Relief

The young man took out the saber to observe it, but didn't find anything unique, so he returned it to Xie Zhixu.

"That's right, I have been studying martial arts outside the pass for more than 1 years. I became a teacher two years ago, and I am invincible outside the pass." All in the Central Plains, only by defeating the famous masters of the Central Plains one by one, can I become No.[-] in the world."

Xie Zhixu came to his senses: "Oh...so you came to challenge Chunlei Swordsman?"

The young man raised a finger: "That's right, that's it! I went all the way south along the canal. I went to Jiangling Mansion first. I heard people there introduce the Spring Thunder Swordsman, and then I made my way to Suzhou City."

"Jiangling Mansion?"

The young man glanced sideways: "No way, brother, it seems that you are not from the martial arts world, and you have never even heard of Gui Yi Village in Jiangling Mansion? It is rumored that Gui Yi's swordsmanship is invincible in the world. I originally planned to challenge Gui Yi directly in order to improve efficiency. Sword, it’s good to travel around after finishing fighting. Unexpectedly, Gui Yizhuang changed owners a few years ago, and now that one has not yet rectified its name in the Tao. I have no choice but to take the next best thing and challenge them one by one. "

Xie Zhixu let out a blunt "huh", he lived in seclusion in Qiongshan Mountain with his teacher, and did not ask about martial arts for a long time.

They waited by the wall for a while, when footsteps came from the alley.

Xie Zhixu looked over immediately, but the young man was lazily motionless.

It turned out to be a peddler, carrying two buckets, the front and the back. The front one was covered with a lotus leaf as a cover, and hot air overflowed from the four corners.

"Let's have a bowl of glutinous rice balls with distiller's lees, sesame red beans, osmanthus with nuts, date paste bean paste..."

The young man's stomach growled in response to the occasion.

"Wait, I'll have a bowl!" The young man stretched out a thin handle from his fur jacket, holding a few copper coins in his palm, the palm color was pale, and the palm lines were light.

Xie Zhixu glanced at it, and knew it was bad luck palmistry. There used to be an uncle at home who knew how to read palmistry, and he also taught him a few words.

Maybe it was a sick one.

The salesman lifted the lid of the lotus leaf, and the white heat immediately rose and overflowed. There were several glutinous rice balls rolled in the noodle soup, some were white and tender, and some were light pink.

"I want a jujube paste." The young man looked at the shopkeeper with great interest and picked out a porcelain bowl, filled him with pink glutinous rice balls, and ordered a few cherries in it, piled bright red on the snow-white side of the bowl, and looked attractive.

While eating, the young man sighed to Xie Zhixu: "I didn't bother to eat lunch because I was waiting for this escort chief Su. I was really starving to death. Sigh, life is not easy when you are away from home."

Xie Zhi humbly said, seeing that your fur coat is of extraordinary value, you must not come from an ordinary wealthy family, why don't you have a book boy servant who runs around to serve you?

But he still said politely: "Brother Tai, in order to become number one in martial arts, his heart can be used as a lesson."

With glutinous rice balls in his mouth, the young man said, "Hey, if you ask me, the Central Plains people are really inefficient. Why don't you hold a martial arts competition every year, and whoever wins the first round will win, saving me from running back and forth."

The salesman put the copper coins in a row in his palm, raised his head and said, "Guest officer, there is only one coin missing."

The young man's hand holding the bowl retracted into his fur coat, and took a couple of taps.

youth:"……"

Shopkeeper: "???"

The young man's expression suddenly became a little indescribable, and he raised a silver ingot: "There is no change."

Shopkeeper: "Guest officer, even if I pay this stall to you, I won't be able to make any money."

The young man drank the noodle soup in one gulp, put the bowl into the peddler's hand, and patted the back of his hand hahaha: "It's just a penny, little brother, meeting is fate, hahaha."

The salesman held the bowl: "..."

Xie Zhixu handed over a penny, and the peddler thanked him for accepting it, and left with the load.

The young man finally stood up and looked at Xie Zhixu at the same level, his pale cheeks were a little rosy from eating and drinking: "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much, I won't be able to mess around if the news about not paying for meals gets out. It's called Yueguanshan, what's your last name, little brother?"

"Thank you for your surname, thank you for your surname."

"oh oh."

Ziqi fell silent.

Xie Zhixu stared at the cracks in the cobblestone road in front of him, regretting his stupid decision to stand and wait for others. Everyone else had finished their simple meal, and the master of the Su family hadn't come back yet.With this time, he went in early to find Ni Tang's acquaintances when he was working, and worked out some clues to the case.

Although Yueguanshan looked quite cheerful, he was not familiar with Xie Zhixu and couldn't find a topic to talk about.

After a while, Yue Guanshan suddenly said, "Brother Xie, do you have a place to stay in the city? If it's convenient, I'll ask you to pay back the money?"

Xie Zhixu quickly waved his hand: "It's just a piece of paper, brother Yue, meeting is fate."

This was borrowing Yueguanshan's words, both of them laughed, and the atmosphere finally became more lively.At this time, footsteps came from the alley.

It's not a person kicking with his front and back feet alone.It is a group of people walking.

Yue Guanshan stood up straight with his back leaning against the wall, and looked towards the entrance of the alley.

The leader is a middle-aged man with a long beard, broad shoulders and broad back, with hair tied and crowned, wearing a skirt inside and a cardigan outside, dressed as a scribe, supporting an old lady sideways, and several servants follow on both sides .

There was an old nanny beside the old lady, Xie Zhixu saw it at a glance, and wondered if this was the nanny in charge.

However, before he could take any action, Yue Guanshan had already jumped to the middle of the road with quick eyes and hands, and stood in front of the middle-aged scribe, and startled both the scribe and the old lady with a cry.

"I am Yueguan Mountain in Liangzhou. I have heard the name of Chunlei swordsman for a long time. Today I am here to ask for advice on sword skills. Please enlighten me!"

The middle-aged man was probably Su Jinglei. Although he was caught off guard by the sudden situation, he did not deny his name as a swordsman.

The old lady touched her heart: "Ouch, ouch... what's going on... ouch..."

Su Jinglei and the old nanny hurriedly supported the old lady from left to right.

"Mother, don't worry, wait for your son to ask clearly."

That's what he said, but Su Jinglei looked at Yueguan Mountain, his eyes had calmed down, he clearly understood the situation in front of him, and then turned his head to look at Xie Zhixu: "You are here too—"

Xie Zhixu immediately took a step back: "I'm not, I'm just passing by." Incidentally, he hid his saber behind his back.

Just kidding, as far as his three-legged cat kung fu is getting weaker and weaker these few times, the first trick to walking the rivers and lakes is to detour when encountering fights.

Although Yueguan Mountain has a sick physique no matter how you look at it, the aura of challenging others is quite strong. The fur on the fur coat is windless and automatic, forming an aura around him that idlers should not get close to.

"I am the only one who challenges you. If you want to become No. 1 in the martial arts world in Yueguan Mountain, I ask the swordsman to draw his sword!"

Su Jinglei said: "I'm sorry little brother, I've already washed my hands."

Su Jinglei clasped his fists together, and led Yueguan Mountain to look at the steel knife stuck in Shi Yazi's mouth at the gate of Su's house: "Since I resigned from office and returned home two years ago, Chunlei Knife has been sealed into a stone, and I have made a vow to hope for the rest of my life." Su Xiang listens to the rain and stops licking blood. Little brother, let's find another master."

The old lady clutched her heart and grabbed her son's arm: "Son, don't fight, talk well if you have something to say, don't touch your hands..."

Su Jinglei hugged his wife with his backhand.

Yueguan Mountain's fur stopped automatically without wind, and the rosiness on his face also faded.

"What are you doing?" Yue Guanshan was very dissatisfied.

Su Jinglei apologized again, and helped his old lady up the steps of Su's house.

"and many more!"

"and many more."

Xie Zhixu and Yue Guanshan shouted at the same time.

Xie Zhixu quickly glanced at Yueguan Mountain, took a step forward and said: "Master Su, I am bothering you." Turning to the nanny next to the old lady, he said: "The next fellow, named Ni Tang, heard that in Guizhou She is working in the government, and news from her hometown has come to her, and she wants to meet her."

The old lady narrowed her cloudy eyes and murmured, "Ni...Tang?"

The nanny seemed to be about the same age as the old lady, but she was much more capable, and her thinking was very clear. She quickly replied: "This young master is talking about Haitang. He was indeed a maid in the mansion, but he quit his job not long ago."

Xie Zhixu: "Has she always stayed in the Su Mansion? Is there any place she frequents in Suzhou City? Do you have any second or third acquaintances?"

The mother thought for a moment: "Haitang has been in the mansion for more than ten years, and has a good relationship with the servants. Why do you ask such details?"

The old lady finally finished her memory and opened her eyes: "...Haitang, I often go to Taihu Lake..."

The nanny echoed: "Yes, she was originally a maid raised by the Liang family in Taihu Lake. She has worked in our house for ten years, but she still runs to the Liang family every three days. The maid also loves to cling to the powerful... Su Jinglei took a look and stopped talking: "What else does that young master want to ask?"

Xie Zhixu remembered what they said just now, and asked again: "Who did Haitang have any grudges with in Suzhou?"

Now Nanny and Su Jinglei are a little vigilant.

"What do you mean?"

Xie Zhi hurriedly explained: "You said that she quit her job a few days ago, but I didn't see her in my hometown, so I was afraid that something was delayed on the way."

Xie Zhixuan was still thinking about it, he had a bad intuition to tell the Su family about Ni Tang's death, it would only add trouble to others, it might cause vigilance, and he would not be able to ask the news.

"Probably not," Mammy thought for a while, "Begonia is quite slippery, so it's not easy to offend others."

Xie Zhixu said sincerely: "Thank you for letting me know."

They asked back and forth for a long time, and Yue Guanshan listened silently without interrupting. After the question was over, he said to Su Jinglei: "Swordsman, I have come all the way to the Central Plains to ask for martial arts. Tell me to return empty-handed, are there any famous masters around here, can you recommend one or two?"

Xie Zhixu could tell from Su Jinglei's expression that he was also struggling with Yueguanshan's sickly appearance and aggressive fighting behavior.

In Xie Zhixu's impression, the bodyguards all had leopard heads, ring eyes, swallow jaws and tiger beards. Even if Su Jinglei wore scribe's robes after retiring from the military, it still couldn't hide his big waist and round figure.

A thin and pale warrior like Yueguanshan is indeed rare.

Su Jinglei frowned, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Taihu Liangjiazhuang, Liang Zhengfu, Liang Zhen and his son are unparalleled in martial arts with swords, swords and guns. If the little brother can beat them, he must be invincible in the Jiangnan area."

Is it the Taihu Liang family again?Xie Zhixu moved his ears.

There were two blushes on Yueguanshan's face, probably the blood was on his head again, and the fur jacket made of the fur of an unknown animal flew up again, and the orange-red fur tips danced vigorously amidst the sound of hunting.

The author has something to say: Every chapter has the author’s words to say, is it too noisy, but the glutinous rice balls Ah Mai still likes fresh meat fillings, and the comments like the angelic style of sweet beans (although the teachers can speak freely, please stand-alone The author really needs comments and encouragement)