In the early spring of the first year of Ming Chenghua, the eighteenth day of the first month, Zhenxi Mansion, which is located in the depths of the Qinling Mountains, has no atmosphere of the New Year's Festival. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSince Xuande, the emperors and relatives of the central plains state capitals have wantonly annexed land, coupled with the heavy servitude, so that the people are poor, displaced, and become refugees. Jingxiang area has Qinling Mountains in the north, Daba Mountain in the south, Xiong'er Mountain in the east, Wudang Mountain, Jingshan Mountain, across Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei three provinces, the valley is deep in the mountains, sparsely populated, rich in resources and can escape servitude, it is to live here with many displaced people, cut down forests and dig mines, cultivate fields, fish and hunt to make a living, so far in the past few decades, it has gathered more than 1.5 million people of displaced people; Between Deng and southern Shaanxi, there are long mountains and valleys, stretching for thousands of miles and erecting sheds everywhere, thousands of them are groups, reclaiming wasteland, cutting down trees and erecting sheds, wandering uncertainly, the government does not think about education, and regards it as "thieves and thieves", worried that the people will change, and constantly send troops to expel and arrest, so that the displaced people are desperate, and they are angry and resentful.

Just a few months ago, it was the cold winter of the eighth year of Tianshun, and millions of displaced people in the land of Jingxiang froze and starved to death. Therefore, there were constantly homeless people gathering to rise up, bandits and bandits, and the state capitals and guard posts in Jingxiang sent troops to suppress them, and for a time chaos broke out;

At this time, the Zhenxi Mansion has not yet been affected, the city is still peaceful, the chaotic atmosphere of Jingxiang is just the conversation of the diners in the teahouse restaurant, under the heavy snow, the whole town has become white, only the red lanterns hanging under the eaves are highlighted in this white world, leaving a little New Year's end atmosphere.

The porter Lao Sun wore a sheepskin jacket, sat under the foyer, and from time to time lifted a pot of soju hot by the charcoal basin in front of him and took a sip, and suddenly there was a slight burning sensation in his throat, and then the warm current soaked his heart and spleen, Lao Sun enjoyed this taste, squinted his eyes and looked at the heavy snow outside. In the eyes of others, in this cold wind, idly drinking the green bamboo wine of Sima Liquor House is quite a bit of artistic conception.

The snow was very heavy, and the sky was falling, and the weather was very cold, and the streets outside were also very cold, because of the heavy snow, all the peddlers and pawns had a snow holiday, and perhaps they all drank at home like Lao Sun. The days of tight goods and tight money have also passed, and in such weather, even the rice shop in the town is deserted and tight, and there are only three or two customers in the wine shop not far away.

The old grandson is about fifty years old, with a hunched back, and has been doing the effortless work of guarding the porter for many years, but his figure is not strong, but he looks a little thin, a little because of drinking, but his face is a little ruddy.

There was a faint sound of whirring wind in the backyard, and the old grandson couldn't help but sigh: "In this kind of weather, the master still can't move to walk a knife every day, so many years, I have never seen the master stop for a day, today is so cold, but the people next to him are hiding in the house, and they don't even want to go to the street." ”

Lao Sun moved his cold feet, wrapped his sheepskin jacket, and used his right foot to remove the charcoal

The basin kicked the crippled left leg closer, and threw two more pieces of carbon into it. When he picked up the flask again, he suddenly saw someone walking on the other side of the street, deep in the flying snow.

He squeezed his slightly hazy eyes, looked deeper into the street again, and this time saw clearly that it was indeed a man and a horse, walking slowly in the snow

Lao Sun Qi said: "There are still people on the street?"

Not only Lao Sun, but even a few guests and bartenders who were drinking and greeting in the wine shop also felt a little surprised, or maybe there was no scenery to see, all looking at the people and horses on the street.

It was a black horse, but its mane and back had been dyed white by the snow, and the young man in his footwear occasionally flicked the snow off his horse, but before long the horse's back turned white again. Lao Sun, who also had no view, was like the drinkers in the wine shop, silently watching the young man walking in the snow, and gradually approached.

"Look at the way the young man walks, he must also be a person in the rivers and lakes," while the old grandson was thinking about it, the slightly thin young man had already walked to the door and stopped, and he realized that he was coming for him.

"Could it be to ask for directions or beg for water and lodging?"

The young man's face was not handsome, his eyebrows and eyes were clear, his face was fair, his gentle temperament revealed a little fortitude, and his spirit was good, I saw him pat the snow on his body, looked up at the plaque engraved with four gilded characters on the gate, and asked: "Dare to ask the old man, this is the Qin Mansion?"

Lao Sun slowly stood up and said, "Exactly, I don't know what happened to the son?"

The young man took out a letter from his bosom and said, "In Xia Ye Zhiqiu, I was ordered by my master to visit the old owner of Qin, please report it." ”

"Surname Ye?" Lao Sun took the letter and thought to himself, "The old man is very famous in the rivers and lakes, and he often has friends in the rivers and lakes to visit, but this young man has never seen it, he must be the descendant of a friend in the rivers and lakes. ”

Lao Sun bowed and said: "Ye Shaoxia, please stay for a while, and the little old man will go and report"

The old grandson walked to the backyard, turned into a secluded courtyard, and saw that his master had already finished practicing the knife, and was carefully wiping the ruler in his hand under an eaves.

The old owner of Qin is surnamed Qin Mingsheng, there are more than 60 years old, tall, square face, the long knife in his hand, the knife is three feet long, more than two inches wide, the handle is eight inches long, the straight body is straight, the blade is extremely thin, the head of the knife is flat and pointless, the shape is like a long ruler, so it is called the cutting of the sky ruler, it is the ancestral blade of the Qin family.

The ancestors of the Qin family have contributed to the ancestor of this dynasty, and it is okay to worship the marquis, just because he does not like to go to the high hall, he retired at the beginning of the dynasty, and lived in this remote place, the ancestor specially ordered to build the Qin Mansion, and gave a plaque of "Knife Villa", where there is a knife in the blade, the person with a knife must be solved below can enter the house, in order to show the respect of the Qin family's knife skills, the Qin family has not established a court for a hundred years, but it has become a famous martial arts family. It is said that Qin Sheng is the third generation, and Qin Sheng's sword is very famous in the rivers and lakes, because he has hung the galaxy in a variety and is almost invincible in the rivers and lakes, and he is chivalrous, and the people in the rivers and lakes are called "the king of the great Qin sword"

"Old Sun, what's the matter?"

Lao Sun bowed down and said: "Master, there is a young man outside the door, who claims to be surnamed Ye, and after saying that it is your old friend, there is also a letter." ”

"Oh?" Qin Sheng finished wiping his hands, thought about it for a while, and then took the letter.

There was no handwriting on the envelope, and when Qin Sheng opened the fire paint, took out the letter and read two lines, he felt that his temples suddenly jumped twice, and his face was slightly solemn.

After settling down, he said to Lao Sun: "Invite that Ye Shaoxia to the study to see me." ”

Lao Sun took the order and hurried to go, and his heart was also surprised, he knew that the old man usually met guests in the living room, and the guests who could meet directly in the study must not be ordinary people, could it be that the young man had a good family relationship with the Qin family? While thinking, he limped a few steps.

Qin Sheng stabilized his mind, folded the letter and put it in the inner bag before walking to the study.

Ye Zhiqiu was led in by Lao Sun, stepped on the creaking snow, passed through several doors, and when he arrived at the door of the study, Lao Sun stopped and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation: "Ye Shaoxia, this is the study, my master is waiting inside." ”

"I'm tired" Ye Zhiqiu arched his hand, dusted off the snow on his body, and then raised his feet and entered the study.

Qin Sheng was reading the letter in his hand, and when Ye Zhiqiu was outside, he had already heard it, but he didn't get up, he was still sitting on the chair, and when Ye Zhiqiu came closer, he put down the letter and looked up at the young man.

Ye Zhiqiu saw the sturdy old man sitting on the chair wearing a black mink collar cloak, and knew that this must be Qin Sheng, so he clasped his fists and saluted: "Junior Ye Zhiqiu, I have seen Senior Qin"

Qin Sheng looked at Ye Zhiqiu for a moment and smiled: "The nephew doesn't have to be polite, I have a good relationship with your master, don't see outside, just call me Uncle Qin!"

While talking, he stood up with a smile and said, "Come on, come on, sit down and talk, I haven't seen your master for many years, and when I see you today, I have to talk about it well." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Qin. ”

Qin Sheng looked at Ye Zhiqiu and said: "Okay, wow, I have long known that Master Xin Lantern has accepted apprentices, but I have never seen them, and today I have to see my nephew, and I really think that your master has a good vision, and he has accepted an apprentice who is a talent." ”

Qin Sheng continued, "Your master's martial arts have been perfected, and there are few people in today's martial arts who can match him, so presumably his nephew will also be able to pass it on." ”

"Uncle Qin Shizhen praised it falsely, the younger generation is really bad. ”

Qin Sheng smiled loudly: "Haha, the nephew doesn't have to be too humble" waved his hand and said: "Your master's whereabouts are erratic, he is uncertain, he is really at ease, where is he now? ”

Ye Zhiqiu's face was sad when he heard this, he stood up and bowed and saluted: "Uncle Qin, the family teacher passed away two months ago."

"What" Qin Sheng was shocked when he heard this, and suddenly stood up from his chair: "The Heart Lantern Master has passed away, how can this happen?"

Ye Zhiqiu hurriedly said: "The family teacher is not a disaster, he is chanting the Buddha and sitting, and he has already felt it before leaving, so I will cremate my body, place it properly, and hand over the letter to me, and order me to give the letter to Uncle Qin Shi after he is buried." ”

Qin Sheng sat down slowly and sighed: "Your master only said in the letter that I would take more care of you in the future, and did not say that he had already felt the ascension to heaven. ”

After a moment's pause, Qin Sheng sighed: "Alas, my nephew, the master of the heart lamp is a master of his generation, he used his common family name to name you, and he regards you as his own."

Ye Zhiqiu said angrily when he heard this: "The younger generation is an orphan, and he is carefully taught and raised by his teacher, so he is naturally a master and a father. ”

Qin Sheng looked at Ye Zhiqiu in a trance, and sighed again and said: "Master Heart Lantern is over ninety years old, he is already in a long life, and he is a Buddhist family who has passed away, so you don't have to be too sad." ”

"It's just that I don't know what the nephew plans to do in the future?" Qin Sheng said with concern: "If you don't dislike it, you can live here with me, and the old man should regard you as his own family." ”

Ye Zhiqiu got up and said: "The younger generation is already alone, Uncle Meng Qin does not dislike it, the younger generation should be grateful, and the family teacher also has some entrustment, ordering me to hand over the letter to Uncle Shi, in the future, I want to listen to Uncle Shi's orders, just the matter of the death of the family teacher, I still need to go to Wuchan Temple to inform Uncle Xinmu." ”

"Oh, go find Master Xinmu," Qin Sheng nodded lightly when he heard this, and said with a random and dumb smile, "With your seniority, when you arrive at Wuchan Temple, I'm afraid you will make a lot of jokes!"

He was stunned for a moment and said: "That's how it should be, but since you come to me, you need to stay for a while before you leave, and now that the snow is closing the mountain, and there are many disasters along the way, it is not appropriate to hurry." Qin Sheng said with a smile: "The old man will also get to know you juniors, so as not to meet the rivers and lakes in the future, and I don't know if it's my own family when I fight" said with a hearty smile.

Ye Zhiqiu thought about it for a while and said with a smile: "Thank you, Uncle Qin Shi, such a junior will be disturbed!"

Qin Sheng and Ye Zhiqiu chatted a little more, and seeing that it was getting late, they asked Lao Sun to take Ye Zhiqiu to arrange a place to live, and instructed the kitchen to set up a table of wine and banquet, so that Mrs. Qin and a pair of children were notified that they were going to have a banquet in the evening.

Then he sat down again and pondered by himself.

Qin Sheng and the heart lamp master age difference of more than 20 years, but the intersection is irreversible, the heart lamp master to Qin Sheng, can be said to be a teacher and a friend, the heart lamp master martial arts profound, compassion, never a single temple, a lifetime of travel, Pu all sentient beings, and his peerless "Thousand Buddha Tablet Palm" is also well-known in the martial arts, when its reputation is high, martial arts is difficult to hope for its back, until now, it is still for the younger generations of the rivers and lakes to talk about martial arts, tea and wine after the idle talk of martial arts can not be avoided. Of course, these conversations from high-rollers to peddlers and pawns gradually become more and more unpredictable, so they become more and more fascinating.

It's just that because of his age, he has been away from the rivers and lakes for a long time and has not made any publicity, so except for a few famous masters in the martial arts, few people with knowledge have passed away, which makes Qin Sheng sigh.

At the end of the day, the family banquet was ready, and the snow was still falling, so Lao Sun asked Ye Zhiqiu, who had already settled down, to come over, and told Qin Sheng that Mrs. and Miss Young Master were already waiting. Qin Sheng nodded, patted Ye Zhiqiu with a smile, and walked out of the study together.

When he entered the back hall, Ye Zhiqiu saw a simple table of eight immortals with old color nanmu, a table of wine banquet had been set up, and there were already three people sitting at the table, sitting on both sides.

The position at the head was vacant, obviously Qin Sheng's seat, and there was a woman sitting next to her left hand, about forty years old, with a slightly plump body and a luxurious temperament, it was Mrs. Qin. There was also a woman in her teens sitting beside her, wearing a goose-yellow deerskin cardigan jacket, with a pair of mischievous big eyes staring at a man sitting opposite, looking at the age should be Qin Sheng's children.

When the woman saw Qin Sheng coming in, she happily got up and jumped over to grab Qin Sheng's arm, and shouted coquettishly, "Daddy, why are you here!"

Then he pointed at the man who looked quite like Qin Sheng, puffed out a small mouth and said, "Big brother, he bullied me!"

The lady frowned slightly when she heard this, and said lightly: "Bai Lu, don't talk nonsense." ”

The man also glanced at Qin Sheng, turned to look at his sister with some doting, and shook his head helplessly.

"Haha" Qin Sheng looked at his daughter, smiled loudly and asked, "Your eldest brother dares to bully you, or is he willing to bully you?" This ghost girl must have done something unruly and sued your eldest brother in turn. ”

After saying that, he patted Qin Bailu's head lightly and said, "Okay, don't mess around, there are guests today, beware of people laughing at you!"

When Qin Bailu heard this, he saw Ye Zhiqiu behind him, and gently stuck out his tongue embarrassedly.

"Come on, let me introduce to you" Qin Sheng pulled Ye Zhiqiu to the table: "This is the disciple of the Heart Lantern Master, and he will be a person from my Qin Mansion in the future, I will treat him like a nephew, but you must also treat each other well." ”

Qin Sheng pointed at the woman and turned to Ye Zhiqiu and said, "This is your aunt." ”

Ye Zhiqiu hurriedly saluted the woman and said, "Junior Ye Zhiqiu, I have seen my aunt. ”

Mrs. Qin bowed slightly to Ye Zhiqiu and said softly: "A leaf falls and you know that autumn is coming, a good name." I have never met the master of the heart lamp, but I have also heard the master often say that there are many people he admires in the martial arts, and the only person he admires is the master, besides, my master and your master have a good relationship, Ye Shaoxia will be here as his home in the future, everything must not be polite, even so, it is reasonable"

Qin Sheng nodded slightly, smiling with his jaw in his mouth.

Ye Zhiqiu thanked Mrs. Qin with a salute, and Qin Sheng pointed at the man and said, "This is my son, Qin Yuangeng, twenty-seven years old, and you two will be brothers in the future." ”

Ye Zhiqiu hugged his fists and saluted: "Brother Qin"

Qin also returned the courtesy: "Brother Ye Xian"

"I don't know how old is the virtuous brother this year?"

Ye Zhiqiu also saluted, "The little brother is twenty years old"

Qin Sheng pointed at Qin Bailu again and said, "Bailu, you have another brother, but you are not allowed to sue blindly."

Qin Bailu pursed her lips and said coquettishly: "How can there be?"

Before Ye Zhiqiu could answer, Qin Bailu stood up, and Shi Shiran hugged his fists and said, "Brother Ye, little sister Qin Bailu!"

Then he thought for a moment, blinked his eyes and said, "Hmm...... Because I was born on the day of Bailu, my name is Qin Bailu, I am sixteen years old this year, and I ask Brother Ye for more advice. ”

behaved like a child of the rivers and lakes, although he was a toddler in Handan, he was also extremely cute.

Ye Zhiqiu hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Uncle Meng Shi and Aunt Meng are not disgusted, they are grateful, and they dare not advise themselves."

Mrs. Qin looked at her daughter dotingly, and said angrily: "There are no rules at all, your father and your brother are used to you, and they don't sit down!"

Qin Bailu smiled embarrassedly at Ye Zhiqiu, stuck out her tongue, and then sat down obediently beside her mother.

Qin Sheng smiled and said, "Yes, yes, everyone sit down and talk."

Qin Sheng sat on his main seat first, Ye Zhiqiu sat down next to Qin Yuangeng, everyone sat down in turn, and there were some caring and curious greetings from the Qin family during the banquet.

The next morning, the snow had stopped, and some servants were busy in the courtyard, sweeping the way out of the courtyard. Ye Zhiqiu didn't get up in a hurry, but sat on the bed and meditated first, and ran the Demon Suppression Heart Method for a few weeks, and only after the qi and blood were smooth before he washed out.

Last night, I listened to Qin Sheng's lecture during the banquet, the scenery of the mountain behind the Qin Mansion is infinite, and the brothers and sisters of the Qin family invited Ye Zhiqiu to go up the mountain to enjoy the snow together when the snow stopped, and when Ye Zhiqiu walked to the backyard, he saw that this place was unusually empty, only a stone table and stone bench in the corner, but there were countless footprints and abrasion marks on the bluestone paved ground, which was obviously caused by years of practice.

Ye Zhiqiu saw that there was no one around, so he pulled himself apart, took a light step to palm, and when he was lucky, he saw Qin Yuangeng and Qin Bailu brother and sister walking over with a smile.

"Brother Yuan Geng, Sister Bai Lu" Ye Zhiqiu stood up and greeted.

Qin Yuangeng smiled and said, "Brother Ye Xian had been in the snow all the way some time ago, why was it so early, why didn't you take a break?"

"I have been traveling with my teacher for many years, and I am used to it, it doesn't matter, thank you Brother Yuan Geng for your concern"

Qin Yuangeng was a little surprised and said: "I saw that the virtuous brother was practicing in luck, and his body technique was slow and a little erratic, but he had never seen such a technique, it must be the unique skill of the master of the heart lamp."

"This is indeed the teacher of the family, the name of the thousand Buddhas to open the tablet palm, the line is slow, gradually and flickering, the palm force is all in the internal force of the muscles, Brother Yuan Geng's good eyesight, it has been seen for a while. ”

At this time, Qin Bailu wrinkled his nose but said: "Big brother, you and Brother Ye are both polite and thoughtful, if they are really your own family, how can you be so polite and extraordinary? ”

Qin Yuangeng looked at his sister with a smile and finished speaking, laughed, and said, "What the little sister taught is ah, in this way, it seems to be angry!"

Turning his head to Ye Zhiqiu, he said, "If you and I are commensurate with my brother in the future, how old am I, you will call you big brother, I will call you Zhiqiu, how about it?"

Seeing that Ye Zhiqiu also responded with a smile, Qin Bailu was happy in his heart, with a smug look on his face, and said playfully: "Two eldest brothers, the little sister is so polite, how should the two eldest brothers reward the little sister for today's matter?"

Qin Yuangeng said with a smile: "This girl, this is starting to invite merit and reward." ”

Ye Zhiqiu's memory, the master treated him very kindly, but for many years with the master to travel the world, wandering all over the world, but never had the warmth of returning home, seeing the Qin family brothers and sisters like this, for a while there was a feeling of tiredness in his heart, Ye Zhiqiu sighed in his heart: "Master treated me like a parent and son before his death, even if time is short, he still wants to entrust me like this, it is difficult to have such a good brother and sister, as well as Uncle Qin and aunt, I really can't live up to this feeling!"

Qin Yuangeng said: "Zhiqiu, I'll take you to the back garden, and wait for my father over there to go up the mountain." ”

The three of them laughed and walked through the back hall of yesterday's banquet, and had already walked to the back garden, Qin Bailu's girl had been jumping in front, turning around from time to time to urge the two people behind, not so much Qin Yuangeng leading the way, but saying that she was leading the way.

A path has been swept out of the garden, yesterday just after heavy snowfall, the rockery is thickly covered with a layer, it has become a snow-capped mountain; the flowers and plants have been covered with snow, and the shrubs are also covered with thick white snow, which looks a little like cotton from a distance; the bamboo forest is pressed down by the heavy snow, but it is like a bow full of strings, Qin Bailu casually took out a handful of snow from the shrubs, pinched it into a snow ball, and with a "whew" sound, a heroic posture threw the snow ball into the bamboo forest, which was actually not weak internal force.

The snow ball shot into the bamboo forest, and hit a bamboo with a "pop", and the bamboo suddenly stood up like a big bow full of strings suddenly cut off the strings, and suddenly stood up, and the surrounding bamboo one after another, one after another, was alarmed, and all of them ejected, and in an instant, the snow on the bamboo whistled over like a white cloud, but it was facing her two brothers.

Qin Yuangeng was chatting with Ye Zhiqiu while walking, and suddenly saw the flying snow clouds, his brows were slightly furrowed, his feet were light, and his luck raised his hand to make a palm, and the snow clouds were affected by the palm force, and they scattered in the air, and did not fly to the two of them, but some of the scattered snow balls hit the three or two servants who were removing the snow one after another, and the heads, shoulders, backs and necks of those servants were covered with snow. Several people were thrilled by the flying snow, hurriedly straightened up, twisted their bodies unnaturally, and looked at their own young lady, the culprit, with aggrieved eyes.

Qin Yuangeng frowned and said, "Bai Lu, you're messing around again, be careful that your father punishes you." ”

Qin Bailu knew that he was in trouble, and habitually stuck out his little tongue: "People know that they can't hit you, your martial arts are so powerful." Then he said to the three or two servants, "Uncle, I don't mean to play tricks on you, don't mind." ”

The servant who was called Uncle Gui said helplessly, "Miss, Uncle Gui knows, it's okay, you originally wanted to bully the eldest young master, but you need to be less naughty in the future." ”

"Yes, yes, what Uncle Gui said is right, I'm going to fight on the eldest brother's side, I don't want the eldest brother to stop the snow here, so I will hurt your uncle, you should all blame the eldest brother, right?"

Uncle Gui was stunned, speechless, and had to continue the work in his hand without crying or laughing.

Qin Yuangeng also rolled his eyes helplessly, glared at his sister, and said to Ye Zhiqiu, who was also a little forbearing: "Look, this is our baby sister......"

"Don't speak ill of me, hurry up, it's not too early. Qin Bailu interrupted Qin Yuangeng's words, but he changed his vicious appearance and urged.

Qin Yuangeng shook his head helplessly at Ye Zhiqiu with a smile, and continued to move forward with his sister in the snowflakes that had not yet fallen.

Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help but smile and follow.

Turning around the bamboo forest, there was a huge lake, the surface of the lake had frozen, and even a small boat was frozen on the lake. There is a rockery high platform of more than five zhang by the lake, there is a stone tablet at the foot of the platform, the book engraved on it is "Qin does not know Qinling, the ridge does not know Qin, the knife sharpens the history pen, the blood writes the ancient and modern", the handwriting is strong and does not lose the agility, but there is a corner missing on the tablet. There is a hexagonal pavilion on the platform, and there is a plaque on it "Unknown Mountain Pavilion".

Qin Bailu pretended to be teased and said: "Brother Ye, this stone tablet is erected by my ancestors, the meaning of this poem is that although our Qin family is in Qinling, we don't really know Qinling, and we need to be in awe of this thousand-mile mountain, and Qinling, well, because there have been heroes in Qinling for thousands of years, so Qinling doesn't bother to know our Qin family, in short, it means that we want to be humble!"

Unconsciously, the title between the words has changed to "we", Qin Bailu has not yet realized it, Ye Zhiqiu heard it in his ears, but his heart was very warm.

Qin Yuangeng laughed and said, "Bai Lu's knowledge has grown!"

Qin Bailu was extremely intelligent, he knew that his eldest brother was teasing him, but he couldn't refute it, he just glared at Qin Yuangeng hatefully, and his naughty posture provoked Qin Yuangeng with a burst of laughter.

Ye Zhiqiu smiled and asked, "Then what is the meaning of these last two sentences?"

Qin Yuangeng continued: "Before Emperor Taizu established the dynasty, he was a hero in the rivers and lakes, and I heard that he was one of the leaders of the Ming Sect who shocked the world a hundred years ago, and the ancestors of the Qin family were also figures in the rivers and lakes.

Ye Zhiqiu was quite shocked when he heard this, he didn't want the Qin family to have such a family background.

But he heard Qin Bailu pointing to the frozen lake, and said to Ye Zhiqiu naughtily: "Brother Ye, this lake is called Wuquan Lake, and the source is the five springs on the mountain, which are gathered. Then he pointed downstream, "Down there is a small river that flows through the city and then goes into the mountains, but it goes nowhere." ”

After a pause, he flashed his eyes and said to Ye Zhiqiu: "By the way, Brother Ye, although you Heart Lantern Master has traveled all over the world and walked through many places, I haven't even gone out of Zhenxi Mansion, but my eldest brother often goes out with my father, if you have the opportunity, you want to take me to see where this river goes, okay?"

Without waiting for Ye Zhiqiu to answer, Qin Bailu looked fascinated: "Listen to my mother, just follow the river, you can go to the big river, and then follow the river, you can go to the sea, Brother Ye, have you ever seen the sea?"

Ye Zhiqiu was about to answer, when he suddenly heard a loud voice: "Zhiqiu, Yuan Geng, Bai Lu, you have arrived." ”

When the three of them heard this, they knew that it was Qin Sheng, so they answered in unison.

saw that Qin Sheng had already come down from the pavilion, holding a long knife with a red sandalwood ebony sheath in his hand, which was the one that cut the sky.

A few people have greeted each other, then continue to move forward, not long after the line, through a rockery stone cave, suddenly open up in front of the eyes, only to see a small valley in front of you, the valley is not big, the north, south and west are surrounded by mountains and mountains, the east is the high wall of Qinfu, a small river flows down from the mountain, turbulent through the valley, flows into Qinfu, merges into Wuquan Lake, there is a forest in the valley, there are no leaves in the middle of winter, only the branches are left, a group of sparrows are chirping in the snow forest to find food.

Passing through the small valley, it is a climbing stone step, winding to the mountain, the road begins to steepen, the valley and the mountain behind it are surrounded by the Qin Mansion, it is really like the back garden of the Qin Mansion, others do not pass through the Qin Mansion, naturally they can not go up the mountain.

Due to the reason of heavy snowfall, now the mountain has been a piece of silver, looking into the distance, such as the vast world towering layer by layer, directly blue sky, the bluestone mountain steps on the mountain are also covered with snow, meandering like a white ribbon in the mountains, the rising sun in the morning shines down, it reflects the crystal brilliance, it is beautiful, has not yet gone up the mountain, the scenery is already beautiful.

Qin Sheng asked the three of them with a slight smile: "How is it?" The road is covered with snow, and it is much more difficult to go up the mountain, are you sure?"

"Daddy, don't worry, I naturally have no problem" Qin Bailu said: "My brother is better than my martial arts, needless to say"

Qin Bailu paused, looked at Ye Zhiqiu and said, "Brother Ye's master is so powerful, Brother Ye is naturally no problem!"

Seeing that the three of them were looking at him, Ye Zhiqiu knew that Qin Sheng intended to test his martial arts, so he nodded and said, "It's okay!"

"Master Heart Lamp's martial arts are unique in the world," Qin Sheng smiled and nodded: "Yesterday, I felt that your internal strength is profound, and the master's palm, knife, and light skills are unique and unique, and his personal disciples, needless to say." ”

Qin Sheng was in front, a light leap, and began to gallop on the snow-covered stone path, Qin Yuangeng followed, followed by Ye Zhiqiu and Qin Bailu, the four of them rushed to the middle of the jump, and after a short time, they had reached the halfway point of the mountain, and each jumped at a corner, and tapped on the stone wall, after the turn, the four of them disappeared into the mountain range without a trace, leaving only a few shallow footprints on the stone path.

Qin Sheng sensed the speed of the three people behind him from time to time, and he was also constantly speeding up, and the interval between vertical jumps was getting longer and longer, which obviously meant that the three people of the school were examined.

The three people in the back followed closely with Qin Sheng's speed, and the four of them followed closely in front and back, jumping in the snow forest of Mangshan Mountain, occasionally startling the rabbits, foxes, and magpies in the mountain forest, and flopping and fleeing to the depths of the mountain forest.

After about two quarters of an hour, I have reached the top of the mountain, and I don't think that there is a stone house in this precipice, facing the precipice, the wall and the mountain are built, and the front of the house has been sorted out quite flat.

After the four of them settled, they saw that Qin Sheng and Ye Zhiqiu were only slightly red, no different from usual, and there were already fine beads of sweat on Qin Yuangeng's head, and as for Qin Bailu, he was already out of breath.

"The nephew's internal strength and light skills are really good," Qin Sheng said with a smile.

Qin Yuan Gengyuan also thought that even if Ye Zhiqiu's skill was better than Qin Bailu, there must still be some gap between him and himself, but he didn't expect Ye Zhiqiu's skill to be so good, and he also sighed and admired: "Zhiqiu is a few years younger than me, but he has such a ability, my brother is ashamed of himself!"

"Yes, little sister, I didn't expect it," Qin Bailu crossed his hands on his hips and gasped slightly.

Ye Zhiqiu waved his hand and said, "Master Meng has taught carefully, and he has learned some small skills, which are not worth mentioning." ”

"Zhiqiu, they are all from their own family, so there is no need to be too humble, the martial arts of the Heart Lantern Master are far better than mine, and it can be regarded as a succession to teach you such a good apprentice!" Qin Sheng sighed: "The Heart Lantern Master's mastery of palms, knives, and light skills, and the rest of the learning is miscellaneous, including literature and ink, pharmacology, yin and yang, and formations, almost everything, Zhiqiu, have you also learned other things from the master?"

Ye Zhiqiu said: "When I traveled with my teacher, because my master would treat people in the countryside, in addition to teaching martial arts, some of the masters of pharmacology for injuries and illnesses also taught some, but I only knew a little common recipe, and other masters also taught, but the little nephew was foolish and rude, and he didn't succeed!"

"Brother Ye, you will have so much!" Qin Bailu said in surprise: "I heard my father say that the master has a lot of mastery, and he is also very powerful, has Brother Ye learned it?"

"Yes, Zhiqiu" Qin Yuangeng also said: "My father admires the Heart Lamp Master very much, and he also told us some of the past stories of the Heart Lamp Master, brother, you inherit the mantle of the Heart Lamp Master, and you must have the mastery of the Heart Lamp Master." ”

"Zhiqiu didn't dare to deceive, when I went up the mountain just now, I used the Tianlong Dance Body Method taught by the family teacher, in addition, the family teacher also passed on the Thousand Buddhas to open the stele palm and the Tianlong knife method, but I was dull by nature, and what I learned was not the skin. ”

Qin Sheng couldn't help but sigh a little when he heard this: "Body method, palm method, knife technique, this heart lamp master's three uniques, all passed on to you, the heart method must also be passed on to you!"

Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment and said, "The Demon Suppression Heart Method has indeed been granted to the little nephew. ”

Qin Sheng sighed: "All the martial arts moves of the master of the heart lamp are almost all based on the demon heart method, without this heart method, even if you learn the move body method, but you can only be able to exert the three successful powers, the heart method and the move complement each other, with the increase of internal force cultivation, since you are becoming more and more sophisticated, you inherit the mantle of the master, don't waste it." ”

After Ye Zhiqiu agreed, Qin Sheng said again: "Zhiqiu, I'll take a trip to the knife, you can take a look!"

After speaking, he drew the knife and started the style, the knife technique was fierce and incomparable, between the big opening and closing, the sound of breaking the sky was like a tiger roaring and a dragon roaring, under the secret injection of internal force, the knife body was faintly angry, a knife was chopped down, especially like a rainbow to cut the sky, the wind passed by, the snow and dust went straight up, the forest trees were shaking, and the birds in the forest were frightened, and the knife was collected and sheathed in a moment, Qin Yuangeng and Ye Zhiqiu were still in a trance, but Qin Bailu clapped his hands and said: "Daddy's good knife technique, it's really amazing!"

Qin Sheng looked at Qin Bailu with a smile and asked, "Qiu'er, do you see anything?"

"There seem to be some moves in Uncle Shi's sword technique that are similar to those of the Heavenly Dragon Knife, but they are not quite similar. ”

"Not bad" Qin Sheng nodded and said: "When I intersected with the master of the heart lamp, the master had practiced his knife technique, which made me very fascinated, I wanted to integrate some of the moves of the master of the heart lamp into the Qin family's knife technique, but the heart method did not match, even if it was fused, it was not powerful, but it dragged down the original knife style, if you learn the demon heart method, and the Qin family's original knife style heart method, I had to give up, but the heart lamp master's knife style has always been remembered. ”

Qin Bailu said in surprise when he heard this: "Fortunately, Daddy didn't learn the sword technique from the Heart Lantern Master, so wouldn't he become Brother Ye's senior brother!"

Hearing this, Qin Sheng laughed, stopped and said: "Friends in the rivers and lakes falsely praise me as the king of swords, and they all say that the Qin family's sword is the best in the world, in fact, I know in my heart that there are not many people who can beat my Qin family's sword, but it is not nothing, during the period, there are still several heart lamp masters, if I fight with the master, I really have no chance of winning." ”

Qin Bailu showed a surprised expression, looked at Qin Sheng and Ye Zhiqiu with wide eyes, and asked, "Brother Ye, what about your knife, didn't the master give you the knife?"

Qin Sheng smiled and asked, "Girl, don't you know that the Heart Lantern Master doesn't have a knife?"

"Don't use a knife?" Qin Bailu tilted his eyes to the side, revealing a confused expression, obviously unable to turn around.

Qin Sheng looked at Ye Zhiqiu with a smile, and Ye Zhiqiu said to Qin Bailu: "The family teacher really doesn't have a knife, when he taught me, he sharpened a wooden knife. ”

"Haha," Qin Sheng laughed when he heard this, "When your master showed me the drill, he used a bamboo stick. ”

Qin Bailu listened, obviously becoming more and more confused, even Qin Yuangeng, who was also a little confused.

A few people laughed and talked about wandering, in this snow ridge, there are also amazing wonders from time to time, unconsciously, it was almost noon, the four of them decided to have a picnic in this snow scene, so after enjoying the snow, Ye Zhiqiu hit a few game, barbecued, if it wasn't for Qin Sheng to tell him, no one wanted to have wine hidden in the clifftop stone house, Qin Yuangeng took the wine, the wine was delicious and beautiful, feasting his eyes when he was feasting, and several people were already happy.

In this way, I lived in the Qin Mansion for more than ten days, and practiced martial arts and played with the brothers and sisters of the Qin family every day, and I was comfortable for some time. Ye Zhiqiu originally had the heart to leave the Qin Mansion a few days ago and went to Wuchan Temple to find Uncle Xinmu, but the brothers and sisters of the Qin family kept it again and again, Qin Sheng also kept laughing and said that he was not in a hurry, Ye Zhiqiu was embarrassed, so he had to shirk it for a few more days.

I don't want Qin Bailu to convince Qin Yuangeng in the past few days, so he actually pleaded with Qin Sheng to go with Ye Zhiqiu Wuzen Temple, and by the way, he could also enjoy the mountains and rivers, but he also had a small wish to wander the rivers and lakes for a long time.

Qin Sheng actually agreed, and after packing up, Qin Bailu was in the repeated exhortations of his father and mother, his big eyes flashed with cunning and excitement, urging his eldest brother and Ye Zhiqiu to walk.