The grandfather Ling Yinzi, who had raised Xiao Yao for more than ten years, finally came to an end that day, and he died at the age of eighty-nine.

Haosheng buried his grandfather, and Xiao Yao relied on the ancient rituals to settle in front of Lingxuzi's grave and live in filial piety for a year. The Sword Sect, who learned of this, was relieved that Xiao Yao was alone, and also moved out of the bone mound and temporarily moved to Peach Blossom Gorge to accompany and take care of Xiao Yao.

After the expiration of the one-year filial piety period, Xiao Yao politely declined the kindness of the grandfather of the Sword Sect to let him go to the bone mound to settle down, and prepared to embark on the journey to Kaifeng alone, he remembered that his grandfather had mentioned it before his death, and he found the two-year-old Xiao Yao there more than ten years ago.

Before Xiao Yao left, the Sword Sect stopped him and feigned anger: "You bastard boy, Grandpa Sword has hurt you for so many years, and as soon as Old Man Ling left, you ruthlessly threw down such a lonely old man as your Grandpa Sword and ran out by yourself." ”

Xiao Yao grinned and said: "Grandpa Jian, you are not as good as the sixtieth armor now, and you still have a lot of days to enjoy, and your grandson will leave the valley for a while, first, to find out his own life experience, and secondly, to see the heroes of the rivers and lakes that Grandpa Jian used to talk about." In a few years, he will always return to the valley, and when the time comes, Xiao Yao will go to the bone mound to find Grandpa Jian, can you old man not want Xiao Yao. ”

"Stinky boy, the old man should have listened to your grandfather Ling back then, and he shouldn't have told you those stories of fighting and killing, you have been wild for so many years, alas~ You wear these things on your body. ”

As he spoke, the Sword Sect took out a bag from his arms, but inside was a sketchy map drawn by the Sword Sect himself, as well as some wrapped clothes.

Seeing Xiao Yao take over the burden, the Sword Sect suddenly sighed:

"Xiao Yao, in fact, with your intelligence, I saw early in the morning that your grandfather and I are both people with superb skills, but our two old guys have never taught you a trick and a half, and they mostly help you lay some foundation for internal cultivation on weekdays, you should have been full of doubts about this, but Grandpa Jian knows that you are smart and well-behaved, and he is afraid that I will be embarrassed by your Grandpa Ling, so we never mention this matter without you talking about it. ”

Xiao Yao was silent, after getting along for so many years, his grandfather still didn't mention it, even Grandpa Jian treated him like his own grandson, but he was concerned from the heart. But why the two of them never refused to teach themselves martial arts was a big stone that had always weighed on his heart.

I saw that the Sword Sect continued: "In order to let you practice martial arts, Grandpa Sword and I had an argument with your Grandpa Ling, but in the end, I was persuaded by your Grandpa Ling. The reason for this is that it has something to do with your life experience, your grandfather always thinks that you should not get involved in the rights and wrongs of the martial arts, for fear that you will be damaged in the slightest. But the road in the future is up to Xiao Yao to walk by yourself after all, I think you should be seventeen years old this year, you should already have your own ideas, our two old bones really shouldn't control your life. ”

Saying this, the Sword Sect paused.

"As for your background and things about your parents, Grandpa Jian heard some from your grandfather back then. But some things are always unfair when they come out of other people's mouths, and it is better for you to uncover the truth yourself. If one day you encounter something that you can't solve, or if you want to know about your past from Grandpa Sword, go back to Bone Mound to find Grandpa Sword. Don't look at your sword grandfather with an old bone, but there are still some things you can see under your hands, and at that time, as long as Xiao Yao wants to learn, Grandpa Sword will teach you all these guys of his own. ”

When the Sword Sect said this, he suddenly made a move like lightning, and took a dead branch from the peach tree on the side. Flying out, with a withered branch as a pen on the rock wall at the entrance of the Taohua Gorge scratched up, a few strokes of a seven-word quatrain jumped on the stone wall. Every stroke was sharp and horizontal, and the hard stone rock was actually scratched by the dead branch in the hand of the Sword Sect with a finger-deep trace, but the four lines of words were:

Young is not afraid of the old rivers and lakes, and he is free to fight with swords all over the world. There are many things that do not understand the road ahead, and dare to test the heavens.

When Xiao Yao finished reading this poem engraved on the rock wall, he went to look at his sword grandfather, but where could he still see the figure of the Sword Sect. Only one sentence floated out of the canyon far away: "Xiao Yao, Grandpa Jian won't send you anymore, you can go by yourself." ”

Xiao Yaomeng's knees knelt on the ground, but he kowtowed a few times in the direction of the bone mound, then picked up his burden, wiped the tears in his eyes, and strode away from the Taohua Gorge of Wuling Mountain, where he had lived for more than ten years.

However, although Huguang and Henan border, it is not an easy journey at this time, and Xiao Yao wants to go to Kaifeng Mansion in turn, so he has to pass through Chengtian Mansion and Runing Mansion in turn.

Even with the map drawn by the Sword Sect's grandfather in his hand, it still took Xiao Yao half a month to cross the Chengtian Mansion.

In the past ten days, the young Xiao Yao was quickly attracted by the prosperity of the outside world.

During the days when he went out, his favorite thing was the stories of the rivers and lakes that he heard in the lobby of the inn every time he stayed at the hotel:

For example, what year, month, which young man of which sect and which faction did what a big thing, when and where the bully in the east and west of the city was bizarrely killed, but who made a righteous move, these anecdotes and bloody legends, after the storyteller's interpretation, Xiao Yao's heart was like a cat scratching, and he couldn't wait to replace him and become a hero admired by everyone in the storyteller's mouth.

Speaking of which, although Xiao Yao has lived in Taohuaxia of Wuling Mountain for more than ten years and is not familiar with the world, he is clever and pure by nature, and after leaving Wuling Mountain, he went all the way north and only cared about burying his head in the road.

After drinking morning tea in the pergola outside the city for people to rest, Xiao Yao threw down a few copper plates, got up and blended in with the crowd waiting to enter the city.

However, he didn't expect that when Xiao Yao was queuing up to enter the city, there was suddenly a commotion behind the crowd, and then the previously bustling crowd entering the city separated to the left and right and flashed out of the middle passage.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yao saw a crowned young man with a jade face, riding a jujube red horse under his crotch and walking proudly along the road left by the crowd, and behind the young man on horseback, a middle-aged man with a heavy face like a jujube followed closely behind. Behind them were sturdy men dressed in the same costumes and riding white horses, one of whom carried a large windward banner on his back, which was woven with the words 'Three Mountains' on the brocade satin and hunted as the horses ran.

But it was said that Xiao Yao was caught in the crowd at this time, and he was already quite close to the city gate, and he was about to enter the city, but he encountered this change, of course, he was puzzled, but he was simple by nature and did not want to have side effects, so he leaned to the side with the crowd, and made way for the people who suddenly arrived in the middle of the road.

At this time, as soon as the city gate was opened, there was already a crowd of people outside the gate, but the road that gave way to horses was even more crowded, and a thin man with triangular eyes seemed to be squeezed to Xiao Yao's side at this moment, as if he could not bear the pressure of the crowd.

But when the handsome young man who was the leader rode a red horse under his crotch and was about to enter the city in front of Xiao Yao, the young man on the horse suddenly discovered something and turned his head to look in the direction of Xiao Yao in the crowd.

I saw a gleam in the young man's eyes, Huo Ran jumped up from his horse, and the person flew up in mid-air like a winged Dapeng, and kicked towards Xiao Yao's side. He shouted, "Where are the bold thieves!"

Although Xiao Yao is a good person, he is not weak and can be bullied, and he is even more angry when he sees this handsome young man breaking out and hurting his heart for no reason, he has been trained by Lingxuzi and Sword Sect for more than ten years, although he has not really learned amazing martial arts moves, but the basic skills of a body are quite solid. On weekdays, they are mixed in the deep mountains and dense forests, hunting with tigers, leopards and jackals. Although the current skill is not worth mentioning at all in the eyes of a top master like the Sword Sect Lingxuzi, it is already considered a good hand among ordinary martial artists.

Seeing that the crown-haired young man in front of him suddenly became difficult for no reason, Xiao Yao instantly stepped forward and sank his waist, and immediately waved his arm to separate the young man's volley kick.

The crown-haired young man didn't seem to have thought that Xiao Yao in front of him not only had kung fu, but he was also slightly stunned with his own hands, and glanced at Xiao Yao hurriedly after turning over and landing, but he kept turning around to chase the thin man with triangular eyes who was hiding next to Xiao Yao.

The triangular-eyed man seems to be able to punch and kick a few times, but he is not the opponent of the crown-haired boy at all. I saw a pair of iron fists of the crown-haired young man dancing vigorously, and in just a few strokes, he crushed the thin man with triangular eyes to the ground.

Xiao Yao, who saw the change in front of him, was stunned, but the people at the city gate began to cheer for the young man in unison, and as soon as the young man stood up, the official on the errand at the city gate escorted away the subdued triangular-eyed man.

However, the crown-haired young man with a jade face walked in front of Xiao Yao with a money bag in his hand, and said with an arched hand: "Fang Ziyu in the Xiasanshan Dart Bureau, Fang Cai was in a hurry and recklessly offended Brother Tai and looked at Haihan, and did not ask Brother Tai Gao's name. ”

Xiao Yao saw Fang Ziyu saluting, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "My surname is Xiao Mingyao." ”

The two of them were polite, and Xiao Yao realized that the triangular-eyed man who was crowded behind him was named Li Sinai, a gray-haired rat, who was a habitual offender in ten miles and eight towns in Runing Mansion, and had always made a living by stealing, especially like to attack a lonely strange young man like Xiao Yao.

In the crowd before, he was taking advantage of the chaos to cut off and steal Xiao Yao's money bag, but he didn't expect to be seen through by Fang Ziyu right away when he committed the crime, although Fang Ziyu was young, he was jealous and hateful, seeing that this Li Si was actually stealing under his nose, how could he tolerate him, and without thinking too much, he immediately flew down and prepared to send him to the official, but he didn't expect to be reckless but was misunderstood by Xiao Yao. But fortunately, in the end, Li Si was caught and Xiao Yao's stolen money bag was brought back.

Knowing the whole story, Xiao Yao was very unhappy, and apologized and thanked Fang Ziyu again and again.

Fang Ziyu is open-minded and doesn't care about this at all, and seeing Xiao Yao's dignified appearance, polite and polite, and martial arts, the two of them have a sense of familiarity at first sight after a few words, Fang Ziyu simply handed over his jujube red horse to a dart head of the Sanshan Dart Bureau behind him. He himself walked to chat with Xiao Yao and entered the Runing Mansion.

The two told each other about their life experiences, and Xiao Yao learned that Fang Ziyu was the only son of Fang Changqi, the head of the Sanshan Dart Bureau in Kaifeng Mansion, and he was a veritable young master of the Sanshan Dart Bureau.

Speaking of which, the three mountains dart bureau is the first big dart bureau in Henan, the head of the dart Fang Changqi is not only excellent in martial arts, but also is honest and benevolent, so it is deeply loved by the people in Kaifeng, and the people outside the gate of Runing Mansion spontaneously made way for Fang Ziyu and others of the Sanshan Dart Bureau.

And Fang Ziyu also learned from Xiao Yao that Xiao Yao was preparing to go to Kaifeng from Huguang alone, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and even invited Xiao Yao to go north together.

Xiao Yao and Fang Ziyu also hit it off at first sight and didn't want to separate so soon, he has lived in the Peach Blossom Gorge of Wuling Mountain for more than ten years, although he has two grandfathers who love him on weekdays, but he doesn't have a playmate of the same age. At present, this Fang Ziyu is the same age as Xiao Yao, and he is a person who walks the rivers and lakes, if he can walk all the way, it is much more interesting than him going on the road alone.

Fang Ziyu immediately introduced Xiao Yao to the dart masters of the Sanshan Dart Bureau, among which the middle-aged man who followed Fang Ziyu outside the city gate had the highest status, and he was the first master of the gun king Li Zhengqing under Fang Changqi of the Sanshan Dart Bureau.

This gun king Li Zhengqing is also well-known among the dart riders in Henan, and under his care, Ziyu and his party carried the goods all the way without many twists and turns, which made Fang Ziyu feel very bored on the road for the first time.

However, it was said that Li Zhengqing's dart masters had seen the scene at the city gate earlier, and they knew that Xiao Yao was extraordinary, but they were also happy to have such a good companion. Seeing that Fang Ziyu and Xiao Yao talked happily all the way, they didn't dare to slack off.

After entering the city, the gun king Li Zhengqing first arranged for his men to go to the horse market to buy a good horse for Xiao Yao to travel, and then saw the sun hanging high, and the group set off to the branch of the Sanshan Dart Bureau in Runing to rest.

The Sanshan Dart Bureau is full of rivers and lakes, and this Runing branch is close to the Kaifeng Courtyard, although there are not many masters, but the mansion under the plate is also extraordinary.

After arriving at the place, Fang Ziyu pulled Xiao Yao to enjoy the front and back of this courtyard, only to see that the rockery and flowing water garden pavilions in this courtyard are complete, and the layout is very elegant, it is obvious that it is from the hands of famous artists, Xiao Yao has gone all the way north, although he has also passed through many towns and towns, but he has never seen such a magnificent residence, Fang Ziyu is also happy to see Xiao Yao praise his own courtyard.

The gun king Li Zhengqing was called away by the person in charge of the Sanshan Dart Bureau after he arrived at the branch, as if he had something important to discuss, and it was not until dinner that Fang Ziyu and Xiao Yao and others saw Li Zhengqing.

However, at this time, Li Zhengqing looked worried, and Fang Ziyu asked again and again before he asked the clue from Li Zhengqing's mouth.

It turned out that Fang Ziyu and Li Zhengqing's trip to escort the darts was still quite time-consuming due to the long distance, even though it was fast, but not long after the group left Henan, a major event happened in Kaifeng Mansion.

However, it is said that Kaifeng Mansion was originally the former capital of the Eight Dynasties, although since the Ming Dynasty Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital to Jingshi Shuntianfu, a lot of wealthy families were forcibly moved from here and fell slightly, but it was still a large city at that time. But outside of Kaifeng Prefecture, deep in the mountains in the northwest, there is a group of notorious strongmen entrenched.

This group of strongmen * captives and plunders all evil, the place where the cottage is located is known as the 'Ghost Gate Pass' is a treacherous place on the Ghost Yin Mountain in the northwest mountains of Kaifeng Prefecture, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention, the master of the village has an extraordinary martial arts, and he is even more insidious and cunning, and he is nicknamed the King of Nine Lives.

Kaifeng Mansion Yin Liu Anshan Liu Lord has the intention to exterminate the Ghost Gate Pass many times, but he has sent troops several times in vain, which is of course the reason why the imperial court is mediocre at this time, and the soldiers from all over the country are not able to use it, but also because this Ghost Gate Pass is hidden in the depths of the Ghost Yin Mountain, and the cottage is located around the wide buried trap and killing machine.

However, some time ago, Fang Changqi, the head dart head of the Sanshan Dart Bureau, and Ling Han, the first ghost catcher in Kaifeng Mansion, worked together to capture the three masters of the Ghost Gate, but the ghost face of the 'Scarface' gave things a chance to turn around.

This 'Scarface' ghost face has a vicious temperament, and he is a heinous and heinous person, and he should be executed immediately after being captured according to the law of the time, so as to set an example.

However, Yin Liu Anshan, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, could not bear the perennial attack of the Ghost Gate Pass, and wanted to pry open the mouth of the ghost face to find out the virtual and real layout of the Ghost Gate Pass cottage, and then wipe it out in one fell swoop, so he was not executed immediately, but temporarily detained in the Kaifeng Mansion Prison and sent people to torture him day and night.

It's just that for some reason, the news was leaked, and it provoked the Ghost Gate Pass, the Lord of the Great Village, the Nine Lives of the Yama King, and the Black-faced Judge of the Second Village Lord to lead the minions of the Ghost Gate Pass to go out.

Of course, these thieves don't have the strength and don't dare to invade the state capital on a large scale, but the gang of thieves in the Ghost Gate Pass cut off the roads leading to the mountains and forests in Kaifeng Mansion, trying to force Yin Liu Anshan of Kaifeng Mansion to release Scarface Ghost Face.

In the past few days, I don't know how many people have been poisoned by this gang of strongmen, and for a while, there was a lot of noise around Kaifeng Mansion, and business travel suddenly decreased.

It's just because of this matter that the Divine Fist Fang Changqi also contributed, so the Sanshan Dart Bureau was also angered by the Nine Lives Hades, but anyone who had anything to do with the Sanshan Dart Bureau, as long as the Ghost Gate Pass and others encountered it, they would not leave any life.

The day before yesterday, Fang Changqi and Ling Han, the Divine Fist, had also led all the men and horses out of the city to fight with the people of the Ghost Gate, but Fang Changqi and Ling Han could only barely defeat the Nine Lives Hades alone, but in the end, they couldn't help the other party.

The weak sergeants under his command were far inferior to those outlaws of the Ghost Gate Pass under the command of the Nine Lives Yama King Pass, and the Kaifeng Mansion Yin Liu Anshan also had the heart to retreat, and only dared to secretly send people north to ask for help in the past few days, but no longer dared to send people out of the city to fight easily.

Fang Changqi lost the assistance of the state capital, so he had to suspend the dart business of the Sanshan Dart Bureau and the Kaifeng General Bureau and the surrounding areas.

Because of this, I don't know how long it will take for the mountain and forest roads in the Kaifeng Mansion to be peaceful again, but Fang Ziyu, Li Zhengqing and others can't wait for such a long time.

They left Kaifeng this time to go to the 'back and forth darts', not only to send the darts from Kaifeng to the person designated by the client within the time limit, but also to retrieve the new darts from the predetermined person and escort them back to Kaifeng to be completed.

The person entrusted this time is said to have a great background, although the dart does not seem to be a valuable thing but the deposit is given a lot, if you can not return to Kaifeng within a time limit, I am afraid that the Sanshan Dart Bureau will not only be discredited, and even will cause a lot of trouble, which will not be good to say how to gain a foothold in Kaifeng Mansion in the future.