Chapter 101: Hold Jin Huaiyu
Seeing Tao Zhe holding his breath and waiting for his next words, Zhao Baiyi did not answer directly, but asked first: "Do you know the Light Wind Palace?"
Tao Zhe nodded again and again: "Well, it's the place where there are two swords on the top ten famous swords in the rivers and lakes, and there are two young people on the list of young heroes, what are they called?"
Chu Zhenye held his forehead: "How can you not even know this? The sixth-ranked 'Light Wind Sword' and the seventh-ranked 'Floating Sword' are now in the hands of Ran Xingchen, who is at the top of the list of young heroes in the rivers and lakes, and Ran Haoxuan, who is ranked ninth, respectively. Light Wind Twin Swords, Light Breeze Double Heroes, how can you not know?"
Tao Zhe nodded very seriously, and then frowned again: "Ran Haoxuan, why does it feel so familiar?" His eyes moved, and he fell on Ran Haoxuan on the side, stunned.
Zhao Qingyan said lightly: "It's just a duplicate name, not a person." β
Ran Haoxuan was still expressionless, but Zhao Baiyi and the others finally held back their laughter and did not expose it silently.
Tao Zhe let out an "oh", obviously believing it, and looked at Zhao Baiyi again: "You continue?"
Zhao Baiyi asked, "Then do you know the Light Wind Palace and Ran Tongxuan?"
Tao Zhe shook his head blankly: "Also surnamed Ran?"
Chu Zhenye stretched out his hand and knocked on Tao Zhe's head again: "Nonsense, he is the former palace master of Qingfeng Palace, naturally his surname is Ran!"
Seeing that Tao Zhe obviously didn't understand yet, Zhao Qingyan added a concise and clear introduction: "It's Ran Xingchen's father." β
Tao Zhe suddenly realized: "I know!"
Zhao Qingyan asked casually, "What do you know?"
Tao Zhe said seriously: "I know that he is Ran Xingchen's father." β
"Stupid!" Chu Zhenye raised his hand to knock, "The Lord of the Ran Palace is much more famous than the Lord of the Ran Palace!
Tao Zhe dodged his slap and shrank to Zhao Qingyan's side: "What is the difference between the Ran Palace Lord and the Ran Palace Master?"
Zhao Qingyan smiled and stopped Chu Zhenye, who was still chasing after him: "Okay, he doesn't know, just tell him patiently." Before leaving, Uncle Thirteen specially reminded you to teach him carefully, don't get angry, you're angry?"
Seeing Zhao Qingyan say this, Chu Zhenye had no choice but to stop, and muttered in a low voice: "It was supposed to be beaten." β
Zhao Qingyan turned his head sideways to look at Tao Zhe, and saw that this stupid boy had forgotten that there was Chu Zhenye who was going to beat him behind, and looked at the pastries on the table blankly, so he picked up the plate and handed it to him: "Do you want to eat? β
Tao Zhe nodded, and reached out to take it. Chu Zhenye saw it next to him, and his eyebrows were raised and he was about to get angry: "If the adult gives you food, you can eat it, are there any rules?"
"Chu Zhenye. Zhao Qingyan frowned slightly, his tone was a little dissatisfied, but not stern, "Originally, it was also playing, what are the rules?"
Zhao Baiyi echoed: "That is, the seventh brother has always had no rules. β
Zhao Qingyan's eyebrows trembled, and he spoke helplessly: "Second brother...... Are you complimenting me or making fun of me?"
Zhao Baiyi spread his hands: "Seek truth from facts." β
Here Zhao Qingyan was about to argue with Zhao Baiyi, and over there Chu Zhenye began to stare at Tao Zhe who was eating pastries with his head down, and Han Yan, who had never spoken, finally spoke: "Okay, you can rest, I'll teach him." Stretched out his hand to push Chu Zhenye away, and shook his hand in front of Tao Zhe's eyes to instruct him to pay attention: "The Ran Tongxuan Ran Palace Master they are talking about is the master that the little prince said." This Ran Palace Lord has been at the top of the list of young heroes in the rivers and lakes for twenty years. is not inferior to his martial arts, is his talent. Of course, there is no list of talents. But there used to be a saying of the 'Four Sons' on the rivers and lakes. It is called the Four Sons, and it is also called the Four Gentlemen. These four people are close in age, and they can be regarded as young and famous in the rivers and lakes. All four of them are exceptionally good people, and they are extremely low-key. β
After a pause, Han Yan continued: "How can you describe this kind of excellence? Excellent appearance, gentle and elegant, both civil and military, and very capable. In other words, they were all among the top ten on the list of beautiful men and young heroes in the rivers and lakes that year. These four people...... Ran Tongxuan, the master of the Light Wind Palace, Mo Huaijin, the master of the puppet palace, Xiao Zhiyu, the lord of the Dead Wood Valley, and Bai Yaotang, the lord of the Lingge Palace, the forces they led were also the most powerful forces in the rivers and lakes at that time. Of course, they are still a powerful force today, but they have lost their luster than they once were. β
What everyone knows, or what they don't know, is listening carefully and indulging in it. After a while, Tao Zhe came back to his senses: "Who is Bai Yaotang?"
Bai Zhen suddenly replied next to him: "My father." Then he stopped talking.
Han Yan waited for a while, and saw that they seemed to be still waiting for him to speak, so he continued: "Twenty-two years ago, the Light Wind Palace relied on Ran Tongxuan's No. 1 martial arts in the rivers and lakes and the Light Wind Sword in his hand to win the reputation of 'the first swordsmanship in the world'. And at that time, Mo Huaijin used his light skills and the thirteen drawings created by himself to give way to his father, the former puppet palace master, and became the new puppet palace master, becoming famous in one fell swoop. The secret competition between the Tang Gate and the puppet palace in the organ also ended, and the puppet palace's status as an organ was thus established. This year, Ran Tongxuan was twenty-two years old and Mo Huaijin was twenty. According to this time, Xiao Zhiyu should have been eighteen years old at the time, and Bai Yaotang was twenty-six. β
"Xiao Zhiyu became famous late, and four years later, he suddenly appeared in the rivers and lakes, and won the title of 'miracle doctor' in less than half a year. Bai Yaotang was the most famous of the four, he got the current Beijing examination list at the age of sixteen, and was accepted as a protΓ©gΓ© by the then Prime Minister Yan Shu. He did not hold a high official position, but his reputation was very high. At the age of sixteen, he not only won the first list of the imperial examination, but also won the fourth place in the list of young heroes half a year later. Several big lists on the Jianghu list are held every five years, and Bai Yaotang got the Tanhua of that session ten years later. This was the first time that the three gentlemen who were very famous at that time saw each other, Ran Tongxuan won the first place, and Mo Huaijin was seventh at that time. β
Han Yan paused slightly, and took a little more time to add: "The Young Heroes List evaluates personal strength, not personal strength. Bai Ran and the others both used swords, and Bai Yaotang gave up the competition with the person who won the list after losing to Ran Tongxuan, so he ranked third. It can be said that his light was completely obscured by Ran Tongxuan, and even because he was defeated without a fight, the people in the rivers and lakes had a lot of complaints. β
He quietly glanced at Bai Zhen, and saw that his face was as usual, and he didn't mind, so he continued: "At that time, except for Ran Tongxuan, who was invincible with the strength of six list masters in a row, the most eye-catching person was Mo Huaijin. The young palace master of the puppet palace, who is famous for his large organs, relied on a secret weapon to enter the top ten, and then defeated four people in a row. The two of them relied on this fame to attract a large number of masters for their sect, and their strength rose. β
"Just mentioned the first meeting of the three gentlemen, this is also said many years later. But at that time, the three of them did have a good conversation and became confidants. Bai Yaotang was not a competitive person, so he was frequently frustrated on the official road, but he became the master of the three princes under the recommendation of Yan Cheng, and he was in office for eight years. In the past few years when he was a master, there were frequent civil strife in the puppet palace, and finally after seven years as his master, that is, the year before he resigned and left Beijing, the two things of the puppet palace's subordinates usurping the throne and Zhu Yanchang's appearance in the rivers and lakes appeared at the same time. In the end, Mo Huaijin's death and Tang Xiaoyu's serious injury ended in escape. The reason why Ran Tongxuan appeared there at that time was to save Mo Huaijin, but he also caused himself to be changed. When Bai Yaotang learned of this, when he rushed over one step later, what he saw was Ran Tongxuan, who was holding the little prince who had a high fever and had passed out. It can be said that Ran Tongxuan saved the little prince entirely because of Bai Yaotang. Bai Yaotang returned to Beijing with them and informed the prince of Qi of the truth. After that, Ran Tongxuan stayed in the Qi Palace, where he was treated by the best imperial doctor in the palace. β
Han Yan looked at the group of people who were concentrating, and exhaled lightly: "At that time, I didn't have a friendship with the three gentlemen, but Xiao Zhiyu, who heard about the reputation of the three gentlemen and admired it, did not hesitate to travel thousands of miles to Bianliang to personally treat Ran Tongxuan. At this time, it was a year later, and the relationship between Xiao Wang Ye and Ran Tongxuan had also reached a very high level. In the process of treating Ran Tongxuan, Xiao Zhiyu also accepted the little prince as his 'half apprentice'. β
"Ran Tongxuan was seriously ill and treated, but his body was still weak, and he couldn't do an inch of martial arts. Bai Yaotang and Xiao Zhiyu thought about it again and again, and simply went together to find Tang Xiaoyu and ask for an antidote. Bai Yaotang, who was far away from the rivers and lakes and hid in the court, was bound to not be able to return to the court again, so he simply resigned. And Bai Yaotang's resignation and the move of moving out with his family were also regarded by the Jianghu people at that time as proof that the four gentlemen became close friends. In fact, the statement of the fourth prince only appeared after Mo Huaijin was dead. But now in the past ten years, everyone has called it so, and they have been given the title of 'Four Sons'. β
In the end, Han Yan summed it up and said: "That's how the little prince's master came. β
Bai Zhen also said thoughtfully: "My father has always kept silent about the past, but I, who is a son, don't know much about these things. β
Zhao Baiyi nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, I didn't expect that the unsmiling and old-fashioned master would have such a great and true temperament." β
"Long-winded......" Bai Zhen was stunned for a moment and smiled slightly bitterly, "I haven't seen my father verbosity for many years. β
Jiang Wuyan looked at Han Yan, his eyes were slightly dark: "I'm very strange, how did you know so many things?"
Zhao Qingyan drank a few sips of water to suppress the fluctuating emotions in his heart, and said with a light smile: "You will know slowly in the future, Han Yan is a very good know-it-all, he ......"
"Little Wangye!" An extraordinarily poignant wail sounded, and a crimson thing rushed towards him, knocking Zhao Qingyan down, and the water in the cup in Zhao Qingyan's hand that had not yet been put down splashed all over the person.
"Don't do it!" Zhao Qingyan, who was not lightly pressed by this pounce, hurriedly reminded him, and the guards who had just stretched out their fingers to the weapon subconsciously stopped, and then realized that Zhao Qingyan was not talking to himself at all.
At this time, most of the people were immersed in Han Yan's story and had not fully woken up, and the movements of the people who came were so sudden that there were only three people in the room who reacted. A sword that Ran Haoxuan held in his hand at some point was a sword with a white body and a slender cicada's wing, and the blade of the sword was attached to the side of the black shadow's neck. The water cup in Jiang Wuyan's hand smashed on the back of the black shadow, hitting a big hole in him, and three more lancets appeared between his fingers. The two of them moved almost synchronously, and they made the fastest response at the first time. Bai Zhen, who was standing a little farther away, took out the short knife on his waist a little slowly, slightly less responsive than Jiang and Ran, but a little faster than the carefully selected guards.
"It's your own people, stop it. Zhao Qingyan repeated it again, and after Ran Haoyan withdrew his sword and Jiang Wuyan relieved his acupoint, he pushed the person lying on top of him away, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, "You don't want to die?"