After Xu Yun and Mao Mouse left Luzhou City, they worked hard all the way, and finally came to the Hebei Daimyo Mansion at sunset on this day. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"******, it's cold. The hair mouse tightened his leather jacket, but he still felt the cold wind coming in along the neckline.

Xu Yun stroked his long hair that was blown and said, "This is already good, if we arrive more than ten days earlier, it will be colder." ”

The hairy mouse rubbed his ears and didn't speak, but he thought to himself: "It's colder than this, what kind of cold does it have to be? ”

Xu Yun saw that the face of the hair mouse was red from the cold, so he said, "Let's go, I'll take you to find a place to bake the fire." ”

Xu Yun took the Mao mouse around the city, and then stopped outside a large mansion. Mao Mouse looked up, but saw two big characters written on the plaque hanging above the gate of the house: "Washington". Xu Yun stepped forward and knocked on the door with the knocker. The door creaked open, and a head poked out of it.

"Who are you looking for?" asked the man inside.

"Little brother, in Xia Xu Yun, I have something to ask to see your mansion Hua Qian Hua Gongzi. Xu Yundao.

"You look for the eldest young master, the eldest young master doesn't live in the mansion, he and the old lady live in a courtyard outside the city, you go there to find him!" the man said, rubbing his eyes, and closed the door.

"Hey, this stinky boy!" The hair mouse was already uncomfortable with the cold, and when he saw that he had eaten the closed door, he wanted to scold. Xu Yun waved his hand at him, signaling him not to get angry, and said softly: "Let's go, the courtyard is not far from here." The hairy mouse shrunk his neck, looked at the plaque, and suddenly realized: "Isn't this the famous Washington Mansion on the rivers and lakes?" Xu Yun said: "Exactly, 'Nanyu Beihua', this 'Beihua' is the famous Washington." Mao Mouse said: "Obedient, why is the name of Hua Qian so familiar when I said, isn't that Hua Qian, one of the four sons of martial arts, a big man on the rivers and lakes!" Xu Yun squinted his eyes and smiled: "It's better to see than to hear, I'll take you to meet that Hua Gongzi today." ”

Out of the city, the two walked north along the main road for a while, then turned into a village, and stopped outside a mansion larger than Fang Cai's Washington mansion. Outside the wall of the house, there was an extremely tall jujube tree, Xu Yun looked at the jujube tree, and couldn't help but sigh: "This tree has grown so tall." ”

"Brother Yun, Brother Yun, look at you, someone is stealing my dates from a tree!"

"Who is so bold, let's go and light a fire under the tree and burn him. ”

"And what about him climbing down from a tree?"

"Stupid, you won't wrap a few more loops around the trunk with a jujube branch, and if he dares to climb down, he will prick him. ”

"Good!"

For some reason, Xu Yun suddenly remembered an interesting incident from his childhood. The person who stole dates on the tree was Xu Yun's later master, Zhang Fangzhou. And that day was the first time Xu Yun met his master Zhang Fangzhou. "I thought that everything would be fine if I wrapped it around the branches of the jujube tree, but in the end, the master flew down from the tree. Xu Yun smiled secretly in his heart.

Seeing that Xu Yun was suddenly stunned, Mao Mouse ran to the door and knocked on the door, he was too cold, he just wanted to find a place to warm up.

"Who?" Before the door could open, a man's languid voice was heard from inside.

"I have something important to ask to see Hua Qian Hua Gongzi!" Mao Mouse shouted at the top of his voice.

"It's really strange that someone is still looking for me?" The door opened, and a gorgeously dressed and slightly wealthy boy walked out. He glanced at the hairy mouse, felt that his eyes were angry, and asked, "You have something to do with me?"

Mao Zizi didn't expect that the person who opened the door was Hua Qian, one of the four sons of Wulin, and said in shock: "You are Hua Gongzi?"

As he was talking, Hua Qian caught a glimpse of Xu Yun with both eyes, and after staring at it carefully, he shouted, "Are you Brother Yun?"

Xu Yun curled the corners of his slightly drooping mouth and said, "Xiao Qian, I haven't seen you for many years, are you okay?"

Hua Qian strode forward and patted Xu Yun on the shoulder and said, "It's really you, Brother Yun, you want to kill me!"

Xu Yun squinted his eyes and said to Hua Qian: "Xiao Qian, you have gained weight again." ”

Hua Qian touched his round face and smiled: "The flesh you haven't grown in the past few years has grown on me." After that, he looked at the smirking mouse standing aside and said, "This is ......."

Mao Mouse huffed his waist and said, "Young Master Hua, my name is Mao Mouse, and I am Young Master Yun's entourage." ”

Xu Yun said to Hua Qian: "Lao Mao is my friend. ”

Hua Qian nodded and said, "It's cold outside, go in and talk, let's talk while eating." With that, he led the two into the courtyard, and summoned the people to prepare a stove for wine, meat, and warmth. Of course, what was placed in front of Xu Yun was tofu and pickled vegetables.

The three of them ate a few glasses of wine and chatted a few words, and the hairy mouse was already too drunk and drowsy. When Hua Qian saw this, he ordered someone to arrange a lodging place for Mao Yun to rest, and then continued to drink with Xu Yun.

"Brother Yun, you haven't taken a step down to Baiyun Peak for ten years, but why did you come all the way to the Daimyo's Mansion today? It can't be that you're here to spend the New Year with me!" Hua Qian finally asked when he saw Mao Qi leaving.

Xu Yun put down the wine glass and said, "Xiao Qian, the master has passed away. ”

"Who? do you mean Uncle Zhang?" Hua Qian exclaimed. The death of Zhang Fangzhou has long been spread in the south, but in the Hebei area, the news has not yet spread, so Hua Qian does not know about it.

Xu Yun nodded, and told the story of what he had experienced in Baiyun Peak that morning. After hearing this, Hua Qian sighed: "I don't want Uncle Zhang to die so unexplained." Then you are going down the mountain this time to find the murderer of Uncle Zhang? This person actually blamed you with the Falling Flower Palm, it is really hateful!"

Xu Yun said: "But if it weren't for that fallen flower palm, I wouldn't know where to find the murderer." Hua Qian said: "Then do you already have eyebrows?" Xu Yun shook his head and said: "Except for me and my third junior brother Long Yiwen, I really don't know who else will make the flower palm, but my third junior brother will never be a murderer." Hua Qian said: "Where is Long Yiwen now? It's also good to ask him, maybe there will be other clues." ”

Xu Yun said: "My third junior brother likes to travel around, and a few months ago I said that I wanted to go to the Khitan country, so I came to find you." ”

Hua Qian asked, "Do you want me to help you find someone in the Khitan Kingdom?"

Xu Yun nodded and said, "You, the eldest young master of the Hua family, should be able to do it, right?"

Hua Qian smiled and said: "I'm not good at finding people, if you ask me to help you find an ancient book, then I will be as easy as a finger." However, there are always people who are not good at finding books, but they are very good at finding people. With that, he got up and pushed open the door and shouted, "Come on, call Jingren, I have something to look for him!" and then sat down again and continued to drink and eat meat.

After a while, Xu Yun heard the sound of running in the yard, and at the same time heard the sound of sticks and other things rubbing against the ground, so he looked up at the door.

"Uncle, are you looking for me?" I saw a dark-skinned, sturdy young man rushing into the house with a spear.

"Oh, Jingren, how many times have I told you, don't rush in with a gun like this, what if you hurt someone!" Hua Qian said to Jingren.

"Yes, yes, I know, not next time. Jingren stood his spear outside the door and replied in a loud voice.

Hua Qian pointed his right hand at Xu Yun and said to Jingren: "This is my friend Xu Yun Xu Daxia, who I have known since I was a child, you can call him Uncle Yun." ”

"Uncle Yun is good!" Jing Ren lowered his head and shouted at Xu Yun.

Xu Yun smiled slightly: "Jingren, hello." ”

Jing Ren raised his head and smiled at Xu Yun, revealing two rows of white teeth.

Hua Qian said to Jing Ren: "Jing Ren, let me tell you, your Uncle Yun wants to find someone now, can you do a favor to find this person?"

Jingren patted his chest: "Cheng, no problem, wrap it up on me!"

Xu Yun looked at Jingren's honest appearance, squinted his eyes and said, "I haven't said who it is, so confident?"

Jingren blushed and said, "Who are you asking me to find?"

Xu Yun said: "The person you are looking for is called Long Yiwen, who is my junior brother, and he is a sturdy bearded man. He is a drunkard, and he often has a wine gourd hanging around his waist. Do you remember?"

Jingren nodded and said in a loud voice: "I remember!"

Hua Qian waved his hand and said: "Then you go quickly, this person is very likely to be in the Khitan Kingdom, you can recruit more idlers from the family to accompany you to find it." ”

"Okay!" Jingren said, already running away with his gun in hand.

"Be careful on the road, don't fight with people!" Hua Qian got up and shouted at Jingren's back, then sat down and complained to Xu Yun: "This stinky boy, he talks like he is desperate with people, and his ears are about to be deaf by him." But if he helps you find Long Yiwen, you can rest assured, just stay with me and wait for news from Jingren. ”

"I haven't heard you mention this kid before. Xu Yundao.

"We've all been ...... for 10 years No, it's the first month, and it's already the eleventh year. We haven't seen each other for eleven years, how can you recognize all the people around me? This child's name is Xia Jingren, and he is the child of a distant cousin of mine. Hua Qian said while eating, "My cousin died early, and Jingren was brought by my cousin-in-law when he was young. And my cousin-in-law is my second uncle's old subordinate, and he has been following my second uncle since he was in Qizhou, so Jingren was also watched by my second uncle. During the Dao years, my cousin-in-law died on the battlefield. My second uncle saw that Jingren was pitiful, so he sent him here and let us take care of him. ”

"In the year of the Dao...... In this way, Jingren's child has lived in Washington for almost ten years. Xu Yun took a sip of wine and said, "How old is he this year?"

"XVI. ”

"Have you practiced martial arts?"

"Didn't you see him carrying a gun around, every day, the blade never leaves his hand!" Hua Qian shook his head and said, "He, when he was a child, he followed my second uncle and my cousin-in-law and learned to be a martial artist." I asked him to read more, but he never listened, and as soon as he read, he dozed off. Later, I didn't bother to care, so I let him play. ”

Xu Yun said: "Such a good martial artist has the demeanor of the Hua family in the famous mansion, and a scholar like you who doesn't practice martial arts is the outlier of the Hua family!" Hua Qian spread his hands and said: "It's too troublesome to practice martial arts, it's easy to read, don't move." Xu Yun said: "Some people study to gain fame, some people read to read the past and the present, and you just read because you don't have to move, I really don't know what to say about you." ”

Hua Qian grinned and said, "Aren't we talking about my little nephew Xia Jingren, why did it get involved with me?"

Xu Yun stroked his palm and said, "Okay, let's not talk about you, let's also talk about Jingren." Since he never leaves his blade, do you know what blade he is best at using?"

Hua Qian frowned and said: "Jingren knows all kinds of weapons, but to say that the best thing seems to be a long weapon such as a spear, he usually goes out with a gun to do things." ”

Xu Yun nodded and praised: "The so-called 'Year Fist Moon Stick Long Practice Gun', this gun is known as the 'thief of a hundred soldiers', and it is very difficult to practice. If Jing Ren is really a master of spearmanship, then it is really amazing, can he consider joining the army? By the way, what position is your second uncle in now? Let Jing Ren go to him!"

Hua Qian sighed and said, "Alas, my second uncle has now been given the position of a regimental training envoy, and he is idle in Dengzhou." Now that the Great Song Dynasty and the Khitan are talking about the boycott of the army, he is even more useless, why should he let Jingren go to him? Besides, that kid Jingren is stupid and stupid, and he can start a move with someone if he doesn't agree with him. This temper, even if he is an official, he can't make a difference, so he still stays at home honestly and helps his family. ”

Xu Yun said: "Then are you planning to let him mess with the rivers and lakes?"

"Look again, who knows what this kid thinks. Washington is now being taken care of by my third uncle, but Jingren, this kid, seems to be unwilling to come to the mansion to follow my third uncle to do things, and has been staying in the other courtyard. Hua Qian took a large piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth and said, "Don't just talk about my family, tell me what interesting things you have encountered along the way?"

Xu Yun shook his head and said, "I'm in a hurry along the way, what's the interesting thing." If you want to talk about it, only the things you encountered in Luzhou are more interesting. ”

Then Xu Yun talked about his experience in Luzhou Jiqing Gambling House.

After the story was told, Hua Qian laughed and said: "That Mao mouse looks obscene, and his stunts are a little out of line, but he is a kind and righteous person, I have to treat him to a pot another day." ”

Xu Yun shook the wine jug in front of him and said, "It's a pity that he can't get used to drinking this northern spirit." Hua Qian whispered: "This wine is not an idle thing, I asked people to steal it from my grandfather." Xu Yun said: "If you touch the old man's things again, aren't you afraid that the old man will trouble you?" But then again, the old man is so old, is he still used to drinking such strong wine?"

"Even if he is used to drinking such a good wine, he is reluctant to drink it. But to be honest, my grandfather really can't drink now, fill him with a glass, and before he can drink it, he can get drunk when he smells the wine!" Hua Qian shook his head and smiled.

"Who said I couldn't get used to drinking? Xiaoqian, you little rabbit cub, did you steal my wine and drink it again? I smelled the fragrance from afar!" Suddenly, an old man's words came from outside the door, and he sounded very angry.

"Ah, it's grandpa here!" Hua Qian's face changed, and he shouted and lifted the wine jug on the table, hid it behind his back, and stood up facing the door, as if facing a great enemy.