Every time he went down the mountain in the past few years, Yan Longyu would visit the earthen tomb at the foot of the mountain.
After Yan Gui came down from the mountain two years ago, he often came here to worship his master, so there was no grass around the earthen tomb.
Qin Ruoyang did not allow Dugu Haodang, the prince of a country, to kneel down to anyone, so at this moment, he could only stand in the distance and quietly look at Yan Longyu who was kneeling in front of the grave.
The lazy old yellow dog also squatted beside Dugu Haodang.
The handsome young man knelt down and wiped the tombstone with his sleeves with a smile on his face, "Brother Sixteen, I have almost forgotten what you look like. Why don't you give me a dream?"
"Mr. Qin accepted me as his closed disciple today, and gave me the title of Washing the Dust. Are you too domineering?"
"Uncle Feng said we are about to go down the mountain, and maybe no one will bother you in the future..."
Yan Shiliu, the young disciple of the Xishu Sword Immortal, has been dead for fifteen years in the blink of an eye.
After kneeling in front of the grave for a long time, Yan Longyu finally stood up and finally said: "Okay, let's not talk anymore. Dugu and I went to the county to see how your precious apprentice was doing after he came down from the mountain. I will bring you a roast chicken when I come back." .”
Yan Longyu often went to the county town for fifteen years, mostly wandering around with Yan Gui and Lao Huanggou, which lasted for at least one or two days and as many as four or five days, so the young man was very familiar with the way down the mountain.
Hua Fengju and Dugu Haodang rarely go down the mountain. Dugu Haodang has to practice swordsmanship with Lao He in his spare time and has no time. Hua Fengju is simply too lazy to go down the mountain. He would rather walk around the mountain alone than go down the mountain. Because he knew that as long as he stayed within Fulong County, even if his nephew was in danger, the man on the mountain would take action.
Yan Longyu had never learned martial arts, but he had mastered the unique light kung fu "Yi Hua Bu" from Tonghuang Island in the South China Sea that Hua Fengju had given him.
Walking through the forest and sea, it is as easy as walking on water and boating.
The two teenagers stepped on a few bamboo poles and could easily cross the Gunlong River, which was more than a hundred feet wide.
Behind the two of them, the old yellow dog was struggling to catch up in the rushing river.
After crossing the river, Yan Longyu, who often went down the mountain, pointed forward and introduced to Dugu Haodang: "After crossing the river, you can enter the county town in two hours' walk. Let's go to Yangui's place to stay tonight."
Dugu Haodang nodded slightly.
Yan Longyu immediately knelt down, patted the old yellow dog that had just landed, and said: "Huang Yan, you first go to the county town to find Yan Gui, and ask him to pick us up at the city gate."
The young man named his old yellow dog Huang Yan. He didn't know if Huang Yan, the Huang family of the Huang family who once wanted to kill him, would be angry to death if he knew about it.
"Woof." The old yellow dog seemed to understand, and ran towards the county town without looking back, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Watching the yellow dog walk away, Yan Longyu grinned with satisfaction, "After staying in this mountain for fifteen years, it's time to go see the outside world. Maybe this trip to the county town will be the last time."
As if thinking of separation, the young man changed the topic again, "Mr. Qin wants to kill the uncle who usurped power for you and let you go back and become the emperor. Are you really willing?"
Dugu Haodang, who was holding his sword and moving forward, said slowly: "My life was saved by your husband, so naturally I will listen to him."
Yan Longyu turned to look at Dugu, "Boqu, don't you want to see these beautiful mountains and rivers, don't want to be the free swordsman who draws his sword to help when encountering injustice, don't want to meet a beautiful chivalrous woman and fly together?"
Dugu Haodang looked gloomy, said nothing, and continued to walk forward.
"A few days ago, I heard from storytellers in the city that people from all over the world gathered in Mount Tai to jointly identify the top ten sects and top ten masters in the world.
Among the ten major sects are Jianzhou Yushan Sword Market with a sword mountain, Xiazhou Muhuashan Lingfu Palace full of fairy sisters, Yanbei Qi Sword Tower where Uncle Feng apprenticed to learn swordsmanship, Tonghuang Immortal Island above the South China Sea, and The Xingluguan and Xiaoyao sects who sent people to block the Gunlong River fifteen years ago were both prominently listed.
There is no ranking of the top ten masters. There is the white-clothed celestial being from our Qishan Mountain who has become famous in the world without leaving the mountain. There is the living dead sitting by the West Lake in the south of the Yangtze River in the middle of the lake. No one can break the sword formation he has set up. There is the independent Yuhua City. For the first time, even the emperor used an old beggar with a box on his back that he couldn't help, and a Linjiang immortal whose bamboo pen stained the river with blood to taint Jiang guests..."
"This is such a wonderful world, don't you really want to go see it with me?"
Listening to Yan Longyu gesticulating and nagging beside him, Dugu Haodang raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "I can consider it with you."
Yan Longyu was a little frightened when he saw the strange expression on Dugu Haodang's face.
What with you? What considerations? why are you laughing?
Yan Longyu felt a chill in his back, and he seriously suspected that the dull gourd in front of him had a habit of cutting off his sleeves.
"Dugu, do you like boys or girls?"
"Don't worry, I don't like you anyway!"
"Don't like me, even though I'm handsome."
"hehe."
…………
In fact, Dugu Haodang, who is not good at expressing himself, has long regarded Yan Longyu as a brother, but the two of them had a tacit understanding, trying to undermine each other while paying attention to each other.
Together with you, I will be blessed for three lifetimes.
The world of martial arts is great, but having a like-minded person with you is the best thing.
——Three miles away from the county town, there is an inn called "Yiyi Inn".
The inn is not big, and most of the people who come here are poor people who need to get in and out of the county but cannot afford to stay in an inn in the city. The inn owners are a couple. The elderly woman is responsible for serving tea and water to entertain the guests, while the simple and unsociable man cooks rough meals and arranges accommodation for the guests.
It was already past meal time when Yan Longyu and Dugu Haodang arrived at the inn. Therefore, there was no one else in the inn except for a scruffy old man who occupied a table alone and drank some rough wine.
Yan Longyu has been here many times, and has had several conversations with the couple here, so he can barely be considered a regular customer.
The two teenagers chose a clean table by the window and sat down. Yan Longyu shouted towards the back of the wine cabinet: "Sister Wang, bring me two bowls of chopped green onion noodles."
"You have such a sweet mouth, you can tell who is coming without even looking. Master, make two bowls of chopped green onion noodles for the kids and add more chopped green onions." The middle-aged woman who was called sister by the boy heard her voice before she saw her.
A capable, lean middle-aged woman walked out from behind the wine cabinet, walked quickly to the two of them, and said with a smile: "Brother Yan brought a friend to the city. Your friend is as handsome as you. Are you getting married? , Do you want me to introduce some Shuiling girls? They are so fair and tight! They can even squeeze out water."
Dugu Haodang, who has been stared at by the woman, is inevitably a little embarrassed. He rarely goes down the mountain, knows nothing about men and women, and has never seen such a "wolf-like" woman. He can only avoid the woman's gaze and look at her. outside the window.
Yan Longyu looked at Dugu Haodang, who had discomfort written all over his face, and gloated: "Sister Wang, don't worry about him, he doesn't like girls."
"Let me tell my brother if there is anything interesting happening outside these days."
The woman looked intently at Dugu Haodang, who had a cold and picturesque face. She didn't care that her man was still busy in the kitchen, her eyes were swaying, and she continued to joke: "If you don't like girls, is it possible that the young master likes me, hahaha. "
"If you want to talk about this interesting thing, it is true. I heard from some guests from the capital a few days ago that there was a senior official named Fan who left the capital with his daughter for four or five years. A few days ago, he came to Dugu The Queen Mother came back on her sixtieth birthday and gave two rare treasures to Queen Mother Dugu and the Emperor."
Yan Longyu asked with great interest: "What treasure?"
The old man who had been drinking and had been listening to the commotion here couldn't bear the loneliness and said, "Now it has been spread among the people that Fan Liangchun presented two albums. One is called Splendid Mountains and Rivers, and the other is called Country. Colorful and fragrant pictures.”
The woman glanced at the old man with a large black mole under the corner of his mouth, turned around and nodded to Yan Longyu with a smile, and walked to the kitchen.
After the woman left, Yan Longyu turned to the old man and asked, "My father-in-law, please tell me, how come the beautiful mountains and rivers and the beauty of the country are so fragrant?"
The old man became interested, drank the rough wine in his hand, and said with a red face, "This beautiful picture of mountains and rivers was drawn by Mr. Fan himself. There are 108 pictures in total, which cover all of our Wu Zhao." There are one hundred and eight famous mountains and rivers. As for this picture of the beauty of the country and the fragrance of the sky, it was painted by our Lord Fan’s daughter, and it depicts the twenty-four beauties of my country in Wu Zhao!"
The middle-aged woman came out again with two steaming bowls of chopped green onion noodles and said with a smile: "Yes, I heard that this picture of the beauty and fragrance of the country is divided into two categories, the upper one and the lower one. Nine people rated it, and fifteen people rated it. But all of them are beauties. I heard that our Queen Mother Dugu, who was also very charming when she was young, asked the emperor to give each of the twenty-four beauties in this painting a chastity belt. , allowing them to choose their own husband to marry. They are envious of others, how beautiful they are!"
The woman placed the noodles in front of the two of them. Yan Longyu was about to use his chopsticks when he was stopped by Dugu Haodang, who was sitting opposite him. He took out a silver needle from his sleeve and tested the poison on the noodles. Then he raised his hand to signal Yan Longyu to continue.
The woman surnamed Wang and the scrawled old man both cast meaningful glances. How to eat this? There seemed to be dissatisfaction in the woman's eyes, but she quickly laughed it off.
Yan Longyu felt that the situation was a little embarrassing, and then interrupted and said with a smile: "I don't know who those twenty-four beauties will take advantage of in the future."
The old man chuckled and said: "There are more than 20 beauties in the world. Young man, you still have many opportunities!"
"Then I'll lend you some good advice."
The two of them had only taken a few bites when a burst of dust flew in from the window and landed in the noodle soup.
Outside the inn, a team of fast horses galloped away.
"Who is that group of people who dare to gallop outside the county town without fear of being arrested by the government?" Yan Longyu put down his chopsticks in disappointment and asked the shopkeeper who was standing at the door watching.
The landlady was already used to it, "Well, the second young master of Sun County Shou's family heard that he is getting married these days. He is in a hurry to go back and get married. Who dares to stop him?"
The old man who was drinking got up and put a few coins on the table and walked out the door. He seemed to have a deep meaning and said: "The girl I married is also famous for her beauty from all over the country. Hehe, what a pity! What a pity! "
After the old man left, the woman cleared the old man's table and shouted: "Among the three young men in the county governor's family, these two young men are the most evil-looking. They are not as good-looking as the toes of your two brothers. Not only are they ugly, they are ugly. , his temper was still violent, I saw him beating an old woman who accidentally blocked the road until she was half dead, the blood was bleeding, hiss, it makes me scared just thinking about it."
Dugu Haodang slapped the table, "If you commit murder in the street, there is no way for you to do it!"
The woman snorted coldly, "You are still inexperienced in the world. Now this king's law does not support us ordinary people."
Yan Longyu sat at the table and listened quietly without making a sound. He felt a little depressed and had a bad premonition. He couldn't help but murmured: "No way, it shouldn't be her."
By the time the two of them settled the bill, walked out of the inn, and rushed to the county town, it was almost dusk.
There were few pedestrians outside the city gate. From a distance, Yan Longyu and his wife saw a commoner boy and a dog standing in front of the city gate. The boy was waving to them.
"It's Yan Gui."
"Um."
The "mud kid" who was bullied by his peers has grown into a strong boy with wheat-yellow skin and plain appearance. He is half a head lower than Yan Longyu and Dugu Haodang. He is fine when he is not smiling. When he smiles, two rows of his face are revealed. The criss-crossed teeth are very ridiculous.
In order to meet the two teenagers today, Yan Huihuan specially changed into clean cloth clothes and wore new cloth shoes that he had just bought a few days ago.
Seeing the two young men walking towards him, Yan Gui bared his teeth and smiled shyly: "I have been away from the mountain for two years. How are the lives of the young master and His Highness Dugu in the mountain?"
Yan Longyu actually didn't let Yan Gui call him his mistress, but Yan Gui could never change his words, as if he was born inferior to others. He looked at Yan Gui, who was slightly embarrassed, and joked with a smile: "It's been two years since I left the mountain, Yan Gui you Why are you still a little shorter?"
Yan Gui bared his teeth and smiled warmly, and his wheat-yellow cheeks turned red instantly. He lowered his head and said, "It's because both the young master and His Highness have grown taller. The young master and His Highness Dugu are big shots, so naturally they can't compare with the younger ones."
Yan Longyu had long been accustomed to Yan Gui's character of taking the hard and not the soft, so he pretended to be angry and said: "What nonsense, little master, your highness! Okay, fine, since you like to call me little master, I will teach you a sentence today, little master." , it’s called ‘not concerned about poverty and lowliness, not obsessed with wealth’.”
"Remember, I don't want you to be my servant, Yan Longyu, I want you to be my brother! Do you understand? Also, don't laugh in the future, I will be scared when I see your teeth."
What is it?
Yan Gui was confused after hearing this. He couldn't help scratching his head, grinning, and then closed his mouth shyly.
Yan Longyu immediately laughed out loud at Yan Gui's reaction, and was a little annoyed: Isn't he just playing the piano to a bully?
Seeing Yan Gui's helpless look and Yan Longyu's helpless expression, Dugu Haodang, who was usually unsmiling, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
Yan Longyu noticed it this time. He glared at Dugu, "Menghulu, why are you laughing again?"
"I want you to take care of it!"
"Just laugh if you want to, don't hold it in."
These words hit Dugu Haodang's laughter point. He finally couldn't hold it anymore, pointed his slender fingers at Yan Longyu and laughed out loud.
Yan Longyu also smiled helplessly.
Seeing the young master and His Highness Dugu laughing, he seemed to feel guilty for not smiling. Yan Gui, who was not sure why, also scratched his head and started laughing.
The soldiers guarding the city outside the county cast a surprised look at Yan Longyu and the others: Could these three have suffered from hysteria at a young age?
After standing there laughing for who knows how long, Yan Longyu rubbed his belly and pointed at Yan Gui and said, "Yan Gui, Yan Gui, you are quite stupid. Okay, let's go and have a look at your house."
Yan Gui looked shy and hesitated to speak.
Yan Longyu, who understood Yan Gui's thoughts, patted his shoulder and smiled slightly, "It's okay. The three of us brothers have never seen anything. Don't worry! I won't dislike your family."
Dugu Haodang, who rarely let go of his airs, also hummed for the first time.
Yan Gui's eyes turned red instantly.
brother? ! One of you is the son of the Sword Immortal, and the other is from the northwest royal family. I, Yan Gui, a poor, ugly servant with no father or mother, who is very different from you, can I really be a brother with you?
