"Mo'er, what happened today? Do you have anything to say?"
Guo Mo's sudden words made Nan Xiren confused. He seemed to have something to say?
Guo Mo also drank the "Hero Drunk" in his bowl. He still liked this long-lost sweet taste. He filled the two wine bowls in front of him again before Guo Mo put down the jar in his hand.
"Four Masters, seven masters went to the desert for eighteen years because of a quarrel. After coming back from the desert, several masters helped me everywhere. This kindness and kindness cannot be repaid by my disciples."
"Here, let me serve you another bowl, and express my gratitude to you and all the masters for me and my eldest brother -"
Guo Mo picked up the wine bowl again and said solemnly to Nancy Ren.
"Mo'er, what happened? Why are you suddenly talking about this? If you don't explain what you said, how can I drink this bowl of wine?"
Seeing that Nan Xiren didn't want to hold the wine bowl anymore, Guo Mo didn't force him and drank up the wine in his bowl.
"'Hero drunk'? How many people in this world can be called heroes——"
"Fourth Master, I remember that when my disciple first became my master, you were not yet 30 years old. I don't think you are almost over fifty now. Time flies so fast."
Yes, Guo Mo was only six years old at that time. Now he is twenty-six years old and will soon be the father of five children.
Twenty years can make a child grow into an upright man, and it can also make a man gradually enter his twilight years.
"Haha, you kid, how can you never grow old? I once told your other six masters that being able to be the masters of your two brothers in this life is our greatest blessing and pride."
"Mo'er, you have a special status and a long way to go. The masters are not very capable and can't help you much. However, if you have something difficult to do, even if you tell me, the masters will never let you go -"
Hearing his apprentice's emotion, Nan Xiren was also a little sad.
Since ancient times, heroes are like beauties, and they are not allowed to grow old in the world.
Looking at the wine bowl handed to her by her apprentice again, Nan Xiren took it and drank it in one gulp.
"Good wine——"
Yes, no matter what kind of life encounters you have, you can only live up to the wine in front of you.
After two bowls of wine, Guo Mo gradually found his feeling.
"Fourth master, when we were in the desert, the fifth master and the seventh master got married and had a little junior sister Zhang Ting. This time I heard Ye Qu come back and said that after so many years, the sixth master and De'er's mother finally got married.
Come together.”
"Fourth Master, what about you? I wonder if you have a woman you like, or someone you want to be with?"
After going around in a long circle, Guo Mo finally asked what he wanted to ask today, without any hint of ridicule, and looked at Nancy Ren expectantly.
"This...hey, you, why do you think of asking these questions? I told you that the wine today tastes weird."
He was "disgusting" the wine, but his hand movements were honest. He picked up the wine jar from Guo Mo's feet and filled up the two wine bowls in front of him.
"When it comes to this matter of men and women, who has never been young? If I hadn't followed your other six masters and searched for you all over the world for a bet, maybe I, the fourth master, would have gone to Xixia——"
After drinking the wine in the bowl again, Nancy Ren said leisurely, but her eyes looked into the distance, revealing a trace of clear emptiness in the hazy state.
Is there really a story here?
Nan Xiren, who was trapped in his memories, was not aware of the gossipy thoughts of his "unscrupulous" disciple, nor did he notice that the wine in his bowl was drained and Guo Mo secretly filled it up.
It turns out that Nan Xiren was born in Lanke Mountain and grew up at the foot of Lanke Mountain since he was a child.
The so-called "eating on the mountain" means "eating on the mountain" and "draining on the water". Relying on Lanke Mountain, one naturally feeds on the green vegetation and birds and small animals in the mountain.
Nan Xiren did not grow up with his parents, or in other words, he did not know who his parents were at all. From the time he could remember, he only knew a sloppy Taoist master.
Even though he is a master, he is just a wandering Taoist, but he knows both skills.
I picked Nan Xiren out of nowhere and gave him his family's surname, naming him Nan Xiren.
Perhaps because he had been wandering in the world for too long, the slovenly Taoist set up camp here after arriving at Lanke Mountain and lived here for a long time.
At that time, Nan Xiren was only three or four years old. With the only savings of a sloppy Taoist and this rotten Keshan, the father and son did not starve to death.
When Nan Xiren was twelve years old, the sloppy Taoist disappeared.
Maybe it was because my savings were gone and I felt that I couldn't continue to support Nancy Ren, especially as a twelve-year-old boy.
As the saying goes, Xiren, who has been eating me to death since he was a child, practiced martial arts since he was a child, and ran all over the mountains, is taller and eats more than ordinary people.
The sloppy old man left, but left behind a heavy pole. He didn't know what material it was made of. Anyway, he had never seen the old man use it. Of course, twelve-year-old Nancy Ren couldn't lift it.
The sloppy old man left, but Nancy Ren stayed.
In the past few years, Nan Xiren has learned a set of palm skills and a set of knife skills from the sloppy old Taoist.
The old Taoist didn't tell him the name of this palm technique and sword technique. Maybe he didn't know which corner he found it from.
Although the sloppy old Taoist taught Nanxi Ren, he has never seen him practice martial arts on his own. Judging from his scrawny appearance, he doesn't look like a martial arts practitioner.
Their roof is on the north side of Lanke Mountain. When you go out and look south, you can see Lanke Mountain. On weekdays, he mostly goes to Lanke Mountain to practice martial arts.
Simply named these two sets of martial arts "Nanshan Palm Technique" and "Nanshan Woodcutter Technique" respectively.
She rarely used palm skills, but used a lot of knife skills. Nan Xiren didn't know how many firewood knives she used, and she took all the chopped firewood to a nearby market to sell.
In this way, Nan Xiren lived next to Langke Mountain for another eight years, and she grew into a twenty-year-old man.
Nan Xiren has good physical strength and skill. Every time she cuts firewood, she is neatly stacked. The quality and presentation are always impeccable, and she has long become the most popular in the market.
Even though Nan Xiren's life is not rich, he has been willing to help others since he was a child and hates seeing others suffer or be bullied.
When the weather is bad, or the mountains are closed due to heavy snow, Nancy Ren will secretly put a bundle of firewood or leave some food in front of the door of a farmer in need in a mountain village.
Over time, everyone knew that this was Nanshan Ren's doing, and some good people even gave him the title of "Nanshan Woodcutter" to show his high integrity.
When I was twenty years old, because I couldn't bear to see the rich man in the town robbing a common girl as a concubine, the girl he robbed was a little girl under twelve years old, and the old rich man was already in his seventies.
Nancy Ren took action angrily and accidentally killed someone.
He could no longer live in Langkeshan, so he had to leave his hometown and live in exile ever since.
Although he was forced to leave Langkeshan due to the injustice, it did not change Nan Xiren's chivalrous nature, and he also gained some reputation as a chivalrous person in just a few years.
However, Nancy Ren always maintained the appearance of a woodcutter, but after growing up, she also gained strength and was able to use the iron pole left behind by the sloppy old road.
When Nan Xiren was twenty-two years old, he accidentally walked to the border of Suzhou. Due to his personality, it didn't take long before he finally got into trouble with the local bandit leader.
Qin Wanli, the "Huahua Taisui", is actually the successor of the "Five Tigers Soul-Severing Sword".
There are several brothels, brothels, gambling dens and wine shops in the city of Suzhou. Outside the city of Suzhou, there is a large manor harboring filth and evil.
In Suzhou, Nan Xiren was provoked by Qin Wanli's men in various ways. Also bullied were an old man, a young man and a grandson.
After Nan Xiren figured out the cause and effect of the incident, he went directly to the manor of "Huahua Taisui" outside Suzhou City to ask for an explanation.
It's a pity that Qin Wanli has been operating in the local area for many years and has no less than 200 people who can fight.
After all, Nan Xiren was unable to defeat four hands with two fists, and a good tiger could not fight a pack of wolves. He was beaten seriously by Qin Wanli himself and was on the verge of death.
At the most critical moment, a woman with a veil and a veil suddenly appeared. She had quick movements. In the eyes of Nancy Ren at the time, she was really like a flying fairy on land, extremely weird.
The woman held a gleaming sword in her hand, and her moves were fierce and merciless. Qin Wanli's men were killed in the blink of an eye, more than forty of them.
Most of them were gangsters in the city. They had followed Qin Wanli over the years and just bullied the common people. But if they really encountered a tough situation, they would be the ones to be killed.
Now, seeing dead bodies all over the ground, have they ever seen such a scene?
One by one, two ducks and one duck ran away in all directions.
"Hua Hua Tai Sui" Qin Wanli, after being seriously injured by the woman's sword, endured the pain and fled.
Seeing that everyone in the manor had run away, the masked woman simply distributed the property and food in the manor to the nearby people.
As for the activities in Suzhou city, if Qin Wanli could not protect himself, he would have deserved to be annexed by other forces. This was originally an environment where the weak suffered from the strong.
When the masked woman was doing these things, our "Nanshan Woodcutter" had already passed out gorgeously.
There were dead bodies all over the ground, people were snatching away their belongings, and the masked woman couldn't just leave Nancy Ren here.
It was in Suzhou City that she saw Nan Xiren's righteous deeds. Judging from his attire, he was just an ordinary woodcutter, so she wanted to protect him secretly.
Unexpectedly, when she rushed to the manor outside the city, she was still a step late.
With such a big incident involving dozens of lives, the Suzhou Zhizhou Yamen naturally couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
The masked woman had no choice but to find a carriage from Qin Wanli's manor, and took the unconscious Nan Xiren all the way south to Wujiang.
For more than half a month after that, Nan Xiren recovered day by day under the care of this masked woman.
It wasn't until Nan Xiren was able to take care of herself that the masked woman chose to leave.
"Nan has no way to repay you for saving your life. It has been so many days and you still haven't asked for your name? Let Nan know who saved me so that I can repay you in the future——"
Nan Xiren grew up in the mountains and forests. She often saw trees but few people. She also had a boring temperament. It was rare for her to be able to speak so many words in one breath, and she was always stumbling when speaking.
"Forget it, you and I just met by chance. Seeing that you are young and vigorous, I helped you. I also came to Dasong to relax on a whim. I am afraid that we will never see each other again in this life. What will happen if you know my name?
"
From the accent, it doesn't sound like someone from the Jiangnan area at all. He speaks popular Mandarin, but it does have a slightly northwest flavor.
"Since you don't want to reveal your name, Nan will give you a big gift——"
Judging from the tone of the other party, it seems that she is older than herself, but her voice and figure clearly indicate that she is a young girl?
Out of gratitude to the other party, Nan Xiren didn't think much about it, but her words were much more respectful.
Seeing that Nan Xiren was really about to bow down, the masked woman hurriedly reached out to help her. Her slender hand, as white as an onion root, grabbed Nan Xiren's wrist.
During the skin-to-skin contact, the masked woman seemed to feel something was wrong and hurriedly withdrew her hand.
Nan Xiren staggered, but barely managed to avoid falling.
"In this porcelain bottle, I have left two pills for you, one black and one white. You are also a martial arts practitioner, but it is a pity that you have not learned the internal skills and mental methods."
"Black pills can be used to strengthen your body and strengthen your body, but white pills can help widen your meridians. If you have suitable internal skills and mental methods in the future, you can get twice the result with half the effort during practice."
After the masked woman finished speaking, she turned around and left.
"Girl, please leave your name and surname——"
Nan Xiren felt an inexplicable impulse. Seeing that the other party was about to leave, she no longer shouted "Your Majesty, Your Majesty", but directly addressed her as "Girl".
"Xi Xia Mu Qiu, please take care of yourself——"
After hesitating for a while, the masked woman gave Nancy Ren an answer and then walked away.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The masked woman, or Xixia Muchuu, is gone, and she has not even seen what she looks like.
Nan Xiren stayed in the inn in Wujiang for more than ten days and took white pills and black pills successively. After recovering, Nan Xiren's martial arts actually improved again.
If what the sloppy Taoist said back then was not deceiving himself, he might soon be able to break through to the third-rate realm.
Now that his body has fully recovered, Nan Xiren naturally does not want to continue living in the inn in Wujiang. When settling the bill, he was even given back dozens of taels of silver.
It seems that the masked woman saw that he was "embarrassed", so she deposited enough money in the accounting room in advance and gave him a small sum of money.
With this "huge sum of money" in hand, Nancy Ren generously bought herself a set of clothes.
Okay, it’s still a woodcutter outfit, but the material is slightly better.
Nan Xiren continued his wandering career and headed south until he reached the border of Jiaxing, where he met "Flying Bat" Ke Zhen'e and others.
We all had similar interests, and we became friends on the banks of Taihu Lake.
"Flying Bat" Ke Zhen'e, "Masterful Scholar" Zhu Cong, "Horse King God" Han Baoju, "Nanshan Woodcutter" Nanxi Ren, "Xiao Mi Tuo" Zhang Asheng, "Business Hero Hidden" Quan Jinfa, and the then only sixteen
The 20-year-old "Yue Nv Sword" Han Xiaoying.
They call themselves the "Seven Eccentrics of Jiangnan", and people in Jianghu fondly call them the "Seven Heroes of Jiangnan". Although they are informal, they act upright on big issues of right and wrong.
...
Nan Xiren leisurely told stories from many years ago, and kept drinking "Hero Drunk" from the bowl, but Guo Mo no longer filled it up for him, and just covered the bottom of the bowl every time.
good.
In Guo Mo's view, this story can only be regarded as a typical "jianghu story" and should not talk about the emotions between men and women.
But I didn't expect that it turned out to be a story that had been buried in the heart of the fourth master for many years.
"Then...did you go find the masked woman later?"
Guo Mo also drank a bowl himself. It was full. He didn't dare to let the fourth master drink more.
This is the liquor he carefully distilled. Although it may only be about thirty degrees in later generations, the problem is that the whole jar weighs five kilograms.
Even if it was pure grain wine, he was still worried about drinking the fourth master out.
"Haha, no, after getting to know my eldest brother, I realized that the kung fu displayed by the masked woman had probably reached the first-rate level, and I hadn't even entered the third-rate level back then."
Is this inferiority complex?
Although Jianghu people are first called chivalrous, their level of kung fu can always determine their status in the Jianghu.
"Fortunately, I didn't go to Xixia to look for her. After the seventh sister and the fifth brother got married, I realized that if a woman wears her hair like that, it means she is married."
Huanjun Mingzhu sheds tears. Do you wish we met before you were married?
It seems that it is really just a chance encounter.
Guo Mo couldn't explain clearly, what is the experience of the fourth master?
Even so, it was still deeply remembered by him for so many years.
Twenty-two years old, twenty-six years have passed now, and the fourth master has never had any intention of getting married. Is it possible that he still can't let go of this "relationship" that never started?
Maybe, the other party has long since forgotten.
Even if you still remember, the fourth master is already forty-eight years old, so the woman must not be over fifty?
"Then...does Master Four like Senior Sister Jin?"
Falling flowers are willing to follow the flowing water, but I wonder if your heart will follow?
"Jin Yufeng?...How does Mo'er view this matter?"
Hearing Guo Mo's question, Nan Xiren seemed to wake up instantly. She walked out of the long memories just now, and her eyes were not dimmed due to alcohol.
"My disciple feels that the Fourth Master is unmarried and Senior Sister Jin is unmarried. We are both children of the world, and we can be regarded as well-informed. If both of them are interested, it would not be a bad idea to get married."
"It's just that after listening to the story of the Fourth Master just now, my disciple wants to ask, is the Fourth Master interested in Senior Sister Jin because of her herself, or because she is also from Xixia?"
...
Guo Mo left the fourth master's yard, and even took away the remaining half of the "Hero Drunk".
He knew that this kind of thing couldn't be rushed.
I didn’t press the fourth master to give an answer. What if I just had interest in Jin Yufeng? What if I had this feeling because of the masked woman many years ago?
It is better to pity the people in front of you than to look into the distance with mountains and rivers in your eyes.
Guo Mo felt that whether it was his fourth master or Senior Sister Jin, they had all passed the age of dreaming.
Rather than living in meaningless dreams, it is better to cherish the reality in front of you.
However, there are some things that others can say, but there are some things that you can only think clearly about yourself.
The winter in Luoyang city is getting colder day by day, and it seems that before the arrival of the New Year, the greatest coldness will be released.
The palace of Prince Yan gradually became lively.
The ones who came first were naturally the ones closest, and the members of the "Yue Family Army" controlled Yue Ao.
This kid was impressed by Guo Mo's demeanor during the martial arts competition, and he always treated Guo Mo as his elder brother in his heart.
Even though he was watching the "Dunwu Army" and "Jingnan Army" constantly expanding their territory, besides being in the "Dunwu Army", he had fought several battles and had been training the army in the past few years.
However, Yue Ao did not dare to complain.
How old are you?
His Highness King Yan has handed over an army of 50,000 to his own hands, and it is directly named after the "Yue Family Army". This is completely unique in the current Song Dynasty.
If he, Yue Ao, still dares to explode the thorns, it is estimated that his father Yue Ke will be the first to come to the "Yue Family Army" and let him know the fate of an "unfilial son".
After Guo Mo and Li Mochou's wedding date was set, Li Mochou moved out of Prince Yan's Mansion and built a newly decorated house in Luoyang City.
After taking over Luoyang City from Dajin, there were naturally plenty of decent houses, not to mention that they were used as the "natal home" for the concubine of King Yan.
Xiao Longnv also followed her out. This is an authentic natal family.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Feng Heng is temporarily staying in Prince Yan's mansion. After all, she is here to take care of the pregnant Huang Rong. She will just go to Li Mochou's mansion in advance on the wedding day.
As Li Mochou's adoptive mother, she married off her daughter in a glorious manner.
As the day approached, Guo Mo's important civil and military officials also arrived one after another.
Fortunately, it is winter now, and both Mongolia and Xixia are in a cat-winter state, so the possibility of anyone raising an army is not very high.
Even so, Meng Gong and Guo Jing made arrangements respectively before leading their guards to Luoyang.
Guo Jing is Guo Mo's eldest brother. He didn't catch up with Guo Mo last time he got married on Taohua Island. This time his second brother got married again, so he had to come over to congratulate him no matter what.
Traveling with him were Guo Mo's four disciples and Liu Kezhuang, the Hebei economic and strategic envoy.
However, junior sister Zhang Ting stayed. She wanted to accompany Hua Zheng because Hua Zheng was also pregnant.
After learning about Hua Zheng's pregnancy, Master Zhebie from Zhongdu City even came here in person. He didn't even bring a single soldier, but he brought ten carts of gifts.
There was no mention of Tu Lei, and everyone understood it tacitly. If it wasn't Tu Lei, how could he give such a generous gift?
Guo Jing and the others were quite far away, so in order to take care of Liu Kezhuang, they had to leave early.
However, he only brought ten guards with him, who were responsible for running errands and so on, so there was no need to worry about safety issues.
The twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.
But old Cheng Ju traveled a long way from Lin'an to Luoyang City.
Originally, he was going to lead half of the etiquette department to Luoyang City to build the Yamen office after the spring of next year. In order to catch up with Guo Mo's wedding, he rushed over with ten guards first.
"Haha, Your Highness, I am here to witness the marriage. Without me, the Minister of Etiquette, I am really afraid that you people who are not familiar with etiquette will not understand the matter."
As soon as they met, old Cheng Jue started to rely on his old age. As the chief historian of Prince Yan's palace, Zhao Rushu didn't bother to argue with this old guy.
You like to grab work, but I still have nothing to do.
There are more and more talented people under Guo Mo's command. What Zhao Rushu feels is not jealousy, but full of happiness.
Even Zhao Rushu was touched by his hard work in the past few years. He also knew that Guo Mo was a person who valued emotions. When working with such a person, it was just a matter of heart for heart, and there was no need for any scheming or calculation.
There seem to be more people in Luoyang city, and this year's Spring Festival seems to be coming early.
At dusk on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, an inconspicuous carriage drove into the east gate of Luoyang City.
As soon as he entered the city, he was immediately greeted by two people who looked like guards.
"Master, you are here -"
"Well, do you know the place? Just lead the way there——"
The people in the carriage didn't get out of the carriage, and they didn't even lift the curtain.
Upon hearing this, the two guards got on their horses again and led the way leisurely.
Leave the East City Gate, continue walking in, bypass two streets and come to Central Street. If you continue walking north, you will reach the original palace, now the Yanwang Mansion.
This carriage was one block away from Prince Yan's Mansion, and the towering palace complex could already be seen.
The carriage turned onto a side street on the right and soon arrived in front of a newly decorated mansion.
"Master, we're here, what should we do next?"
The two guards came to the carriage again, bowed and asked.
"Take this jade pendant, go up to the door and ask them to give this jade pendant to the mistress of this house. She will understand after seeing it."
The people on the carriage still didn't get out of the carriage, they just opened the curtain a crack and handed out a fine jade pendant.
Of the two guards, one guarded the car, while the other stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker.
This is the back door of this mansion, and there are almost no people coming and going in front of it.
It was not completely dark yet, but the red lantern at the back door had already been lit.
"Pah, pah, pah—"
The guard knocked on the door knocker repeatedly. A long time passed, and it was almost time for a meal before he heard voices inside.
"Who is it? Why is there someone coming in from the back door at this hour?"
It sounded like a servant's voice, with doubts and a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
It was not long before the back door opened, and a boy in his twenties walked out, his face flushed, and the smell of alcohol coming from his nose and mouth from time to time.
It seemed that he was eating and drinking when he was disturbed by the guard's knock on the door. No wonder he was a little impatient.
Seeing that the person knocking at the door was a majestic and majestic man, followed by a carriage, and a burly man standing beside the carriage, the young man did not dare to say any weird words, but he did not show any weakness.
"Who are you? What are you doing here at our house?"
The guard took out the jade pendant given to him by the man on the carriage and handed it forward with both hands, as if he was afraid of breaking it if it fell to the ground.
"Excuse me, little brother, please go in and tell us, and give this jade pendant to your mistress. She will naturally know who we are."
Still making it mysterious?
The young man took the jade pendant and felt the coolness in his hands. The texture of the jade was extremely warm and soft, so smooth that there was no flaw. The transparent jade body seemed like green water droplets falling from the top of the cave.
What a good thing——
Although the young man could not estimate the value of this jade pendant, he also knew that it must not be ordinary.
"Later, I will show this jade pendant to my master. If she wants to see you, I will come and invite you."
Who lives in this house, the young man has a clear mind.
However, I have lived here for more than twenty days. Everyone who comes comes directly through the front door. No one has ever visited through the back door, especially at this time.
The young man also knew that his status was low. Everyone who came in and out of the house all day long was more valuable than him. Anyone who could wear such a jade pendant was definitely rich or noble.
The back door was closed again, and the boy's footsteps gradually faded away.
"Master, why hasn't anyone come to pick you up yet? Is it possible?..."
The guard standing next to the carriage is an old man from the residence of the man in the carriage. He has been with the owner for more than ten years and knows the relationship between the owner and the man in this house.
Even more than a year ago, I witnessed the quarrel between the two of them.
One ran away from home angrily, and the other has been dormant for almost a year.
"Crunch——"
After another cup of tea, the back door was opened from the inside again, and the same boy came out.
"Most of the people in our house are women. The master has said that you can only have two people in at most."
The boy spoke calmly, neither arrogant nor groveling.
It seems that after he went in to report just now, the owner of the house did not tell him who the visitor was.
"Okay, Shi Yong, just accompany me in -"
The boy's voice was not loud, but the people sitting in the carriage heard it all, lifted the curtain and leaned out from inside.
The guard standing next to the carriage hurried forward, placed the low stool on the front handlebar on the ground, and personally helped the old man out.
Yes, what came down was an old man in his sixties, slightly stout, wrapped in a thick mink fur cloak, and shivering from time to time.
Although he was wearing casual clothes, just like ordinary employees, he still showed a unique temperament.
It seems that he is really not used to the cold winter in the north.
"Master, they only let two of us in. Look -"
The guard who knocked on the door hesitated.
"Haha, Shi Gang, just stay outside and see where you can buy some food. This groom hasn't eaten or drank for most of the day. Just ask Shi Yong to accompany me in."
Shi Gang and Shi Yong are both outstanding guards in the old man's house. They are brothers, Shi Gang is the elder brother and Shi Yong is the younger brother.
"Why, are you still worried about my safety? This is the Luoyang City of the Song Dynasty, His Majesty King Yan. How can a young person show up?"
"Besides, I'm going to see my daughter, so you don't need to worry too much..."