Ping Qiuyue sent a boat to send Xu An to the shore, and after Xu An went ashore, he purchased some food, inquired about the location of the Xixi faction, and set off for the Xixi faction.

Passing through Zhejiang College, crossing Huanglong Street, passing through a wetland, and then arriving at Wenyilin, this is Xu An is hungry, so he walked while eating steamed buns, and suddenly heard someone shouting: "Brother, brother, help me." Xu An saw a person stuck between two trees, unable to go up or down, and couldn't get out.

Xu An was surprised: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

The brother said, "I'm stuck and can't come out, please help me." ”

Xu An said: "How can you get stuck?"

The brother said bitterly: "Alas, I was on my way and did not know that a fast horse was coming from behind, and I was hit, and then it was like this. "I want to cry without tears.

Xu An said: "Wait a minute, I'll help you." ”

As he spoke, he took out a wood knife and chopped it.

The brother said, "You are not happy with your firewood knife, use my axe." ”

Xu An saw an axe not far from the ground, so he picked it up and cut down the tree.

After the brother came out, he jumped up and down, hugged Xu An and said, "Thank you, brother, if it weren't for you, I guess I would have died here." I don't know what to call my brother yet?"

Xu An said: "Under Xu An." ”

The brother said, "My name is Luo Han Song." You can call me Omatsu. ”

Xu An smiled: "Brother Da Song, he is really as strong as Da Song. ”

Omatsu laughed.

Da Song said: "Are you going to the west?"

Xu An said: "Yes, I want to go to the Xixi faction." ”

Da Song said: "It just so happens that I am also going to the Xixi faction." ”

As he spoke, they walked together.

Xu An said: "Brother Da Song, what are you doing in the Xixi Sect?"

Da Song said: "I'm going to go to learn from a teacher." I don't know if they will take me. I heard that they are stricter and more demanding in accepting disciples. ”

Xu An said: "I believe that Brother Da Song will definitely be able to." It just so happens that I'm going to apprentice too. ”

Da Song said: "Just together." Brother Xu, look at your chai knife, are you from a woodcutter?"

Xu An smiled: "No, when I went out, I brought a firewood knife to make it easier to cross the mountains and mountains." Anyway, how do you carry an axe with you?"

Da Song said: "Because I am a carpenter. ”

Xu Anqi said: "Why don't you become a carpenter anymore, you want to learn martial arts?"

Da Song sighed and said, "Alas, if you don't have martial arts, you will be bullied." My father was also a carpenter, and after working at the rich man's house, he didn't get any money and was beaten. I couldn't swallow this breath, so I ran out, ready to learn some skills and go back. ”

Xu An said: "Why did you go to the Xixi faction?"

Da Song said: "When I was in my hometown, I heard that the gentleman who heard the story often said that there was a faction in Hangzhou that was Xixi faction, with strong martial arts, righteousness, blood to serve the country, and expelling Liaogou, and he had always admired it, so he came." What about you?"

Xu An said: "First, I want to help others fulfill a wish, and secondly, I also want to learn a skill, not to be bullied, and to protect the township." ”

Passing through Wen Yilin, the two saw the gatehouse of the Xixi faction standing tall from a distance, and the two walked quickly.

I saw a middle-aged man walking over from the opposite side, hanging his head and sighing.

Da Song stepped forward and asked, "This big brother, is there any difficulty, why are you so unhappy?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "Alas, I am reluctant to leave the Xixi faction where I have lived for so many years." As he spoke, he began to cry.

Xu An said: "Since you are reluctant, why do you want to leave again?

The middle-aged man said: "This is the rule of the Xixi faction. The strong stay, the weak leave. ”

Da Song asked strangely, "What kind of rule is this?"

The middle-aged man said: "You may not know that the Xixi faction will hold an autumn competition every year, and once the last place in the competition is placed, it will be removed from the Xixi faction." ”

Da Song's eyes widened in surprise and said, "This rule is too strange. ”

The middle-aged man said: "Alas, this is also for everyone's consideration. Many years ago, when Xixi was sent to fight against Liao, many brothers and sisters were killed in battle, and the master didn't want the tragedy to happen again, so after he came back, he set this rule. Alas, it's only my fault that I've been too indulgent in recent years. ”

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving a reluctant and regretful back.

When the two came to the door, a young man dressed plainly, with the words Xixi School embroidered on his cuffs and belt, asked, "Is there anything wrong with you?"

Da Song said politely: "I heard that the people of the Xixi faction are righteous, and I came to learn from the teacher. ”

The young man said: "I have to show the third senior brother to tell you the result." As he spoke, he asked Xu An, "What about you?"

Xu An said: "I don't know that Mr. Xun Geng is the person you sent?"

The young man said, "It's our second senior brother, what's wrong?"

Xu An took out a box and parchment paper from his bag, and said sentimentally: "Mr. Xun Geng unfortunately passed away many years ago, and his wish is to hope that he can return to his hometown Xixi faction. The box contained his ashes, as well as these two pages of parchment paper, which were also his relics. As he spoke, he gave the boy the box and the roll of paper.

The young man said: "This is a big deal, you two come with me." As he spoke, he led Xu An and Luo Han Song into the mountain gate.

Walk up the stone steps all the way to a large square, the square is so large that it can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and it is vast. Then through a courtyard, and then through a small square, you will reach a meeting room, the hall is several feet high, full of a noble and arrogant atmosphere.

The young man put the urn and parchment paper on the table, and then said, "Please sit here for a while, and I will go and ask the third senior brother to come over." ”

After a while, a middle-aged man came in crying, with small eyes, goat whiskers, and a big ambition on his right forehead, and said, "Where is the second senior brother?" and then saw the box and parchment paper on the table.

Seeing the parchment roll, the middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and he was basically sure that the ashes were indeed the second senior brother Xun Geng's. Who is this middle-aged man? It is Lin Daoxian, the third apprentice of Xixi Pai Lu Yiwen.

Lin Daoxian said: "You sent the ashes of the second senior brother over?"

Da Song pointed at Xu An and said, "He sent it." ”

Lin Daoxian said: "How did the second senior brother pass away?"

Xu An said: "I don't know. As he spoke, he told him how to find Xun Geng's bones.

Lin Daoxian took Xu An's hand and said, "God is pitiful, the second senior brother was able to return to Xixi, thank you little brother." ”

Xu An said: "No thanks, no thanks. ”

The young man said: "Third senior brother, they are also here to learn from the master, I don't know if the master agrees?"

Lin Daoxian said, "This is easy to say, the master will be out of the customs in the next two days, and when the master is out of the customs, he will explain the situation to him." The two little brothers stayed here for a few days. ”

As he spoke, he asked the boy to arrange a room to live in.