Seeing the uncle and aunt of the Chai family facing the neighbors of the village, and their decent words and deeds without being at a loss, Qiu Haotian secretly praised in his heart, and he was not humble, and took the lead in stepping, and everyone entered the house.

Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun saw that the room was not big, and there were only three high stools around a square table located in the center of the ground, knowing that it was the usual place for the three uncles and nephews of the Chai family to eat, so they asked the two old men and Master Qiu Haotian to sit around the table, and the two of them pulled Shangguan Rou to sit on the kang in the house.

Chai Shaoning took out a few missing bowls, poured out three bowls of herbal tea in the cold teapot, and introduced the two parties.

Shangguan Rou jumped on the edge of the kang kang that was half her height, looked curiously at the stove in front of her that was connected to the kang and had a rare large iron pot, and the knee-high wooden table on the kang that could sleep seven or eight people, and asked Chai Shaoning: "Senior brother, do you sleep on this kang with your uncle and aunt? What is this small wooden table for?"

Chai Shaoning also sat on the edge of the kang, took Shangguan Rou's hand and said: "The winter in the mountains is extremely cold, and with the fire pit, everyone can survive the long winter." Chai Shaoning said, put his hand on the wooden table, and said to Shangguan Rou: "The whole family sits in the pit and eats together around the wooden table, even if it is cold and snowy outside, we can still have a warm home." ”

Shangguan Rou listened to it and said yearningly: "It sounds so warm!"

Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun were listening to the conversation between the master and the uncle of the Chai family.

Through conversation, Qiu Haotian learned that Chai's uncle's name was Youyu, and his wife's surname was Jiang Yuniang.

Chai Youyu ran a private school in Taiyuan Mansion in his early years, because of the death of his brother Chai Youjue, that is, Chai Shaoning's father, Chai Youyu was afraid of disaster to his nephew, so he returned to his hometown with the three-year-old Chai Shaoning, and still made a living by teaching people to read and write, and raised Chai Shaoning with difficulty.

Although Chai Youyu is not a martial artist, he also knows some things in the rivers and lakes, and he couldn't help but sigh at Qiu Haotian, the Taishan Beidou in the heart of a martial arts practitioner: "I don't know whether to approve or oppose Shaoning's martial arts? My brother's lifelong wish is to be able to meet a master like Qiu Senior, but he couldn't do it until he died." ”

Qiu Haotian asked, "Brother Chai has ever thought that Brother Ling's death may be strange? Don't you want Shaoning to avenge his father?"

Uncle Chai glanced at his wife sitting beside him with pity, and said with a wry smile: "When is the time for retribution? Yu Niang and I have no heirs, and Shaoning is like our lifeblood." I knew that the fire in the Yongxing Dart Bureau was burning strangely, but since the thieves warned me, in order to save roots for my brother and the Chai family, Yu Niang and I had to give up our original lives and return to this poor countryside far away from the town. Poor Jade Niang is three years younger than me, worried about her livelihood, and even turned white overnight, can this price be recovered by revenge?"

"Although Brother Chai is not a martial artist, he is more open-minded than most people who practice martial arts. Qiu Haotian said with emotion: "Brother Chai didn't really prohibit Shaoning from practicing martial arts, you have another world in your heart, and you don't want your nephew to bury the barren mountain, right?" ”

Uncle Chai sighed and said, "I understand what Senior Qiu meant. Since Shaoning has learned the dragon swordsmanship, it can be seen that there is a providence in the dark, and I have no objection to him going to Taiyuan Mansion to thoroughly investigate the suspected case back then. After speaking, he looked at Qiu Haotian and said: "I can get Qiu seniors to make decisions for him, I am relieved." ”

Qiu Haotian smiled heartily, Chai Youyu's words were tantamount to handing over his nephew to him, but since Chai Shaoning was the reincarnation of the dragon swordsman Qu Tongya, Qiu Haotian would of course be responsible for making him a material to comfort his friend's spirit in the sky.

At this time, Aunt Li next door carried a boiling kettle into Chai's house, complaining that Chai Shaoning would not be able to entertain guests, while removing the herbal tea on the table and pouring hot water for everyone, as natural and enthusiastic as a family.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly came alive.

Shangguan Rou jumped down from the kang, called the eldest mother with Chai Shaoning's mouth, held Jiang Yuniang's hand for a while, and asked her to take her out of the hospital to see the scenery, and then drilled into Jiang Yuniang's arms and coquettishly, coaxing Jiang Yuniang to tears and laughing, only half a day's work, she had already treated Shangguan Rou as a daughter, and she refused to let go of it in her arms.

At dinner time, the village chief Chai Fugui came to visit and wanted to invite several nobles from the city to gather at home.

Qiu Haotian didn't like to be lively, so he asked his apprentice Geng Qiuwen to come forward and refuse.

Chai Fugui saw that he invited the distinguished guests, so he simply asked someone to move to the banquet.

Qiu Haotian finally couldn't bear to brush off the other party's kindness, and beckoned everyone to sit down together.

During the banquet, everyone drank and talked freely, like a festival, until the moon was in the middle of the sky, and Chai Fugui said goodbye and left.

Chai Shaoning saw that Qiu Haotian had to perfunctory these village magnates for his own sake, and he couldn't help it. Qiu Haotian said that the people here are simple and simple, and what they reveal is some true feelings. Chai Shaoning became happy again when he heard this.

That night, Chai Youyu opened the cave next to him in the right study hall, used the desk to build a big bed, placed Chai Shaoning and Geng Qiuwen to sleep, and sent his wife to ask Aunt Li next door to stay in the cave, asking Aunt Li to vacate a cave for Jiang Yuniang, Fang Xiaoyun, and Shangguan Rou, and he himself talked with Qiu Haotian at night, and the two lay down side by side on the kang very late.

Early the next morning, Qiu Haotian was afraid that the villagers would come again, so he got up in the dark to wake everyone up, brought the three pockets he had prepared, and came with Chai Shaoning to the edge of the cliff where he found the cave of the Dragon Sword Spectrum.

Everyone saw that this cliff was bottomless, as if it was about to cut off the earth, and no one thought that the cliff that Chai Shaoning had understated in his mouth was so dangerous! After careful questioning, he learned that Chai Shaoning had stumbled and fell, and it was precisely on the body of the red-scaled snake that was coiled on the tree at the entrance of the cave and attracted by the Chiyang Pearl, that he was spared, and then took advantage of the fact that the big snake was stunned and climbed into the cave that had been knocked open by the red-scaled python.

Qiu Haotian secretly said that the will of heaven was ingenious, and he couldn't help but marvel at the fact that Chai Shaoning, who had been forged by the Chiyang Pearl, could be reborn in half a moon and climb up from under the cliff, which was really a miracle.

At this time, Chai Shaoning had already taken the lead in climbing down the cliff.

Although Shangguan Rou was young, his skills were very flexible, and under Qiu Haotian's support, he quickly went down to the entrance of a stone cave located in the middle of the cliff.

Qiu Haotian saw that there was a bucket-thick old tree stretched out horizontally at the bottom of the cave entrance, and secretly thought that when Chai Shaoning fell, he must have smashed on the red-scaled snake coiled on this tree, so he was lucky enough to pick up a life, and even his old friend Qu Tongya may have passed by here and lost his footing, relying on his deep skills, climbing this big tree, in order to enter the cave, but he no longer had the strength to leave.

Thinking of his old friend, Qiu Haotian was secretly sad, and saw that his apprentices Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun also climbed down, so he took Shangguan Rou into the cave.

The entrance to the cave is not large, and there are still some rocks left behind when Qu Tongya closed the entrance to the cave.

Everyone lit torches and entered the inner room, and the inside suddenly opened up, and in the depths of the cave, a huge stone protruded three feet from the ground.

According to Chai Shaoning's description, Qu Tongya was lying face down on the side wall of this boulder at that time, and the package containing the Youlong Sword Spectrum was placed on the stone face.

Maybe Qu Tongya suddenly had a poisonous hair when he placed the Chiyang Bead, so the Chiyang Bead would roll aside. It's a pity that Chai Shaoning was young and timid at that time, so he didn't dare to lift the teacher's body and see his true face.

Qiu Haotian saw that there was indeed a three-zhang long winding snake bone lying on the surface of the cave in front of the big stone, and three years had passed, and the skeleton was still white and did not decay at all.

Qiu Haotian secretly rejoiced for his apprentice Fang Xiaoyun, but also felt sad for the death of his old friend.

Not in a hurry to collect the snake bones, Qiu Haotian asked Chai Shaoning to take out the fruit snacks he brought, light incense and candles, and offer them on the stone surface together, and called Shangguan Rou to come over and kneel side by side with his senior brother.

Shangguan Rou only knew at this time that Grandpa Qu had died, and together with his senior brother in tears, he respectfully kowtowed nine times to the boulder on which his grandfather was prostrate.

After the ceremony, Qiu Haotian asked the two to get up and stand aside, he stepped forward and raised the incense and said: "Old friend rest in peace, you now have a mantle, although it is not taught by yourself, but you have realized the true essence, he will find out the real murderer one day, he will be able to avenge you, there is knowledge under the spring, just smile and look at it!"

Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun also came over to worship their uncle as a junior.

Chai Shaoning and Shangguan Rou, as the main family, knelt on both sides, returned the salute to the two, and then faced the incense candles again and cried and sacrificed.

After sacrificing Qu Tongya, everyone came to collect the snake bones. Although it was only an empty shelf, it was still filled with three sacks when disassembled. Everyone tied the mouth of the sack with a rope, and Geng Qiuwen, Fang Xiaoyun, and Chai Shaoning each carried a bag.

Climbing the cliff, the sky is already bright. When he returned to Chai's house, the village chief Chai Fugui was already waiting in the house again, and was accompanied by Uncle Chai to talk, seeing Qiu Haotian enter the house, Chai Fugui was overjoyed and invited everyone to go to his house for breakfast.

Chai Shaoning hurriedly came over on behalf of Qiu Haotian to thank Chai Fugui for his kindness, and lied that he had official business and needed to return to the county seat immediately.

Chai Fugui heard that it was the meaning of the county order, and he even called it a pity, so he had to give up.

Chai Shaoning had already explained the reason to the uncle and aunt, and he didn't pack his luggage, and gave the house and furniture to Aunt Li next door.

Aunt Li's family has been with the Chai family for a long time, and when they heard that Uncle Chai was going to move his family, she cried very sadly.

Chai Youyu and Jiang Yuniang were also very sad, comforted them, and reluctantly left the mountain village under the send-off of the Li family.

On the way back to the city, because of Uncle Chai and Aunt Chai, the walking speed was very slow, and when the mountain was steep and slippery, Geng Qiuwen and Chai Shaoning carried the two old people forward. Fortunately, Shangguan Rou was very well-behaved along the way, and told some childlike innocent words, which made people laugh and relieved a lot of the hardships of the long journey.

When I arrived at Yatouguan Academy, it was nightfall. Before everyone had time to see Song Changgeng, Song Changgeng had already heard the news and rushed over with Chen Zhongshou and Song Yuanlan.

It was a great joy for both parties to meet.

Song Changgeng ordered someone to bring dinner, personally picked up Chai Youyu and Jiang Yuniang, drank happily, and then left.