Yu Chang nodded and said: "The Luoxia Cave is just thirty miles outside the south city. There are indeed many martial arts secrets there, and you can learn from them at will. Moreover, many wealthy disciples in Jinyu City are concentrated there. If you want to enter the Luoxia Cave, , there are only two ways, one is that you have the ability, and the other is that you have a lot of money to pay for tuition."
Song Linjie smiled and said: "Isn't that just a rat's nest of waste?"
Yu Chang nodded and reminded: "If you want to go there, I can give you the money, but don't speak so openly there."
Zhang Ling said calmly: "Don't worry, Captain Yu, I won't cause you any trouble."
Song Linjie patted his chest and said in a confident tone: "Uncle doesn't need to spend any money, we can get in by ourselves."
Yu Chang shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't underestimate Luoxia Cave. There are some people here who are very skilled. Some of the people in the previous departments and ranks came from there. As long as they are talented and knowledgeable The Luoxia Cave will take the initiative to take care of all the disciples of the poor family."
Zhang Ling said something shameless with a serious look on his face: "Have you been beaten?"
Yu Chang laughed loudly and said: "Zhang Ling, don't think that they come from a poor family and are easily bullied by others. The master of Luoxia Cave treats this group of people very dearly, and even the powerful children do not dare to mess around inside. Come."
Zhang Ling cupped his hands and said: "Then please ask Captain Yu to find someone to help us lead the way tomorrow. We don't have to worry about the expense. We are going to the academy. If we have to rely on connections to do this, we might as well just go back." Mansion."
Yu Chang nodded and said with a smile: "Since you are so confident, I won't bother you. It's getting late today. You should go to bed early. I'll ask someone to prepare a car to take you there tomorrow."
Yu Chang turned around and left. Song Linjie asked if he wanted to go back with him. Zhang Ling only said that he wanted to go around one more time. When Song Linjie left, Zhang Ling walked alone by the pond. The surrounding environment was quiet, which was a good time to regulate his breath and gain some insights.
After walking through more than half of the pond, Zhang Ling suddenly looked up and saw a pavilion near the pond in front of him that was still cooling off with lights on. When he got closer, he saw an old veteran named Gu Pinghou sitting alone in the pavilion. After drinking, Zhang Ling walked into the water pavilion. The old man who had been drinking silently looked up and saw that the person coming was Zhang Ling. He stretched out his hand to sit down.
After Zhang Ling sat down, the old man put a cup in front of Zhang Ling and poured a drink from the pot. The old man said calmly: "I only have bad tea, please make do with it."
Zhang Ling picked up the tea cup and glanced at the teapot. They were all low-quality tea sets that could be bought in the market for more than ten yuan. However, Yu Chang picked up a set that was better than this one and said with a chuckle: " It just so happens that I don’t like drinking either, so I can still handle two sips of tea.”
The old man shook the tea cup with his hand on the table, took a sip, and then said with a smile: "Then it seems that the two of us can talk."
Zhang Ling hesitated for a moment and said calmly: "I have something to ask. At the dinner earlier, senior and Captain Yu both asked me about some family matters. I wonder which old friend it is related to?"
The old man was stunned for a while, sighed, and said: "General Mingze, you should know, right?"
The old man said: "Zhang Hongshan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is also the father of the general. Zhang Shangshu took a house with two rooms. The eldest room was the Qinghe Lin family, and the general was a concubine. Once Zhang Shangshu traveled far away, the Qinghe Lin family took the opportunity to force him to death. The general's mother, the general was only twelve years old at that time. Because she couldn't stay any longer, she resolutely chose to leave the capital and later went to the army. In the military camp, young people were ordinary people, but when I saw it in the military camp, It was shuddering to see a child like that. Only later did we know what happened to the general, so we took special care of him. Although the life in the military camp was miserable, the general, who was still a child, had no complaints at all. Whenever he killed the enemy, Basically, he was at the forefront. Later, a captain at the time admired him very much and taught him to learn the art of war. The general could memorize it every time and command calmly when confronting the Mexican army. He turned defeat into victory many times when he was in desperate situations. Not to mention the countless military achievements of the general, he also became a rare first-class master by himself, and later, somehow, he became a general. He actually abducted Saintess Fanxizhai from the Jianghu sect directly."
After hearing this, Zhang Ling finally confirmed that his parents were the general and the saint. Zhang Ling continued to ask: "What happened next?"
The old man took a sip of tea and moistened his throat. It was indeed difficult for an old man to say so many words at once. The old man continued: "Zhang Ling, don't think I'm really talking about you. It's really about your appearance. You are pretty, and somewhat similar to the general's wife. Yu Chang and I thought that you were related to the general. Now it seems that we have misunderstood. As for what happened next, it is a tragedy that everyone knows. Seventeen years ago, Chen Mo The two armies were fighting, and the general and his wife went to the battlefield together. There was a decisive battle between the two sides in a place called Luping Valley. Unexpectedly, a disaster struck. The whole valley shook and the deep valley collapsed, burying the two armies. The general also died for his country. This gave us seventeen years of stability."
Zhang Ling said with emotion: "The life of the great general was indeed full of ups and downs, earth-shaking. It is a pity that this ever-victorious general died young and never saw his true face."
The old man stood up and looked at the pool, his eyes showing a bit of sadness, and his expression became darker as he bent down. He sighed: "I heard that the general still has a son alive, but I don't know where he is now?"
Zhang Ling stood up and walked to the old man's side. He also looked at the surface of the pool quietly and said calmly: "I believe he will come back, and seniors will definitely meet him."
The old man shook his head and said: "I don't want him to come to Jinyu City, a place of right and wrong. After the general left, those corrupt officials came out again. When the general stepped on Jinyu City, he brought many The man-crocodile has been offended. If he comes back now, he will be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth."
Zhang Ling smiled and said: "If he knew that seniors like you were still caring about him, he would definitely try his best even if he was an ant shaking a tree."
The old man's face covered with traces of vicissitudes of life finally showed a sliver of smile: "It's good that he has such a heart. It's already very late today, Zhang Ling, you should go back and rest."
Zhang Ling bowed deeply, watched the old man's no longer youthful figure slowly exit the water pavilion, then turned around and left with high aspirations.
After Zhang Ling left, the old man looked at the moonlight for a while, laughed at himself, packed up the tea sets that he regarded as treasures, and turned around to leave.
The night is sultry tonight, the road is very calm tonight, and even the cold-tempered person is a little moved.
