Returning to the hidden capital, Xie Gongbao rested at the inn until evening.

Take advantage of the sunset and come to the edge of the Huai River early.

He found a tavern by the river, sat down against the window, ordered wine and food, and watched the flowers and spinning while eating. Last night, he overheard Mr. Kurokawa say to Bai Luoyi that he would come to see off the rest of the soil tonight, so he waited here, and as soon as Mr. Kurokawa arrived, he would look for an opportunity to make friends. ——When the dark curtain fell, and the boats by the river turned on their lights in unison, a carriage roared by, and when Hua Xiufang stopped, an old man in a black shirt got out of the car.

The old man in the black shirt dragged a large box out of the car and carried it onto the boat.

Xie Gongbao's spirits perked up, and he recognized that this old man was Mr. Kurokawa.

He pursed his lips and smiled, but did not get up to greet him, but continued to eat and drink.

After a little half an hour, Mr. Kurokawa came out of the cabin, arched his hand into the cabin, jumped off the boat, and then got into the carriage and spurred his horse away.

Xie Gongbao put a silver ingot on the table and chased after him along the street.

The carriage drove unhurriedly to the north street, and stopped in front of the inn.

Xie Gongbao took a quick step, rushed into the inn first, and asked the shopkeeper to open an upper room.

After a while, Mr. Kurokawa gave two subordinates a hand, came in drunk, and shouted to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, send me two catties of good wine in my room as usual, and call the Xiaofeng girl who can play the piano to serve me, the old man wants to listen to music while drinking." ”

Xie Gongbao laughed and shouted: "Do you have any music to listen to?" shopkeeper, give me two catties of good wine." ”

Mr. Kurokawa glanced at Xie Gongbao drunkenly, and frequently burped.

The palm looked at his head and bowed, and said with a smile: "Okay, the two guest officers, please come into the room and wait." ”

Xie Gongbao humbly stepped back and let Mr. Kurokawa go upstairs first.

When Mr. Kurokawa entered the house, he sat in the lobby, waiting for something.

After a while, the shopkeeper led Xiaofeng who was holding the qin in, he stepped forward to stop Xiaofeng, unloaded the Eight Desolate Qin and put it on the table, and then took out ten taels of silver, and said to her: "This is a guqin I just bought today, I haven't auditioned yet, I also wanted to order a girl, but unfortunately I gave the gentleman above the first place;

When the shopkeeper saw the silver, his eyes lit up, and he said to Xiaofeng:

"Ten taels of silver is a lot, so thank you soon. ”

"Thank you, officer, it's up to you. Xiaofeng owed, took the silver taels, entrusted his qin to the innkeeper for safekeeping, and then picked up the eight barren qin and went to Mr. Kurokawa's room.

Waiting for the little two to come with the drink, Xie Gongbao screwed an altar and went upstairs into the house.

I entered the room, sat down at the table, and waited for good news while drinking.

After a while, the piano next door sounded, Xie Gongbao pushed open the window, twisted up the wine jar and went into the roof, he lay on the tile and looked at the moon, drank and listened to music, and confidently waited for Mr. Kurokawa's reaction. ——The song played by Xiaofeng is like flowing water, light and elegant, thanks to the unique timbre of the Eight Desolation Qin, and it is more like a wisp of fairy smoke rising up, giving people infinite imagination.

Halfway through the song, I only heard Mr. Kurokawa in the room praise: "Wonderful! wonderful! Miss Xiaofeng, why is tonight's timbre very different from last night, tonight's otherworldly feeling is like a fairy like a demon, it doesn't seem like this mortal song." ”

Na Xiaofeng replied while playing: "Actually, this guqin is good." ”

Mr. Kurokawa asked again, "What kind of qin is this, so wonderful?"

That Xiaofeng replied softly: "I don't know He Qin." Don't hide it, this guqin is a guest officer in the inn, he gave me ten taels of silver, asked me to help him test the sound, when the right time to play is afraid of bad, never thought to make such a strange sound, it is a fairy qin. ”

Mr. Kurokawa laughed: "Bullet, keep playing." ”

I don't know how long it took to play, the surrounding cats and dogs all came silently, and the homing birds also came out at night, perched on the roof, by the window, and got drunk by the music. - Xie Gongbao drank all the jars of wine he wried, listened to the music with his eyes closed, and was drunk with the birds.

Just as he was listening, he heard Mr. Kurokawa get up and take a step.

Then the sound of footsteps stepped on the window, and the window opened with a creak,

Mr. Kurokawa sighed: "Strange, this piano has attracted so many birds? Miss Xiaofeng, stop playing, show me this piano." After a while, Mr. Kurokawa spat out surprise: "The quality of the piano is dark, the touch is warm, the strings are pulsating, incredible, this is like a living creature? Miss Xiaofeng, which guest officer belongs to this qin, can you take me to meet him? ”

Hearing this, Xie Gongbao hurriedly jumped off the roof, grabbed the edge of the window and got in:

"How dare you bother Mr. to look for me, Mr. wants to meet me, just pass on a word. ”

That Xiaofeng pointed at Xie Gongbao: "This piano ...... This harp is his. ”

Mr. Kurokawa looked at Xie Gongbao drunkenly, then retracted his gaze and said to Xiaofeng: "I want to talk to him alone, you can go." Waiting for Xiaofeng to get up and lead the door out, Hei Chuan's face was straight, and he asked Xie Gongbao: "The son uses the piano as a guide and pretends to be mysterious, what is the intention?"

"Naturally, it's a piece of kindness. Xie Gongbao smiled at the corner of his mouth, and reached out to touch the Eight Desolation Qin: "I am close friends with Miss Miaoyin, and she often plays this guqin. The younger generation knows that every time Mr. crosses the sea, he will go to Huaxiufang to listen to the Miaoyin girl play, but unfortunately the Miaoyin has not returned, I am afraid that Mr. will have regrets, so I gave the piano to Xiaofeng girl, hoping that Mr. can find out the shadow of Miaoyin from it, in order to alleviate the feelings of longing. ”

Mr. Kurokawa burped and boasted, "The piano is a good piano." ”

Then the conversation changed, and he said suspiciously: "It's just that the words of the son are a bit mysterious, the old man only knows that the Miaoyin girl is alone, and he never has a deep relationship with a man, of course, including the old man, the old man introduced her as a confidant, but she regarded me as a guest of honor, which is why I appreciate her so much." Childe just said that you are close friends with her, do you have a certificate?"

Xie Gongbao haha: "I have a deep friendship with Miaoyin, and no one in each sect knows it, so Mr. can inquire casually." ”

Kurokawa sighed and asked, "Dare to ask the son's name?"

Xie Gongbao arched his hand: "How dare you use respect in front of Mr., the younger generation is called Xie Gongbao." ”

Hei Chuan's face was smiling, and his pupils suddenly dilated: "You are Xie Gongbao!" Wherever you go these days, some people talk about you, saying that you killed Qu Chi and saved Li Min from fire and water, and you are a living immortal. Ha ha...... , The old man thought that this living immortal was an old-timer with fairy wind bones, but he didn't know that he was a son. ”

After speaking, he led his hand to the stool and invited Xie Gongbao to sit down.

And the back end of the cup of booze, even the word cool, and then said:

"Childe uses the piano to convey his intentions, so as not to regret me, with good intentions, the old man owes you a favor. However, the old man thinks that the son's intentions are more than that, now that the words have been spoken, you might as well explain your intentions happily and see what the old man can do to help you?"

Xie Gongbao saw him asking, and he didn't want to procrastinate, so he went straight to the point:

"I can't hide it, the younger generation came to Youdu from southern Xinjiang this time, and he was entrusted by my family to make a special trip to visit Mr. Mr. comes to Youdu every year to procure, and he must not know that my Haoxian tribe was slaughtered six years ago, and now the murderer is still at large, and my clan is surrounded by strong enemies, and he is still in danger, and he needs Mr. to help. ”

Kurokawa poured himself a drink and shook his hands drunkenly:

"The old man's Taoism is not even powerless, even if he has the heart. ”

Xie Gongbao said with a smile: "It's the words of the juniors who didn't make it clear, in fact, the biggest threat to my clan is not people, but the art of heavenly fire, and the juniors heard that the Yihe faction's soil is good at avoiding fire and water, so my clan plans to dig deep tunnels, and I need Mr. to help cast a spell to change some soil to help us avoid fire and heat insulation." ”

Kurokawa was about to drink, and when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

Then he put down the wine glass, was silent for a long time, smiled bitterly, and said:

"I'm really sorry, I can't help with this. ”

Xie Gongbao asked, "Why?"

Kurokawa frowned slightly, and said apologetically: "It's not that the old man refuses to help, it's just that the technique of resting the soil is not as the world thinks, in fact, this technique ...... Hey, I had an appointment with Miss Miao Shan last night, and I had already performed this technique when it was dark, and I sent the box of rest soil to her, and now the old man needs to recuperate for at least half a year before he can perform this technique again. ”

Xie Gongbao was disappointed for a while: "Even so, that's no way." ”

Kurokawa patted Xie Gongbao on the shoulder and handed him a jar of wine:

"Don't be disappointed, the so-called bitterness is sweet, the aristocratic calamity has reached the limit, and in the future, it will be helped by God, not to mention that the prosperity of the clan is a hundred-year plan, how can it be done overnight, today the old man can't give you a rest, but it doesn't mean that he won't help with this, you come again this time next year, I will give the rest of the land with both hands. Come and come, drink and drink, the old man rarely drinks with people in Zhongzhou, since the son is a friend of Miss Miaoyin, since he sits at the same table, how can he drink painlessly. ”

"Okay, the younger generation will do it first for respect. Xie Gongbao hugged the altar and gurgled and cheered.

Although he didn't know Mr. Kurokawa, he had a good feeling.

At least last night in the face of Bai Luoyi's seduction, Hei Chuan was unmoved, and chose to avoid it, it is extremely rare to be able to do this, you must know that Bai Luoyi's appearance is also peerless, even Xie Gongbao when he was young couldn't withstand her temptation, let alone others.

After drinking a whole jar of wine, the two casually said some polite words.

Then Xie Gongbao got up to say goodbye, returned to the room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and came to Huaxiufang with his soul out of his body.

He thought about it, in addition to Nalan Tuba, Jiang Zaiqian, and Ma Yuan, there are still many ill-intentioned strong enemies in the world, and the lives of a clan are all in his hands, he is burdened with heavy burdens, and he is hard, and he feels that the rest of the land is related to the survival of the clan, and it is urgent to seek the rest of the land, even if it is stealing, he has to steal it, anyway, he has no good impression of Bai Luoyi, and he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with stealing her things.

He lurked upstream, watching from the side, staring at the flower boats below.