Weicheng is not big, the officers and soldiers together do not exceed three hundred, and the military camp far away from the bustling area is sometimes more like a bandit nest, the so-called general is just a lowest-level general, but Ma Shixiangye is extremely strict, or this Weicheng bandit leader likes to be called a general, so even if it is a daily conversation, the subordinates dare not forget to add the word general in their heads.

Ma Shixiang wiped the rain on his face, looked at the yellow-brown stagnant water around the barracks, and sighed with emotion, "You can't keep leaving him in this place, isn't he looking for the Chiba Ice Lotus, this kind of thing is only available in the legendary Tianshan Mountain, since he wants to find the Chiba Ice Lotus, let him go to the Tianshan Mountains to form a good fate, and it happens to be a good way." We can also send that noble person a favor by the way. ”

"I don't think that noble man appreciates it......," replied the lieutenant in annoyance.

The barracks door behind everyone was pushed open, and a handsome maid walked out, looked at Ma Shixiang, and said coldly, "Take me to see that guide." ”

In the end, it is the personal servant of the noble, and in the face of the court, she does not hide her faint pride.

The prime minister's concierge, the nobleman's close maid, and the prince are the most troublesome characters in the officialdom. Ma Shixiang really didn't want to deal with this kind of person, so he said a few words of gossip at random, so he waved his hand and summoned a lieutenant and told him to take this noble maid to find someone by himself.

The rain is temporary, the Weicheng after the light rain is particularly fresh, and the three or two willows on the side of the road are blooming with spring green, but although the scenery is good, the city is too small, and without walking a few steps, the captain led the maid to a barracks.

Listening to the noisy shouting and scolding sound coming from inside the door, the servant girl frowned slightly, thinking to herself that in broad daylight, someone dared to drink in the barracks? The door curtain was blown by the wind, and the sound inside was suddenly clear, and it was really a fist, but it was not a wine fist - listening to the content of the order, a trace of blush and anger flashed on the handmaid's delicate face, and she secretly clenched the fist in her sleeve.

"Let's swing the fist, who's swinging, I'm swinging, who's swinging, you're swinging, who's swinging, he's swinging. ”

The filthy sound of the order replied back and forth, but after a long time, the winner could not be distinguished, and the maidservant, whose expression was becoming more and more annoyed, lifted the corner of the door curtain, and looked in with a very unkind look, and at first glance saw a young man on the opposite side of the square table.

The young man was about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a standard cotton shirt common in the army, the front of the cotton shirt was full of oil, and his black hair was not known whether it was natural or because it had not been washed for several years, and it was a little frizzy.

"Who's a, you're a!"

Diametrically opposed to the filthy content of the punch, the young man's expression at this time was extremely focused and serious, not only did he not have the slightest obscene taste, but even his eyebrows revealed a bit of holiness and sublime meaning, his right hand kept gesturing rock-paper-scissors in front of him, punching like the wind, and the knife with killing intent, as if the victory or loss of this punch was more important than his own life.

A few green-headed flies with strong vitality that survived in the harsh environment of the northwest were constantly trying to land on the placket of the young man's oil-stained cotton shirt, but they were always driven away by his fist wind and sword intent.

"I won!"

The long punch that seemed to drain all the air out of the lungs of the two men at the table was finally over, and the black-haired boy waved his right arm to declare his victory, smiling extremely happily, and a cute dimple appeared on his left cheek.

The young man's opponent refused to admit defeat, insisting that he finally changed his fist when shouting at whom, so the room suddenly fell into a fierce quarrel, and the soldiers watching the battle had their own positions, and no one could convince anyone, and at this moment I don't know who shouted, "Go to sweep the bandits tomorrow, whoever cuts down the most thieves, today will be the winner." ”

"Okay! The boy bared a mouthful of white teeth.

The maidservant's face became more and more embarrassed, how could these ruffians be guides, but they were really not used to their kind of behavior. frowned and glanced at the young man, then looked at the still indignant soldier on the other side of the table, and said seriously, "In the twenty-third round, you cut and he punched, but you said that he was * swinging, so you had already lost at that time." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the room, and the crowd dispersed, and the soldier gave the money with a smirk, and the young man happily took the money, wiped it with his hand on the grease stain on his chest, and patted the other man on the shoulder as a sincere comfort.

"If you want to open some, the whole Weicheng ...... No, in this whole world, who can win me down?"

Luo Fan looked at her, didn't say anything, turned around and left, as if the person brought by the captain had nothing to do with him.

The handmaid's face was even more difficult to see, so the captain who had been standing by and secretly observing her face was also difficult to see, he grabbed the door curtain with his hand, took a deep breath, and was about to cough twice, but was stopped by the two stern stares of the maid.

To prevent the captain from alarming the other party, the maid followed the young man out of the barracks from a distance, and observed in silence all the way, the captain did not know what she wanted to do, so he had to attribute it to the cautious and strange habits of the nobleman's close people.

Along the way, the young man named Luofan didn't show anything special, bought some food, and said hello to the fat aunt in the tavern on the street, like a speck of dust falling into the crowd, which can be forgotten in an instant.

The world is very big, Weicheng is very small, and it didn't take long for the three of them to arrive at a certain house in the south direction, outside the house there was a small stone lawn, and there was a simple fence around the ping, and the maid and the captain stood outside the fence and looked inside.

The young man fetched a bucket of water and poured it into the water tank, and then he began to wash rice and vegetables, and took advantage of the time between steaming rice to take a rag and began to wipe the doors and windows of tables and chairs.

In the haze, the figure of the young man became a little charming.

Although it rained yesterday, the rain was not heavy enough, and the loess accumulated on the doors and windows was not washed away, but turned into unsightly traces of muddy water, which were quickly removed under the young man's rag, and the courtyard of the house suddenly became clean and bright.

It is obvious that he is doing these housework every day, and he seems to be very skilled and fast, and the boy is as busy as an ant, running around like a servant, tired and sweaty, and his face is red, and he looks a little funny, and some people have endless thoughts, what kind of teenager is this, and why is the housework so familiar......

This young man named Luofan obviously has two emotions, and he is completely different from the ruffian in the barracks, but at this time he makes people feel less hateful, and some cute.

Soon, he ate the food he made at random, and lay quietly or comfortably on a bamboo chaise longue, holding an old book in his left hand and constantly flipping through it, and holding a branch in his right hand on the wet mud ground.

The soldiers of Weicheng have long been accustomed to the daily life scenes in this small courtyard, so they don't think it's strange, but the eyes of the noble maids standing outside the fence have become complicated, and they don't know whether they should hate or feel cute about this young man.

Maybe it triggered the bad memories of childhood, or maybe it was the imagination of some beautiful emotions in her heart, the maidservant girl pushed the fence straight away and walked in, her eyes fell on the bamboo chaise longue, and she said lightly mockingly: "I thought that what I was looking at was a masterpiece of sages that could make you forget all the movements that happened around you, but I didn't expect that it was just a Taishang induction chapter that can be bought everywhere on the market, could it be that people like you also have the luxury of stepping on the path of cultivation?"

Luo Fan sat up, curiously glanced at this little lady who was dressed in luxurious clothes and seemed to never appear in Weicheng, and then looked at the captain with a slightly embarrassed expression, and explained after a pause: "I can only buy this book, so I have to look at it, that is, I am curious, where is there any extravagance." ”

The maidservant obviously didn't expect this young man to answer so naturally and casually, so that she couldn't help but suffocate, and immediately looked at the captain on the side and said, "If this young man goes to be a guide, maybe he will have the opportunity to worship under the Tianshan Gate with the young lady." ”

Luo Fan frowned suspiciously, followed the other party's gaze and looked at his captain with an embarrassed face, and said in his heart, of course, the purpose of my coming to the border is to hear about it, the legend of the Chiba Ice Lotus only appears in the Tianshan Mountains, and it is my purpose to go to the Tianshan Mountains to find the Chiba Ice Lotus, but at present, the Tianshan Mountains do not belong to the territory of the imperial court, and I am just mixing in the military camp to see if there is a chance, but I didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon.

The captain looked at Luo Fan and nodded slightly. "Hmm!"

Luo Fan immediately stood up from the bamboo recliner, with a somewhat urgent look, "Don't worry, I may be the most familiar with this area, although I have been here for half a year, but in this half a year, I have cleaned up the bandits on the border, and I have already explored the road." ”

The anxious look seemed to be about to come up and take the little lady's hand, a look that it would be a great mistake not to take him as a guide.

The servant girl has probably never seen such a brazen person in her life, the fist in her sleeve is slowly clenched, and her expression is cold and about to attack, but her eyes fall on the muddy ground next to the bamboo chaise longue, and fall on the handwriting drawn by those branches, her heart can't help but move slightly, and a different color appears in her eyes, so that she completely forgets what she wants to say.

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