Just as Zhang Xingyan scarred away the six fingers of Sun Liuzhi, who was entangled with his father, and the father and son were answering each other on the street, they suddenly heard someone next to him shouting praise for Xingyan.

When the father and son turned their eyes to look, they found that it was an old man in brown, who was turning out of the stall and walking up to the two of them. Looking at the appearance of this old man, he seems to be quite old, but his face is ruddy and his hair is full of black hair. Look at the way he walked out from the side, his gait was vigorous and powerful, and he walked in the wind, and he did not use a cane like an ordinary old man. It seems that this old man is quite proficient in the way of health preservation.

After looking at it, I suddenly remembered the praise of this old man just now, and said humbly,

"Ho! The old man praised me falsely, I was just scaring away a ruffian just now, and it was not a big deal. ”

Listening to his humility, the old man's eyebrows twisted, and he smiled:

"Little brother's words are wrong! Fang Cai Lao Yu can see it clearly on the side, when the little brother sees the splashy entanglement, he almost doesn't want to think about it, so he stepped forward to grab the knife and threaten, this is exactly the little brother, your quick mind and courage to decide. Later, I saw that you chose the person who grabbed the sword, although that person was a high-roller, but he had a clear face, and his forehead was edgeless, and he was not a reckless and reckless man. Generally, people with this face are likely to stop you from drawing your sword, and persuade you to say a few words, which can give you the opportunity to speak cruelly, strengthen your heart, and make him think that you really have the intention to kill him!"

Listening to my father-in-law's analysis, I was dumbfounded. He really didn't have time to think about the stormy incident just now. But now listening to this old man's analysis and thinking about it, there is really some truth. Just now, if you choose a reckless man with a face, crooked eyebrows and slanted eyes, I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic, not only will he not dissuade him, but he may also take the initiative to offer the knife with both hands. In this way, there is no chance for him to take a break, and it is impossible for him to have time to say such threatening words. If that's the case, I really don't know how to play this play just now!

Looking at the young man's thoughtful expression, the sturdy old man in front of him knew that he was right, so he smiled and continued:

What's more, from what the little brother said just now, the old man can also hear that the little brother can judge from the place where the skin is lying that the guy is definitely not a lazy and fierce person who is not afraid of death. In that room, little brother, you can still have such careful thoughts, how can the old man not admire?"

"Ho~ ashamed!"

After listening to the old man's praise, he couldn't help but feel happy. His father is always open-headed, after all, he is just a Ganzhi village man, even if his son explains it in detail, he still can't figure out the trick. Today, I met this old man who met in Pingshui, but he analyzed his pretentiousness just now, so clearly and thoroughly, how can this sixteen-year-old boy be unhappy?

When I was full of joy, I only heard the old man laugh again:

"The so-called meeting is not as good as a chance encounter, I want to come to the two of you haven't dined yet, it's better to go back to the east by the old man, please have a drink, what do you think?"

The voice settled, and the honest old man was about to excuse himself, but the old man couldn't help but say, pulled up the rabbit basket he put on the ground, and swayed along the street regardless of it!

Seeing this, the father and son of the Zhang family had no choice but to follow each other and follow the old man all the way. In fact, for Xingyan, it just happened that he had just lost his job in Daoxianglou, and he didn't know where the lunch would fall today. Looking at the appearance of the old man in front of him, Xingyan was secretly speechless, and quickly quickened his pace and followed closely.

Just when the father and son of the Zhang family were a little out of breath at a trot all the way, the old man had stopped in front of a restaurant. After stopping to catch his breath a little, Xingyan looked up and found that this restaurant was very familiar to him: this restaurant he had visited a moment ago, and it was the sad place he had this morning, "Daoxiang Building".

Besides, the shopkeeper Liu, the owner of Daoxiang Building, saw that the father and son came upstairs again, and thought that this bastard boy was still coming over for the wages of the two people, and was about to scold, but the elderly guest officer in front of him had stopped in front of him, turned his head and pointed at the father and son, and cheered loudly with himself:

"This guy, the three of us, are waiting in the private seat upstairs!"

As soon as he heard that he was being treated as a running hall, the owner of this floor, Shopkeeper Liu, was almost suffocated to death in one breath. was about to have a seizure, but he saw that the old man's commanding style was unusually old, so the shopkeeper Liu only dared to secretly say bad luck in his heart, but he didn't dare to slack off at all, and respectfully led the three of them to a private seat by the window upstairs and sat down.

The seat arranged by Shopkeeper Liu is clearly remembered. Three days ago, this was the place where Ju Ying and her uncle Cheng were sitting. Seeing the familiar position of the tables and chairs, Xingyan remembered the cute appearance of the little girl Juying at that time, eager to try a plate of pig's hands, and unconsciously a smile appeared on his face - but unexpectedly, the shopkeeper Liu inadvertently glanced at Xingyan, and saw the former subordinate trotting hall, and now there was a trace of a smile on his face.

"Laughing like this, eighty percent of this kid is stealing fun when he sees that he was treated as a buddy just now, right?"

Shopkeeper Liu speculated with the heart of a villain:

"This stinky boy, it's really hateful!"

After the old man in brown finished ordering, the shopkeeper Liu returned to the back hall in a huff, ready to quickly change into a set of brightly colored robes, and then come out to inspect.

Not to mention that the shopkeeper Liu went to the back hall to try on clothes, not to mention the handsome old man, after the wine and food came up, he began to drink one cup after another, and enthusiastically persuaded the father and son to drink and eat;

It's just that although Xingyan also eats wine and food according to his father's wishes, he is not as ignorant as his father. When the old man had about five or six glasses of wine, he finally couldn't help it, put down his chopsticks and asked very politely:

"Dare to ask this old man, I want us to meet in Pingshui, but I don't know why my husband is so blue-eyed to the boy, and invited my father and son to come here to enjoy such a delicious meal?

"Hahaha!"

The old man in brown who was pouring wine one bite at a time, but he laughed loudly when he heard the words, and the voice was loud, rolling and echoing in the restaurant, attracting the attention of the diners on the entire second floor.

"Little brother asked a good question! It's just that the little brother doesn't know that you and I have actually been friends for a long time!"

"Oh?!, but I never seem to have met the old man?"

Listening to the words of the old man, he tried to recall it, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't remember when he met this old man. When he was full of confusion, the old man said happily:

"By the way, the little brother doesn't have to be an old man. If you don't see me, just call me 'dude'. ”

"Actually, we only met yesterday, so my little brother shouldn't have forgotten it so quickly, right?"

"Yesterday?"

Rao is usually clever, but at the moment he is quite hesitant, trying his best to think about it, and combing all the things he experienced yesterday in his heart:

"Last morning, I slept in the Ping'an Inn in Poyang County until three poles before I got up; yesterday at noon, I went to eat anchovies in the water on Nanji Island -- could it be that he was eating anchovies there at that time? But there were not many people in that hall at that time, and if I really saw this old man, I would never forget it; or was it in the afternoon? The incident last afternoon was really thrilling, and I will never forget it for the rest of my life; could it be that this old man was a tourist on the painting boat? But he didn't seem to have any impression...... Who is this old man?"

Seeing that he was confused, the old man smiled and said:

"The little brother is smart, but this surname is not very good. Yesterday on the Poyang Lake, Brother Meng preached the deeds of the year for me, and gave me a poem, why did you forget it so quickly?"

After listening to the old man's words, he was still a little inexplicable; the strange scene on Poyang Lake yesterday afternoon was too shocking; and then he was "amazed" and he was also shocked, and at this moment he was really confused about what he had done before that day.

Seeing that Xingyan was still stunned, the old man didn't explain much, but just said:

"The old man heard the words of the sages, 'If you have a heart, you will not be rewarded for good, and if you have no intention of evil, you will not be punished.' 'Little brother's actions in the past few days are exactly that big 'unintentional good' move!"

Hearing this, the young man who had kidnapped Shangguan and had always had a ghost in his heart jumped in his heart, and was about to speak, but he saw that the old man was already full of interest and continued:

"Punishing the strong and helping the weak, not seeking retribution, is exactly what the good men of my generation do!

After that, the old man raised his neck, and a glass of liquor came to his stomach with a few beeps. Smacking his lips, he added:

"When I think about what happened yesterday, I am happy! The old man still can't think of the little brother who can write a good poem, thinking about the sentence 'drunk on Zhou Langtai on the moon, and the sound of the clear flute sends the cave dragon to sleep', wonderful! Happy! It is really incisive, and it can float a big white!"

Before the words fell, the handsome old man raised his neck one after another, and two glasses of spirits went down his stomach. I don't know if I drank too much, but this old man is talking a little more now:

"But the two of them didn't know that the old man had always been as evil as an enemy, and he couldn't see the good people suffering the crime and the wicked getting away! Hmm...... It's a 'clear flute to send the cave dragon to sleep'! Just look at this poem, the old man will also give a small gift to the little brother today!"

Speaking of which, this heroic old man was already seven or eight points drunk, his face was flushed, and he was naïve. Without waiting for the father and son to talk, he got up and said slurredly:

"Wait a minute, I'll see what's in this sleeve. ”

Maybe this old man came out in a hurry, and at this moment he was groping in the sleeves of his wide robe, but it was to no avail, and his drunken face was even redder at the moment.

Seeing this, he said:

"Actually, the old man doesn't have to be polite, boy, this is just useless! To be honest, I don't know this ......."

was about to give in, but when he saw the old man wave his hand, he spewed wine and stopped the conversation with a red face, and shouted:

"I, Yunzhongjun, have a lot of courtesies when I speak. Little brother doesn't have to be busy, I'll look for it slowly!"

So Xingyan father and son saw this drunken old man in brown clothes, closed his eyes, and couldn't stop muttering, but he was babbling and reciting incantations like the gods he had seen in the past.

"Haha~ There is!"

Just when the father and son wondered if the old man was drunk and in a trance, the "Yun Zhongjun" suddenly burst out laughing, obviously very proud, and boasted:

"Haha! It seems that the old man's surname is not bad, and he didn't forget to bring one or two gifts that he can get his hands on when he left--this is really a good habit!

The old man praised himself, took out a jade flute from the sleeve of his robe, and stuffed it indiscriminately without saying anything. Xingyan saw that he was already half drunk, and he was afraid that he would break the jade flute between pushing and concessions, so he had to follow the old man's will to take the jade flute and hold it tightly in his hand.

Seeing that Xingyan accepted it, the old man was very happy, and said with some slurred words:

"Okay......! My generation is male...... Son, don't you follow that little woman's coy behavior!"

Hearing this, Xingyan had no choice but to retract the words that had already reached his lips, and just looked at the flute and smirked. The jade flute he was holding now was made of delicate jade, graceful and round, as if it had been formed naturally, and the body of the flute was pale and blue, with snow-colored lines hidden in it, just like a few milky clouds floating in the green valley of the spring mountain. In the tuning hole at the end of the flute, there is a lock of plum blossoms, silky red, elegant with the wind, and the crystal and indifferent pipe body complement each other, which is complementing each other.

And above the hole of the jade flute, two words are engraved with the simple Wending seal:

"Kamiyuki"

These two ancient seals are strong and elegant, just like the finishing touch, which immediately makes the ancient meaning of this jade flute implicit.

Just as Xingyan was looking at the jade flute in his hand, the half-drunk old man suddenly patted his head and shouted:

"Look at my brain, I'm a little confused! I'm afraid I'm a little drunk...... Today, when I give a flute, it can be regarded as a gift of fish, but why don't I ask for a surname to give someone a fish? There is only a flute, but there is no score! Wait, the score is ......."

Speaking of this in one breath, the drunken old man's tongue knotted again:

"That's the score, I, I should bring it too, right? Little brother, wait a minute, I'll take it slowly!"

So Xingyan saw the old man snort for a while, and then took something out of his cuff with a proud expression. When he took it out, he looked at it and saw that it was an ancient silk book. The deep water blue cover of this book is lined with a seaweed dragon pattern background, and on the snow-white title on the cover, three large black seal characters are written:

"Dragon's Voice"

Now that he took out the book, the old man gave it away again. Xingyan was afraid that this good silk surface would be stained with oil and water, so he had to accept it obediently. Seeing that he was refreshed, the old man was also very happy, raised his glass and laughed:

In the past two days, the old man has witnessed the little brother's feat of punishing the evil and helping the weak, and he has been given the benefits of the little brother's deeds and inscriptions. ”

"Uh~ I can't drink this wine anymore, if I drink it again, I'm going to get drunk!"

"Two, let's leave!"

After saying the call in a row, the old man, who was already very drunk, stood up slowly, and muttered indistinctly:

"Alas, what a hero is he...... A hero, a thousand years later...... Again, a few people know ......"

"Man!

As he spoke, the old man beckoned his finger and called the "fellow" near him to come and settle the bill.

And the shopkeeper Liu, who was ordered by the old man but had already changed into a bright robe, didn't believe that the strange old man was still calling himself this time, so he looked around freely. When he was shaking his head, he was cold, but the drunk old man shouted again:

"Look left and right, it's you! Come and check out!"

As soon as he heard the confirmation, the shopkeeper Liu was like a deflated ball, and he said "bad luck" in his heart, but it was not good to have a seizure, so he had to walk over with a smiling face and tell the old man how much money was for this meal. After listening to him report the money for the wine and food, the red-faced old man greeted with wine:

"Well, give you this ingot, and then return the rest to this little brother." ”

As he spoke, the drunken old man crookedly handed Liu a piece of horseshoe silver, and then muttered:

"You old runner, dressed in fancy clothes, but you didn't start that guy smart!"

With that, he staggered to the top of the stairs.

"Old man, watch your step! Wait a minute, I'll help you. ”

Xingyan saw that the old man was already ** drunk, and his feet were staggering, and he was afraid that he would fall, so he stopped him in a loud voice and let him walk slowly. Listening to his reminder, the old man turned his head and smiled, and said:

"I'm not that foolish drunk!"

As he spoke, the old man continued to swing forward. Seeing him like this, Xingyan was about to step forward to support, but at this moment, he was stopped by the shopkeeper Liu:

"I said, stinky boy, what do you want you to mess with? That old man is so easy to fall! Alas, it's really a bad luck, and I don't know what kind of bad luck you're doing today, and you actually got mixed up with such an unjust boss-"

Shopkeeper Liu's mockery and scolding stopped abruptly when he said this, raised his head, and looked at the former guy in front of him in shock-

It turned out that he counted the leftover money for Xingyan, but it was exactly the same as the salary he had deducted from the young man's salary before!

“......”

Just when the two of them looked at each other in shock, and were a little stunned, they suddenly heard a "plop" for a while, and then a rolling sound of "gurgling";

Hearing the sound of rolling and rolling, Xingyan secretly complained in his heart, and he didn't care about ticking with this shopkeeper Liu, so he hurried downstairs with his father and old Zhang Tou.

It's just that when I got to the hall downstairs, I went straight out of the main entrance of the restaurant, but I found that on the street, pedestrians were bustling and endless......

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