A few days later, at the gate of Hill Seen.

Wu Qian looked at the gate of the magnificent villa in front of him, and his heart was surging.

It's not easy, it's been almost a month since Zhao Zhukuai got the invitation in Yang'an Town.

Along the way, the masters on the list of people slaughtered three, and also fought with a Ximen Ji who can rank in the top 50 of the list of people in terms of strength, got lost and went in the wrong direction, was thrown in the middle of the carriage, and the four taels of silver deceived by the body were also sent out because of good deeds, and after leaving Anzhou City, he relied on drinking cold water all the way to satisfy his hunger, and today he finally arrived at the place!

Wu Qian took three steps and made two steps to go inside, but was stopped by the guards at the gate: "What are you here for?"

"Oooh. Wu Qian patted his head and took out the crumpled invitation from his arms, "I'm here to apply for the escort of the owner's handwashing conference, this big brother, you see." ”

The guard took the invitation, looked carefully at the mark in the corner, and smiled on his expressionless face: "The owner's golden basin handwashing meeting will start tomorrow at noon, please go to the temporary guard's residence to rest first." ”

"Thank you for this big brother guard!" Wu Qian nodded and walked towards the guest room.

As soon as he walked to the door, he was stopped by the guards:

"Wait a minute, where are you going?"

"Huh?" Wu Qiqi said, "Didn't you tell me to guard the residence?"

The guard explained, "Not here. ”

Wu Qian smiled: "Why not? I obviously saw a lot of people walking in just now. ”

"This is the guest room for the guests who came to watch the ceremony, the residence of you temporary guards... Over there. The guard gestured to a corner in the distance.

Wu Qian looked in the direction he was pointing.

There were dozens of wooden beds in an open space, and there were already more than 20 people sitting or standing, all pale and sweating, and some had even fainted at the mouth foaming at the mouth.

"Ah, are you sure that there is a guard's residence?" Wu Qian looked up at the sky speechlessly, "On such a hot day, are you going to dry people!"

The guard laughed twice: "The hospitality is not good, please forgive me." But the rules are like this, so let's be wronged for the time being. ”

After that, he beckoned the two brothers to carry Wu Qiang to the open space and threw it in.

"It's too inhumane!" Wu Qiang got up from the ground and patted the ashes on his body, "I want to see the owner!"

The guard who threw him in sneered: "Food, shelter and salary, what else do you have to complain about, stay honest!"

"No!yes!," Wu Qian sighed and found a fairly clean wooden bed and lay down.

An old man with a weathered face next to him was originally resting with his eyes closed, and when he saw this, he leaned over and talked:

"In Xia Murong Shengxue, the people of the rivers and lakes gave the nickname 'Xiaoxiang Swordsman', I don't know what Your Excellency calls it?"

Wu Qian sat up and looked the old man up and down, and arched his hand: "Under Wu Qian, Murong Shengxue ...... Sure enough, a good name. But the name... I seem to have heard of it somewhere. ”

It was a rebellious teenager with a cigarette pouch in his mouth.

The old man said smugly: "Hehe, don't hide it from Your Excellency, I am the descendant of the first 'Sword Rain Xiaoxiang' on the list of people eight years ago, and he is loved by friends in the rivers and lakes, and now he is ranked seventy-eighth on the list." ”

Wu Qian was dumbfounded: "I said uncle, you are not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue." I'm afraid you're older than 'Sword Rain Xiaoxiang' and his father at this age, you say you are his descendant? I'm still 'Sword Rain Xiaoxiang' himself!

And doesn't the list only include young talents under the age of 30, how can even old men be included! Are you someone in the yamen?"

Murong Shengxue looked displeased: "Why does Your Excellency judge people by their appearance? In the next year, there are three out of twenty, why can't you be on the list? Besides, that 'Sword Rain Xiaoxiang' was already the first on the list of people eight years ago, and now that I think about it, I am not confused, you disrespect my idol so much, be careful to turn your face down!"

Wu Qian said speechlessly: "You are only twenty-three years old, I don't have a lot of reading, don't lie to me! And since you haven't seen 'Sword Rain Xiaoxiang', how can you say that you are his heir?"

Murong Shengxue handed the sword in his hand to Wu Qian, and said: "Don't hide it from Your Excellency, I accidentally got the Xiaoxiang Sword of 'Sword Rain Xiaoxiang' a few years ago, and comprehended the sword intent of the 'Xiaoxiang Sword Technique' from it." Therefore, although he never accepted me as an apprentice, my swordsmanship refinement was indeed realized from the sword intent in his sword, so I respected him as a teacher in my heart, as for his appearance......" Speaking of this, Murong Shengxue's weather-beaten old face full of ravines showed an unnatural flush,

"When I got married early, I also had six concubines. Since ancient times, there have only been tired cattle, how can there be a bad land, under the next day and night of hard work, it is normal to look old. ”

Wu Qian silently took the sword in his hand and looked down to observe.

The sword was three feet four inches long, with a blue hilt and a scabbard made of fine shark skin. The blade of the sword was drawn slightly, and two words 'Xiaoxiang' were engraved near the hilt.

Well, Wu Qian nodded secretly, this is indeed his Xiaoxiang sword. A few years ago, when he slaughtered a cottage, he rescued a group of women who had been taken captive to the mountain.

He saw that the women were pitiful, so he gave them all the silver taels on his body, but he had no money to eat.

After being hungry for two days, he had to sell his sword, but he had never practiced any 'Xiaoxiang swordsmanship', and he could only say that the guy in the yamen was too unreliable, and his nickname was just messed up, and even his swordsmanship was scribbled.

But he himself forgot that he had never told others what swordsmanship he was practicing.

Wu Qian returned the sword to the old man, and said suspiciously: "Brother Murong's family has a beautiful wife and a beautiful family, and he is a famous person... Young talent, why did you come here to suffer this bird's sin?"

Murong Shengxue happily took the 'Xiaoxiang Sword', and couldn't help but wrinkle his face when he heard the words, making an already weathered old face a little older:

"Alas, I'm ashamed to say that I ran away from home.

I originally thought that after marrying a beautiful wife and concubine, I could enjoy the blessings of all people, but I didn't expect that those girls had a lot of tempers, but they had a lot of hearts, and they were intrigued at home every day, and they had to ... Alas, it's hard to put into words. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I escaped on a dark and windy night and came here.

It just so happened that the owner of the village here held a golden basin handwashing meeting, so he came to join in the fun.

As for the hard work, it is not bad to experience the life of ordinary Jianghu guests from a small age. By the way, Your Excellency is also a well-known master, why did you come here to apply for a little guard?"

Wu Qian looked at his weathered old face, resisted the urge to punch him, and a word popped out of his mouth coldly:

"Poor. ”

"......" Murong Shengxue's face showed an embarrassed but polite smile.

While the two were looking at each other without saying a word, there was a noise in the distance.

Wu Qiang and the two tacitly skipped the conversation just now, and turned their heads to look at the noise.

A jade-faced boy who was not very tall walked over slowly, surrounded by everyone around him.