Liu Shen was in the quiet room, crossing his legs and closing his eyes, practicing the breath gathering technique he learned from Yu Shan...
A few days ago, he went to Yushan to destroy other people's toon trees every day, and took this opportunity to ask for advice on martial arts practice and his experience in using swords...
That toon is an old tree with bald skin, and there are not many buds from the toon in March. How can it withstand his daily torture?
Yu Shan saw that he was bringing wine and food, and he was his employer. He was obviously distressed, but he didn't say much. He just thought: 'If this old man is killed, what will I eat next year? '
When he learned that Liu Sheng had just started practicing martial arts and was at the stage of being obsessed with martial arts, and seeing that the trees at home were about to be torn out by him, Yu Shan took it into consideration and took the initiative to teach him a method of concentrating his energy. , let him go back to practice on his own and experience the beauty of it...
Liu Shen unexpectedly got an article on the method of condensing Qi, so he was naturally happy. During the few days he was thinking about the method of condensing Qi, he really didn't bother Yu Shan anymore...
Yu Shanergen had been quiet for a few days, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his old bald tree had been saved.
One of them has saved the spare rations for next year when he is in trouble, and the other accidentally found a way to save his breath. It can be said that everyone is happy...
In the mouth of Pier Hall.
The little brother who was responsible for keeping track ran all the way to Liu Shen and recounted what he had just seen...
Liu Shen received the news from his subordinates, and with a slight movement of his eyes, he put a wild goose wing knife with a thick back and a sharp blade into its sheath, and then hid the knife under the plywood of the carriage that had been prepared in advance...
Then he set up the carriage and went out...
In a dark alley.
When Yu Shan saw Liu Shen entering the door, his first reaction was to glance at the old bald tree. When he saw that he didn't carry either a food box or a drink in his hand, he seemed to feel relieved...
"time to go?"
"People are coming."
"Walk…"
The conversation between the two was as simple as ever...
Yu Shan wiped his face with water, put on the clothes Liu Shen had prepared for him in advance, then went back to the house, took out a knife wrapped with shabby cloth strips, put on a bamboo hat and went out...
Outside the Song family.
Pei Xueyan heard the news from the servants, and when she went out, she saw three people who were said to be "according to Master Pei's order to welcome the young lady back home to worship her ancestors"...
After she went out, she looked at the three of them and frowned, asking, "Did my father ask you to pick me up?"
"Yes Yes Yes…"
The lean coachman on the carriage jumped out of the carriage, took out a letter from his arms and handed it over. He grinned and said, "This is Mr. Pei's letter. Please read it, young lady."
When he saw Pei Xueyan taking the letter and checking it, he announced his family name with a naive face: "The three of us brothers are the escorts of Fuwei Escort Agency. Young Madam, you can just call me Hu Da. The two tough guys behind are my younger brothers, and the one on the left is my younger brother. Hu Er, the one on the right is called Hu San..."
"It is indeed my father's handwriting..."
Pei Xueyan nodded slightly after reading the letter, and then asked with a smile: "Are the three of you from Fuwei Escort Agency?"
"Yes Yes Yes…"
Hu Da nodded naively and responded: "It's more than a hundred miles from Heyang County to Xiyang. Mr. Pei was worried that the young lady would be in danger outside, so he specially asked us to pick you up."
"I'm interested..."
Pei Xueyan smiled thoughtfully and asked: "Fuwei Escort Agency is the best in Xiyang County and has always been famous. My father asked you to pick me up. I'm afraid it cost a lot of money, right?"
"Where, where..."
When Hu Da heard this, he waved his hands hurriedly and said with a serious face: "The Pei family is a big family in our Xiyang County, and the young lady who came to pick her up is a young lady. How can Mr. Pei feel sorry for that little money?"
"Hehehe~"
Pei Xueyan just laughed when he heard this, but the sourness in his heart became a little stronger...
"I'm afraid it's going to rain..."
Hu Da raised his head and looked at the gloomy sky, and urged: "Young lady, this trip is more than a hundred miles, even if you take a carriage, you have to reach Xiyang at night, and the sky is gloomy. It’s raining, why don’t we set off earlier?”
"Hold on…"
Pei Xueyan called Xiao Yuhong beside her and whispered a few words. When she saw Xiao Yuhong running away, she explained: "I have a business friend who happened to be going to Xiyang to discuss some business recently. , he heard a few days ago that I was going back to worship my ancestors, and he agreed to go with me no matter what."
"this……"
Hu Da frowned slightly when he heard this, but he didn't know what to say. He just said calmly: "The weather is not good after all. I hope the young mistress's friend will hurry up as much as possible so as not to delay the trip."
"His home is nearby. It's very fast..."
Not long after Pei Xueyan finished speaking, he saw Xiao Yuhong leading a carriage and said with a smile: "Here, we're here..."
Yu Shan wore a bamboo hat on his head and held a horse-driving whip in his hand. From time to time, he used the whip in his hand to sweep the horse's buttocks...
He has an ordinary appearance, and he has practiced the breath-holding skill. Sitting in front of the carriage and acting as a groom does not feel out of place. Instead, he has a sense of harmony that this is what a groom should look like.
Two carriages met in front of the Song family...
Yu Shan saw the lean groom looking at him, and the fingers holding the whip twitched slightly. He remained calm and looked like he was still awake.
Liu Shen opened the curtain at the window of the carriage, glanced around and then suddenly thought, "Young mistress, how come the Pei family's carriage and horses that come to pick you up are so shabby?"
"..."
When Pei Xueyan heard this, she rolled her eyes at him and said angrily: "The Pei family is a small family, so naturally it cannot compare to the carriages and horses of your eldest son Liu."
As she spoke, she turned to Hu Da and said, "Let's set off. You guys will lead the way. I'll just take my friend's carriage."
"..."
When Hu Da saw that the young lady of the Song family went to her friend's carriage without looking back, her face twitched and she felt a little angry...
On the surface, he came to pick up someone with a letter from Mr. Pei, but in front of him, the person he wanted to pick up was hooked into the carriage with just one word, and he was asked to lead the way. How annoying is this?
However, he was indignant, but he was not stupid enough to get angry with others over this trivial matter...
Hu Da smiled slightly with his eyes moved, gave the two brothers accompanying him a sign to set off, then sat on the carriage and drove the horse ahead.
And behind it…
Yu Shan leaned lazily beside the carriage, waving a whip in his hand, and drove the horse to follow him slowly, muttering softly: "That skinny monkey-like groom is a good hand."
"A good player?"
Liu Shen was sitting in the carriage, separated by only one deck from him, and muttered: "Can you see their cultivation level?"
"I can tell roughly..."
Yu Shan explained: "The qi, breathing, habits, etc. of martial arts training are all traceable. The skinny monkey-like groom should be a third-level martial artist, and his cultivation is not weak."
"Three Realm Warriors?"
Liu Shen was surprised and asked, "Can you beat him?"
"..."
Yu Shan outside heard this and his face twitched.
He originally wanted to be conservative and say, 'This person may not be weaker than me,' but after hearing Liu Shen's words, he changed his words to: "I can beat him twice..."
“…”
Hearing this, Liu Shen seemed to know that his question seemed to be inappropriate, and for a moment he was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to answer the question...
And Pei Xueyan also heard the taste in the words of the driver outside, and saw that Liu Shen was embarrassed and didn't know how to respond, so she covered her lips and laughed...
"dare you laugh."
Liu Shen glared at Pei Xueyan, stretched out his hand to pinch her delicate little face, and said, "Master Pei has great hands and eyes, but he sent a third-level martial artist to take you home."
Pei Xueyan slapped his hand away angrily and said, "They said he was an escort from Fuwei Escort Agency..."
"It's not like..."
Liu Shen and Yu Shan were obviously in the carriage and one was outside, but after hearing what Pei Xueyan said, they almost said "not like" in unison...
The two people separated by the deck fell into silence, seeming to be waiting for the other to speak first...
After waiting for a long time, Yu Shan outside the carriage couldn't hold himself back and said: "I have dealt with many gangsters, and they gave me the impression that they are more like gangsters than bodyguards."
Liu Shen nodded slightly and responded: "I don't think those three people look like bodyguards..."
"If it's really a gangster."
Outside the carriage, Yu Shan stretched out his hand to lower the bamboo hat on his head, and whispered softly as if he was dreaming: "I might not be able to reach Xiyang County on this trip..."
"..."
