Spring to winter is another year has passed, during this period Yin Rakshasa Qiao San has come a few times, and also got his own money, Wu Xiao also dug up several corpses according to his news, now he has done this more easily, soon the end of the year, Hongyu and Wu Xiao also ended the last inspection of the year, on the way back, Hongyu also specially bought a lot of New Year's goods, ready for two people to have a good New Year, after returning to the bamboo garden, Wu Xiao took the New Year's goods back to the tail, and Hongyu went to tie the horse.

"Xiaoxiao, let's clean up the yard in a while, we haven't accumulated a layer of bamboo leaves during this time."

"Okay" Wu Xiao responded in the house

"Let's chop some more firewood, it's cold this year, and it's going to snow these days"

"Okay, I'll chop wood after sweeping the floor"

"I'm going to cook, what do you want to eat, there are lambs, sausages, and some fish"

"I want to eat the dumplings you made," Wu Xiao said

"It's not yet thirty nights, just eat dumplings, okay, as long as you want to eat, I'll do it."

In the evening, the dumplings were ready, and the red fish served a big bowl in front of Wu Xiao, recently Wu Xiao ate a lot of food, and when his body was developing, he was very happy to see Wu Xiao gobbling up

"Eat slowly, there are a lot of them" Hongyu wiped the soup stains on Wu Xiao's face, after the meal, both of them were a little tired, and went to bed early, the next day Hongyu got up and saw that it was silvery white outside, and sure enough, it snowed a lot, and the bamboo was bent over by the snow, Hongyu put on a leather jacket and wanted to see if Wu Xiao woke up, as soon as he walked out of the door, he heard the sound of someone fetching water from the well in the yard, he climbed on the railing on the second floor and looked down, and saw that Wu Xiao was actually playing a bucket of water, and threw the clothes in to wash, Hongyu was a little strange, and she washed all the clothes at home, When did Wu Xiao move her hand, she walked downstairs and asked: "It's so cold, what kind of clothes are you washing, besides, I'll help you wash the clothes, you haven't done anything to wash them cleanly", Wu Xiao looked very nervous when he saw Hongyu coming over, hid his clothes behind him and said: "Don't come here, I'll wash it myself". And sticky, the red fish immediately understood.

"My Xiaoxiao has grown up" Hongyu said to Wu Xiao with his bottoms, Wu Xiao's face was as red as a purple eggplant, "Give it back to me" Wu Xiao said hatefully, Hongyu walked over and touched Wu Xiao's head and said: "Okay, don't be embarrassed, I know everything, and this is normal, I'll wash it, you go and clean the horse shed, and keep the donkey and horse bolt away, so that they don't fight".

Hongyu watched Wu Xiao walk into the stable, and immediately couldn't help but smile and squatted on the ground, she took which pants to look at and found that it was wet a large piece, Hongyu took it to the nose and sniffed, a smell. After washing, wipe it with a dry rag, it has just snowed, but fortunately the well water is warm.

The red fish made a fire to cook, and made a brazier with the charcoal fire in the stove, and called Wu Xiao to move to the hall, and it snowed again, and the snow flakes flew like goose feathers, falling on the well sill in the yard, on the stone table, and on the haystack, and the two sat on the edge of the brazier and ate the breakfast made by the red fish.

"I'm going to help you ask for a gentleman tomorrow, don't go out with me anymore"

"I don't want to invite Mr., I'm going with you," Wu Xiao said stubbornly

"Okay, let me ask you, what else do you have to do" Hongyu put down the bowl and said to Wu Xiao with a rare serious face

"I want revenge for killing my parents"

"The revenge of killing the father and the mother is not shared, this revenge is not in vain for the man, but how can you take revenge"

"I worked hard to kill them," Wu Xiao said indignantly

"Where Are Your Enemies, Who Are Your Enemies?"

"In the capital, as for who it is, I will find out sooner or later"

"You also know that your enemies are not simple, it is likely to be a high-ranking official, do you think you can kill them alone, your father is also a top master, and in the end he can only barely keep you out, do you think that you will definitely be able to take revenge by relying on your father to teach you killing skills?", Wu Xiao was silent, and Hongyu continued: "Have you ever thought about what you will do after revenge?"

"After revenge...... Wu Xiao really didn't think about this problem, he didn't know what to do, he was a little dazed.

"After revenge, I'll come back, I'll follow you," Wu Xiao said as he looked at the red fish

"I'm very happy to hear you say this, really, I'm very happy" Hongyu smiled and held Wu Xiao's hand and continued: "But what kind of person am I, what have you been following me for".Wu Xiao was silent, he didn't know how to answer this question.Hongyu looked at Wu Xiao and was silent, and finally sighed and said: "You are still too young, you don't understand, you can't answer this question", the snow flakes outside the door were flying, and occasionally they flew into the brazier and melted instantly.

"If you want revenge, you must have the ability and ability, there is a group of people to do things for you, you have your own power, when the time comes, you can deal with people who also have strong forces, you can take revenge, I invite you for you, I hope you will study and improve, the title of the gold list, and you will be an official in the court in the future, you will have such an opportunity."

"Okay, I'll listen to you" Wu Xiao said as he looked at the red fish.

"This is good," the red fish doted on Wu Xiao's face.

The two of them have rarely rested together these days, or take some time to prepare for the New Year's food, more often the red fish are crooked on the couch for Wu Xiao to sew the scholar's robe, she is not very skilled, but she does it very carefully, and Wu Xiao prepared a pot of charcoal, put it on the side of the couch, in case her hands are cold, and then sit next to her to review the old books, preparing for next year's Xiucai exam, Wu Xiao is already familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, >, > can also sing silently, but the theory of policy has not yet begun, so next year is mainly to ask a gentleman to teach policy theory and other miscellaneous items, Although Xiucai is not very important now, it is the threshold for entering the exam, so it is still necessary to obtain the identity of Xiucai first, originally it was to take the child exam first, but Wu Xiao is past his age, and Hongyu has already found the county master to donate a child qualification to Wu Xiao, which saves a lot of things.

In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the two had breakfast, and Hongyu said: "Xiaoxiao, go and prepare pen and ink, we wrote all the couplets on the large and small doors of the house"

"Didn't you buy a ready-made one?" asked Wu Xiao

"How can we buy ready-made books in our family" Hongyu asked rhetorically, Wu Xiao had to prepare the pen and ink and take it to the hall, and Hongyu had already cut a few pieces of red paper, "Write quickly, the door has to be a pair of its own, but you are not allowed to turn the book", Wu Xiao looked at her and said: "Do you want me to write?", Hongyu smiled: "Of course, you are the only male in our family, is it not you who write, is it me who wrote, it was all written by grandpa before"

Wu Xiao had to lift the pen, Hongyu looked at him with a pens and pondered appearance and said with a sweet smile: "I also said that it is a reader, it is difficult to make a pair like this, I see that other readers are all exported", Wu Xiao ignored her, continued to think, a moment has become a pair, waving the pen and rushing to write, overnight, "The stream red fish chase the water leaves and leaves, Wushan Xiaoyue returns to the mountain and looks back", Hongyu saw the smile and bent over and said: "You are all crooked, don't do serious articles", Wu Xiao also smiled: "You want me to write it, I'll stick it on the door." Hongyu said: "You post it, make some random couplets, and you are not afraid of laughing at people who see it."

At the beginning of the spring of the second year, Wu Xiao no longer went out with Hongyu to go out for medical treatment, but Hongyu invited a total of three teachers to Wu Xiao, but they all resigned after teaching for less than ten years, and the last one was considered to have been teaching for a month, but in the end he also resigned, he didn't even make an excuse and said directly: "I can't teach him, Redfish girl please be smart", Hongyu was very angry, and asked Wu Xiao with a straight face: "Why did you run away with all the teachers?"

"I'm not angry with them, what the teacher teaches I learn, but they seem to be teaching too slowly, the teacher's preparation for a day's homework, I can already memorize it in two hours, is the teacher too tired", Hongyu sat on the threshold a little worried when he heard this, Wu Xiao came over and sat beside her, and said after a while: "I'll still go on a tour with you, I can study by myself, and it shouldn't be difficult to prove that I can take a show", Hongyu turned his head to look at Wu Xiao and said, "Did you mean it", Wu Xiao looked away and said: "No." Hongyu looked at Wu Xiao's clumsy disguise and pursed his lips happily and said, "Okay, let's go together during this time, but I still have to find a good gentleman slowly", Wu Xiao looked back at Hongyu and nodded, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, this expression seemed to be more lethal, and Hongyu felt dizzy.

The two of them set off with a set of medicinal materials and utensils, and at this time Wu Xiao has grown a lot taller, and he has Qi Hongyu's ears, Hongyu can only let him sit behind the horse, fortunately, although the black horse is getting older, but there is no problem with carrying the two people, after walking to Shiyan Village under Zhuyuan Mountain and asking Aunt Li to help take care of a house, the two were about to leave, but they saw a person running out of Wang Baozheng's house, she had hairpins on her head and red cheeks, but she was specially designed for people to pull the line and say that the matchmaker Liu was trotting all the way, stepped forward and grabbed the reins of the black horse and said breathlessly: "Red Fish Girl, have you thought about what you told him last time, which scene of the big official is still waiting for me to reply, this time the big official said, if the Red Fish girl is not small, you can also do the main room directly, you see that you are twenty years old, other girls are like you at your age are the mother of two children, you don't have to pick again, I told you that the family has thousands of acres of fertile land, and the gold and jade in the house are the hall, such a person is not easy to find, I have run three times, It's hard to catch you this time, you give me a word."

Hongyu had to restrain the horse, she was a little impatient, Hongyu has always been not very good at refusing people, she had to say: "Granny Liu, thank you for your kindness, I don't have such an idea now, you just go back to the big official, let him find someone else", which Liu matchmaker said: "Where do you let people go to meet people, people will fall in love with you, I think it's iron-hearted, or you can see each other, I'll make a good friend, your grandfather is not here again, you still have to be in charge of lifelong events, you are not in a hurry, Those of us who are aunts and mothers-in-law also have to be anxious for you, no matter how late you are, you will really be delayed", Hongyu didn't know what to say, at this time, I saw an old man's voice sounding in the distance, "Wu Na Po, if you don't leave, I can take a broom to drive people, people's red fish girl is also a fairy-like character, don't give the wrong person to be true", but it was Wang Baozheng who stood in front of his door with a broom and scolded, which Liu Pozi was not convinced, "Wang Baozheng, you Baozheng don't want to do it, dare to offend the big officials, His old man's spit can drown your Shiyan Village, don't be embarrassed", Wang Baozheng couldn't hang up on his face when he heard this, and swept to Mrs. Liu with a broom, Mrs. Liu was busy dodging, the hairpin flowers on her head fell off, and she had to go in a hurry, and shouted when she was far away: "I'll come back next time, don't listen to the crazy old man girl Redfish", Redfish dismounted and thanked Wang Baozheng, Wang Baozheng said: "Don't listen to the uneducated mother-in-law, the Redfish girl is busy with you, next time he comes again, I just have to catch up", the two of them are back on the road again

"Who is the official of the shogun," the dark horse walked for a long time before Wu Xiao asked

"It's an outsider, his uncle is an official in the Ministry of Works, and there is some money and power in the family, I have seen his old mother sick once"

"Next time, which Mrs. Liu will come to entangle, I will drive her away"

"How old are you, so fierce, next time I'll explain it to her"

The black horse walked slowly, and the red fish said tentatively: "But I always have to get married, and Mrs. Liu said that I am very old", after finishing speaking, the red fish obviously felt that Wu Xiao's body was stunned on his back, and after a while, his hand slowly tightened around his waist, Wu Xiao's face was attached to the back of the red fish, and the red fish did not come to his heart to be sour, he drank and made the black horse run, and the two of them galloped up on the dirt road wet with dew in the early morning.

In ten days, the two of them rushed to five towns, this day the two just ran out of the inn, they saw the sky was full of dark clouds, about to rain heavily, Hongyu said: "I know that there is a Tanzhang Temple on the mountain in front, where do we go to shelter from the rain first, you hold me tight", Wu Xiao said good, the red rain drove the horse to run, and the rain fell in front of the mountain gate, the raindrops were like beans, the two were not wet, Wu Xiao led the horse to the eaves outside the temple gate, and sat on the bluestone threshold of the courtyard gate with the red fish, Be prepared to wait for the rain to stop before leaving.

At this time, a young monk came from inside, the brown monk's robe was washed a little white, and the collar had a lot of raw edges, but it looked very neat and clean, the two were busy getting up and bowing, and the monk returned a salute and said: "Two into the donor, it is better to go into the courtyard with some tea, this rain will fall for a while", Hongyu nodded and said yes, lifted the medicine bag from the horse, followed the monk into the temple, as soon as he entered the courtyard gate, there were two clay Arhats on both sides, one holding an axe and one holding a whip, glaring angrily, so not afraid of people, The monk took the two to a tea room, put four beds, each table cloth four stools, at this time there was no one in the tea room, the monk went out for a while to bring a teapot, poured tea for the two, and then retreated, and the red fish also returned the salute. The courtyard is divided into two squares, the entrance door is a crescent-shaped small square, there are nine steps on the left and right sides to go up to the inner square, the steps are the moon hugging type, two hundred-year-old ginkgo biloba grows in the two steps around it, the tree is leafy, two incense burners are placed in front of the tree, the steps go through the upper square is the main hall, the main hall is surrounded by cloisters, a quiet temple.

The red fish watched the raindrops the size of beans fall on the bluestone slab, splash countless splashes and disappear into invisibility, and thought in his heart

"What will happen to you if I get married?" asked Redfish leisurely

"I don't know how" Wu Xiao said after a long time, this sentence sounded full of boundless gloom, Hongyu felt a tingling pain, she held Wu Xiao tightly in her arms, until she heard the sound of footsteps in the corridor Hongyu let go and helped Wu Xiao tidy up his clothes.

The monk who served the tea just now came over again, and said after the tithe: "The abbot master heard that the red fish donor is coming and wants to ask the donor to come over to talk about it", the red fish stood up and said: "Okay, I'll go over", the two came to the small courtyard behind the main hall along the corridor, the abbot's meditation room was in one of the main rooms, after the two went in, they saw an old monk sitting on the wooden couch to read a book, and saw the red fish coming and stood up and said: "Today is really a distinguished guest, the red fish donor is the living Bodhi of Jiangnan Province, come, please sit"

"How dare you say this, the old mage has tormented the little woman" Hongyu Heshi sat down opposite the old monk after saluting, and Wu Xiao stood aside.

"Who is this little benefactor?" The old monk looked at Wu Xiao and asked, Hongyu thought for a while and replied: "He is currently my disciple, he can help me a little".

"It's not easy, the donor not only spreads the public, but also teaches and preaches."

"The Master smiled, he was only walking with me temporarily, I was looking for a good teacher for him to teach him what he had learned from the world, and I hope he will do great things in the future."

"In this case, I just recommend the old monk," the old monk said after a while

"Please also ask the old mage for advice," Redfish said happily

"From this to the south thirty miles there is a Songwu Mountain, there is a reclusive wizard on the mountain, Mr. Songjian, is really a scholar, in the early years there is a disciple, now for the river road Quartet Degree Envoy, the donor may wish to visit it, if there is a fate, this little donor or can worship him as a teacher"

Hongyu hurriedly stood up and said respectfully: "Thank you old mage for your advice, Hongyu is grateful", Wu Xiao also bowed and thanked him

"No need to be polite, sit down quickly, I invite the donor to come and still have something I want to discuss with the donor."

"The old mage will try to command," Hongyu Fu said, sitting down again

"Two months later, the temple is going to preside over a Dharma conference, and reshape the golden body for the Bodhisattva in the temple, I want to invite the red fish donor to treat in the temple for three days, all the medicine I have invited several pharmacists within a radius of 100 miles to donate, I was going to send a little monk to invite you, but it happened that the donor came today, it is really the Buddha has knowledge, has his own guidance, and hopes that the donor will complete this good deed"

"The red fish should do its best, the old mage can rest assured"

"Amitabha, good, good"

After the rain stopped, the two immediately set off, all the way to Songwu Mountain, arrived at a village at the foot of the mountain at night, stayed overnight in the farmhouse, and went up the mountain at dawn the next day. There are three rows of vegetable fields on the open ground, and an old farmer in linen is busy working in the vegetable field with a cigarette stick, only to see the cucumber and red fruits on the wooden shelf in the vegetable field.

Hongyu was about to step forward to inquire, Wu Xiao grabbed her, walked up to her, and saluted: "This is Mr. Songjian"

The old farmer looked back at him and said, "There are too many people looking for me to apprentice all day, I can't be annoyed, who called you here?"

"The old master of Tanzhang Temple guided me to come"

"Which old bald donkey has nothing to do all day long, and he will make trouble for me, why should I teach you," the old farmer said casually as he continued his work

"I can't think of a reason why the teacher wants to teach me yet, but I think there will be a reason after the teacher has taught me," Wu Xiao said

"Hehe, you doll is honest, and you are also very confident" The old farmer stood up and patted the dirt on his hands, walked to a stone table in front of the house and took a sip of tea, and then beckoned Wu Xiao to go over, Wu Xiao walked over, the red fish hurriedly followed, Wu Xiao looked at the old farmer calmly, and the old farmer looked Wu Xiao up and down and said: "I have three ways, the royal way, the domineering way, the Wen way, which one do you want to learn?"

"What is the royal road?"

"The people's hearts are back, people are good at their duties, power and skill are balanced, people are practiced, and the situation is judged, this is the king's road"

"What is domineering?"

"Military tactics, martial arts skills, astronomy and geography, strategizing, clever changes, this is domineering"

"What is Wendao?"

"A subset of scriptures and history, hundreds of schools, embroidered articles, poems and songs, etiquette and demeanor, this is the way of literature"

The old farmer looked Wu Xiao up and down

"You can't go the royal way, you can choose one of the domineering and the literary way," the old farmer said after a while

"I choose to be domineering," Wu Xiao said

"Three months and five days off, in addition to this, you are not allowed to go out without my permission, and you can afford the living expenses of the two of us, and the students are responsible for the housework and cleaning of the two of us, and you can't ask someone to do it for you."

"Do it," Wu Xiao said without hesitation

"Okay, you can practice with me for three years, it's up to you how much you can learn," the old farmer finished speaking, and walked into the wooden house in the middle, leaving only Hongyu and Wu Xiao outside