Liu Changqing was pondering, and Mr. Du wrote: "Brother Liu, why don't you speak? Do you also like to bet?" Liu Changqing thought of Concubine Zhao and said softly: "Of course I like it, I can't wait to ...... I can't wait to bet every day. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The two of them were very excited, pulled him excitedly, and said, "What a good man! Tonight, the two of us will invite you to dinner, which is called the exchange of courtesies." Liu Changqing couldn't be stubborn, so he went in.

After a while, the shopkeeper brought the dishes, and Liu Changqing asked him to add a few more dishes. "What are you betting again?"

Mr. Du said: "Brother Liu, the two of us just saw a puppy, caught it, bet whether it is male or female, you will judge it." ”

Liu Changqing said with a smile: "I heard that the one who crosses one leg when peeing is a male dog." Mr. Shu said: "Very good, you will know it at a glance." The two of them didn't eat either, and went to feed the puppy.

After a while, the puppy peed, but it was squatting and peeing, and Mr. Shu Du was overjoyed: "I said earlier, this dog is a female." Pointing to Mr. Du and saying, "You are not allowed to go to bed within half a month!" This time Mr. Du was sullen again.

The three of them drank a few glasses of wine, and Mr. Du asked, "Brother Liu, when you come to Jiangling, don't you also go to participate in the ice and snow water cold conference?"

Liu Changqing asked, "What kind of ice and snow water cold conference? ”

Mr. Du said: "Brother Liu, this is ignorant, if you don't come to participate in the ice and snow water cold conference, why did you come to Jiangling a month in advance?"

Liu Changqing said: "I came to Jiangling to investigate a matter, I came for a day, and I have already found out, and tomorrow morning, I will go back to my hometown Yangzhou." ”

Shu Zongdu grabbed a chicken leg in his hand and said: "Brother Liu, this is not right, I see that you are also from the rivers and lakes, how can you not go to the ice, snow and water cold conference? Such a good thing is rare to meet once in a lifetime, how can you go?"

Liu Changqing asked, "What is the Ice and Snow Water Chill Conference?" ”

Mr. Shu said: "Haha, Brother Liu is really embarrassing, don't you really know? That's strange." The ice, snow and water chill conference was held by Huang Yongren, the richest man in Jiangling. ”

Mr. Du continued: "Exactly, this Huang Yongren's family has a lot of money, and he can't count the real number, and it is said that there are 300 servants in the family. The Anping Inn where we live now is also his. ”

Mr. Shu said: "Brother Liu is asking me, why are you answering? Brother Liu, this Huang Yongren has been in business all his life, and has opened many teahouses, inns, pawnshops, pharmacies, and casinos, and he will naturally make more money, but if you think that he is just a businessman, then you are very wrong." He himself said that his favorite thing in this life is to make friends with heroes. ”

Mr. Du said: "Exactly, since he likes to meet heroes, then my two heroes must go to the scene." ”

Liu Changqing knew that the two were verbose, so he interrupted and asked, "What does the conference mean?"

Shu Zongdu said: "Huang Yongren is about to celebrate his sixtieth birthday on the first day of the Lunar New Year, although he does not know martial arts, but he likes to collect swords, a few months ago, he announced to the rivers and lakes that he has collected four famous swords, that is, the Molten Ice Sword, the Fine Snow Sword, the Water Stopping Sword and the Lihan Sword, have you not even heard of these four swords?"

Liu Changqing was taken aback and said, "I heard the name of this sword, I heard my master say it. How to get it together, that's really difficult. ”

Mr. Du said: "Of course, it is rare, people of my generation, even if they see an unsheathed sword in their lives, it is already very difficult." But Huang Yongren is rich, so it's not unusual. ”

Liu Changqing said in his heart: "Since there is money to make ghosts grind, why don't the four of Zu Wu De, Feng Nanniang, Mrs. Gao, and Li Wenpo do such despicable things for money?"

Mr. Shu said: "Huang Yongren's birthday is not very good, just in time for the New Year, but there are really a lot of people here, and everyone is really willing to see the true face of the sword." If Brother Liu comes a few days late, I'm afraid that he won't be able to find a place to stay. ”

Liu Changqing said in his heart: "I wonder if my master and the owner of Shen Zhuang of Huiyan Mountain Villa will come to participate?

Liu Changqing was afraid that he would return to Yangzhou, but the owner of Shen Zhuang came to Jiangling to participate in this ice and snow and water cold conference, and the owner of Shen Zhuang was also a sword, so how could there be no reason not to come? Then he said: "There is nothing to do, most of the people I am looking for are coming, so I will go and see what the four swords look like." ”

For a few days in a row, Shu Du and the two were only close to him, and they heard the two bet every day, but they also found it quite interesting, and sometimes the two of them pulled themselves to bet, and they were interested, so they gambled a few handfuls, but they never lost.

The weather was as cold as a day, and in the afternoon of this day, I wanted to go out to buy a few clothes, but what Liu Changqing was wearing was still what he took from Zuwu Dezhuang that day. As soon as he came out of the inn, he saw an old man playing erhu at the door, his tone was light and long, but it was quite good, Liu Changqing took out a few pennies and gave it to the old man, and the old man nodded and smiled at him.

When I arrived at De Silk Village, I picked a few of them, and one person in the store said: "It's really unlucky that there is no place to live in the huge Jiangling City." The companion said: "I'm afraid that they are all here to participate in this ice and snow water cold conference, and most of the inns are full." The man just complained, saying that he couldn't stay, and that he could only make a bunk on the ground in the inn. One said: "If you are too long-winded, just go home." The man said: "I came all the way here, and I can't even pass the year, how can I go back? Maybe I see a senior who will pass on my martial arts!" One said: "You think of beauty, do you have a good foundation?"

Liu Changqing pondered: "These people are actually not all here to see the sword, nor are they to celebrate the old man's birthday, there are a large number of people, I am afraid that they just want to meet a few more friends at the conference, and in the future, they will walk on the rivers and lakes, and if they have one more friend, then there will be one more way." ”

When I returned to the inn, I saw that the old man who pulled the erhu was tired, and he was resting against the wall, and he was very sympathetic in his heart, so he went up to wake him up and said, "Uncle, I have a room, why don't you go up and rest." The old man glanced at him, was very grateful, and said, "Thank you." He followed Liu Changqing upstairs.

When he arrived at the room, the old man said, "Thank you, nephew, I will play a song "Swing Scatter" to thank you." ”

When Liu Changqing heard the name, he was so unhappy in his heart, and said in his heart: "I invite you to come up and rest and sleep, you don't talk about the erhu, what else do you play "Swing Scattering". ”

After the song was played, the old man said: "I don't know how the virtuous nephew feels after listening to it?" Liu Changqing said: "It's just that the tone is a little sad." ”

The old man put down the erhu and said: "If you are pathetic, you can hear the meaning of pathos, if the virtuous nephew has an ethereal temperament, it will sound much more comfortable." ”

Liu Changqing saw that although he was old, he had a good temperament and talked extraordinarily, and said, "I don't know what the old man said?"

The old man said, "I don't know why the virtuous nephew came to Jiangling? Is it for the ice, snow and water cold conference?"

Liu Changqing said in his heart: "This conference is such a big move, even the erhu puller on the side of the road knows about it." said: "I went to Gangneung to find a person, and this ice and snow water cold conference happened to catch up." ”

The old man said: "The affairs of the world, follow the way of heaven, and there is no need to catch up." ”

Liu Changqing said in his heart: "The meaning of this old man's words is similar to that of Master Zhang Yuan's divination for me. ”

The old man said again: "All shrewd people know how to go with the sky, but Zhang Yongren, the richest man in Jiangling, does the opposite. I thought that he had been in business all his life, and his mind should be more shrewd than ordinary people. ”

Liu Changqing was surprised, and said respectfully: "I would like to hear the details." ”

The old man said: "I came here three months ago, I was near Zhang's house, playing the erhu, that day, it happened that Zhang Yongren came out of the house, after seeing me, he said to the concubine: 'This person is really good at playing the erhu.'" What I played was "Rapids", and I really played the piano to the cow. People all over the world know the meaning of 'retreating bravely from the rapids', but there are very few people who can do it. Later, I played this piece several times, and that Zhang Yongren turned a blind eye, no, that is called hearing but not listening. ”

Liu Changqing said in his heart: "This old man is interesting, he plays an erhu song, and he wants others to hear his thoughts." ”

The old man said: "Alas, the **** thought, this old man is stubborn, and he has been enlightened to him several times, but he just doesn't listen." ”

Liu Changqing said: "This chapter Yongren earned two silver taels, bought four swords, and invited the knights of the rivers and lakes to celebrate his birthday, which is just a beautiful scenery." ”

The old man said: "The virtuous nephew doesn't know, the husband is not guilty, and he is guilty." This chapter Yongren is so blatant, that is to find his own guilt. If you make enough money, then you will enjoy your family, Zhang Yongren is blessed, when he is older, he will be old and confused, and he is still like a child of a few years old, if he gets something, he will take it out and show off, which is the source of trouble. ”

When Liu Changqing heard this, he felt very reasonable, and said, "Exactly!"

The old man said: "I can see through this section, you can see through this section, this is the bystander's clear." ”

Liu Changqing asked: "According to what the old man saw, what should Zhang Yongren do?"

The old man said: "It's late, it's late, it's hard to stop this matter, alas." In secret, I have already helped him deal with six batches of thieves, Zhang Yongren's family, and he also arrested a few people and sent them to the official, but he didn't wake up. ”

Liu Changqing's heart trembled, and said, "Uncle is Shaanxi's 'Golden Sword Messenger' Lu Ju'an?"

The old man said: "The virtuous nephew has a good character and good eyesight, my golden sword has not yet been revealed, you already know who I am, haha, amazing." ”

Liu Changqing said: "I heard my master say that when the old man was young, he was one against seven and captured ...... alive."

The old man interrupted: "That's not young anymore, and there is no need to mention the past." When someone did something wrong, I saw it, and I punished it, which is what a martial arts student should do. ”

Liu Changqing asked: "According to the old man's words, is this chapter Yongren about to be in trouble?"

Lu Ju'an said: "If you can keep one or two children and grandchildren alive, it will be a great luck." ”

Liu Changqing said gloomily: "Presumably, there must be people who covet the sword and take the sword, then that's it, there is no need to kill people." Lu Ju'an said: "You are still young, you don't know the sinister rivers and lakes, alas, if the sword wants to kill, why do you need to unsheath? The four swords are not in Zhang Yongren's hands, but only in the hearts of the murderers." ”

As soon as the words fell, Mr. Shu Du and Mr. Du pushed the door in, saw Lu Ju'an, and asked Liu Changqing: "Who is this person?" Liu Changqing said: "It's a martial arts senior." The two of them didn't care, pulled Liu Changqing, and said: "There are two groups of people fighting on the street, do you want to go over and take a look, bet to win or lose?"

Liu Changqing wondered, "Why fight?"

Mr. Du said: "I only listened to a few words, and a group of people said that the water-stopping sword was a treasure left by his ancestors, and this time he came to ask for the sword back." The other group did not comply, saying that the water-stopping sword was owned by them, and it was stolen by traitors and sold to Zhang Yongren. ”

Lu Ju'an sighed and said, "The sword is already out of its sheath. Liu Changqing admired him greatly, but also felt uneasy, Du Shu and the two forcibly pulled him, and Liu Changqing accompanied the two to go down.