He stood up and left, seemingly unable to sit down for a moment.
It was strange to be able to sit down. He had just helped Ye Rongqiu win a game, and he was filled with a sense of superiority. He felt at ease after eating two steaming bowls of beef noodles. He didn't expect that he was pretending to lose on purpose. He felt that the two bowls of beef noodles had begun to churn in his stomach, and he would vomit them out if he didn't leave.
"Xiao Ding, where will we pick you up tomorrow, Chunhua Building?" Ye Rongqiu said through gritted teeth.
Ding Xiaodao had already walked outside the door, turned around and frowned and shouted: "Xiao Ding? You actually called me Xiao Ding. Do you know that I am several years older than you?"
"I know, but I don't want to call you eldest brother, otherwise I will call you old soon. Besides, the name Xiao Ding is so nice and cute, right? Uncle Heng?" Ye Rongqiu smiled proudly and turned around. Ask the old man in gray.
The old man in gray clothes stroked his white beard, nodded and said with a smile: "Xiao Ding is a very good name!"
"Humph!" Ding Xiaodao turned around and gave a kick, then suddenly jumped up like a flying crane. After two or three rises, he disappeared. He didn't know whether he was extremely angry or just wanted to regain some face, but he used his supreme lightness skill and disappeared like flying smoke.
"Tomorrow at noon, we will wait outside the city, under the white clouds, in the green pavilion..." Ding Xiaodao's voice came from afar.
Ye Rongqiu smiled, what a beautiful smile!
The third day of the twelfth lunar month
Sunny, cloudy.
Outside Luoyang City, beside the Fangcui Pavilion.
There is a carriage parked on the official road. It is said to be a carriage, but in fact it looks like a house because it is too big. If it were not slightly shorter, it would seem to be about the same size as the Fang Cui Pavilion next to it. The car window was open, Ye Rongqiu stuck his head out, looked at a person on the pavilion and smiled: "The pavilion is originally used to enjoy the shade, why do you insist on sitting on the pavilion? Could it be that Miss Chu'er didn't drink with you last night? Are you sulking?"
"Humph, I just climbed up to a higher place to see if there was any liquor seller passing by." Ding Xiaodao rolled his eyes at him. "Because if you don't come, I will die of thirst." After saying that, he flew up like an eagle, changed his body shape in the air, spun down like a top, and landed in front of Ye Rongqiu.
"Great Qing Gong! It turns out that if you want to practice Qing Gong well, you should always climb to high places. Alas, I must have chosen the wrong method when I was a child. I wish I had met you earlier." After saying this, he laughed until his shoulders shook wildly.
"Little Ye Zi, it's time to hit the road." Sitting in the driver's seat was the old man in gray. He looked back at Ding Xiaodao and said with a smile: "Xiaoxia Ding, please get in the car!"
Ding Xiaodao was no longer polite. He hugged him briefly and got into the carriage.
Ever since Ding Xiaodao got on the carriage, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, without even blinking. This carriage was too big and too luxurious.
This carriage was actually divided into two rooms in the middle. The doors of the two rooms could be used to get on and off independently. There was a window in the middle partition. The curtain had been drawn down at this time. You didn't need to look to guess that the person in the front room must be the Taoist in Qingyi.
The room they were sitting in had two benches. The benches and backrests were covered with tiger skin. The floor was actually covered with Persian carpets. There was a sandalwood coffee table in the middle of the benches. It was fixed to the car and would not shake at all. There is a tea set and an incense burner. There is sandalwood in the furnace, and the fragrance is dense. There is hot tea in the cup, steaming hot. All the space around the car is effectively used without appearing cluttered and crowded, and there are even bookcases, wardrobes and wine cabinets.
Canopy with tassels, fresh cars and angry horses. Three well-trained Mongolian horses are used to pull the cart, and you rarely feel shaking while sitting in the cart.
Ding Xiaodao was thinking about whether he should get a car like this for fun in the future, and he was lost in thought.
"Are you also thinking about getting a 'cloud car'?" Ye Rongqiu sat by the window in the middle of the carriage, and Ding Xiaodao sat at the back of the carriage. He looked at Ding Xiaodao like a worm in his stomach. He smiled and said: "If you like it, I will give it to you!"
It turns out that this car has such a nice name. Sitting in this car is as comfortable as sitting in the clouds.
Ding Xiaodao shook his head and said: "I don't want to! I don't want it either! Why do you want to give me a car?"
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he simply can't afford this "cloud cart". The Mongolian horses pulling the cart have to change horses every other section of the road. Almost every post station has its own horse. This kind of manpower and material resources is not ordinary. What people can afford. Besides, he was used to wandering around, how could he withstand such a torment.
"Because we are already friends, and friends can share anything!" Ye Rongqiu looked at Ding Xiaodao and said.
friend! What a magical word. Ding Xiaodao felt a heat in his chest. He quickly turned his head to the window and smiled lightly: "You don't understand me..."
"What if I understand?" Ye Rongqiu smiled.
"Oh, tell me." Ding Xiaodao still didn't look back.
Ye Rongqiu took out a pot of wine from a cabinet nearby, opened it, poured a glass for himself, and handed the pot to Ding Xiaodao. Ding Xiaodao turned around, took a sniff and said, "Good wine!"
Ye Rongqiu drank the wine in the cup and said solemnly: "Twenty years ago, a hero appeared in the world. He was suave and proud in the world. His name was Ye Kai, and he was the legendary swordsman who was at the peak of his power back then. He is the descendant of Bai Baiyu, but later the Shen Knife Hall was rebelled against by his brother and lover and the family was wiped out."
Of course Ding Xiaodao knew Ye Kai. There was no one in the world who didn't know the name Ye Kai.
It is said that he has obtained the true inheritance of Xiao Li's Flying Sword. Ye Kai single-handedly solved the grievances between Shen Dao Tang, Wan Ma Tang and the Ding family that had been entangled for twenty or thirty years, and also untied the shackles of hatred in Fu Hongxue's heart.
Ye Kai struck out three times, all of them saving lives. That battle back then had already caused a sensation in the world. Even Jing Wuming, who wanted to compete with Li Xunhuan, finally sighed when he saw that the people Ye Kai saved three times were even his own enemies, and sincerely admitted that he was not as good as Li Xunhuan.
"Ye Kai is your master!" Ye Rongqiu stared at Ding Xiaodao and said word by word.
Ding Xiaodao was neither surprised nor denied. He smiled lightly and said, "It seems you already know a lot!"
Ye Rongqiu blew the teacup gently and took a sip of fragrant tea. He slowly said: "Back then, the Ding family in Jiangnan was a well-known martial arts family in the world. The men all wanted to be friends with the young master of the Ding family, and the women all wanted to marry into the Ding family as their daughters-in-law. If it hadn't been for that battle..."
"The two heroes of the Ding family broke through the magic sword with two swords, and the ninety-nine and eighty-one swords were struck in an endless stream. Fu Hongxue was almost unable to fight back, and he didn't even have the chance to move the sword. But there are a few people in the world who can make Fu Hongxue Fu Hongxue's sword couldn't be pulled out, so when he pulled it out, the battle was over. When he was about to kill Ding San Shao Ding Lingzhong, Ye Kai cut off Fu Hongxue's sword with a knife and told him everything Secret." That battle was so thrilling that today, twenty years later, it still makes people's blood boil when talking about it. Ye Rongqiu's voice actually trembled. "So Ding Lingzhong is not dead."
"Ding Lingzhong is not named Ding. He is also Bai Tianyu's other son. Just like my master." Ding Xiaodao said with a sad smile. "They are all the people who were hurt by that hatred!"
Ye Rongqiu said hoarsely: "But the most innocent one is Lu Xiaojia. He is the real Ding Lingzhong, and he is the third young master of the Ding family, Ding Lingzhong, who should be envied by everyone."
This period of Jianghu past events may have been forgotten by people, but how can the parties involved forget it?
When Lu Xiaojia fell down, he looked at Ding Lingzhong and said with a bitter smile: "Your name is Ding Lingzhong. I should have been called Ding Lingzhong originally, but now Ding Lingzhong has killed Ding Lingzhong. Do you think this is funny or not?" ?”
Ding Xiaodao seemed to see the smile on Lu Xiaojia's lips when he fell, full of bitter relief.
Ye Rongqiu also seemed to see Ding Xiaodao's pain. He poured a cup of tea and put it in front of Ding Xiaodao, and then said: "Of course Lu Xiaojia is not dead, because Jing is still alive."
"Lu Xiaojia is your father!"
Ding Xiaodao could no longer hear what Ye Rongqiu was saying, and the picture in his mind flew far away, under a white cloud, beside a stream, and in front of a small courtyard. He was only twelve years old at that time.
"Lu Xiaojia is your father. Lu Xiaojia was supposed to be called Ding Lingzhong. He was supposed to be the son of a martial arts family in the south of the Yangtze River, but he could only wander around the world. He was also a brother and a friend. You should think of him as having Proud of such a father! You are a descendant of the Ding family. From now on, you will be called Ding Qi. As my teacher, I hope you know how to give up, give up illness, give up anger, give up ignorance, and give up hatred. Only with great love in your heart , Only those who understand forgiveness should practice Xiao Li's flying knife!" That day, the master gave him a knife, a three-inch and seven-minute long flying knife. "Xiao Ding, you must always remember that this knife is not used to kill people! It must not be easily seen."
"Xiao Ding..." Ye Rongqiu called softly.
Ding Xiaodao suddenly woke up from his memories. He stared at Ye Rongqiu, his eyes flashing: "Why do you know these things?"
Ye Rongqiu smiled, but then sighed: "I know a lot more! After your father was rescued by Jing Wuming, he never appeared in the world again. Until, until the Ding family was exterminated."
The Ding family in the south of the Yangtze River was a well-known family and had practiced martial arts for generations. In one night, their entire family was wiped out and their village and courtyard were completely destroyed. This case caused a sensation that year.
"All eighty-four members of the Ding family died tragically in one night, and the entire village was reduced to ashes. Of course your father had to track down the murderer. You were not yet one year old at the time, so your father entrusted you to Ye Kai. He knew This trip is extremely dangerous, of course he knows that only Ye Kai can teach you well!" Ye Rongqiu sighed: "Only you are worthy of inheriting Xiao Li's flying knife!"
Ding Xiaodao was silent for a while, then gently stroked the wooden knife in his hand and said slowly: "Have you also heard about the dragon?"
"Yes! I know that dragon has appeared, it is a green dragon." Ye Rongqiu's eyes showed fear.
