly." ”

Pinhua Daoist told the story of his experience of being subdued by Zhou Xiaowu, as well as Zhou Xiaowu's promise.

Meng Ran pondered for a while and asked, "So you mean, Zhou Xiaowu promised to give Seinfeld to you?"

Pinhua Daoren smiled reluctantly and said, "That's right. ”

Meng Ran's fingers tapped a few times on the stone table, and he asked in a low voice, "Do you know the relationship between Seinfeld and Zhou Xiaowu?"

Pinhuadao shook his head.

Meng Ran smiled and teased: "As the old saying goes, people die for money, and birds die for food." And you, you don't even know how to die. ”

The pair of peach blossom eyes on the other side were a little more suspicious and solemn, and asked in a deep voice, "Does Meng Gongzi know the relationship between the two of them?"

Meng Ran asked rhetorically, "You want to know?"

Pinhua Daoist nodded without thinking about it: "I naturally want to know, I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in Xiaowu's gourd this week." ”

Meng Ran said very coolly: "Okay, I'll arrange a room for you, and you can have a good chat with Seinfeld." ”

At the end, Meng Ran asked again, "Can you move now?"

Pinhuadao people bowed slightly.

Meng Ran warned: "I don't care what my predecessors promised you, but you can't leave yet, after all, you have taken my pill." You know what I mean?"

Pinhua Daoist said in a deep voice: "Got it." ”

Meng Ran shouted into the kitchen, "Uncle Ning, come to the backyard and lie down." ”

After a while, Uncle Ning came to the pavilion and helped Pinhua Daoren to the front yard according to Meng Ran's instructions.

Meng Ran was tightly attached to the back.

After arriving in the front yard, Pinhua Daoren was placed in the hall and sat down, and Meng Ran went to find Seinfeld.

After that, the two of them were left to talk in the hall.

After about a cup of tea, Seinfeld, whose eyes were slightly red, came to the backyard and stood straight beside Meng Ran, looking pitiful.

Meng Ran turned around and glanced at her, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong with Fei'er girl? Who bullied you? Do you want me to help you get angry?"

Seinfeld saluted Meng Ran, and said in a flat tone: "How dare the concubine bother the son, it's all my own fault." ”

Meng Ran sighed and said softly, "Then what do you want?"

Seinfeld looked at Meng Ran fixedly, and said bitterly: "It's all up to the child's will, what the prince makes the concubine do, the concubine will be." ”

Meng Ran raised his head slightly, looked directly at the pretty woman standing on the side, and said with a cold look in his eyes: "Are you sure? ”

Seinfeld nodded and said, "Sure, although I don't regret dying." ”

Meng Ran sneered, pointed to the South Lake with a pool of autumn water, and said coldly: "Then you jump down, I will burn paper for you today next year." ”

Seinfeld smiled softly at Meng Ran, walked to the lakeside without hesitation, and jumped down very resolutely.