After the three of them drank the wine on the incense table, they broke the porcelain bowl and laughed.

Re-serve and drink freely. Zilong talked about his previous life, and he sighed again.

Duan Heng sighed: "Actually, listening to the second brother's words, I also have a lot of knowledge. We have been in excellent conditions at home since we were children, as if we were bred in captivity, where can we have a happy second brother?"

Ouyang Jin said: "The third brother is good, although the second brother has experienced many hardships, but he has also exercised a strong will, maybe the second brother has seen a lot of officialdom and the darkness of the world, so he is so affectionate and righteous." But walking the rivers and lakes is indeed about a righteous word!"

"What the eldest brother said is not bad at all, it has always been my dream to be chivalrous and righteous!" Zilong said: "I also told my eldest brother and sister-in-law about this dream!"

mentioned Kou Jiannan and his wife, the three of them sighed again, and began to scold Liu Jin.

Duan Heng scolded: "Liu Jin, this traitor, everyone in the world will be punished!"

"One day, I must kill Liu Jin to avenge them!" Zilong said bitterly.

"The second brother should not be confused by the eagerness for revenge, everything should be considered in the long run. In order to save me this time, the second brother also suffered internal injuries, I wonder if the second brother can go to my Sage Mountain Villa to slowly recuperate for a while?" Ouyang Jin said to Zilong.

Duan Heng hurriedly said: "No, you have to go to my Dragon and Tiger Hall first!"

"Thanks to the kindness of the eldest brother and the third brother, my injury is fine. Zilong sighed: "I have a thorn in my heart now, and I won't feel at ease if I don't pull it out." ”

Ouyang Jin said hurriedly: "What is the second brother referring to, come quickly!"

Zilong's eyes were hazy with tears, and he replied: "It's my mother's revenge that has not been avenged...... In the past, I was a little beggar who didn't know kung fu, even if I had the heart to take revenge, I was powerless, but now that I have this kung fu, I naturally have to go back to the enemy to settle accounts!"

"Then let me and my third brother accompany you!" Ouyang said categorically.

"Never!" Zilong stopped: "This matter is not trivial, I don't want to affect the two good brothers." ”

"Second brother, how can you say such an outrageous thing?" Duan Heng said urgently.

Zilong said loudly: "This matter has been decided, the third brother doesn't need to say much!"

The two saw that he was resolute and fearful of affecting themselves, so they didn't continue. However, they all told Zilong that if the assassination failed and his identity was exposed, he would hide in the Sage Mountain Villa and the Dragon and Tiger Hall, and Zilong was grateful.

Then the three of them went their separate ways, and when they parted, Ouyang Jin and Duan Heng also told Zilong a lot of things, but they didn't worry that he would take revenge alone, and the three of them said goodbye.

Zilong rode on the horse, did not urge the horse, let it move forward slowly, and had its own taste churning in his chest.

He has gone from a little beggar who everyone yelled at to now wandering the world alone, and only he knows how sad he is in the middle. Rao is naturally cheerful and open-minded, and he can't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

The birds chirped, the spring breeze was blowing, the sky was clear, the scorching sun was in the sky, Zilong involuntarily took out the silk handkerchief and wiped it off his sweaty face, seeing the fragrant silk handkerchief, he remembered the Wan'er girl he met in the Shaolin Temple, his heart was hot, and the corners of his mouth showed a smile.

Zilong suddenly burst out laughing, and said in his mouth: "Foolish people talk about dreams." ”

Then he raised his horsewhip and shouted "drive", and galloped to Wutian Town on the outskirts of the capital, which was his hometown after a seven-year absence.

......

When he arrived in Wutian Town a few days later, it was already afternoon, and Zilong simply ate something and hurried to his mother's grave.

"Mother, Long'er, I'm coming back to see you. Zilong knelt in front of his mother's tombstone and muttered, the cemetery was overgrown with wild grass on the left and right, "The child has been away from home for so many years, and whenever I miss you and my eldest brother, I don't know who to talk to."

You told me that you are not my biological mother, but I know that you treat me as if I were my own and that my eldest brother treats me like my own brother...... Zilong remembered the past, and the corners of his eyes were already moist. "Mother, if the officers and soldiers hadn't arrested me to do hard labor to build the Great Wall, you would not have died if you sacrificed your life to stop me, and I am afraid that I would have been tortured to death.

Mother, don't worry, as long as I am here, I must find my eldest brother! Zilong touched the piece of peiyu under his neck, "Mother, you said that my mother will come back to find me with this piece of jade, but can she find it?" Mother, I really want to see my mother...... Zilong couldn't help crying.

"Mother, I'll go to the village chief to see if anyone has come to me. Zilong kowtowed three more times, stood up and pulled out the surrounding wild grass first, and refilled a pillar of incense for his mother before leaving.

Zilong went along the path to find the village chief, full of concern, and didn't pay attention to the people around him. Suddenly, an old man stopped him, "Zilong, is that you, Zilong?" Zilong took a closer look and recognized him as Uncle Wang next door to his house in the old days, and now he saw that he was already in his last years, so he said: "Uncle Wang, it's you! I'm Zilong, didn't your old man run away?" Hahahaha, it seems that I haven't been old and dizzy, it's been seven years, although you have grown taller, but Zilong, you still look so handsome, Uncle Wang recognized it at a glance, by the way, don't go over there, don't you see people running this way?" Uncle Wang pulled Zilong and said hurriedly.

At this time, Zilong took care of the people on the road, and sure enough, they were all fleeing behind him as if they were fleeing.

"What's the matter, Uncle Wang?" Zilong asked puzzled.

Uncle Wang sighed and said, "There are people over there who are being arrested as laborers, and it will be miserable if they are caught!" "Laborers?" Zilong frowned.

"Yes, it is said that it is a big official from the county, what kind of leopard house is going to be built this time, you should quickly escape with us, otherwise you will be arrested, I am afraid that my life will be gone, and I will die of exhaustion." Your mother died so miserably, so you don't want them to be arrested again in order to prevent you from dying...... As he spoke, the old man burst into tears.

"Uncle Wang, don't be sad, go first, don't worry about me, it's not so easy for them to arrest me now.

By the way, Uncle Wang, do you remember the catcher who killed my mother back then? Where is he now?" Uncle Wang was startled, saw the sword on Zilong's horse, and asked, "Zilong, do you want to take revenge?"

Zilong was furious, nodded and admitted, Uncle Wang told Zilong: "That person has been promoted, and he has become the head catcher of the county magistrate, and he has many subordinates, Zilong must not take risks!"

Zilong thanked Uncle Wang, and then rode his horse to the village.

Zilong heard the shouts of the officers and soldiers, the whipping of leather whips, and the cries of people from afar.

Zilong was furious, and he rushed to the middle of the officers and soldiers in an instant, he didn't bother to speak, raised the horsewhip and whipped it violently, and while whipping, he remembered that he was going to be arrested by such officers and soldiers in the first place, his mother was killed by them, and his brother also let them be caught, and the whip was like a jumping poisonous snake biting the officers and soldiers.

The horses' hooves kicked up dust, and the whips crackled. In a few moments, the horses ran all over the street, and all the officers and soldiers were whipped several times!

The officers and men were caught off guard, and when they came to their senses, they had already tasted the bitterness of the whip, and one of them shouted: "Rebellion! Someone is rebelling!" All the officers and soldiers shouted, but no one dared to come, and when they saw that Zilong's whip was really powerful, they all ran to the side.

Zilong jumped off the horse angrily, looking at the leader's fat face, and the indescribable disgust in his heart...... Zilong slapped him with a wave of his hand, and then said viciously, "Take your bastards, get out!" The leader suddenly knocked Zilong unconscious, and after shaking there for a long time, Zilong flew up and kicked him far away.

In the distance, a few soldiers hurried over to pick up the leader and ran away.

Zilong went back to lead the horse, and the refugees who were about to be captured surrounded to thank Zilong for saving his life. But Zilong's mood was very bad, looking at these hard-working villagers, his heart became even heavier, Zilong took out two pieces of silver and sent them to these fathers and villagers.

After asking where the village chief lived, he strode towards the village chief's house.

Zilong came to the door of the village chief under the guidance of the villagers, the courtyard door was closed, Zilong saw that the courtyard of the village chief's house was also desolate, and his heart was not a taste, he knocked on the door, and there was no movement at all.

Zilong called, "Is there anyone? Is this the village chief's house?" Still no one came out.

A villager passing by saw that Zilong was looking for the village chief, so he said: "The village chief is deaf and can't hear, you can go in, he hasn't gone anywhere in the house!" Zilong wondered, pushed the door and entered the courtyard, Zilong shouted loudly: "Is there anyone? Village chief, are you at home?" After a long time, the door of the house creaked open. An old man poked his head out, looking very humble, and saw Zilong dressed neatly and holding a horse whip in his hand, and hurriedly respected, "Official, official, official, the old man has his ears back, I haven't heard the official's arrival, it's really damned!" Zilong remembered that he had misunderstood himself as an officer and soldier, and every time he came down to explain the errand, he went directly to the village chief, and the village chief did not dare to offend, so he waited carefully, Zilong hurriedly said: "Old man, old man, you misunderstood, I am not an official, I am also from Xiaohe Village, Wutian Town, I have been out for a few years, and now I am back!" "What?" The old man looked at this "official" with wide eyes.

"I mean," Zilong said loudly while gesturing, "I'm not an officer and soldier, I'm a common man!" The old man understood, "Oh, oh" nodded, and then sneered: "Little old man's ears are not bright, don't you be surprised?" "No, no" Zilong said loudly: "Old man, why are your ears so deaf, I remember that it was fine seven years ago?" The old man also saw Peiyu under Zilong's neck, "Oh! You are Zilong, Xu Zilong! Xu Zixiong's younger brother, Sister Zhang's son!"

"Yes, yes," Zilong was also glad that the old man recognized him, and hurriedly helped the old man sit down together.

"Alas," the old man sighed before he spoke, "you have been out there for the past few years, don't you know, the ...... The old man looked around cautiously, "There are too many subordinate factions above, so I will be careful to entertain, we are ordinary people, what can be done, if you can fool the past, you will be fooled."

Just a year ago, he was sent to our town, saying that he wanted a hundred strong men, and in the past few years, the people in the village have fled the famine, and the remaining old and weak households are less than a hundred, so they really can't pay the difference!" The old man was a little excited, "I said a few words to the official who came to arrest people, begging him to be merciful, but who knew that he would slap me to the ground, and in my yard, my ears will be deaf!" "It's good to be deaf," the old man said sadly, "I don't have to listen to those officials anymore, if I want to hear it now, let them say it louder, and if you don't want to hear it, don't listen to it at all." I'm this age, how many years can I live, and if I die peacefully, it's over!" Zilong turned his face away, held back his tears, and looked silently into the distance.

"By the way, Zilong, don't talk about my old man, how have you been outside in the past few years?" the old man said.

Zilong couldn't help but feel sad, remembered the purpose of coming this time, and asked, "I want to ask you, has anyone ever come to me in the past few years?" "Looking for you?" the old man tried to recall, "I didn't look for you, but seven years ago, not long after your mother passed away, a woman came here to look for your mother!" "What kind of woman does she look like?" Zilong's heart immediately pinched.

"I can't remember what it was," said the old man, trying to remember it again, "I really can't remember." Zilong took Peiyu off from his neck, "Then did she say that she was looking for me, that is, she wanted to find me with this piece of jade!" "Jade?" "Yes," Zilong said: "This is the only token left to me by my own mother, she sent me in such a hurry that she didn't even say my name." Village Chief, look at this piece of jade, do you know its origin?" The village chief took the jade and looked at it carefully, frowned and said, "I don't know, the old man is shallow, you should show it to the antique shop." Zilong took Peiyu with him in frustration, and chatted with the old man for a few more words, seeing that the old man really didn't know, and his ears were also quite tired, so he took his leave.

The village chief left him at home for the night, Zilong said that he was going to accompany his mother, took out some dry food in the package and gave it to the old man, and then led the horse away.