"Old guy, have you really made up your mind? Don't you plan to spend the New Year here with me before leaving? The days are not long, only ten days and a half."
In fact, Chen Mu also felt deeply helpless towards the stubborn old man in front of him. From the time he first met him, he had never been able to change his mind.
Wang Xuanlang shook his head at Chen Mu without any surprise.
"I have probably calculated that if I continue to stay, the time on the road will not be enough."
"Is there really no other way? Can't you squeeze in a little more time?"
"well!"
Wang Xuanlang sighed at this, and then shook his head again.
"If I can stay for a while longer, why can't I stay? I have been busy for too long in my life and have never been able to truly relax. Only the life in this city of Suzhou is quite comfortable."
Then, he turned his attention to Jiang Ergou, who was watching from the side, and reached out his hand to touch his head.
"What's more, I've got such a lazy guy, what can you do? If we don't hurry up and let him go out and practice, then he won't have much future in his life."
Ergou actually hates people touching his head, but unexpectedly this time he didn't dodge, he just muttered angrily.
"Old man, you can leave as soon as you want, but you always blame me for everything! I don't want to take the blame!"
After hearing Jiang Ergou's words, Wang Xuanlang immediately rolled his eyes and pretended to be angry.
"You idiot, aren't you lazy enough? In my opinion, you are no different from that pig that knows how to eat and sleep. In fact, let me tell you, calling you a pig is just flattering you."
In response to this, Ergou was immediately speechless. He had been called a lazy man so many times by the old man that he really felt like a lazy man. But in fact? Hehe! He was really a complete lazy man.
Chen Mu found this scene of his old friend scolding his apprentice very interesting, so he said with a smile.
"Young boy, actually! Don't blame your master. Reading is also helpful for practicing martial arts. I think your master studied with me for three years. You have to understand the truth that everything in the world is connected.
, if you can grasp the essence of it, you can read a first-class article even if you read!"
At this point, I have to tell the truth again. In fact, there is no problem in letting Ergou do anything else. Even the extremely boring practice on the surface is something he is willing to do from the bottom of his heart. Who asked him to hide a sword?
What about the dream of being a fairy? But just studying alone was the last thing he wanted to face.
"Old man Chen, I'm about to leave. Could you please stop being so verbose as my unlucky master? I've been forced to read for as long as I've been living here with you. Haven't you tortured me enough?
?”
Chen Mu looked at Ergou's indescribable expression and laughed.
"Well, in that case, I won't talk nonsense anymore. I just hope that Er Gouzi will step into the realm of a first-class swordsman like your master soon."
After hearing Chen Mu's words, Ergou's expression turned from sunny to gloomy.
"Hey, hey, old man Chen, I just said these words to you, and I think you can speak."
After that, Ergou couldn't help but turn his eyes to the little girl Chen Xici who had lost her face since she got up early in the morning. He didn't know who made her so unhappy.
In fact, Ergou himself didn't know how to deal with this little girl. Although the little girl Chen Xici looked sweet and gentle, Ergou regarded her more as a younger sister, probably.
The heroine Qin whom he met for the first time occupied too much place in his heart.
"Xici, I will come back to see you in the future. If there is a chance, I will take you to see the world where your parents are!"
Chen Xici's depressed face improved a little after listening to Jiang Ergou's words.
"What does it mean to have a chance? You must come back and take me to see it! If you dare not come, I will remember you forever!"
The little girl's words caused sweat to break out from Ergou's back. It seemed that it was very painful to be missed by such a cute little girl.
"That won't happen. It won't happen. I will definitely come back and take you walking across the river.
Of the lake!”
Ergou quickly changed his statement, and the little girl forced herself to smile.
"You know the truth!"
"Okay, okay, it's time to leave. If we delay it any longer, we will have to stay another day."
Wang Xuanlang knew that his apprentice was thin-skinned, so he stood up in time and broke the slightly embarrassing situation.
Ergou carried the baggage, took the Kunwu knife and took one last look at the little girl Chen Xici, then turned around and left with the master. I don't know why, but in fact Ergou didn't feel very uncomfortable in his heart. Maybe it was because he was secretly doing it.
I know with feeling: I will come back to this place sooner or later.
Seeing Jiang Ergou and the others leaving, Chen Xici, who could still pretend to be happy, fell down. Old man Chen Mu, who was not very aware of his granddaughter's thoughts, naturally saw this scene in his eyes and felt in his heart
The head is still beating slightly!
"What? My little granddaughter Xi Ci has so little confidence in herself? Don't you believe that you will meet again?"
The little girl's depressed expression did not change at all.
"Grandpa, I'm worried about this, but the fortune-telling result of the young master Qingfa in Hanshan Temple said that my marriage will fall on the character "jiang"."
"Isn't this just right?"
Because the pronunciation was the same, Chen Mu didn't notice the difference in his granddaughter's words, so he asked with confusion.
"Little Master Ke Qingfa said the word "jiang" for Jiang Guizhi's nature, not the word "jiang" for brother Ergou and Sanshui Gong."
Chen Mu burst out laughing after hearing this, losing the integrity that a great scholar should have.
"My little Xici! You have to know that your Ergou brother is supposed to be Jiang Guizhi's character named Jiang!"
"real?"
The little girl's expression of surprise was beyond words, so she did not ask about the origin of why her brother Ergou had the surname Jiang instead of Jiang.
"real!!"
Hearing her grandfather's words of affirmation, the little girl immediately blushed with embarrassment. In this way, she missed the second half of her grandfather's words!
"It's just that stubborn old man! Maybe from now on, there will be no chance to see him again!"
"Let go! The most difficult word in the world is to let go!"
Looking at the direction in which Ergou and the others disappeared, the old man muttered to himself one last time.
…
After Jiang Ergou and his disciples came out of Chen Mu's yard, they went straight to the Huaihe River that runs through Suzhou and Hangzhou.
On the way, as the master, Wang Xuanlang couldn't help but laugh at his apprentice's mediocre expression, so he deliberately made a teasing noise.
"I'm talking about Er Gouzi, who do you think is more beautiful, Qin Nuxia or Chen Xici?"
"Old man, could you please stop making fun of me about this? It's all your fault! You didn't tell me clearly that there is such a marriage in Jiangnan. Now it makes me extremely uncomfortable."
"My second dog will also feel uncomfortable? I thought you would be very tolerant!"
He could see that his apprentice's nose and eyes were wrinkled, but the old man couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks.
"Old man, who can understand such a thing? Anyway, there is nothing I can do."
"How can there be no way!"
Wang Xuanlang pretended to be mysterious.
"You have?"
Ergou looked at Wang Xuanlang suspiciously, but the latter laughed very slyly.
"I said Ergou, you never thought of marrying both of them!"
Ergou's eyes lit up for an instant, but then dimmed again. The young man's state of mind was so unpredictable!
"Only you can say it! But it's not as easy as you say!"
"Hey hey black"
The old man's sly laughter did not disappear, but became even more wild!
It's not easy for you, isn't it? Men, as long as you can coax a little, you won't have to worry about your wife."
Ergou said angrily.
"Then I haven't seen how many you coaxed!"
Regarding Ergou's words that made fun of him, the old man did not
Not angry.
"You brat, how can you use your own master as a negative example?"
"What else? I have no choice here, right? Old man, I finally understand. You just had better luck when you were young and met Mrs. Kisaragi. Otherwise, even an old man like you would have a woman like you.
?”
Wang Xuanlang said with a calm expression.
"Ergou, you want to practice sword practice!"
Ergou quickly pushed his hands and said.
"Please don't, I just said it casually, but you must not take it seriously!"
"Er Gouzi, I have to say that you have no other abilities, but your ability to speak according to the current situation is really great!"
"Hahaha! That's natural."
The old man's words were obviously ridiculing, but Ergou looked very proud.
…
We walked all the way to the bank of the Huaihe River, but surprisingly, there was not a single ship sailing on the wide river. They were all parked on the bank, lined up neatly.
"Hey! There is a boatman who wants to cross the river. The price is negotiable. If it doesn't work, I can add more money! I guarantee your satisfaction!"
As soon as he reached the shore, Er Gouzi's long-hidden Jianghu aura was released, and he suddenly became extremely heroic.
"Let's go? In this weather, you still want to cross the river? Aren't you afraid of falling into the river and freezing into an ice sculpture?"
An older man stood out from the passenger ship closest to them and said.
"Boatman, do you think it can be convenient? We really have something to do and we need to cross the river in a hurry. I can add more money. Do you think ten taels of silver are enough?"
Hearing Ergou's bid, the boatman's eyes clearly flashed with excitement, but he was still not prepared to gamble with his own life!
"I say to you gentlemen, don't underestimate the Huaihe River because it is called a river. In fact, it is wider than those rivers! Besides, the snowy river, although it looks calm,
, but in fact there are a lot of ice mixed in it. If it were a big ship made of iron by the imperial court, there would be no problem sailing in the ice, but a small wooden ship like ours would be doomed if not careful!
If you lose all your belongings, you might even lose your life!"
It wasn't until the end that the boatman revealed some of his little thoughts. Ultimately, he was afraid that his employer would be robbed, but he couldn't part with the ten taels of silver.
"Two guests, I have an idea here. Do you want to listen to it? After listening, we will make a decision. We only need to wait one night. According to my many years of sailing experience, it will be snowy later this time.
It will stop, let’s let it melt overnight, and we can cross the river early tomorrow morning!”
Ergou didn't take the danger mentioned by the boatman to his heart. He felt that with the old man as a first-class man around, there was nothing to worry about falling into the river!
"Hey! I won't say any more. In short, fifteen taels of silver! Are you leaving or not?"
Before Ergou finished speaking, the boatman's expression became even more excited, but his many years of sailing experience told him that something would happen if he sailed out like this, so he was still not prepared to take them across the river.
"Hey, hey, you two guests, it's not that I'm afraid of death, but life is more important than a dozen taels of silver."
"Ergou, why do you bother them?"
Wang Xuanlang saw that Mr. Jiang Ergou could not reach a result through negotiations, so he did not intend to continue discussing with those nagging boatmen. If he continued, he would only be wasting more money on his own side!
After Wang Xuanlang said those powerful words, he stood on the shore with his hands behind his hands. When he was about to set off, he discovered his apprentice who was standing aside in a daze.
He had no choice but to free up one hand to lift Jiang Ergou.
After the old man grabbed Jiang Ergou, the long sword he carried on his back suddenly unsheathed, automatically suspended on the soles of his feet, and he rode away across the entire Huaihe River!
The other boatmen who heard the fierce sound of water hurriedly ran out of the cabin, but unfortunately they could only see the backs of the master and apprentice!
Of course, among these people, except for the boatman who was crawling on the ground and shouting that the immortal was coming to the world, he was the only one who saw Ergou and the others crossing the river with their swords.
The grace of the swordsman! It should be so intoxicating!