After bidding farewell to the guests attending the funeral, Hua Qian only felt as if his whole body was falling apart, and he sat down on the chair in the hall and sighed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"You've been busy these days. Xu Yun sat aside and said softly.

"Alas, it's better to be busy, so that I don't feel sick when I think of my grandfather. Hua Qian yawned and handed a letter to Xu Yun on the table, "Jingren sent a letter over, saying that in the city of the Khitans, there are now notices everywhere that King Liang is going to hold a martial arts tournament in Nanjing, and the notice says that Nayelu Longqing will elect the first warrior in the world and reward him with a thousand taels of gold. ”

Xu Yun took the letter, nodded and said: "Well, if Senior Brother Long is still in the Khitan Kingdom, he must definitely participate, although he is not interested in the golden thousand taels, but those masters who come to participate in the competition will still attract him." By the way, Grandpa Hua's matter, did you talk to Jingren? ”

"No, he only has one tendon to do things, and if he told him, he won't come back immediately to mourn, he will definitely come back after finding Long Yiwen first. So don't talk to him well, it won't add to the trouble. Hua Qian fiddled with the tea cup on the table and said, "You said that this Yelu Longqing is also very interesting, and you chose the 'No. 1 samurai in the world', which is really arrogant." They Khitan people are playing around by themselves, so they should be called 'Khitan No. 1 Samurai', or 'No. 1 Samurai of Daliao', and what is 'No. 1 Samurai in the world', it really makes people laugh off their big teeth. ”

Xu Yun remembered that in the cave that day, Yelu Longqing had intended to recruit him, and couldn't help but think secretly: "It seems that this Yelu Longqing wants to use this martial arts competition to recruit masters of the rivers and lakes to his command and use them for his use. This person is so hungry for talent, it seems that he is quite ambitious. I don't know what this ambition contains, whether it is the splendid rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty, or the throne of his brother, or both......

Hua Qian saw that Xu Yun was deep in thought, patted the table and said, "Brother Yun, what are you thinking about yourself?" ”

Xu Yun smiled and said, "It's nothing." ”

"Come on, what are you going to do without me? Could it be that you want to go to that martial arts tournament?" Hua Qian saw that Xu Yun was unwilling to tell the truth, so he guessed randomly.

"Changcai, you give me a good seat, you see what you look like, like a puddle of mud!" Hua Qian suddenly heard such a sentence coming from outside the door, and knew that it was the second uncle Hua Yongwei who came, and suddenly felt a chill down his spine, and hurriedly sat upright.

I saw Hua Yongwei striding into the hall with his head held high and said: "Changcai, you will be the head of our old Hua family in the future, but you can't stand like before, you can't sit like you sit." We are also the descendants of Plains Fahrenheit, don't lose face to your ancestors. ”

"Always say what plain Fahrenheit, plain Fahrenheit. Isn't there a Huazi fish in the plain Huahehe, or a character from the time of Cao Wei, it was hundreds of years ago, and I still have to bring it out. Hua Qian said nonchalantly, "Besides, although he Hua Ziyu is known as a celebrity, Guan Youan sat down with him, and the face of our Hua family has long been lost by this old ancestor!"

"Is that so?" After all, Hua Yongwei is a martial artist who fought on the battlefield, and he hasn't read for a few years, so he doesn't know if Hua Qian is talking nonsense, so he asked Xu Yundao.

Xu Yun scratched his head and said with a smile: "Second Uncle Hua, don't ask me, I don't read much more books than you." I haven't heard of what he said about Huaziyu and Guan You'an. ”

Hua Yongwei cleared his throat, sat down and said, "I don't understand what you say, and I don't want to listen to it." Since you are the head of the Hua family, you have to pay attention to maintaining the prestige of the Hua family. Don't sit idle all day. I've heard friends on the rivers and lakes say, aren't you still some 'Fourth Prince of Martial Arts'? Even for the sake of your reputation, you have to take this home as a good one, do you hear?"

Hua Qian said: "What 'four sons of martial arts', I am not uncommon, when they commented, they didn't tell me, and they counted me in a daze." If you like it, you can take it. If you can't do this and can't do that, it's tiring to think about it, why don't you come to be the second uncle, or let my third uncle be the house?"

Hua Yongwei said angrily when he heard this: "What nonsense are you talking about? You Hua Changcai is the eldest grandson of the Hua family recorded in the genealogy, you are not a family, who will be in charge! Besides, as a military attache of the imperial court, my duty is to be loyal to the imperial court, where do you have the heart to care about such a big family as ours? Your third uncle...... Your third uncle...... I...... I don't have this younger brother! In the future, you are not allowed to call Hua Yongfu the third uncle!" After all, Hua Taigong's death was caused by Hua Yongfu's secret connection with the Khitan, so as soon as Hua Yongfu, the younger brother of a fellow mother, was mentioned, Hua Yongwei was furious in his heart, and he couldn't wait to eat him alive immediately.

And Hua Yongfu is also interested, after Hua Taigong's funeral, he quietly took his son Hua Changlin from the mountain directly back to his home in the city, and didn't even say hello, for fear of being discovered by Hua Yongwei and conflict again.

Hua Yongwei saw that Hua Yongfu was mentioned, and instructed Hua Qian seriously: "You are in charge, you can't follow Hua Yongfu's example and collude with the Khitans." You must know that what your grandfather hates most in his life are those fans from the north, burning, killing and looting, and doing bad things. And your father, he died under the sword of the Khitans, you must not secretly associate with the enemy who killed your father!"

Hua Qian said: "Okay, I listen to you, just don't grovel to the Khitans." However, one day Hebei will become the territory of the Khitans, what should our Hua family do?"

When Hua Yongwei heard this, he slapped his thigh and said in a loud voice: "Fart! How can Hebei become the territory of the Khitans? Are you vegetarians when we lead troops to fight? If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Shi Jingjiao ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to Yelu Deguang, Hebei would have no danger to defend, and his Khitan cavalry would have been able to go south casually? Our Song army is not afraid of him at all, if he dares to come, we will beat him back! Not to mention far away, let's just say that in the battle in Lanzhou a while ago, did he Khitan win, and even the famous Xiao Tzu Rin was shot to death by us! His Khitans have never been able to bargain with us, so why do you think Hebei will become Khitan territory in the future?"

Hua Qian hurriedly explained: "Second uncle, don't be angry, I didn't mean that, I just said what I should do if Hebei becomes Khitan." ”

"There is no such if!" Hua Yongwei said categorically.

"I know, but we can't guarantee that there won't be a person like Shi Jingjiao in the future, right?

"What can I do? Yang Wushu was captured by the Khitans back then, and would rather die on a hunger strike than surrender. Our Hua family also has backbone, if there is really such a day, we will learn from General Yang's practice!"

"Wouldn't our Hua family be doomed in that way?"

"That's better than being a slave for Fanzi! We are born as people of the Great Song Dynasty, and we have to be ghosts of the Great Song Dynasty when we die, and this matter is not negotiable! You have read the books of sages for so many years, you will never read them all in the belly of a dog, right? Don't you understand the truth of loyalty and patriotism?"

"I see. Hua Qian pouted.

"Changcai, our Hua family is also a prestigious family in the rivers and lakes, and you will have to take care of our family's affairs in the rivers and lakes in the future. What he Hua Yongfu does, he Hua Yongfu does, and what you do on the rivers and lakes can be regarded as what our Hua family does. You can't smash this 'South Yu Beihua' signboard. Hua Yongwei said again.

When Xu Yun heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head: "If you can really distinguish it so clearly, then it would be good, but it's a pity that Third Uncle Hua is still surnamed Hua after all, and his words and deeds on the rivers and lakes are still the words and deeds of the famous Hua family in the eyes of others." ”

Hua Yongwei didn't notice that Xu Yun was secretly shaking his head, and still said to Hua Qian: "You don't know martial arts, I'm afraid you can't deal with so many things on the rivers and lakes, I will write a letter to Master Yuanqing of Wutai Mountain tonight, and ask him to let Changwu go down the mountain to help you." "Changwu is the only son of Hua Yongwei, and when he was young, he was sent to Master Yuanqing of Qingliang Temple in Wutai Mountain to practice martial arts, and it is said that he has fulfilled the true inheritance of the master.

Hua Qian stroked his palm and smiled: "Are you going to call Changwu back?" That's great, I haven't seen him for more than ten years, and I don't know what he looks like now." ”

As soon as Hua Yongwei mentioned this son, his always serious face couldn't help but smile: "Well, then I'll go back to the house and write a letter now, so that Changwu can come back early." After so many years in the temple, I am really afraid that he will become a monk one day, and I can be relieved to let him come back. ”

Hua Yongwei stood up and walked out of the hall, but after a few steps, he turned around and went back to the house: "Look at you who made me angry, and actually forgot everything I wanted to tell you." ”

"I just said so much, it didn't mean to say anything to me......" Hua Qian secretly complained in his heart, he didn't know what kind of orders this domineering second uncle was going to make, he was very frightened.

"When I came back this time, I didn't expect to encounter your grandfather's accident, and I was delayed at home for too long. Now that everything is over, I have to rush back to Dengzhou tomorrow. The family will be handed over to you, and you have been doing a good job of the old lady's white affairs in the past few days. Hua Yongwei said.

When Hua Qian heard that Hua Yongwei was leaving, a trace of joy flashed in his heart, but when he thought of having to manage the huge Hua family alone, he was still a little worried: "So urgent, don't stay for a few more days?"

"Not much more. The war has just ended, and it is estimated that it will not be long before there will be a change in the officials guarding the border states. I want to go back and wait for the military order as soon as possible, and see if I have been transferred to a place like Baozhou or Daizhou. Always idle in Dengzhou, your second uncle is about to suffocate to death, so it's better to be happy on the front line. Hua Yongwei's eyes lit up.

"Second uncle, it is really a blessing for the people to have a general like you in my Great Song Dynasty. Hua Qian listened to Hua Yongwei's words, and couldn't help but feel proud, and praised from the bottom of his heart.

Early the next morning, Hua Yongwei took the two sergeants accompanying him and rode his horse eastward.

When I came to a fork in the road, I saw an old man with a hat standing in the middle of the road.

"That old man, let me go, let's hurry up. Hua Yongwei pointed lightly at the horsewhip and said to the old man.

The old man coughed a few times, lifted the hat slightly, looked at Hua Yongwei who was sitting on the horse, and said, "Don't go, this road is not passable, old man, I have been waiting for you here for a long time." ”

"You're waiting for me, you've recognized the wrong person!" Hua Yongwei saw that the old man in front of him was very angry, and said suspiciously.

The old man took off the hat and smiled: "Are you Hua Yongwei, the training envoy of the Dengzhou regiment?"

Hua Yongwei said: "Exactly, who are you?"

"Someone who came to kill you!" The old man with a hat had two more lancets in his hand at some point, and when he spoke, he jumped high and went straight to Hua Yongwei.

When the two sergeants saw this, they hurriedly drew their knives and stepped forward, intending to stop the old man. But before he could raise his sword, he saw two flashes of red light, and the heads of the two sergeants were already rolling on the ground.

Hua Yongwei had already joined the army when he was young, so although he was born in a martial arts family, he could only do some superficial kung fu. He saw that this old man's sword skills were extremely fast, and he knew that he was not an opponent, so he had already turned his horse's head and galloped, wanting to get rid of the old man.

The old man smiled and threw the lancet in his right hand. I saw the scimitar spinning in the air, directly inserted into Hua Yongwei's heart.

Na Hua Yongwei lay on the horse's back, walked for a while, and then was turned upside down.

The old man rushed forward, and saw Hua Yongwei staring at him with a pair of round eyes, as if he still had breath, so he said: "Anyway, he is also a regimental training envoy, from the fifth grade, right? The old man has killed people all his life, and he really hasn't killed an official from the fifth grade, you are the first." For the sake of being the first, the old man will tell you the name, so that you can die clearly. ”

"You remember, old man, I am Wan Yingtang's head shaver, don't report the mistake when you go to Hades!" After that, Hua Yongwei's head had been cut off by a lancet and he was completely out of breath.

Although the man is dead, his eyes are still round, staring directly at the shaver, and the shaver is furious.

"What the hell!" the shaver kicked the head out of the scolding, then put away the lancet stuck in Hua Yongwei's body, put on the hat and left.