This night, Liu Qingzhou did not sleep very peacefully, and always thought about this matter in his heart, until after the fifth watch, he was confused for a while. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Halfway through, Liu Qingzhou turned over and got up. After washing, he heard the sound of swords splitting in the backyard martial arts arena, Liu Qingzhou smiled and said to himself: "Jian'er is still so diligent, and he got up so early, but I, as a master, got up late." ”

Pushing open the door, Liu Qingzhou made a few vomits, and then walked to the martial arts arena. But in the middle of the venue, a young man about eleven or twelve years old, wearing a pale yellow shirt, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a face like Fu Fan, and a face like a crown of jade, although he has not taken off his childishness, he can already see that he is a generation of beautiful sons. With a sword trick in his left hand and a long sword in his right hand, he was practicing the swordsmanship of the Hengshan faction.

Liu Qingzhou walked closer, and after seeing the practice of the style, he shouted: "Jian'er!" I saw that the young man put the sword into the sheath, and the action was done in one go, without the slightest feeling of dragging mud and water, turned around and saw Liu Qingzhou, and gave a salute: "Jian'er has seen the master." ”

Liu Qingzhou said with a smile: "Between you and me, there is no need to be polite. He touched the top of the young man's head: "Jian'er, what you just practiced is the sixteen styles of my Hengshan faction's purple cover swordsmanship, which is much more difficult than the introductory forty-two styles you practiced before." When you were six years old, I officially taught you the introductory kung fu of the Hengshan School, two years ago I began to teach you swordsmanship, now it seems that it is still a little early, the sword is the king of a hundred soldiers, if you want to practice it well, but it is very difficult, just now you made these few moves, the heat is still lacking. You see, this style of 'Cave Spirit Evening Breeze', when you take out the sword, it should be like the wind, enveloping all the front of you, leaving no gap, and you are exposed all the way to the left, I will make one side again, you take a good look. After that, I saw Liu Qingzhou pull out his sword with a "Canglang" and put this "Cave Spirit Evening Breeze" aside.

Liu Qingzhou returned the sword to the sheath and asked, "Jian'er, do you understand?" The young man nodded: "Yes, Master, Jian'er understands, Jian'er will show it to Master again." Saying that, he was about to practice the sword, Liu Qingzhou said: "Don't be busy, Jian'er, as a teacher, I have one thing to explain to you now, you are not busy practicing the sword, listen to me tell you carefully." ”

I saw that the young man nodded, put the sword aside, and sat on the stone bench with Liu Qingzhou, Liu Qingzhou looked at the young man and stroked his head: "Jian'er, you have been here for six years, how much do you still remember when you were young?" The young man said: "Master, I vaguely remember that my mother and I were chased and killed, and my mother was seriously injured. Before her mother died, she entrusted Jian'er to her master, and before that, Jian'er had no impression. After that, Jian'er followed the master back here. ”

Liu Qingzhou sighed: "You were only five years old at that time, it is not easy to remember this, you have lived with me in the mountains for the past six years, although you have not suffered anything, but you have not enjoyed any blessings." I have always been strict with you, but I also hope that you can grow up and not fall into the prestige of your elders, can you understand?" the young man nodded vigorously and said, "Master's hard work, Jian'er can understand, so Jian'er will definitely practice hard and not let Master down." Liu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Well, Jian'er, you have indeed grown up a lot." I remember that a few years ago, you were still crying with me, and you were tired of practicing and thinking about being lazy, but this year I don't supervise, you yourself know to work hard, and you are very happy to be a teacher. ”

The young man scratched his head and laughed: "Master, at that time, Jian'er was still young and not sensible. Now, I'm eleven years old, and I can't be as ignorant as I was when I was a kid. Liu Qingzhou bowed: "Jian'er, if you think like this, I will be relieved a lot." Now, I need to go down the mountain to do one thing, maybe a month or two, you have to practice diligently at home, don't patronize and play. If you encounter something, you have to listen to Uncle Sun and their words, do you know?" the young man suddenly asked, "Master, did you go down the mountain this time have anything to do with the person who came up the mountain yesterday?"

Liu Qingzhou said with a smile: "You little devil is smart, yes, the master was entrusted by someone to save someone, and that person came to deliver a letter to the master." The young man thought for a while and nodded vigorously: "Yes, Master, Jian'er knows, Jian'er must be obediently at home, practice hard, and listen to Grandpa Sun's words." Liu Qingzhou said: "That's good, you can rest assured as a teacher." Let's go, you've been practicing for so long, and you're hungry, so let's go eat with Master. The young man picked up the sword on the side and followed Liu Qingzhou to the dining hall to eat.

Although the Hengshan faction has also been inherited for hundreds of years, although there are some advances, the disciples in the sect are chivalrous and righteous, and they have almost no money to spare, and their lives are relatively simple. Liu Qingzhou's diet is also very simple, a bowl of rice porridge, two dishes of vegetarian dishes, and a plate of vegetarian cakes, which is the breakfast of the master and apprentice. There was no gossip, and after a while, the two finished breakfast, Liu Qingzhou walked to the courtyard with the young man, and asked Uncle Sun, "Uncle Sun, are the thirteenth brothers Lu up?" Uncle Sun replied: "I have already gotten up, and I have asked someone to deliver the food to his room, and it is estimated that it will be almost eaten." ”

Liu Qingzhou nodded, and said to the young man: "Jian'er, Mr. Zhu should also arrive, you don't have to send me, go and prepare, follow Mr. to study." ”

The young man shook his head: "Master, you have been out for a long time, so let Jian'er send it to you." Liu Qingzhou touched the young man's head and said with a smile: "You kid, it's not the first time that the master has gone out, it won't take long to come back, go and prepare, Mr. Zhu will arrive in a while, you haven't gone yet, I'm going to scold you again, go quickly." The young man looked at Liu Qingzhou again, gave a salute, turned around and left.

Liu Qingzhou looked at the figure of the young man, nodded, turned around and returned to the room, changed into a light blue shirt, tied the long sword around his waist, walked out of the house, and came to the guest room where Lu Shisan lived.

But seeing that Lu Shisan was already pacing back and forth at the door of the room, as soon as he saw Liu Qingzhou coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked anxiously: "Master Liu, can we set off now?" Liu Qingzhou smiled: "Thirteen brothers, let's go, let's go now." I wonder if your body feels better?"

Lu Shisan replied: "Thank you for the medicine from Master Liu, I feel much better this morning, and the pain between my heart and lungs has been reduced by half, Master Liu, your medicine is really a god." ”

Liu Qingzhou said: "In this case, Thirteen Brothers, let's not delay time, let's leave now." After speaking, he turned around and went out, and Lu Shisan hurriedly followed Liu Qingzhou out.

When he walked outside the mountain gate, Uncle Sun had already led two horses to wait at the door, Uncle Sun said to Liu Qingzhou: "Master of the door, I have prepared dry food for horses and entanglement, I don't know if the master of the door has anything else to explain?" Liu Qingzhou looked at Lu Thirteen, whose right arm was still hanging, and said to Uncle Sun: "The injuries of the thirteen brothers have not yet healed, if they gallop on horses, I am afraid that their injuries will be aggravated." In this way, Uncle Sun, the horses will stay, and I will walk down the mountain with the thirteen brothers, and then take a boat from Xiangshui to the north through the canal, which is not only fast, but also convenient for the thirteen brothers to recuperate. ”

After hearing this, Lu Shisan waved his hand again and again, and said to Liu Qingzhou: "It's okay, Master Liu, most of the small injuries have been healed, and the little one has also learned to ride a horse in the North, although the riding skills are not very high, but now you can still ride a horse with Master Liu." Sun Bofang wanted to answer, but Liu Qingzhou's heart moved, looked at Lu Shisan, and said in his heart: "This person is just a servant of Brother Lu, and he can even learn riding, there must be something strange in this, why don't I take the opportunity to try him?"

He stopped Uncle Sun's words and said to Lu Shisan with a smile: "Since this is the case, it's okay, Brother Thirteen, then listen to you, let's ride a horse and rush to Yanjing City as soon as possible." With that, he toed a little and flew on horseback. Seeing this, Uncle Sun led the other horse over and said to Lu Shisan: "Distinguished guest, get on the horse." Lu 13 nodded and slowly climbed onto the horse.

Liu Qingzhou looked at Lu Shisan's action of climbing on the horse, and said in his heart: "Although this person is injured, judging from the action of getting on the horse alone, even if he is not a skilled rider, he must have worked equestrianism, but there are still a lot of secrets in this person, and I will slowly test it on the road." ”

Uncle Sun looked at Liu Qingzhou, who was holding the reins here, and asked, "I don't know if the master of the door has anything else to explain?" Liu Qingzhou looked around and replied: "Uncle Sun, I've been bothering you for this time, Jian'er is still young, and Uncle Sun still needs to be in charge of the affairs on the mountain, so don't go wrong." There is also the need to supervise Jian'er, and his homework and kung fu must not be left behind. Uncle Sun nodded: "Please rest assured, the door master, I will definitely take care of the things in the door." Jian'er doesn't need us to worry about it, he himself is also very hard-working. ”

Liu Qingzhou said to Lu Thirteen: "Thirteen brothers, let's go." Lu 13 pulled the reins with one hand, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, stepped on the stirrups with both feet, and said to Liu Qingzhou: "Okay, Master Liu, let's go." ”

But when the two of them shook the reins, the two horses sprang out like arrows from the string. Uncle Sun watched the two horses go away, sighed softly, didn't know what to say, and slowly turned around and returned to the courtyard.

Here it is said that Liu Qingzhou and Lu 13 rode a horse gallop, in one day, they traveled more than 300 miles, and when the sun was due west and the twilight was heavy, they had rushed to the border of Xiangyin County, Liu Qingzhou reined in the horses, and said to Lu Thirteen: "Thirteen brothers, it is not early, and we have been exhausted after a day's road horses, I think we are still looking for an inn, rest for one night, and continue to rush tomorrow, how about it?" Lu Shisanjing was bumpy on this day, and the wounds that had healed were also a little cracked, but he had been holding back, gritting his teeth and insisting, at this time, he was already a little unable to support it, and after hearing Liu Qingzhou say this, he had no reluctance, and hurriedly responded: "But according to the orders of the head of Liu." ”

At that moment, Liu Qingzhou and Lu Shisan traveled several miles forward and found an inn to stay. After the second junior served, Liu Qingzhou asked Lu 13: "Brother Thirteen, I watched your equestrian skills, which are very good, did you practice with Brother Lu when you were in Brother Lu's mansion?" Lu 13 did not hide it, and replied: "This is not it, when the villain followed the master in Lu'an Prefecture, although he went to the barracks several times, he never rode a horse. But since the city of Lu'an Prefecture was broken, my old lady was martyred, I thought many times, if I could ride a horse at that time, I would not be able to take the little master out of the city on horseback, so when I was in the Wushu Mansion, I was committed to serving carefully, so that he gradually trusted me, I have been studying hard in the past few years, practicing horse riding, just looking forward to the day when they are unprepared, with the little master can rush out on horseback and return to the Central Plains. ”

Liu Qingzhou patted Lu Thirteen's shoulder: "The thirteenth brother has a heart." "Who knew that this shot was not tight, the wounds on Lu Shisan's body had not healed in the first place, and it was only because he took the "Spring Flower and Winter Snow Pill" that the fireworks and poisonous gas in his body were pulled out. This external injury has to be slowly healed, but he walked from Luling to Hengshan in five days, and the injury did not worsen, which is a great luck, and now with Liu Qingzhou riding a horse for a day, the wound has already been cracked. He is also a strong man, and he has been gritting his teeth and not saying anything. Although Liu Qingzhou just patted him on the shoulder, do you think that he is a person who practices martial arts, and he is a master of the rivers and lakes, no matter how light he is, he is also powerful, where can Lu Shisan withstand it?

Seeing this, Liu Qingzhou hurriedly helped him up, ordered his "Xinyu" and "Lieqi" two acupoints, stopped the bleeding, and hurriedly asked Xiao Er to take some linen cloth to bandage the wound.

Liu Qingzhou looked guilty: "Thirteen brothers, your injuries are already so serious, but you have been holding back, why are you suffering?" Lu Shisan's face turned pale, and he said with a wry smile: "Master Liu, Lu Shisan's life was cheap, if it wasn't for my lord who took me in back then, I'm afraid I don't know which wild dog's belly the bones are in now." The lord and the lady handed over the little master to me, but I had no ability and couldn't save him, so I could only hope that Master Liu could rescue him as soon as possible. In comparison, what is this little injury of the villain? Please don't worry about me, I can bear it. ”

"Brother Thirteen, what you said is not right, you are so seriously injured now, if you continue to ride a horse and bump, I am afraid it will only aggravate the injury, and it will not benefit you at all. At this moment, Liu Qingzhou saw that Lu Shisan's words were sincere, and with his experience in the rivers and lakes and his ability to observe people, he saw that Lu Shisan's was not a fake at all, and he was even more determined in his heart. He had completely believed in Lu Shisan, and some of the doubts in his heart were also touched by Lu Shisan's sincerity. According to common sense, if Lu Shisan is really a spy sent by the Jin people, there is no need to practice himself like this, the bitter trick can be used, but there is no need to rush desperately after being so seriously injured, so Liu Qingzhou has completely believed that Lu Shisan must not be the Jin people's meticulous work.

After thinking about it carefully, he felt that the temptation methods he had discussed with Uncle Sun were no longer necessary, so he said: "Brother Thirteen, your injury has recurred, if you gallop like this again, I am afraid that it will aggravate your injury. I don't think so, let's take a boat north along the river tomorrow, so that you can heal your wounds and not delay time, do you think?"

Lu Shisan looked at his hanging arm, then at Liu Qingzhou, sighed, and replied: "That's okay, the villain will obey the arrangement of Master Liu." ”

Liu Qingzhou called Xiao Er over again and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you know if you have any ships going north here tomorrow?" After hearing this, Xiao Er immediately replied: "Guest officer, you are really in a hurry, this afternoon, there was a big ship from the south, I don't know what it pulled, the draft is quite deep, and it is full of flags, and the flag is embroidered with a golden lion, I heard that it seems to be a golden lion dart game." ”

"Golden Lion Dart Bureau?" Liu Qingzhou's face was happy, grabbed Xiao Er's hand, and asked, "Can the boat drive away?" Xiao Er was startled, and replied again and again: "No, no, I also went to see the excitement in the afternoon, and saw more than a dozen people coming down from the boat, going to the city, as if they were going to buy things." Liu Qingzhou turned to Lu 13 and said: "Thirteen brothers, you take a rest here first, Yi Dafa, the chief dart head of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau, and I have had a relationship, I will go to the dock first to see, if you can, we will take the boat of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau." ”

Lu Shisan nodded and responded: "Master Liu, but it's okay to go, the villain is waiting here." Before the words fell, I saw Liu Qingzhou dodge out of the door, "Xiao Er, serve my brother well!" The person has disappeared. Only Lu 13 and the shopkeeper were left looking out of the door. The shopkeeper sighed: "Guest officer, your companion's kung fu is really amazing." Lu Shisan smiled silently, picked up the chopsticks, and ate them.

After Liu Qingzhou went out here, he exerted light skills, only to see that his toes were light, and his speed was extremely fast, and he drove out dozens of zhang away in an instant. About five or six miles west of the inn is the wharf, Liu Qingzhou arrived in less than a cup of tea, but the time was just right.

But I saw a big ship, about seven or eight zhang long, one and a half zhang wide, and more than two zhang high. At this time, the ship was brightly lit, and there were several strong men on the dock wearing the costumes of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau who were packing up the cables, apparently preparing.

Liu Qingzhou took a breath and shouted: "It's all the heroes of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau on the boat? Liu Qingzhou is in Xia Hengshan! I don't know if your Yi Dafa Yi Zong's dart head is there?" I heard a hearty laugh from the boat, and one person responded: "It turned out that Brother Liu was coming, and the younger brother couldn't go far to greet him, forgive your sins!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw a figure flying down from the boat, his body was extremely fast, and he stopped two feet away from Liu Qingzhou in the blink of an eye. In the bright moonlight, I saw that this man had big ears, a tucked beard, and was six feet tall. When Liu Qingzhou saw this person, he was pleasantly surprised: "It turns out that it is really Brother Dafa!"

Yi Dafa bowed his hand: "The younger brother has seen the elder brother, but I don't know what kind of wind blew the elder brother here? Liu Qingzhou waved his hand and said, "Brother Dafa, where are you talking about this, I am uninvited, and I hope you can Haihan." But this time, I came here because there was something to disturb. Yi Dafa replied: "The elder brother can come to the younger brother to give the younger brother face, what is there to bother." But at my brother's command!"

Liu Qingzhou asked: "Brother Dafa, where are you going this time?" Yi Dafa scratched his head: "There is nothing to hide from my brother, this ship is loaded with tung oil destined for Jiangling and Xiangyang." I don't know why my brother came here late at night?" Liu Qingzhou nodded and said to Yi Dafa: "Brother Dafa, it is really providential that we can meet here, my brother does have one thing to trouble Brother Xian now." Yi Dafa patted his chest: "Brother, where is this, what's the matter, brother but it doesn't matter, as long as the younger brother can help, go to the soup and go to the fire, and don't hesitate." ”

At the moment, Liu Qingzhou said that Lu Shisan's injury was too much to ride a horse, and he was in a hurry to go north briefly and said to Yi Dafa, but he skipped the matter of going to save people, he knew that Yi Dafa was also a warm-hearted person, if he told him the whole thing, he would definitely volunteer to go with him. I didn't want to implicate him, so I had to cover it vaguely.

After listening to this, Yi Dafa said: "In this case, my brother will invite the thirteen brothers of Lu to come together, although the younger brother's boat is not big, it is not a problem to carry the two brothers and two horses." Just as I was going to sail the boat, I told the boatmen to wait, and my brother brought the brother. ”

"Okay, Brother Xian will wait here for a while, and I'll come when I go. After Liu Qingzhou finished speaking, he hurriedly turned around and left to return to the inn. Yi Dafa naturally beckoned the boatmen and dart masters to clean up and stop, just waiting for Liu Qingzhou and Lu Shisan to arrive.

Liu Qingzhou saw his old friend and took a hitchhiker, he was very happy in his heart, and when he rushed back to the inn, Lu Shisan had already finished eating and was waiting at the door. I saw Liu Qingzhou come back. Lu Shisan hurriedly stepped forward, Liu Qingzhou didn't wait for him to speak, and said with a smile: "Brother Thirteen, that boat is my friend, and they have promised to give us a ride." Let's pack up and go with the boat. Lu Shisan was naturally very happy, and hurriedly agreed in his mouth. The shopkeeper here also led the horses out, Liu Qingzhou took out a tael of silver, handed it to him and said, "Little second brother, if you have worked, the extra will be your reward." ”

The shopkeeper was very happy to get so much money, and thanked him again and again. Here, Liu Qingzhou and Lu Shisan had already ridden to the dock, and the shopkeeper was still grinning and watching the two go away.