The young man heard the sound of shouting in the hotel, pushing the cups and handing over the lamps, pursed his chapped lips, wiped his face stained with loess, patted his crotch mount, and said to himself: "Xiaobai, it's hard for you to travel so far on such a hot day, let's take a rest." www.biquge.info"The white horse was in touch with him, and without waiting for the young man's voice to fall, he spread his hooves and ran to the front of the hotel. Seeing this, the waiting Xiao Er was full of joy, and after taking the reins of the white horse, he sang a promise high, one pulled the white horse to feed, and the other led the way in front and sent the young man into the store.

Suddenly walking into the store from the dazzling loess world, there will be a moment of dimness in the eyes.

The young man picked up a clean place and sat down, instinctively closed his eyes and rested for a moment, and then slowly opened his eyes. He looked around and saw that everyone in the shop was very happy, as if no one was drinking and talking, only the old man and the big-eyed girl sitting at a small wine table in the southwest corner were very different. The two faced each other silently, no matter their outfits and expressions, they all gave people a sense of gloom and desolation.

The big-eyed girl seemed to know less about the world, and her face was a little relaxed, while the old man's brows were deeply locked, which was very out of place compared with the diners in the hotel who were noisy and singing. Although his big hands holding wine glasses look very steady, the protruding green tendons seem to tell people that the vicissitudes of life have been integrated into his blood.

The old man was about fifty, with a slightly long face, a cold face, a pair of slender eyes on thin cheeks, a burlap gown, and a slightly stiff expression, not angry and arrogant, and he couldn't tell whether he was doing business or going out to relatives.

If you don't have the wind and frost of the world, such a person must be an extraordinary person. The young man secretly wondered in his heart, and out of curiosity, he glanced at the old and the young, but seeing the old man so imposing, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the past again.

The old man seemed to have everything in mind, and was silent, his cold eyes focused only on the turbid wine in the cup. If a person has experienced 50 years of wind, frost, snow and rain, this noisy and complicated world may not be too many things for him.

The big-eyed girl sat opposite the old man, dressed like snow, her long hair was black and shiny, a pair of cream-like jade hands were staggered holding a patent leather mottled pipa, her big and intelligent eyes looked at the old man, flickering and looking out of the window, as if she was waiting for something, and it seemed that she was waiting for nothing, the whole person was like a dried white handkerchief, revealing the light of washing away the dust, between the expressions, there were both the wind and frost of the rivers and lakes, and the noble color that was difficult to hide, which made people can't help but look sideways.

The young man sat down at the door, and was seen by the girl. When the big-eyed girl was stunned and watched for a while, her already bright eyes seemed to be brighter in an instant. She lowered her head, her face was full of joy and sorrow, and after her eyebrows were slightly condensed, a touch of red light flew on her face. She bit her lip with her thin white teeth, thought for a moment, seemed to have made up her mind, leaned over, and whispered a few words in the old man's ear.

When the old man heard this, he looked at the big-eyed girl in astonishment, turned his head to look at the young man, and met the young man's eyes.

He saw that the young man had a handsome face, a slightly pointed chin, a pair of sword eyebrows thick and dense, obliquely into the temples, and although the slender figure was embarrassed by the wind, sand and dust, whether he was sitting quietly or looking forward to it, he still exuded a very rare heroic spirit.

The young man and the old man met with a light in their eyes, felt a little offended, leaned over and smiled to show friendship, and turned their heads to look away. The young man nodded, and said with a slight smile: "There is a second brother Lao." After taking the recipe, he ordered a few more elegant dishes, and said, "Little second brother, can this road go straight to Taiyuan?"

Seeing the young man asking, Xiao Er became excited, and said, "Guest officer, are you going to Taiyuan? Then you are going in the wrong direction!" As he spoke, he took off the white towel on his shoulder, wiped the table, and told the young man that if he wanted to go to Taiyuan, he should first pass Huayin County, and pointed to the northeast direction, and said: "You have to go out of Tongguan first before you can enter the boundary of Shanxi." ”

The old man ignored the young man, slowly withdrew his eyes, looked at the big-eyed girl, muttered for a moment, and was silent, his face faintly flickering. The big-eyed girl saw that the old man was silent, lowered her head and rubbed the corners of her clothes, and Feixia's smudged face gradually turned pale. She looked at the old man and then at the young man, and seemed to have made a decision again, stood up, walked up to the young man, and said softly, "Childe Wan'an...... It's really hard to travel on this hot day! I wonder if you would like to listen to me and grandpa play a piece of music to relax and pass the time?"

The young man ordered the food and drinks, and was doing nothing, when he saw the big-eyed girl come close to ask himself, looked at the pipa in her hand, and said secretly in his heart: "Shicai has no intention of staring at others, and was mistaken for ordering a tune, which is really reckless." He looked up at the big-eyed girl, and saw that her face was clear, handsome, and bright, and a pair of big bright eyes were also looking at him, and his heart couldn't help but 'pound'. He looked around and saw that the rest of the people did not cast strange glances, still pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and suddenly felt that he was a little ridiculous. People ask each other if they want to listen to a tune, but why do they act like thieves? But there is a saying in the rivers and lakes: leave three points on the lips of the words, endure when you endure, less will be fine, and more will be troubled. At this time, thieves rose everywhere in the Great Sui Dynasty, and the heroes at home and abroad raised fire one after another, not only dividing their land as kings, but even having a tendency to replace them. Now that the prosperity is no longer there, disaster can happen at any time. What's more, the young man in front of him is new to the rivers and lakes, in such a general trend, if he wants to live, it is best to try his best to protect himself, how can he provoke people for no reason!

He touched his face that was red by the sun, turned sideways, took out some broken silver leaves from his arms with some apologies, gently put them on the table, and said, "Miss Lao asked." A little heart, please accept it...... I've eaten food and drink and I'm on my way!"

The big-eyed girl was looking at him carefully, and when she saw him looking embarrassed and apologetic, she smiled slightly, her teeth were white and neat, and she said softly: "So I won't bother my son." With that, Ying Ying was blessed, turned back to the old man, and when she left, she did not take the silver leaf that was placed on the table.

In a moment, Xiao Er had already put together the wine and food. The young man poured himself a glass, tilted his neck dry, and smacked it gently, but although the wine was not high-grade, it was also mellow, and he secretly said in his heart: "Although the taste of this wine is strong, it is slightly lighter than the wine style of Qindi." He poured another cup and was about to raise his glass to drink, but he heard the little two who were guarding the door singing loudly.

The bamboo curtain sounded, and a short, thin and capable man in a blue robe entered the store with the curtain.

The short, thin and capable man entered the door, and without waiting for Xiao Er to come forward to serve, he shouted loudly: "It's hot to death, do you want to die of thirst Lao Tzu? His grandmother's, how can this bird blow such a strong wind! Xiao Er hurry up and drink wine, and then cut two catties of fine beef, be quick!"

The dwarf has a high voice. The diners in the restaurant who shouted loudly looked sideways, and the lean man who heard the young man in turn up quickly, rude and bold, couldn't help but look at it. I saw that this lean man's face was like jujube red, his two thick eyebrows were as dense and eye-catching as lying silkworms, and he was neatly dressed in short clothes all over his body. Although he is five short in stature, he is carrying an iron gun with two zhang in his hand. The lean man ignored everyone's eyes and slapped the table with a shocking sound.

When the young man saw the appearance of the blue-robed man, he seemed to be thoughtful, took a cup and drank it all, and after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but be surprised, got up and stepped forward, hugged his fists and said: "This brother is good-looking and heroic, if you don't mind, can you move over and have a few drinks?"

The lean man listened to the young man's question, shook his head and laughed a few times, and said, "The little brother has praised him." We look ugly, and we are even more vulgar! As for boldness, haha...... But the little brother is hospitable, but he is like our stinky temper, haha...... It's good to drink, it's good to drink!" and he sat down with his arms around the young man's shoulders.

When the young man saw him sit down, he filled his wine bowl, and after drinking a glass, he arched his hand and asked: "The younger brother sees that the elder brother is very familiar, and I take the liberty to ask you, can you know the marksmanship of the Yang family, a good envoy in Mengjin, Henan, and call him a hero of Duan Xiaotian?"

When the thin man heard this, he was slightly stunned and said, "We are from Mengjin, Henan, and we are calling Duan Xiaotian." But I don't know if it's the same person mentioned with the little brother?" the young man said happily when he heard this: "Brother Duan, don't you know the little brother......? Oh, what a coincidence! We have been separated for many years, and we can still meet here!" The thin man heard the young man say this, looked at the young man carefully in surprise, shook his head, and asked blankly: "This brother, do we really know each other?" The young man nodded hurriedly and said, "Brother Duan, how could you not know me? When you learned marksmanship from Master Yang in Taiyuan, we met more than once or twice. ”

The thin man couldn't think of it for a while, and scratched his head anxiously, but after thinking about it, his face was happy, he stood up, hugged the young man's shoulder, and laughed: "You are the brother of the Li family...... Oh, I haven't seen you in the past few years, but you are becoming more and more pleasing and elegant, no wonder I didn't recognize it all at once. As he spoke, he put his arm around the young man's shoulders and laughed: "You are not like my brother and me, running around the rivers and lakes, and there is no place for your feet...... Why are you here?

It turned out that this young man called the brother of the Li family was called Li Xuan, less than twenty, when he was young, because he was wild and uninhibited, he often interacted with some people in the rivers and lakes, and was later discovered by his mother. In the turbulent times of the capital, the difficulty of business transactions is like that of a premature child, because it is difficult to feed, and the prospect of life and death is the most unpredictable.

Li Xuan's father originally worked as a pawnshop in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, and had some small assets. But in the past few years, the prosperity has declined, the world is turbulent, the business has gradually cooled, and the pawnshop business is the most likely to provoke thieves, and after the business risk is high, his father gradually reduced his costs and converted them into cash to maintain the family.

More than half a year ago, Li Xuan's parents died at the same time in a strange fire, and he became seriously ill. After he recovered from his illness, he took over his father's pawnshop business and learned to run it. A few days ago, he went to Chang'an pawnshop to inspect the business, and he was supposed to stay in Chang'an for more than ten days, but he never thought that on the day he arrived at the Chang'an pawnshop, the big shopkeeper Ma You mysteriously took out a sword and showed it to him.

Ma You's shopkeeper said that this ancient sword was made by a drunk and reckless man who came to the pawnshop half a year ago. The sword is a cherished blade for those who walk the rivers and lakes, not to mention this ancient sword. Ma You, the big shopkeeper, saw that this sword was extraordinary, and was worried that the drunken person would rebel and increase his troubles, so he signed an additional contract with him, agreeing that the drunken reckless man would redeem the ancient sword on the same day of the next month, but now that more than half a year has passed, there is still no reckless man to redeem the sword. Because it is a matter of capital, I asked the young owner to take a look.

Li Xuan asked Ming how much gold he was, and took a sword to take a closer look. But seeing that the body of the ancient sword is clumsy and heavy, the color is dark and bright, the three-foot body is like a vigorous dragon, and the blue sword blade is blown and broken, and the sharpness is abnormal. Although he doesn't practice swords, he still has a preference for ancient swords. After liking, seeing that there was no problem with the pawnshop's business, he stayed for a few days, then took the ancient sword and returned to Taiyuan on horseback.

The first few days of the trip were quite smooth, but I didn't expect that when I just entered the Huayin realm, I encountered the yellow wind raging when I passed by the Reckless King Mountain.

He had never seen such a strange gale, and he avoided it in a panic, and he lost his way in the rocky hills, and he should have gone all the way to the northeast, but he took a fork in the road, and went all the way south to this wine shop, and met this lean man. The lean man in front of him who called Duan Xiaotian and Li Xuanyuan were old acquaintances. In the early years, he studied the Yang family's marksmanship with the Taiyuan famous ******, and practiced a copper-reinforced iron physique. Li Xuan's mother was very disgusted with people in the rivers and lakes, and although she did not let him set foot in the rivers and lakes, she did not object to him practicing martial arts to strengthen his body. And his father is a good martial artist who is good at forming people, and he has no power to tie the chicken, but because he lives in Taiyuan with ******, he is quite familiar with each other, and it is also for this reason that Li Xuan and Duan Xiao are geniuses who know each other. It was only later that Duan Xiaotian returned to his hometown in Henan after the expiration of his apprenticeship, and never returned to Taiyuan. It has been at least four or five years since the two last met.

Li Xuan asked the shopkeeper to change the wine and food, and after sitting down again, he got up and poured a full bottle of wine for Duan Xiaotian, briefly talked about his recent situation, raised their glasses to each other, and said, "I haven't seen Brother Duan for many years, but I can meet here, which is very surprising...... The eldest brother looks good, what have you been busy with all these years, so that the younger brother doesn't miss you!"

Duan Xiaotian was a little moved when he saw what Li Xuan said, and sighed, but he didn't answer directly, but only said that the rivers and lakes were drifting like duckweed, and he drank it all while speaking. The two of them raised their glasses and drank bitterly, talking about old things.

After more than a dozen glasses of wine, Duan Xiaotian's face gradually turned red. He wiped the wine on the corner of his mouth and said with a bold smile: "Over the years, if the foolish brother talks about the situation, he is not as rich as the brother's family. Alas...... After I said goodbye and returned to my hometown, I didn't look for a proper livelihood, I got drunk with my friends all day long, and spent my time playing with guns and sticks in my spare time. However, fortunately, my father had accumulated a few acres of thin land at that time, and rented it out, so I supported my family by collecting rent. After eating, I can also do my best to be happy in the rivers and lakes, let go of my hands and feet to make some friends, and earn my body freely. ”

Li Xuan looked at Duan Xiaotian and saw that although he was dressed in dust, he was full of spirit, not as if he was unsuccessful in the rivers and lakes, and said with a smile: "How can I be rich, my parents died, in the final analysis, I am only half a businessman." As he spoke, his face flashed with shame, and he said: "Over the years, I have wasted my time, I can't study all day, I just think about dancing guns and sticks, and being idle is no better than splashing skin." When my father was alive, he often said that if I did, sooner or later he would ruin his ancestral business. Alas...... But doing business is such a thing, running around, hard work is nothing, but the baht must be compared, every little benefit has to be pinched around, and earning hard money is really not the work of a big husband! How can this life be compared to my brother on the rivers and lakes...... Eating meat and drinking wine is really a race against the gods. ”

Duan Xiaotian laughed when he heard this, shook his head again and again, poured himself full of wine, raised his neck and said, "I want to live a life of immortals, and that is also a broken immortal." Alas...... Brother, you don't have to envy the rivers and lakes, in fact, doing business is also in the rivers and lakes!"

Li Xuan was puzzled: "I am also in the rivers and lakes, how can I also be in the rivers and lakes?"