Now that it is the end of the year, the weather is getting cooler, and the Baiyun Peak is also getting colder, and the people living in Yunzhuang have added thick clothes early. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Lao Chang is no exception, after all, he is older, and he needs to pay attention to keeping warm in the cold winter, otherwise he may have to go to Nahe Bridge one day.

At this time, he was carrying a basket of citrus to Xu Yun's wooden house, and the oranges were naturally for Xu Yun. Lao Chang was followed by two Zhuang Ding, each of whom was holding a jar of wine in his arms, and the wine was naturally for Xu Yun. I often walked slowly on crutches, looking at the bright sunlight shining on the quiet bamboo forest path, and felt warm.

After the first battle of Qingshitai, Xu Yun raised his body in Yunzhuang for a long time, and when he was almost recovered, he moved back to live in the bamboo forest wooden house. Every day, he still teaches Ah Fei to practice martial arts, leisurely, and half a year has passed in a flash.

"Young Master Yun, Young Master Fei, stop practicing, I brought you oranges, I asked someone to buy them in Lingnan!" Lao Chang saw that Xu Yun and Ah Fei were practicing in the courtyard, so he shouted at the two.

Ah Fei put away the purple gold knife in his hand and said to Lao Chang with a smile: "Lao Chang, there are citrus fruits sold in the nearby towns here, why do you have to go to Lingnan to buy them?" Xu Yun squinted and smiled: "Lao Chang asked people to go to Lingnan to buy them, naturally he thought the citrus there were delicious, and you were too stupid to ask this question." When he saw that Lao Chang had brought two jars of wine, he was overjoyed and said, "Lao Chang, the wine in my house has not been drunk, why did you take two more jars?"

Lao Chang laughed and said: "It's going to be the New Year in a while, I'll bring you two jars of good wine to taste." Xu Yun took the two jars of wine and said, "Come into the house and sit!"

Xu Yun, Ah Fei and Lao Chang entered the house and sat down, and the two Zhuang Ding said goodbye to Xu Yun and went back to Zhuang to do things, after all, it was already the lunar month, and it would not be long before the New Year, and there were indeed a lot of things to be busy in Zhuangzi.

Xu Yun broke open an orange and handed it to Lao Chang and said: "Lao Chang, the last time you came, you told me that the Khitans had fought under the city of Lanzhou, and the emperor had already gone to conquer in person, I don't know what the battle situation is now?" Xu Yun said curiously: "Oh, the Khitans are running all the way, coming from afar, if we fight him, we may not be defeated, why do we want to negotiate peace?"

Lao Chang stuffed a petal of orange into his mouth, chewed it a few times and said: "Who knows, we don't understand this march and war, maybe it's any good to negotiate peace." Xu Yun nodded and said, "Well, if the peace negotiation is successful, if the Khitans can really abide by the agreement that the two countries will not fight again, maybe it will really be a good thing!"

Ah Fei on the side interjected while peeling oranges: "Why do you say it's a good thing? Don't you want Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures?" Xu Yun smiled and said: "Even if you take it back, if you can't beat people, you will lose it sooner or later." It's better to stop the war and let the people live and work in peace and contentment, isn't that also good? ”

Ah Fei was a little puzzled when he heard Xu Yun's words, and when he saw that Lao Chang was also nodding, he was even more puzzled in his heart. He finished eating an orange in two bites, and changed the topic: "This orange is so sweet, Brother Xu, do you think it's okay to use my current martial arts to go to the rivers and lakes?"

Xu Yun grabbed the chin of the cat and said to Ah Fei: "What's the matter, it's boring on the mountain, and you want to go down the mountain to explore?" Ah Fei bared his teeth and said: "It's not, just ask casually." ”

"If you want to talk about breaking into the rivers and lakes, haven't you already broken through yourself, didn't you do it to rescue Xiaoyu and them from the inn?"

Ah Fei frowned and looked at Xu Yun and said, "Is that okay?"

Xu Yun nodded and said, "Of course." In fact, no matter how high or low your martial arts are, you can go to the rivers and lakes. As long as you are willing to do chivalrous deeds, the sky and the earth are vast for you to explore. ”

"But if you fall, you have to get up on your own, don't expect others to help you. Young Master Fei, with your current experience and martial arts, if you want to go through the rivers and lakes alone, you won't even lose your life!"

"Well, that's not wrong...... So if you want to go to the rivers and lakes, Ah Fei, you still have to practice light skills a little better, so that you can escape faster. Xu Yun squinted and laughed.

Ah Fei suddenly realized: "Yes, it's still important to have light skills!" Brother Xu, I'm almost done with my sword skills, and I can break up with you, so you can teach me light skills again!" Xu Yun squinted at Lao Chang and said to Ah Fei: "Actually, your light skills are already very good." But if you let me teach you light skills, forget it, I don't want to be laughing and generous. He saw that Ah Fei didn't understand what he meant, so he pointed at Lao Chang again.

Ah Fei was quite puzzled and said: "Smile and be generous, do you mean that Lao Chang's light skills are very powerful?" Xu Yun bowed his head and said: "Yes, twenty or thirty years ago, Lao Chang was a famous thief in the Central Plains! As long as he wants to take something, even if you guard it strictly, he can give you a glimpse of it unconsciously, do you say his light skills are not powerful?"

Ah Fei carefully looked at the dry old man in front of him who was chewing oranges with a pouted mouth, and couldn't imagine that he was the character Xu Yun said: "No, I remember that he couldn't even beat the person called Mao Mouse at that time......," Lao Chang snorted and said: "That's because I'm old now, and my legs and feet are not good, but it's still okay to teach individuals." ”

Ah Fei saw Xu Yun glaring at him, and said in his heart: "Manager Chang, can you teach me light skills?"

Lao Chang smiled and said: "Young Master Fei, if you want to learn light skills, I'll teach you, don't peel the oranges, I can't eat them, it's too cold." Ah Fei was overjoyed to see Lao Chang agree: "Really, that's great!" Lao Chang smiled and said: "Actually, it's just some formulas, I'll write it to you in a while, you just memorize these essentials and use them in your light skills." So saying, he wrote the mantra with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone placed on the low table in the room.

"Okay, Young Master Fei, I handed over the mantra to you, if you don't understand anything, you can ask Young Master Yun, in fact, I have also taught him this. Lao Chang handed the written note to Ah Feidao.

Ah Fei looked at the mantra and said, "You have so few mantras, is it so easy to practice light skills?" Lao Chang laughed and said: "Yes, Young Master Fei, in fact, no matter what kind of kung fu you have, you will find that it is very simple to practice well in the end." But ah, how many people can really practice to the end? ”

The old man Ah Fei still looked puzzled, got up with a smile and said, "Okay, the oranges have also been eaten, and the mantra has been written, I should go back to the village, there are still many things waiting for me to arrange in the village." Young Master Yun, Young Master Fei, Chang Chang said goodbye first. With that, he slowly left the bamboo hut on crutches.

Xu Yun saw Ah Fei frowning when he looked at the note, so he smiled and said, "Okay, put it away first, there will be time for you to comprehend it later." In fact, his mantra is just the basic principle that is common to all light skills, but it is really not easy to practice well. ”

Ah Fei put away the mantra and said, "Is it the basic essentials? No wonder I think it's easy." Brother Xu, let's continue to dismantle the moves. Xu Yun shook his head and said, "No, I won't practice today." Ah Fei looked at the bamboo shadow in the courtyard and said, "It's still early, do you want me to go to Zama?"

Xu Yun smiled and brought over the two jars of wine brought by Lao Changxin and said, "No, I want you to drink with me!"

Ah Fei looked at the wine jar in astonishment and said, "Drink?"

Xu Yun removed the mud seal from the wine jar and said, "Ah Fei, how old are you?"

"Thirteen. ”

"Then I'll be fourteen years after the New Year, when I'm as old as you, I already have some alcohol, and I can kill ten people with a sword in two jars of wine. Xu Yun poured a bowl of wine and drank it all and said, "It's really good wine!

Ah Fei saw Xu Yun handing over a bowl of wine, sniffed the aroma of the wine, took the bowl and drank the wine in his own way, learning from Xu Yun's example. He smacked his mouth, only to feel that the wine was very fragrant and sweet, so he stretched out the empty bowl in front of Xu Yun and said, "Another bowl!"

Xu Yun smiled and poured another bowl for Ah Fei, and Ah Fei took it and drank it all. After two bowls of wine, Ah Fei only felt that his whole body was smooth, and shouted: "It turns out that drinking is so enjoyable!" Xu Yunxi said: "It seems that you are also a good drinker, and I am afraid that I will not be able to keep the wine here in the future." ”

The two of them were very happy when they drank and talked about martial arts, and after a while, they opened another jar of wine. Ah Fei drank a lot of wine for the first time, and now he only felt like his cheeks were on fire. He looked at the long sword scabbard hanging on Xu Yun's bedside and said, "Brother Xu, your martial arts are so good, why don't you go to the rivers and lakes to wander, but you have to be trapped in this bamboo forest?"

Xu Yun lowered his head and took a sip of wine and said, "If you are strong in martial arts, do you have to go to the rivers and lakes?" Ah Fei said: "Isn't it?" Xu Yun sighed: "Maybe, when I was eighteen years old, I actually went down the mountain to roam the rivers and lakes alone." ”

Ah Fei excitedly leaned in front of Xu Yun and said, "Yes, yes, tell me your story, are you going around to punish rape and eliminate evil?" Xu Yun smiled: "Punish rape and eliminate evil? Actually, I just wandered around the mountain, made a few friends, and then participated in a martial arts conference by accident, nothing worth mentioning." ”

Ah Fei said: "Then why did you go back to Baiyun Peak again? Could it be that the rivers and lakes are not fun, then why do bearded people like to roam the rivers and lakes so much?" Xu Yun smiled: "I came back because I wanted to solve a problem that bothered me." ”

"What's the problem?" Ah Fei asked.

"You know the Falling Flower Palm, that's the world-renowned stunt of our Cloud Villa. Xu Yun got up and looked at the sunset outside the house and said, "But there is a flaw in this stunt, that is, the anger is too heavy, as long as it makes a move, it will leave a blood-colored flower-like mark on the person's body, which looks too dark and terrifying." If the person in the palm is not strong, this mark is likely to accompany him for life. I went back to the mountain just to find a way to get rid of the anger of the fallen flowers. ”

"Then did you find it?" Ah Fei shook the wine in the bowl and said, "Brother Xu, although I haven't learned much martial arts, I think that this martial arts is martial arts, and there is no difference between good and evil." You think that the falling flowers are heavy, but I think this set of kung fu is very good. You defeated the people of the Heavenly King Gang with the Falling Flower Palm, saved everyone, and did a good thing, how can you be angry? So I think the good and evil of martial arts still depends on the good and evil of the person who uses it, Brother Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Yun turned around and looked at Ah Fei in surprise and said, "I'm the same as you think, but I pondered this truth for a long time before I figured it out, but I didn't expect you to figure it out all at once." Ah Fei lowered his eyes and smiled: "It shows that I have a high talent in martial arts!So, Brother Xu, you have already figured out this matter, why do you still live in seclusion on this bamboo forest path?"

Xu Yun saw that Ah Fei kept asking, so he sat down helplessly and lay on the floor, looking at the flower cat curled up on the futon, and said after a while: "It's been a long time since anyone has drunk with me, for the sake of you drinking with me, I'll tell you that the reason why I live in seclusion is because of a woman." ”

"Is that your crush?"

"Yes, I've been thinking about her for the past ten years, and I've never forgotten her smile. ”

Ah Fei stared at Xu Yun with wide eyes, as if he was looking at a stranger.

Xu Yun still stared at the cat and said, "She has a cousin, who is behind the gate, and I had nothing at that time as much as now, I ...... Alas, I think she must have married her cousin by now, after all, it has been ten years. ”

"Brother Xu, haven't you thought about going down the mountain to find her?"

"I thought about it, but I'm afraid I'll be even sadder when I hear from her. Now she must be at home with her husband and children, and her life must be very happy, so I still don't bother her. Xu Yun sat up slightly hesitantly and said, "I forgot that you are only thirteen years old, and you don't know much about such things." ”

Ah Fei frowned and said, "Who said that, my sister-in-law often tells me stories about talented and beautiful women, I can understand." He listened to Xu Yun talk about his beloved, and suddenly remembered that little bell, she must be living happily now with her eldest brother taking care of her!

Xu Yun looked at Ah Fei and smiled: "Ah Fei, your sister-in-law is—"

"Senior brother, I'm here!" Zhang Yuting suddenly appeared in the courtyard, it turned out that she had brought dinner.

"It's time for dinner!" Ah Fei saw Zhang Yuting and stood up with a stagger. Zhang Yuting sniffed Ah Fei's full of wine and said, "Little Ah Fei, why are you drinking too?"

"Yes, hehe, Brother Xu let me drink it!" Ah Fei said with a smile.

After dinner, Zhang Yuting and Ah Fei rushed back to Yunzhuang together. That Ah Fei's wine was surging, and he only felt lightheaded, and he walked erratically. Zhang Yuting looked at Ah Fei's drunken state and smiled: "You, don't drink if you can't drink it, look at your appearance, it's really funny." ”

Ah Fei said inarticulately: "It turns out that this is drunk, so uncomfortable." As he spoke, he spat on the side of the road with a "wow". Zhang Yuting saw Ah Fei vomiting and exclaimed, "Little Ah Fei, it doesn't matter if you want it." Ah Fei pulled Zhang Yuting's hand and said, "Sister Xiaoyu, I can't do it......" Before he finished speaking, he had already fallen asleep on Zhang Yuting's shoulder.

Zhang Yuting saw that Ah Fei was as drunk as mud, and sighed: "Alas, this kid." She couldn't drag Ah Fei back, so she had to carry him on her back and slowly move him back to Yunzhuang.

rushed to the back door of Yunzhuang, but Qin Zun was waiting there early: "Senior sister is back." When he saw Zhang Yuting carrying Ah Fei on his back, he asked, "What's going on?"

"It's okay, drank too much. ”

Zhang Yuting pointed to a Zhuang Ding guarding the back door and hurriedly said, "You come over and help me send him back to the house!" The Zhuang Ding responded, and then rushed forward to pick up Ah Fei and followed Zhang Yuting away.

Qin Zun was bored with himself, and returned to his residence in a daze, only to see a note pressed under the candlestick on the table.

"Tonight, the bluestone platform is a story. ”

Qin Zun looked at the note and wondered: "When you ask my son to go to Qingshi Terrace, who will it be?" He saw that the font looked very much like a book written by Master Zhang Fangzhou, and secretly speculated in his heart: "Could it be that Master wants to teach me martial arts? My Pingshuang Sword has indeed been practiced quite proficiently, and Master has taken the test a few days ago, and he praised it greatly, it seems that tonight is going to pass on my new martial arts tricks." ”

When he finally got the son, Qin Zun tiptoed to the bluestone platform, but saw a person standing in the corner of the bluestone platform with his back to him. Qin Zun saw that the person's back was not Master Zhang Fangzhou, and he was very puzzled in his heart, but he still walked straight towards the person.

When the man heard someone coming, he turned around and whispered, "Gongzi Qin, don't come to harm?" Qin Zun saw the man's face and couldn't help but take a few steps back and said, "Why are you!" It turned out that the person waiting for Qin Zun was Wang Guanru, the leader of the Heavenly King Gang.

Qin Zun fixed his mind and said to Wang Guanru: "I don't know what the Wang gang leader asked me to do late at night?" Wang Guanru looked up at the night sky and said: "I saw that the moonlight was very good tonight, so I wanted to ask Qin Gongzi to come out and talk." ”

Qin Zun clasped his fists and saluted: "I'm afraid I don't have anything to talk about with Gang Master Wang, so I'm leaving!" Wang Guanru smiled slightly and said slowly: "There are many things to talk about. Does Qin Gongzi want to learn to fall into the flower palm? Does Qin Gongzi want to marry a little junior sister? Does Qin Gongzi want to be the owner of Yunzhuang? In fact, we can all talk about these things. ”

Qin Zun listened to Wang Guanru's words, and then retracted the steps he had taken. "These are the things that are on my mind, and how does he know them?" he was both frightened and curious, wanting to hear what Wang Guanru had to say next.

Wang Guanru saw that Qin Zun had no intention of leaving, so he continued: "I want to know the answers to those questions. Qin Zun hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "I want all of these." Wang Guanru said, "What? I didn't hear clearly. Qin Zun looked at Wang Guanru's face and said categorically: "I want all of these!" For some reason, Qin Zun actually told what he thought in front of this outsider.

Wang Guanru nodded and said, "Okay, so that you can look like the next owner of Yunzhuang." When your master was young, he had a much bigger appetite than you. Since you want both, I can help you. ”

Qin Zun said coldly: "You help me, why do you want to help me?" Wang Guanru smiled and said: "Actually, your master inherited a large number of martial arts classics from a certain master, and they are hidden somewhere in this village, and I am interested in these martial arts classics. If I help you complete these three things, I would like to borrow the Zhuangzhong martial arts classics from Gongzi Qin to read. ”

Qin Zun saw that what Wang Guanru said seemed to be true, and he was slightly moved: "But you said that you want to help me become the owner of Yunzhuang, do you want to take my master's life?" His martial arts are too high, and I can't control him. I think instead of being the owner of the village, you should first try to be the son-in-law of the Zhang family. Zhang Fangzhou has only one daughter, and his family business can only be passed on to this daughter. If you can marry Zhang Yuting, you will be able to be the next owner of Yunzhuang. And as the future owner of Yunzhuang, he naturally has to learn from the fallen flowers. ”

"It's easy to say, but how can I win the favor of my junior sister?" Qin Zun remembered that a few hours ago, when Zhang Yuting was only taking care of Ah Fei at the back door of Yunzhuang and didn't care about himself at all, he said abruptly, "Could it be that you want me to cook raw rice and mature rice?"

Wang Guan Julu hesitated and said, "Raw rice is cooked and cooked?" Qin Gongzi's method is very direct. I'm afraid that if you really do this, it will be impossible for you to even be in Yunzhuang, let alone be the owner of the village. In fact, your sister's favor is not important, she doesn't like you, you can also marry her. As long as you are the next owner of the village that your master believes in his heart, you can marry Zhang Yuting. But with all due respect, as long as Xu Yun is here, you will never be the candidate in Zhang Fangzhou's heart. ”

"What you said, I haven't thought about it......" Qin Zun recalled that Xu Yun had turned the tide and defeated several masters of the Heavenly King Gang in the Qingshi Terrace, and felt that he could not replace Xu Yun at all, so he wanted to stop talking.

"As long as Gongzi Qin is willing, I can secretly help you deal with Xu Yun and drive him out of Baiyun Peak. ”

"I ...... I...... I want to get a junior sister ......," Qin Zun said in a low voice.

"Then Qin Gongzi agreed?" Wang Guanru saw that Qin Zun's mother-in-law was very unhappy, and he felt a little disgusted.

"Gang Master Wang, don't you see that Zun'er has already promised you. As soon as the words fell, he saw Yunzhuang Zhuang advocate Fang Zhou walking towards the two of them with his hands behind his back.

Qin Zun just listened to the voice, and knew that it was Master Zhang Fangzhou who was coming, and thinking that his conversation with Wang Guanru had been learned by Master, he knelt on the ground with his legs weak. That Zhang Fangzhou didn't look at Qin Zun, and directly hugged his fist to Wang Guanru and saluted: "I don't know that the Wang Gang Master has come to Baiyun Peak, and Zhang has never greeted him from afar, which is really disrespectful and disrespectful." I heard that a few days ago, in order to save his former friend, the Wang gang leader actually razed the Rakshasa Villa to the ground. When the Tianwang Gang made a comeback, they immediately did something earth-shattering on the rivers and lakes, and Zhang really admired and admired. ”

Wang Guanru smiled and said: "Master Zhang Zhuang said that he laughed, then the Rakshasa Villa is acting recklessly on the rivers and lakes, I am just eliminating harm for the rivers and lakes, and I am not worthy of praise." ”

Zhang Fangzhou sneered: "It turns out that he is eliminating harm for the rivers and lakes, then Zhang has to thank the Wang gang leader for his friends in the rivers and lakes." Gang Leader Wang took hundreds of people to Yaozhou to eliminate evil for the martial arts, which was really moving. Recently, the Khitans have gone south to the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and I wonder if the leader of the Wang gang intends to take his sons and daughters to meet the enemy? This is a major event that benefits the country and the people. ”

Wang Guanru said: "Brother Fang Zhou is joking again, Wang is just a scholar, and he doesn't know anything about the marching battle, so it's better to leave this war to the military attache of the court." ”

Zhang Fangzhou glanced at Qin Zun, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Gang Master Wang, I have something I want to say to my apprentice, I don't know if it can be convenient." Wang Guanru said softly: "Of course, you are the master here. With that, he walked slowly towards the center of the bluestone platform.

Zhang Fangzhou saw Wang Guanru walking away, so he said to Qin Zun: "Zun'er, you go down the mountain, don't go back to Baiyun Peak in this life." Qin Zun bowed his head with tears in his eyes and said, "Master, please forgive the apprentice once, and the apprentice will not hesitate to smear Yunzhuang's liver and brain." ”

Zhang Fangzhou turned around and stared at Wang Guanru standing in the center of the bluestone platform, stood with his back to his relatives, and sighed loudly: "Zun'er, when I founded Yunzhuang, I regarded Yun'er as the young owner of Yunzhuang, and I never thought of setting up someone else. I will pass on your martial arts and let you take care of the chores of the rivers and lakes for me, so that one day you can stand on your own in the rivers and lakes after you become a talent. I've seen tonight's events, and I really don't want to keep you in Yunzhuang anymore. Thinking of your meritorious service to Yunzhuang in the past, I will not expel you from the master, only claim that you are Yiman and went down the mountain. I only hope that you can set up another door on the rivers and lakes and make a difference, and you will be proud of yourself as a teacher. ”

Qin Zun heard that Zhang Fangzhou wanted to drive him down the mountain, and his heart was full of resentment and loss. He thought that if he was driven down the mountain, there would be no possibility with Zhang Yuting in this life, so he only felt that the qi and blood were flowing backwards and his limbs were cold, and his head was dizzy, and he pulled out his saber and used the flying sword technique in the Pingshuang sword technique.

"Ahh That Fang Zhou turned to look at Qin Zun and walked towards him with broken steps, his face full of disappointment.

Seeing that the master reached out and grabbed him, Qin Zun stood up and retreated sharply. He looked at the long sword blade stabbed from Zhang Fangzhou's chest dripping blood, and said in horror: "It's not me, it's not me!"

Zhang Fangzhou took a few steps forward, and suddenly knelt on his knees and lowered his head-Fang Zhou, the advocate of a generation of heroes Yunzhuang, died on the bluestone platform in such an unknown way.

Wang Guanru saw that Zhang Fangzhou was killed by Qin Zun, and rushed forward in a panic and said, "What a Qin Gongzi, you dare to kill Shizun!" He hugged Zhang Fangzhou's body and was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "Qin Zun, do you still remember your agreement with me?"

Qin Zun stood in place, as if he had lost his soul, and said for a while: "What, what?"

Wang Guanru said softly: "I will help you get what you want, and you will borrow me to consult the martial arts classics in the secret collection of Yunzhuang." With that, he struck Zhang Fangzhou on the abdomen with his left palm.

"You, what are you doing to my master's body?" Qin Zun exclaimed.

Wang Guanru smiled slightly and slowly moved his left hand away.

Qin Zun looked down and saw that Zhang Fangzhou's clothes were torn, and an extremely strange and terrifying mark appeared on his flesh.

A clump of blood-colored flowers.

(End of Volume 1)