As soon as the man in black left, Chen Diqiu and the others cheered. Chen Diqiu's eyes flashed, staring at Zhu Xiangru and said, "It turns out that the eldest brother is Wudang Gaozu. No wonder the miraculous skills are world-famous, and three punches and two kicks beat these thieves to the ground, and they fled. If the eldest brother is not here today, the brother's life will be difficult to save. ”

Zhu Xiangru saw that the strong enemy had fled, and he was thinking about the horses and luggage on the shore, this toss was already waning, and he arched his hand to Chen Diqiu, and said: "Brother, the enemy has left, and it is estimated that he will not come again." I still have important things to do, so I'll leave it at that. Chen Diqiu's eyes turned red, and he said in a low voice: "I know you don't like me to kill, I just need to kill less in the future, why are you in a hurry to leave." Zhu Xiangru thought to himself: "It's not a good thing to be young and ruthless, since you know that killing people is not good, you are still so eager to kill indiscriminately." Then he said: "I really have something important to do, so let's do it, when the matter is done, I will come to see you in a few days." Chen Diqiu turned his sorrow into joy and said: "Big brother, you are true to your word, and you must not coax me." Stretched out his hand and took off a piece of jade from his belt, handed it to Zhu Xiangru, and said: "Big brother, if you want to find me, go to the 'wild garden' in the western suburbs, and give this jade pendant to the gatekeepers, and they will all understand, and they will naturally see me." ”

Zhu Xiangru took the jade pendant and took a look, only to see that the jade pendant was shiny and moist, and the engraving was exquisite, and at a glance, he knew that it was a precious thing. Without refusal, he took it from his hand and put it in his arms. Chen Diqiu asked: "Big brother, if I want to see you, where can I find you?" Zhu Xiangru said: "My whereabouts are uncertain, or I will come to find you!" and remembered that the clothes on his body were temporarily borrowed from Chen Diqiu, and said: "Brother, I should take off this clothes and return them to you." ”

Chen Diqiu hurriedly said: "Big brother, this dress was made by the younger brother a few days ago, and he has never worn it, and the eldest brother fits it well." Today, I have the fate to worship my eldest brother, which is a meeting gift from my eldest brother, and I hope that my eldest brother will not be disgusted. ”

Zhu Xiangru heard him say this, and it was not good to excuse himself, so he said: "Then I'm not welcome." This is Ah Yun has folded Zhu Xiangru's previous clothes neatly and held them over, Chen Diqiu took it, handed it to Zhu Xiangru, and said, "Big brother, I have ordered someone to dry your clothes." Zhu Xiangru took it and said: "Thank you, brother, the foolish brother will leave." He bowed to the crowd, turned and walked to the bow of the boat, and jumped to the shore on tiptoe. Chen Diqiu, Ah Yun and the others stood on the bow of the boat, reluctantly watching him leave until he was far away.

Zhu Xiangru came to the place where the black horse ate grass before, and saw that the black horse was still obediently gnawing grass on the grass, and a heavy rain washed its fur to be smoother and more beautiful.

Zhu Xiangru patted its head and said, "Good horse!" The black horse blew a soft sound in its nose, as if in response.

Li Xiangru took off the burden from the saddle and saw that the things inside had been wet by the heavy rain and had been exposed to the sun for two hours, and they were almost dry. At that moment, he put the clothes in his hand into the baggage, and then got on the horse and chose the road to Kunming City.

When he entered Kunming City, it was already dusk, he had been away from Yunnan for more than ten years, and when he entered the city, he became unfamiliar with everything in the city. He found a small shop to live in. The small shop is next to Dianchi Lake, although it is not big, but fortunately it is caged in the woods, clean and tidy, and the environment is quiet.

Zhu Xiangru had dinner, entered the room, as soon as he sat down, he heard someone knocking on the door, he opened the door to look, and saw a man named Huazi standing at the door, dressed as a man in his thirties, holding a bamboo pole in his hand and four cloth bags in his hand. Zhu Xiangru recognized him at a glance as a member of the beggar gang.

The flower said: "May I ask if your Excellency's surname is Zhu?" Zhu Xiangru was strange in his heart, thinking: "How does this beggar know that my surname is Zhu?" and did not answer immediately, but asked: "May I ask who you are and who are you looking for?" The beggar looked around and said in a low voice: "I am the person who helped the Yunnan rudder, surnamed Zhong, I heard that the son arrived in Yunnan, and at the order of our Sima helmsman, I came to offer a prayer." As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom and presented it respectfully.

Zhu Xiangru thought to himself: "This beggar gang really deserves to be the largest gang in the world, and the news is well-informed, and they already know it as soon as I arrived in Kunming." Just as he was about to receive the letter, he thought about it: "I came this time, except for a few division commanders in Wudang who knew about it, even Senior Brother Qingyun and Senior Sister Xuangui didn't know my true identity. Although this man claims to be a member of the beggar gang, the people in the rivers and lakes are sinister, and they must not be guarded against!", and said: "Put the letter on the table, and I will open it and see." ”

The beggar, surnamed Zhong, answered "yes", went into the room, placed the letter on the table, and took his leave. Zhu Xiangru waited for him to leave, for fear that poison powder and other poisons would be put on the letter, so he pulled out his long sword, opened the envelope with the tip of the sword, and then picked out the letter, and lifted the letter high above the tip of the sword, nearly three feet away from himself, hanging in the air, watching the contents of the letter under the lamp. But the letter reads: "I heard that Gongzi has arrived in Kunming recently, and I will come to visit him early tomorrow morning, and I hope to forgive the sin of neglect." The beggars helped Yunnan rudder Sima Guyun to be on the top. "The handwriting on the letter is correct, and there is still some pen power.

Zhu Xiangru saw that there was nothing unusual on the letter, so he took the letter off the sword and put it back in the envelope. pondered: "I don't know if what the person who sent the letter said is true or not, whether it is a member of the beggar gang, but I heard Uncle Yufeng and Master and others mention it at that time, the beggar gang and my Wudang have a lot of friendship, and they are the most active in the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty." I'll pay attention to it tomorrow when I see this helmsman surnamed Sima. ”

Yuri, Zhu Xiangru got up to wash, the store sent fried dough and soy milk, ate early, and after a while, I heard a sound of footsteps outside the corridor. When the footsteps reached the door, they stopped, followed by a few well-known knocks. Zhu Xiangru got up and opened the door, and saw four or five beggars in shabby clothes standing at the door. The leader was a middle-aged man of thirty-seven or eighteen years old, whose clothes were torn, but they were cleanly washed, but he had beautiful eyebrows, and three strands of beard under his chin, and the beggar surnamed Zhong who delivered the letter yesterday was also among them.

As soon as the middle-aged beggar saw Zhu Xiangru, he asked, "May I ask if Your Excellency is Zhu Gongzi who came all the way from Wudang, right?" Zhu Xiangru hesitated for a moment, and the middle-aged beggar said: "I am helping Sima Guyun, the helmsman of Yunnan, to meet Zhu Gongzi." As he spoke, he led a few people to kneel down at the door.

Zhu Xiangru hurriedly said: "Everyone, please get up quickly." It is Zhu Xiangru below, please speak in the room. A few people entered the room, Zhu Xiangru and Sima Guyun sat down, and the rest of the people were still standing aside.

Zhu Xiangru said: "Dare to ask Sima Helmsman how he knows his whereabouts in Xia, and how does he know that he lives here?" Sima Guyun smiled and said: "A month ago, we received a letter from the chief helmsman Song Gang Master, saying that Gongzi set off from Wudang to Yunnan to plan for a big event. After receiving the letter, I sent my disciples to observe and wait day and night, which was equivalent to waiting for the son. Zhu Xiangru groaned: "I went down from Wuxia to the mountain, except for a few division commanders in the gang, no one knows, I don't know how your gang got the news?"

Sima Guyun said: "The lower position is low, and he only acts according to the instructions of the chief helm, and he doesn't dare to ask more." Zhu Xiangru nodded and said, "In this case, what advice do you have for me?" Sima Guyun ordered the beggar surnamed Zhong to say: "Zhong Laosan, you go out and control the wind, don't let strangers get close, in case someone eavesdrops on the conversation between me and Zhu Gongzi." Zhong Laosan came out in response, and after going out, he closed the door again.

Zhu Xiangru said: "Master Sima Helmsman, you might as well speak up if you have something." Sima Guyun stood up, led the rest of the beggars to kneel down and kowtowed, "Meet the young master!" Several people slammed their heads three times, and Zhu Xiangru said: "Get up quickly, you don't have to make such a big salute." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and helped a few people up.

Sima Guyun said: "Now I will introduce several elders in the rudder to the young master. Pointing to a thin forty or fifty-year-old beggar, he said, "This is Chen Yizhou, the deputy helmsman of the rudder." Pointing to a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old man: "This is named She Yuangang, and he is the youngest elder in the rudder. He pointed to a middle-aged beggar with a bulging back and said: "This is Cai Xiaofei, known as the 'Tiannan Famous Camel', and he is really good at iron work with one hand." Zhu Xiangru met the three of them one by one again.