Only then did Zhuo Bufan see such a strange young man standing beside him. When he heard him calling him thirteenth senior uncle, he understood and hurriedly went over to help him up: "Du Jie, right? Senior brother has told me everything about you. Stay with me these days. There are so many fun places in the Imperial Capital."
Du Jie quickly replied: "Thank you, Uncle, but now, Uncle, you are..."
Zhuo Bufan smiled and said, "It's just a little trouble, please wait aside." After that, he turned back to his original position and said to the stunning woman, "Girl, I'm really sorry for the delay. Let's start now!"
The woman was staring at Zhuo Bufan with all her attention, and only glanced at him with the corner of her eyes when Du Jie was talking to Zhuo Bufan. However, when Du Jie announced his family name, the woman was stunned, and then showed an incredulous expression. So much so that it took Zhuo Bufan a long time before the stunning woman said anything.
"May I ask this young man his name?"
Du Jie didn't plan to say anything at first, but when he saw the woman suddenly asking him his last name, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. He blushed slightly and pointed at himself: "Is the girl asking me?"
"May I ask the young master what your name is?" the woman repeated the words again.
Du Jie had never been stared at by such a girl before. Finally, he hesitated and said: "My surname is Du."
The woman nodded and said: "Mr. Du, I hope that the next time we meet again, it will be the time when we have a good time over wine." After saying that, she turned around and said to Zhuo Bufan: "Today's gambling is over here, I will be the Seven-Colored Immortal." Give the three young masters gifts for coming to the imperial capital, but don’t treat them badly.”
Zhuo Bufan was slightly stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment before saying, "Then I will thank the girl for my three nephews."
The woman nodded, then walked to Du Jie solemnly, yawned and said, "Mr. Du, I hope we will meet again soon. The little girl's name is Ming Yuan." Then she left with the servant.
This gambling game that would cause a sensation in the imperial capital ended so casually. Wu Qi looked at Du Jie meaningfully after the woman left, and then said: "Old Qi, you are hiding your secrets. What's going on? No." Are you going to tell your third brother who this girl is?"
Du Jie blushed and replied hurriedly: "Third brother, stop teasing me. How could a rough guy like me recognize such a beautiful and fragrant woman? I have followed my master to Yashan since I returned to the Central Plains. Where are you going to meet some girl? The girl just now must have recognized the wrong person."
Wu Qi curled his lips, but didn't say anything. Instead, Kong Miaozhi, the sixth lao, said: "Maybe he is Lao Qi's admirer. It's not a bad idea to fall in love with each other for the first time." After he finished speaking, I couldn't help but giggle.
Du Jie's face became even redder after hearing this. Seeing Wu Qi and Kong Miaozhi making fun of Du Jie, Zhuo Bufan shook his head and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go back to Fengge."
On the way back, Zhuo Bufan told them that it turned out that the Jinfeng Yulu Building was not in his name a year ago. The owner was also an extremely powerful person. One day, he suddenly went to Tingfeng Pavilion to find Zhuo Bufan and wanted to buy some news. .
This news concerns some dignitaries, and the Tianji Sect has a motto: Never get involved in important national affairs. Even if the news gets into the Tianji Sect, it will never be leaked to the outside world. Zhuo Bufan was very embarrassed at the time. But this poster was also a very resourceful person, and he immediately sent a letter to Yashan. Later, Tianjisou came to the imperial capital and stayed alone with the building owner for three days. After three days, the building owner left with satisfaction, and the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Building became the property of Tianji Sect.
But Tianjisou never mentioned what happened in those three days to Zhuo Bufan.
The Jinfeng Yulu Tower has been going smoothly for a year since it became the property of Tianji Sect. Unexpectedly, such a person came today, and in the end he actually forced Zhuo Bufan out of Tingfeng Pavilion.
Wu Qi couldn't help but ask after hearing this: "Uncle Thirteenth, you have been in the imperial capital for so many years, don't you still recognize who that woman is?"
Zhuo Bufan smiled and said: "I'm not a god, so I don't know anyone personally. But I saw that the woman was extremely respectful to Du Jie. Could she be someone who has received favors from the Du family?"
Kong Miaozhi couldn't stop giggling after hearing this. Wu Qi pulled him in front of him unceremoniously and said, "Lao Liu, why are you laughing?"
Kong Miaozhi glared at Wu Qi angrily, then turned to Du Jie and said, "I'm afraid Lao Qi will have a lot of romantic encounters when he comes to the imperial capital this time. Tsk tsk, luckily I'm still young, if I were like Old I'm afraid I'll be jealous to death of being single at my age."
After hearing this, Wu Qi tried to beat Kong Miaozhi, but Zhuo Bufan stopped him, and then said helplessly: "You tease him like this every day, which makes me want to beat you. Miaozhi, do you know something?" ?”
Kong Miaozhi made a face at Wu Qi, and then said to Zhuo Bufan: "Uncle Thirteen is famous for his exquisite heart. Didn't you guess it? I don't believe it."
"Before you guys came, I was 70% sure who this person was, but when I saw her being so polite to Du Jie, I couldn't guess. But if it wasn't the person I thought, there would be no such person in the world." Zhuo It’s rare to say it seriously
Kong Miaozhi replied: "Uncle, there is no need to guess anymore. Although the imperial capital is big, I have a hunch that I am afraid we will meet this person again in the future. I will know when the time comes."
The four of them walked as they talked and arrived at Tingfeng Pavilion in a blink of an eye. At this time, Chu Mu was bowing his head to Gu Wu and saying something. When he saw Zhuo Bufan and others coming back, he hurriedly stood up and said: "I have met the Thirteenth Master, you are back. Did you meet Lao San and the others on the road? No. I’ll get you into trouble!”
Zhuo Bufan smiled and said: "Chu Mu, we are only five years apart, so there is no need to be so polite. If you hadn't insisted on becoming a disciple of Senior Brother Zhou, we might have become brothers and sisters now."
After hearing this, Du Jie looked at Chu Mu in surprise, but Chu Mu shook his head and said, "I received great favor from my master back then. It was already a great blessing for him to accept me as his disciple. How dare I ask for anything else."
Zhuo Bufan sighed meaningfully: "Forget it, my senior brother has already sent you a letter this time. But it will still take some time for the national religion to select a saint. When it starts, I will take you to watch the ceremony. This paragraph You should spend more time in the Imperial Capital, and the gatherings in the Imperial Capital are very exciting now."
Chu Mu clasped his fists and said, "Everything will follow Uncle Thirteen's orders."
Zhuo Bufan took Chu Mu's hand and said, "You are good at everything. I don't know who you learned from to be so polite. Let the little brats play by themselves. Come with me to the back room and talk about the door." matter."
After Kong Miaozhi and Wu Qi heard this, they winked at each other.
In the evening, Chu Mu also told Zhou Li that Tianjisou asked him to enter the palace to meet the saint. Zhuo Bufan frowned and asked, "Senior brother, did you really say that?"
"Yes, this is a token of meeting His Majesty." After saying this, Chu Mu took out half of the arrow tail from his arms and handed it to Zhuo Bufan.
Zhuo Bufan didn't reach for anything, he just glanced at it and said with some uncertainty: "Now is not a good time to go to see the saint, and the relationship between our community and the temple has always been very delicate. It is now the national church election, and all the forces are intertwined. What do you think the defense of Kyoto is like now?"
After hearing this, Chu Mu replied with a headache: "I also told the master about this, but the master said that these are extraordinary times and there is no room for looking forward and backward. Uncle Zhuo, do you know the origin of this half of the arrow tail?"
"Of course I know a little bit, but this matter... I don't want to talk about it. Since it is the explanation from my senior brother, I guess he has already made plans. Let's wait and see the current emperor's reaction." Zhuo Bufan seemed to suddenly think of something, and changed the subject of the conversation. No more words
Chu Mu saw that his uncle didn't want to say anything, so he didn't say anything more. Then we talked about Du Jie
Zhuo Bufan listened for a long time before saying: "I only know that Du Jie has some background. After hearing what you said, his background is a bit scary. He was actually selected by Qianmen and studied in Zanghua Cave for three years. You The black and white elders you talked about seem to be unparalleled masters, and I’m afraid the woman I saw today has something to do with the forces behind this.”
Chu Mu smiled and said: "In any case, it is our Yashan's blessing. Since Lao Qi learned martial arts in Duobao Mountain, the master has stayed in Yashan for more than half of the three years."
"Oh? This doesn't seem to be what senior brother is doing. He can actually stay in Yashan with his idle temperament. It seems that this matter in Wanbaoshan is very important to him. By the way, Chu Mu, come and tell me Talk about recent events on the mountain. If I don’t go back for a long time, I’m afraid the new juniors will no longer recognize me.”
"Since Uncle Thirteenth Master wants to hear it, let me tell you slowly. The third month since you came down from the mountain..."
In the following days, people from all walks of life poured into the imperial capital one after another, and the situation was very lively for a while. According to common sense, martial arts events will never come to the imperial capital. On the one hand, no one dares to come. On the other hand, the imperial power will never allow these people who are accustomed to fighting and killing to run wild in their own homes. There is no chance that there will be daring people. Visiting the palace at night, even if it is not an assassination, will definitely disturb the peace of the palace. But now the emperor has specifically issued a decree to arrange the selection of the successor for the saint of the state religion in the imperial capital, and it is located in the outer city of the imperial city. For a time, there was an endless stream of people coming and going to the capital who wanted to see the beauty of the sky. This time, the generals who defended the capital were busy. A lot of soldiers were added to the four gates to defend, and everyone who came and went was registered. Someone who is slightly dangerous will be followed throughout the process. Every day these reports would flood into the capital guarding mansion like snowflakes, making the general guarding the capital miserable.
And the day after Du Jie and the others arrived, something big or small happened in the Ximen Gate of the imperial capital. A soldier at the gate had his ears cut off when registering, and the already tense atmosphere became extremely tense. A moment after the soldier's ears were cut off, the entire patrol team surrounded Ximen. The provocateur seemed to be emboldened. The patrol general who led the team came over and interrogated him carefully, then clasped his fists and said, "I don't know what sect this guy is from. Take action." It is against the law to hurt others, please come with us to the Protectorate."
