In the evening, Zhou Xiao held a banquet, and everyone in the valley had a rare and enjoyable drink.
Zhu Mingyu behaved very well during the dinner, and he was handsome, which made several of Amber's little sisters feel jealous, and they all imagined that they could meet a husband like Zhu Mingyu after they came out of the valley.
After that, the two stayed in Chaolan Valley for a few days, and then hurried back to Luoyang.
After leaving Chaolan Valley, Zhu Mingyu sat on the horse, thinking about something in his mind.
Amber asked: "What are you thinking about?"
Zhu Mingyu replied: "I originally prepared some banknotes as a betrothal gift, but Aunt Zhou and Uncle Zhou were too enthusiastic, and they had no desire for money, so I was too embarrassed to take them out. I thought I would buy some supplies when I got out of Gucai and send them to the valley. Even if you just give them money, they won’t be able to spend it.”
After returning to secular life, Zhu Mingyu regained her generosity as the eldest son of the Zhu family, and she didn't feel any pain at all when spending money.
Amber said: "Then let's go to Nantun Town, find Grandpa Li, and ask them to deliver the supplies to the valley."
"That's fine."
…
Fu Xiaohu received a notice from Jade, asking him to go to the Xianren Hall for important matters.
Now Fu Xiaohu is no longer the young boy he was last year. The Nianzi Gang has become somewhat famous around Luoyang, and the martial arts people around him have gradually heard of his name. Years ago, Fu Xiaohu went to surrounding villages to recruit gang members, only children. Since he was very friendly to the surrounding villages after establishing the Nianzi Gang, he would give some welfare during every year and festival, so some people felt safe sending their children to Nianzi Mountain.
He took the children who went up the mountain to practice martial arts. He himself was good at martial arts. When he was in the valley, he often took the younger children to practice martial arts, so he was very familiar with it.
What Fu Xiaohu wants to do is to follow him and learn as much as they can. Those who are willing to stay will be given the status of disciples, and those who are unwilling to stay will go home. These children left behind are the foundation of his Nianzi Mountain.
Of course, it’s not just about practicing martial arts, you also need to read books. Although Dr. Chen is not very knowledgeable, there is no problem in educating young children.
The Nianzi Gang is thriving under the leadership of Fu Xiaohu.
But he knew that he was from Chaolan Valley. Now that Changfeng Tower's great revenge has not been avenged, it is not the time to enjoy it with peace of mind. Therefore, after receiving Jade's letter, he knew what he should do for Chaolan Valley.
When they came out of the valley a few years ago, a group of them had dinner in Nantun Town, and the two knives they brought with them were "tricked" by someone. Later I found out that Mo Changfeng and Li Changnian had set him up to train him, but he had been busy in the past six months and had no time to go to Nantun Town to get it back. There is something to be done now. To avoid fighting and killing, we have to get the weapon back.
It was almost noon when he arrived in Nantun Town, and he walked into the restaurant. Although it was noon, there were no people eating in the restaurant.
The shopkeeper was lying on the counter calculating the accounts. When he heard someone coming in, he raised his head to take a look. When he saw Fu Xiaohu, the shopkeeper was happy.
"Hey, hero, here we go again."
Fu Xiaohu bowed deeply and said, "Shopkeeper, long time no see. I'm here to redeem my sword."
The shopkeeper walked out of the counter, wiped the table, and motioned for Fu Xiaohu to sit down. After he sat down, the shopkeeper greeted the kitchen: "Wang Er!"
The waiter ran out and asked, "Shopkeeper, what's going on?"
"Go and invite the head of the family to come, and say that the boy from the Fu family is here to redeem the sword."
"okay."
Fu Xiaohu said hurriedly: "No need, Mr. Li. I will visit him in person later."
The shopkeeper waved his hand: "The head of the house doesn't like to go through this complicated set of etiquette. Just wait here and I'll ask the cook to make something to eat."
"No trouble."
The shopkeeper looked at Fu Xiaohu and said with a smile: "Cheng, he looks much more energetic than last year. He wears a long gown and looks like a scholar."
Fu Xiaohu was a little embarrassed and said, "You've given me the prize."
"It's not an award. I was still a stupid young man last year. In just six months, I have become so humble and polite. It's rare. I heard that your gangster gang also did it.
Well done, many surrounding villages are thinking of you. "
"It's just random little things."
"Actually, my restaurant is the property of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau. Nantun Town is too small. Usually no one comes to eat, but the brothers from the Escort Bureau come to cheer. Sometimes they even use my place as a canteen. The one I arranged for you last year Once it comes out, we are afraid that we will accidentally make you anxious."
As the two of them were saying this, the waiter led the three people into the restaurant. Fu Xiaohu hurriedly stood up to greet him. He cupped his fists and raised his hands to the leading old man: "I've met Mr. Li."
Before Li Changnian could speak, the girl who followed Li Changnian through the door exclaimed: "Little Tiger??"
Fu Xiaohu raised his head and saw clearly the two people behind Li Changnian, a handsome young man with a jade-like face, and a charming girl in yellow, none other than Hu Bo.
"Amber?" Fu Xiaohu was also a little surprised.
Li Changnian laughed and said, "It happened that two children came to see me at the Escort Bureau, so they brought them together and sat down. Old Liu, let the chef cook some dishes and bring up your good wine."
"Okay, just wait."
A few people sat down, and Li Changnian took out a pair of swords from behind, slapped them on the table, and said to Fu Xiaohu: "My child, check to see if there is any rust on the curled blades."
Fu Xiaohu put away his swords and said, "The old man is joking, can I still not trust you?"
"Hahaha!" Li Changnian laughed, "Can you believe it? I lied to you when you first came here."
Fu Xiaohu was a little embarrassed: "I was not sensible at the time."
After a few pleasantries, Hu Bo introduced Zhu Mingyu to Fu Xiaohu and said that they were from Chaolan Valley.
Fu Xiaohu asked: "Have you met my father and mother?"
Amber replied: "I've met Aunt Fu, Uncle Fu..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Mingyu suddenly stopped Hu Hue's words. Fu Yanhe was not in the valley. He left the valley with many masters. This matter was a secret. Zhu Mingyu worked carefully, fearing that the wall had ears, so he stopped Amber. Read the book
Zhu Mingyu whispered: "It's better not to talk about things in the valley here."
Li Changnian changed the subject and asked Fu Xiaohu: "My child, why did you come to get the knife at this time? I heard that your little nugget has made a lot of money in the past six months."
Fu Xiaohu replied: "I wanted to come here years ago, but the gang was so involved in affairs that I couldn't get away. It happened that Luoyang people asked me to come over. I had something to do, so I came to get the knife."
Amber asked: "What do you want to do?"
Fu Xiaohu shook his head: "Jade didn't say that in the letter."
Amber was a little confused: Don't they always use Li Fenglan's name when writing letters?
Fu Xiaohu asked: "Why did you come back to the valley this time?"
Amber was a little embarrassed and lowered her head.
Zhu Mingyu smiled and replied: "Propose marriage."
Fu Xiaohu's mind didn't turn around and he asked: "Propose marriage? You?"
"right."
"Who are you with?"
"amber."
"Hu, Hu Hu?!" Fu Xiaohu suddenly forgot all the modesty and courtesy he had learned. In his mind, Amber seemed to be only thirteen this year.
Li Changnian said with a smile: "It's time for men to get married and women to get married. In the blink of an eye, it's been almost seventeen years. Who would have thought that when I first picked you up, you were so skinny that you were no bigger than a palm."
Yes, Amber seems to be seventeen, and girls from ordinary families would have been married long ago.
Fu Xiaohu thought about himself again. After the Chinese New Year, he would be twenty, and it was time for him to start a family. In the past six months, I have been busy with Nianzi Gang affairs, and I have not even considered starting a family.
Everyone enjoyed the meal very happily. After the meal, Zhu Mingyu entrusted the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau to deliver some supplies to the valley. Young Master Zhu spent a lot of money and gave Chao Langu enough to eat for two years.
After that, the three of them rushed back to the Xianren Hall without stopping, and it was already late at night when they arrived.
Jade knew that they would be back today, so she did not sleep at this time, but waited in the lobby.
Seeing Jade sitting alone in the lobby, Amber ran over and wanted to tell the best news first.
Tell her.
"Sister Jade!"
Jade stood up: "Are you back?"
Amber grabbed Jade's hands and said happily: "Sister Jade! I want to tell you good news!"
Jade smiled and nodded: "Has my mother agreed to your marriage?"
"I agreed, but this is not the best!"
"What else is good?"
"Now we are sisters!"
Jade smiled and said, "That's great."
Zhu Mingyu saw the tiredness in Jade's smile and asked: "You are waiting for us so late. Is there something urgent? By the way, where is Li Fenglan?"
Jade was indeed a little tired. In the past few days, she had been discussing with Bai Shuyu how to "deal with" Li Fenglan. She was not good at this kind of mental work, so forcing herself to think for a few days made her feel a little exhausted.
Jade shook her head and replied: "Run away."
Fu Xiaohu was surprised: "What do you mean you ran away??"
Jade told the three people about Li Fenglan's running away from home. After telling them, the three of them fell silent.
Fu Xiaohu said with a deadpan smile: "How old are you? And you have run away from home? You want me to say don't look for her at all. She says that she is a smart person every day, so why do she do stupid things? Jade, you can't do it because of this Did you call me here?"
Jade nodded: "That's right."
Fu Xiaohu was a little angry: "There are dozens of people in the Nianzi Gang waiting for me to find jobs for them. Li Fenglan can really cause trouble for others. By the way, where is Fatty Tan?"
Jade replied: "He ran away too."
"...I asked, does your idler's hall have a bad atmosphere?"
"You can still guess where Li Fenglan went. Fatty Tan and Mu Zi are like sinking into the sea, with no splash at all."
Zhu Mingyu said: "It's no use talking angry now. If you call Brother Fu here, you must have a plan to get us to cooperate, right?"
Jade nodded and looked at Amber: "You three, let's go to Yangzhou."
Amber asked: "Why are you going to Yangzhou?"
"The secrets of the Li family underground palace need to be unearthed. Originally, we planned to find the other half of the map before taking action, but there is no time for us right now. I will entrust this matter to the three of you... To the outside world, the one who went to Yangzhou this time is Li Fenglan."
Zhu Mingyu somewhat understood: "Do you mean to let Amber pretend to be Li Fenglan?"
"right."
"You just said you could guess where Li Fenglan went, so where did she go?"
"Probably going to Jiujiang."
Zhu Mingyu was heartbroken. When he was in Chang'an, Jin Caishen mentioned that Xu Zhenbiao had been staying in Jiujiang before his death. Li Fenglan should have gone there to investigate secretly.
But he still had some questions, so he asked: "Then why don't we go directly to Jiujiang? If Li Fenglan is in any danger, we can still help her."
Jade replied: "I'll just go there. Besides, you may not be able to find her. She has built so many hiding spots, who knows where she will hide. In fact, by asking you to go to Yangzhou and pretend to be her, you are actually helping her fight. It was just a cover to make Jianghu think she was in Yangzhou. Although she is very mischievous, we cannot just watch her put herself under a dangerous wall."
Fu Xiaohu said: "I understand, but isn't it dangerous for you to go to Jiujiang alone?"
"It's dangerous. Everything you do until now is dangerous... Everyone, please rest early. I'm sorry that I can't let you rest for a few more days. Please leave tomorrow and try not to waste your time."
