The compact and vibrant layout occupies the half-entrance courtyard. When Chai Shaoning stepped down the bluestone slab bridge, a very flat courtyard appeared in front of him, with houses on three sides, the ground in the middle was tamped and leveled, and a row of weapon racks was placed on both sides, showing the owner's temperament of loving martial arts.

It can be seen that although Song Shoucheng is not rich, he is also comfortable and funny.

Song Shoucheng's children and grandchildren heard the movement and went out of the house to greet the guests.

After making an introduction to both parties, Song Shoucheng asked his family to continue to go back to the house to sleep, and he and Geng Qiuwen and others let Chai Shaoning into a living room directly south of the courtyard.

The candles were lit, and everyone sat down one after another.

Shangguan Rou was still in Fang Xiaoyun's arms, looking at Fang Xiaoyun and Chai Shaoning with big eyes, with a look of wanting to speak and stopping.

Fang Xiaoyun knew Shangguan Rou's thoughts, pointed at Chai Shaoning and patted her on the back and said, "Sister Rou'er should get to know her, this Chai Shaoning's eldest brother is yours-"

Speaking of this, Fang Xiaoyun suddenly looked at Chai Shaoning embarrassedly and laughed.

Since Chai Shaoning is the disciple of Youlong Swordsman, Shangguan Rou is also called Youlong Swordsman's grandfather, theoretically he should be Chai Shaoning's nephew, but Chai Shaoning's face is not a few years older than Shangguan Rou, so Fang Xiaoyun naturally introduced Chai Shaoning as Shangguan Rou's eldest brother, and only now did he wake up, and he actually gave Chai Shaoning a generation casually.

Chai Shaoning's brain also turned quickly, and he smiled and said: "In terms of age, I should be called Youlong's predecessor Grandpa, although he learned his old man's swordsmanship, he did not formally apprentice, and Rou'er is naturally called a senior brother and sister." ”

Song Shoucheng had already heard Geng Qiuwen talk about the bizarre master-apprentice fate between Chai Shaoning and Qu Tongya at the entrance of the town, and at this time, seeing Chai Shaoning being easy-going, he was greatly appreciative, and nodded with a smile: "Shaoning is right!" Then he turned to Shangguan and said: "Rou'er, this senior brother Chai Shaoning has done his best to pass on the true inheritance of your grandfather Qu and was entrusted by him to teach you martial arts." You have to listen to your senior brother in the future, don't remember your grandfather Qu anymore, and don't cry anymore. ”

Shangguan Rou listened to Grandpa's tone, and even didn't let himself mention Grandpa Qu again, although he didn't understand why, but since Grandpa Qu entrusted himself to this Senior Brother Chai Shaoning, then he would be his relative in the future.

Shangguan was soft and docile, and immediately got up and bowed respectfully to Chai Shaoning, and officially bowed to his senior brother.

Chai Shaoning said in his heart that he inadvertently got the secret book of Youlong, and he was favored by the Youlong swordsman, so he should naturally pass on this martial arts to his real descendants, what Song Shoucheng said was his own wish, and immediately got up and grabbed Shangguan Rou and said: "Senior Song is right, Rou'er will study hard in the future, and the senior brother will pass on the art on behalf of the teacher, and he will teach you all the swordsmanship he has learned." ”

Shangguan Rou smiled sweetly and sat in the chair next to his senior brother, his dependent appearance was even more supple and cute.

The crowd chatted for a while, and the snoring sounded. Chai Shaoning turned his head to look, Shangguan Rou didn't know when she fell asleep leaning in the chair.

Song Shoucheng called his granddaughter Song Yao and took Shangguan Rou to the house to rest.

Chai Shaoning took the opportunity to ask about Shangguan Rou's life experience.

Perhaps because he remembered his old friend Qu Tongya, Song Shoucheng sighed lightly and stroked his cup in detail.

Shangguan Rou is thirteen years old, and he is an orphan who was inadvertently picked up by the dragon swordsman Qu Tongya in Pingyang, Shanxi Province eight years ago.

At that time, Shangguan Rou was young, and although he could say his name, he couldn't tell the origin of his family.

Qu Tongya didn't know if the girl was separated from her parents or abandoned by her relatives?

Shangguan Rouren is as his name suggests, she is beautiful and cute, and she is even more well-behaved and supple. After Qu Tongya got along with her for a while, he was reluctant to give her to other people.

At that time, Qu Tongya accidentally got a red yang pearl, and in order to go into the mountains to find the seven-colored fungus, he fostered Shangguan Rou in Song Shoucheng's house.

Song Shoucheng used to be a dart master in his early years, and once he was besieged by bandits, but fortunately, Qu Tongya passed by there, and he pulled out his fist and saved Song Shoucheng.

Song Shou became a real person with a bold personality, and the two hit it off at first sight after talking and became close friends.

Since leaving Shangguan Rou, Song Shoucheng has taken care of this girl in every way and treated her like a granddaughter.

Shangguan Rou rarely goes out, three months ago, the town rushed to the temple fair, Shangguan Rou was a girl, and wanted to go out to play. Song Shoucheng regretted that the child had no parents, so he took her to the temple fair.

It was also unfortunate that at that temple fair, Shangguan Rou was actually seen by Hu Mangui, an evil young man from the city.

Hu Mangui was shocked by Shangguan Rou's watery appearance, and inquired about Song Shoucheng's residence, and asked someone to come to the door to say goodbye.

Song Shoucheng and above Guan Rou are still young, and they are not yet old enough to talk about marriage. How do you know that Hu Mangui has been entangled several times and refuses to give up, and Song Shoucheng drove the matchmaker out of the house in a fit of anger.

After the incident, Song Shoucheng didn't care too much, it happened that the business at home was not going well, so he went out to cook with his son Song Jiongming, and it took a few months to return.

Unexpectedly, after Hu Mangui's proposal was rejected, he had a crooked idea, and took advantage of the absence of Song Shoucheng's father and son to lead people to grab Shangguanrou!

Song Shoucheng's grandson and granddaughter couldn't stop the evil young man, seeing that the situation was critical, no one thought that Shangguan Rou would use a long sword and pick out all the people out of the door.

Hu Mangui never thought that this delicate little girl would make such a good swordsmanship, and her heart was even more admired, and in order to succeed her selfish desires, she spent money to hire a boxer.

After some competition, it was the tower-like boxer who escaped out of the door in embarrassment under Shangguan Rou's sword.

In this way, Hu Mangui loved and feared Shangguanrou, and his heart was even more itchy and difficult to scratch, so he simply found a gang of bandits from the mountains and wanted to forcibly take Guanrou away by force.

It was also a coincidence that when the gang of bandits were committing evil, they were taught a lesson by the dragon swordsman Qu Tongya, and they actually recognized Shangguan Rou's swordsmanship and retreated in shock.

Only then did Hu Mangui know that Shangguan Rou had a great background, and he was afraid of offending the Youlong swordsman, so he didn't dare to come to the door to entangle, but the news of the reappearance of Youlong swordsmanship gradually spread.

After Song Shoucheng came back, he knew that there would be endless troubles in the future, and he was thinking about how to find another hiding place for Shangguan Rou, and martial arts high-rollers such as Lu Tianyong and fake evil anglers had come one after another.

Fortunately, Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun arrived in time when they heard the news, and a disaster was eliminated.

Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun originally intended to bring Shangguan Rou back to Western Xinjiang and hand it over to the master "Western Wilderness Xia Yin" for protection, but Shangguan Rou never forgot Qu Tongya, afraid that his grandfather would not see him when he came back, so he refused to leave.

Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun couldn't bear to persecute Shangguan Rou, so they stayed and slowly persuaded them.

That night, the two noticed that another thief was coming to harass them, and when they came out of the house, they were a pair of disabled strangers. The martial arts of those two strange people are not high, whether they are low or not, and the repeated entanglement caused Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun to become angry, and chased them out of the town with swords, and then they met Chai Shaoning.

Chai Shaoning was also surprised and admired when he heard that Shangguan Rou could repeatedly drive away thieves with only half a set of dragon swordsmanship that he learned when he was five years old. This little girl should have an extraordinary comprehension of swordsmanship, if it weren't for Qu Tongya's murder, Shangguan Rou's achievements at this time should be extraordinary. Qu Tongya's search for the seven-colored fungus must also be for Shangguan Rou, but he hit it by mistake, but Chai Shaoning ate the Chiyang Pearl.

Thinking of this, Chai Shaoning felt even more apologetic in his heart, and made up his mind to protect the true heirs left by this master.

"Shao Ning said that the thieves have three good hands, I don't know if there are any other thieves who have come after we left?" Geng Qiuwen saw that Song Shoucheng was unharmed, so he didn't ask until this time.

"It must be the masked man with the hat. Song Shoucheng twisted his beard and groaned.

Chai Shaoning and the others were taken aback when they heard this, and they didn't expect Geng Qiuwen's casual question to really lead to the following.

"It's strange to say. Song Shoucheng said: "When I found out that there were people in the courtyard, there were two people standing there facing each other. ”

"Two people?" Chai Shaoning cried out in surprise.

"It's two people!" Song Shoucheng recalled: "A person in black clothes wore a top veil hat and covered his head and face. The other man looked fierce, with long hair and a shawl, wearing a gray cloth jacket inside, and a printed silk robe on the outside, but he was draped over his shoulders obliquely, revealing a shoulder, and the ribbon around his waist was inlaid with jewels, which seemed to be very precious, but he didn't seem to cherish it at all, tied it at will, and wore a pair of cowhide boots under his feet, dressed like a man in the northern desert. ”

When Song Shoucheng said this, his eyes turned to Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun, and saw that the two of them were also at a loss, knowing that they didn't know this person, so he continued: "I first saw that big man with a fierce appearance, and thought he was a villain, but unexpectedly, the black-clothed masked man looked at him for a long time and said, 'It turned out to be you!', and the big man said: 'It's me, the person I hate most in my life is the person who robs the house!'"

The two of them said this. Song Shoucheng's eyes looked at Chai Shaoning again and said: "Suddenly there was a whistling sound outside the town, like a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring, which lasted for a long time. The masked man heard this and flew away. When I turned around again, the big man didn't know when he would disappear? I was shocked by his martial arts, Rou'er rushed out of the house, and said excitedly that I had heard Grandpa Qu let out this kind of long howl many times. I am friends with Tongya, how can I not hear the whistling outside the town, which is far less majestic than Tongya? But luck is the same, so I concluded that it was my old friend's descendants who arrived, so I went out of town with Rou'er to greet him, and sure enough, I saw Shaoningxian's nephew. ”

After listening to Song Shoucheng's story, everyone was very curious, and they talked about it for a long time, and they couldn't guess the origin of the big man. At this time, a ray of light penetrated into the room, and the sky was unconsciously bright.

Chai Shaoning remembered that he had to return to the county seat today, and Chen Zhongshou couldn't see himself when he woke up, so he would definitely be in a hurry, so he said goodbye to everyone.

Hearing Chai Shaoning say that he wanted to take Shangguan Rou away, Song Shoucheng smiled and said: "I can understand Shaoning's mood, but you shouldn't treat me as an outsider." After speaking, he turned to Geng Qiuwen and Fang Xiaoyun and said: "I am in danger here, I am afraid that there is no way to protect Quan Rou'er, I will entrust her to the two, you can take her back to Qinghai first." After that, his eyes turned to Chai Shaoning again and said: "Shaoning will go home and explain to the elders, and then you can leave for the western frontier to find Rou'er." Since you are the reincarnation of Tongya, you should naturally go and meet his friend Mo Zhi, the hidden revenge of the Western Wilderness. ”