[Yi Tian] It's not easy to be famous and decent

Early the next morning, Mo Shenggu hurried to Hangzhou with his lightsaber and a letter written by Boss Du to the owner of the pawn shop.With Wudang's name and Boss Du's face, Mo Shenggu soon met the pawnshop boss.Boss Wang exchanged pleasantries with Mo Shenggu, then called the shopkeeper, and reported to Mo Shenggu the ins and outs of the business that day.

The shopkeeper, surnamed Hu, was an old man who was transported to the pawnshop cabinet. He was standing respectfully in front of Mo Shenggu at this time, and after a little thought, he said, "I still remember that the guest came to pawn the sword on the fourth day after the winter solstice." , At that time, it snowed heavily in the city for several days in a row, and the sky just cleared up, this sword was our pawn shop's first transaction of the day."

"The fourth day after the winter solstice? It's been a month since now," Mo Shenggu pondered for a while, and asked, "Could the shopkeeper remember it wrong?"

Shopkeeper Hu smiled proudly, and replied: "Mo Qixia, what we rely on in our business is eyesight and memory. If the villain can't even remember these little things, the boss should let the villain pack up and go home." Already!"

Mo Shenggu nodded, and said politely: "It's a very important matter, please remember who is the sword here?"

Shopkeeper Hu pondered for a moment, and Fang said: "It's a woman, I've never seen it before. The clothes on her body look very tight, but the accent is from our Hangzhou city. It doesn't look like a good family."

Mo Shenggu trembled all over, and unconsciously straightened his back. "What do you mean?"

"That woman speaks bewitchingly, and walks erratically, she is not a serious person at first sight." Shopkeeper Hu's answer is very sophisticated, "This sword is extremely sharp, it is a rare treasure, but she doesn't know it at all. In her hands, it’s hard to tell. The villain casually reported five taels of silver, and she was so happy that she pawned the sword in a hurry, and didn’t even take the pawn ticket with her.”

"So, the shopkeeper doesn't know her surname or where she lives?" Mo Shenggu couldn't help asking.

Shopkeeper Hu nodded apologetically.

"If we see her again, will the shopkeeper be sure to recognize her?" Mo Shenggu asked again.

"No problem at all!" Shopkeeper Hu said decisively.

"Okay!" Mo Shenggu smiled brightly, and said, "Please tell the shopkeeper about her age in detail, even if I search Hangzhou City, I will find her!"

As soon as Mo Shenggu finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion outside the door, and a voice sounded anxiously outside: "Master, the master is seeing a guest, it is inconvenient to talk about things now, sir, please wait!"

"Go away!" With an angry shout, the door was kicked open, and a young man about 27 years old rushed in angrily.

Boss Wang, who was sitting by the side, jumped up when he saw the person coming, and said angrily: "Presumptuous! How dare you intrude when you have a distinguished guest?"

The young man showed no signs of fear. He glanced back and forth between Boss Wang and Shopkeeper Hu's face twice, and suddenly said softly, "It just so happens that everyone is here, so it saves me a lot of work!"

When Boss Wang heard this, he became even more angry. He pointed at him and said, "Nizi! I'm your father, why are you talking to me like that?"

The young man sneered, and said: "So you still remember that you are my father, but I thought you were only my second brother's father!" As soon as the young man said this, Boss Wang suddenly felt ashamed. "I have worked hard for the pawn shop. It has been ten years, and my father has never praised me. But now he has given the key to the warehouse to the second brother, and even the shopkeeper Hu has given the second brother to help. Dad still has me in his heart This son?"

Seeing the eldest son speak so impolitely, Boss Wang's guilt disappeared, and he just shouted loudly: "Nizi! Nizi! Your second brother has been weak and sick since he was a child. As an elder brother, you don't have any kindness. How can this family Leave it to you? When I die, can you still accommodate your second brother?"

When Mo Shenggu saw that they were arguing about housework, he was going to get up and leave, but after hearing what Boss Wang said, his heart moved, and he didn't leave.

Hearing his father's accusation, the young man said angrily: "How unfair is Daddy? My second brother is weak and sick. Have I ever said a word to the doctor over the years?"

"How can you speak?" Boss Wang snapped.

When Boss Wang said that, even Mo Shenggu felt it was wrong.The young man only had a slightly sad expression, obviously he was used to his father's eccentricity. "If I hadn't traveled all the way from Wudang to invite Dr. Xue, the second brother would not be alive today. Now that the second brother is in good health, I, as the eldest brother, can be regarded as benevolent! Unexpectedly, it is my father who can't tolerate me because of the second brother. This elder brother! Since this is the case, I don’t have to stay in front of my father to make fun of myself, let’s separate!”

Boss Wang was furious when he heard the phrase "split family", and shouted repeatedly: "Nizi! You want to separate the family before I die? You are hoping for my death!"

Even shopkeeper Hu came to persuade him: "Master, the boss is still alive, so you must not mention the separation! It will poke someone's spine!"

The young man was obviously determined, and he only replied: "Master Hu, Daddy must leave the pawnshop to the second brother. The second brother is going to marry your daughter again. After the family is divided, you will be a serious father-in-law." My lord, don't look at people's faces any more. I am separating from my second brother, you should be very happy, why should you persuade me?"

Shopkeeper Hu's face was half red and half white when he was blocked by the young man's words, and it took a long time for him to cry out with tears in his eyes: "Master..."

Boss Wang's face flushed red and his chest heaved unsteadily. After a while, he stroked his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a hateful voice: "Since you have different ambitions, I can't keep you. Tomorrow, I will invite the patriarch, Open the ancestral hall and separate the family!"

In the end, the word "separate family" was said very emphatically, and it exploded in the young man's ears like a thunderbolt, and his expression was momentarily dazed.However, this daze was only for a moment. After a while, he calmed down and said to Boss Wang: "Thank you, Daddy, for your success!" After finishing speaking, he walked out without looking back.

With Boss Wang's eldest son making such a big fuss, Mo Shenggu couldn't stay for a long time, so he asked shopkeeper Hu to draw a portrait of a woman who is a sword, and then left the pawn shop.Since shopkeeper Hu said that the woman who pawned the sword was not a good family, Mo Shenggu knew that he might have to search for the big and small goulan in Hangzhou city, and if he got it to the pawnshop, he asked the two men with bamboo sticks sitting across the street Beggars go.

The two beggars were still wounded, when they saw Mo Shenggu, a martial arts man with a long sword coming towards him, their faces immediately became defensive, until they saw Mo Shenggu showing them the portrait, asking for information , I was relieved.The two beggars didn't recognize the person in the portrait, but they still pointed out to Mo Shenggu the locations of the large and small Goulan in the city of Hangzhou.Mo Shenggu knew that the members of the Beggar Sect were always well-informed, so he handed the portrait to them and said: "I am in a hurry to find someone, and I ask the brothers from the expensive gang to help. As long as I can find someone, I will definitely reward you with a lot of money!" Throw in a silver ingot.

Those two beggars probably weighed no less than 50 taels of silver ingots, and they immediately smiled and asked, "I don't know what to call you? If you find someone, where should you go?"

Mo Shenggu clasped his fists in a salute, and declared himself his family. "I'm in Moshenggu, Wudang, and now I'm staying in room No. [-], Tianzi, at Yuelai Inn in the city."

When the two beggars heard about Mo Shenggu's identity, their expressions paused, and then their smiles became more courteous, they nodded and bowed their heads and said: "So it's Mo Qixia of the Wudang School, I have admired him for a long time!"

Mo Shenggu was used to the shock when people in the Jianghu knew his identity, and he didn't doubt him, so he just asked: "You two know that in the past few months, have any people in the martial arts with a face come to Hangzhou?" In the city?"

The two beggars looked at each other and shook their heads tacitly.

Mo Shenggu was not discouraged either, he just said "Thank you" and went to the biggest brothel in Hangzhou.

After searching for it, they found it at night. Seeing that a prostitute came to the brothel and the bustard could no longer take care of him, Mo Shenggu had no choice but to return to the inn.Unexpectedly, when he entered the tavern downstairs of the inn, he saw the eldest son of Boss Wang, whom he had met in the morning, getting drunk in the tavern.I saw him pouring the wine in the jug down his throat desperately, and said drunkenly while drinking: "Adan, daddy kicked me out of the house! Do you know? He actually kicked me out... I just said in the morning that I want to separate , he will drive me away this afternoon! Daddy treats me unfairly! I don't accept it! I don't accept it!"

The long follower named A Dan beside him heard the tears rolling down, but had no choice but to keep persuading him: "Master, drink less! Master..."

Mo Shenggu heard a thought in his ear, so he called Xiaoer and threw him a small piece of scattered silver. He glanced at the young man's table and asked, "What's the matter?"

Seeing Mo Shenggu's generosity, the waiter talked endlessly about the family affairs of the pawn shop.This matter caused a great commotion in the city of Hangzhou today, and it can be said that everyone knows it. "The old man is the eldest son of the boss of Yunlai Pawnshop Wang. He came out to do business with his father when he was young. Now the pawnshop is mostly supported by him. There is also a young brother who is seven or eight years younger than him in his family. Coincidentally, the creditor came to the door, and the fetus was gassy, ​​and he was always weak and sick. Unexpectedly, Boss Wang changed his luck when the child was born, and the business grew bigger and bigger, so he has always been ashamed and loved this little son. Two years ago The youngest son suffered from the cold and was about to go to a funeral, so Boss Wang looked sad. In order to save his younger brother, the uncle of the Wang family traveled all the way to Wudang to invite a famous doctor. Dr. Xue was very skilled in medicine. He not only cured the cold, but also He also cured his second brother's chronic illness. The old man of the Wang family is filial, and he did his best to seek medical treatment for his younger brother in order to please his father. How could he have brought disaster on himself! The older Mr. Wang is, the more confused he is. Seeing his younger son's body If you are well-raised, you must give the family business to the younger son, and let the elder son leave the house. The younger son has been a medicine jar since he was a child, and he runs a pawnshop business, does he understand?"

As soon as Xiaoer finished speaking, several guests in the tavern echoed, one of them said: "Then the Wang family is capable and filial, Boss Wang is blinded by lard!" Another said: "The old and the young are orderly, that is to say again. If you like the younger son, you can't go over the elder son. Boss Wang is doing this to make their brothers divorced! Confused! Confused!"

Mo Shenggu was startled, he quickly took a sip from his wine glass, and said with a forced smile, "Maybe this young son is really talented?"

One of the elderly men immediately replied: "If he is really capable, he should be given the capital and let him go and set up a family. If he succeeds, it will be the prosperity of their royal family; if it fails, how can he be a big brother?" Taking a bite of my younger brother's food? Now I want to take away the title of eldest brother and give it to my younger brother. Leaving aside the hard work of elder brother these years, their brother's renunciation is the way to bring disaster!"

In Mo Shenggu's heart, there were so many mixed feelings that he couldn't tell. He couldn't help turning his head to look at the Wang's eldest son at the opposite table. The young man was drunk and fell asleep on the table, his brows were tightly knit as if there was endless anger in his chest unspeakable.For some reason, Mo Shenggu's heart ached because he thought of Song Qingshu, thinking of the day before his disappearance, he said with a cold and tired expression: "Wuji's talent is far above mine, Wuji is taking care of me, what should I do?" Don't worry any more!"

"Qingshu..." Mo Shenggu couldn't help but shouted while looking at the endless void outside the window.Qingshu, where are you?

Mo Shenggu was in a daze, when two more people came from outside the tavern, one was dressed as a servant in green clothes and a hat, the other was a woman with a gloomy and haggard look, this person was Xiu Niang.The servant's eyes lit up when he saw the long sword on Mo Shengu's table, he quickly helped Xiu Niang to come forward, and asked respectfully, "But the Wudang sect Mo Shengu Mo Seven Heroes?"

Mo Shenggu was stunned, and only said: "It's right here."

As soon as this statement came out, the servant immediately showed joy, and hurriedly said: "The villain is Boss Du's servant, and the woman next to the villain has a lot to do with the person Mo Qixia wants to find."

Mo Shenggu immediately stood up, grabbed Xiuniang's wrist, and looked her up and down.Mo Shenggu was old in the rivers and lakes, so he could tell at a glance that Xiu Niang was not from a good family, so he said in a low voice: "Follow me! Let's go upstairs!" After saying that, he pulled Xiu Niang hard and walked to his guest room.

It turned out that Song Qingshu was going to the beggar gang to seek revenge that day, and left a letter asking Xiuniang to go to Boss Du and ask Boss Du to send her to Wudang.Xiuniang was afraid that the beggar gang would cause trouble later, so she took the letter to Boss Du's cloth village as she said.However, after that night, she never heard any news about Song Qingshu from the Beggar Clan. She cared about Song Qingshu's life and death, and refused to leave Hangzhou no matter what.It just so happened that Boss Du went to Wudang with his lightsaber again. Boss Du's servants didn't dare to embarrass this distinguished guest, so they had to let her go.They didn't rush to bring Xiuniang to look for Mo Shenggu until they received a letter from Feige from Boss Du on Wudang Mountain, telling his subordinates to treat him well after seeing Mo Shenggu.Before finding Yuelai Inn, they had already found four inns.

Hearing Xiuniang tearfully tell the story of her acquaintance with Song Qingshu, Mo Shenggu's complexion changed several times, and he said slowly: "Sworship with a prostitute, stand out for a prostitute, Wudang prestige, chivalry... Good! Good!" He said His eyes became hot instantly, and he said sadly, "Qing Shu, well done! As expected, you are my Wudang disciple!" He took a few breaths, tried to calm down, and then cupped his hands to Xiu Niang, "So, After that night, the girl never saw Qing Shu again, nor did she hear from him?"

Xiuniang nodded with tears in her eyes, and answered with a sob: "No, there is no more news about him! The next morning, I asked Uncle Chang to go to the Beggars' Gang to inquire about the news. I took advantage of the night to look one by one, and I saw Lai San and his three beggar brothers, they were the ones who killed Ruan Niang. But there was no Little Brother B, and I never saw him again..."

If you don't see a dead body, you're not dead yet!Mo Shenggu's heart relaxed, and he let out a long sigh: "The whereabouts of Qingshu seems to be on the head of the beggar gang, thank you for your guidance!" Then he turned to the servant and said, "Since Qingshu Entrusting this girl to Wudang, I, Wudang faction, will naturally take the responsibility. But now I can’t do the same thing, so I would like to ask Boss Du to help me send this girl to Wudang as soon as possible, Wudang is very kind!"

The servant said respectfully: "What did Mo Qixia say? My master and Song Shaoxia have a fateful friendship. Song Shaoxia is so chivalrous, and I admire him very much. Now that he has the opportunity to be attached to Zhu Weiji and be honored, how dare he accept it?" A thank you from Mo Qixia?"

Mo Shenggu smiled wryly, in the past he always hoped that Qing Shu would live up to the name of Wudang and be a hero when he grew up, but now he would rather that Qing Shu could sit beside him peacefully and laugh with him.Thinking of this, he couldn't help shaking his head slightly, and said warmly to Xiu Niang: "If you have relatives and friends who want to go to Wudang with you, you can also go with you."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion downstairs, and a strong male voice sounded from downstairs: "Mo Qixia, Ge Changgeng, the eight-pocket elder of the beggar gang, is here to pay a visit, please meet me!"

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Mo Shenggu: Have you seen my nephew?

Beggar disciple: Damn!A small one just left, and another old one came!

Elder Ge: Let me go!

Mo Shenggu: ...