Deep in the mountains, an ancient road winds its way. Although it has passed the beginning of spring, the weather has not warmed up yet. The mountains, trees, grass, and ditches all looked desolate, as if there was no living life in this world.
Several air masses appeared in the air and quickly merged into the cold air. Only the sound of deep and shallow breathing was heard, and five people in various clothes appeared on the road.
"With this damn weather, I'm afraid it's going to snow again." The person walking at the back raised his head and looked at Tiandao. The old voice showed that he was not young.
"God has his own arrangements, and we, too, have our own arrangements." The speaker turned out to be a great monk.
"I wonder how your Tathagata Buddha arranged it?" another person said, with a hint of sarcasm in his words. He wears a well-tailored tight-fitting suit and a hand-pressed gold and jade sword, showing his extraordinary background.
"Whether it is God's arrangement or Buddha's arrangement, we can't hear it. What we can hear at this time is the commander-in-chief's arrangement." said a thin young man wearing coarse clothes. arrive. It was obvious that he was walking with great difficulty.
The man walking at the front, wearing a black cloak, a black bamboo hat, and a black gauze scarf, was none other than Xu Hao. He turned back with a dark face and seemed to glance at the thin man who was speaking. After a pause, he turned back and said, "Tiehan, if you and Wuwang Wen and Wu communicate with each other, we will definitely learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's weaknesses, and benefit each other."
The thin young man was Xiao Wuwang. Knowing that this time he had fallen into the eyes of the commander-in-chief, and that he had recommended him to learn martial arts from Zhang Tiehan, he was extremely happy. He immediately said: "Wuwang will definitely listen to his teachings. Please give me some advice." Brother Tiehan, please don’t despise me for being stupid.”
Zhang Tiehan was originally unwilling to do so. He was unwilling to learn literature or teach martial arts to outsiders, but he had no choice but to obey the orders given by the commander. Although the commander not only didn’t know whether he was handsome or not, he also He was not a commander commanding an army of millions, but after all, everyone had just formed an organization and could not fight among themselves first, so he obeyed: "Don't you dare disobey me!" At the same time, he glanced at his father - the one at the front. old man.
Zhang Tiehan's father, Zhang Ziqian, looked back and nodded to his son naturally, indicating that he would agree. There was nothing wrong with letting his son learn some literature, but it was not so easy for them to pass on their years of martial arts attainments to outsiders. , anyway, there is no rush to lose it. In three months, he will have his grandson. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. At this moment, should he really follow the commander? If he gets away with it, it will be a small matter for him and his father to lose their lives, but it will be a pity for the grandson who has no one to take care of him. Originally, he did not expect to meet a descendant of His Majesty Emperor Xu in his lifetime. Even if his son said that the commander-in-chief was a descendant of Queen Xu, he was still hesitant. But the moment he saw the stone ship, he made up his mind to follow. He did. Anyone who is familiar with the history of Tianwan knows the legend of "The stone ship set sail and I revolted." Moreover, my father also said that the stone ship belonged to the Emperor Xu's palace. Anyway, since the Zhang family has become the loyal ministers of the Xu family, they cannot ruin their reputation in their own generation. Even if they die and the family is destroyed, it will only be more than forty years too late. In this way, our family is already If you make money, your grandson will make money for four generations. He is much luckier than those souls who died in the motherland.
"We're here." The great monk pointed to a wine shop on the roadside. I saw a sign called "Stinky Old Man Winery" beside the door of the winery, which made people shrink their nostrils unconsciously. In addition to the pungent cold wind, there was also the refreshing fragrance of wine that entered the nostrils, but it did not have the stinky old man's foot odor that everyone imagined.
Mingzong Xia glanced inside and saw a beautiful girl standing behind the counter. The girl has bright black hair tied into several braids hanging down to her waist. She has a pair of golden phoenix triangular eyes, two curved willow-leaf eyebrows, a pair of pink peach blossom cheeks, and a pair of small cherry lips. At this moment, Open your eyes and look this way.
Mingzong Xia was stunned for a moment before following the others into the wine bar.
"Siyu..." Xiao Wuwang bit his lip and finally stepped forward to say hello to the girl.
The girl looked him up and down and said, "Well, do the guests want to buy some wine?"
Xiao Wuwang looked back at Xu Hao, then took a step forward and said, "Our commander-in-chief wants to discuss something with you. Come with me." With that, he pulled the girl to the backyard.
When the girl saw this, her eyes widened with anger, she pushed Xiao Wuwang away with her backhand, and said loudly: "What are you doing? Don't touch me."
"Miss Ming, we are all members of our family, why should we be excited?" Huicheng stepped forward and said with a sweet smile.
The girl seemed nervous and looked at everyone warily: "What do you want?"
"Miss Ming, don't be nervous, we just have a few questions to ask you, please go ahead!" Xu Hao said in a tone that refused to give in.
The girl glanced at Xu Hao again, pouted, opened her skirt, and walked towards the backyard. Suddenly she seemed to remember something and shouted to the waiter standing in the lobby: "Brother Ye, give me two jars of 10-year-old wine." Come to the backyard."
The girl had a well-proportioned figure. Her skirt moved slightly and her golden steps swayed as she walked into the back hall like a dragonfly.
The handsome man led a group of people and followed her respectfully to the backyard.
After a while, the waiter at the wine shop was surprised to see that the female shopkeeper who had just gone to the backyard appeared at the door again, accompanied by Mr. Xiao.
Miss Ming at the door stretched out her index finger and "shushed" in front of her mouth, signaling everyone to be silent, and went straight to the wine storage room. The waiters knew that their shopkeeper was very familiar with Mr. Xiao. Although they were surprised, they didn't say anything and continued to work on their own. Under Ming Siyu's mother and her discipline, these guys have almost become loyal retainers with rules and discipline.
Brother Ye in the wine storage room had just prepared the wine when he saw the shopkeeper and Mr. Xiao coming in. He was not surprised at all, and said with a smile: "The wine is ready, just waiting for the girl" while opening the lid.
Old Master Xiao smelled the aroma of wine that reached his heart and penetrated his whole body. When he saw Miss Ming pouring two packets of powder into the wine, he couldn't help but feel that it was a pity that it was a waste of good wine.
Miss Ming stirred it twice with a spoon and said to the waiter: "Brother Ye, thank you for your hard work. Go ahead and let Lao Yan serve some dishes."
In the backyard, Miss Na Ming invited everyone to sit down at a stone table. She smiled and said, "Young lady is just making wine and selling wine here. I'm running a small business. I don't know what the big brothers have to do with me." ?”
Everyone waited for a breath and saw that the commander seemed to have no intention of speaking. Ming Zongxia suddenly jumped out and said with a smile: "Girl, my name is Ming Zongxia. Maybe I am a family member with you. As a family, we can speak frankly, okay? We want to know, has Xiao Yuan returned to your place? ?”
"Xiao Yuanfu? Who is it?"
"That's my dad, your Uncle Xiao." Xiao Wuwang said.
The girl seemed to suddenly remember, "Oh, let me tell you, if you want to talk about Saint Xiao, I know that he has been here, but he has left."
"Leave? What did you talk about?" Xiao Wuwang continued to ask.
"It's nothing. They're just some short-lived parents. Ordinary people don't have the upper hand."
"What's not so elegant? If you tell me about it, it will make me vulgar." Mingzong Xia laughed loudly.
The girl looked at his malicious smile and said with a stern look in her eyes: "You don't understand our farm affairs, but you are afraid of disturbing the young master's listening."
By this time, the waiter had already served the food and wine.
"This must be the first time for you to come to my winery. Come on, let me introduce it to everyone. Come and try our wine. I treat you!" The girl said with a smile, as if she were friends with this group of people.
Except for Xu Hao, everyone was a good drinker. When they smelled the aroma of wine, they immediately opened the lid with a smile and started eating the food and wine without caring about the displeasure in the Marshal's eyes.
"Tell me, what's the connection between your family and the Xiao family?" Seeing everyone busy eating and drinking, Xu Hao could only ask the question himself.
"There is no connection. My father betrothed me to Xiao Wuwang. I didn't want to, but their family refused to give up." The girl blushed and said this sentence in a loud and soft voice. She seemed to be very happy. Shy.
Everyone was stunned and looked at Xiao Wuwang as if they were watching a joke.
Xiao Wuwang was slightly angry: "Siyu, let's not talk about our affairs for now. Please tell me first, does your family have a secret?"
The girl curled her lips and said loudly: "There is no secret, why don't I know it?"
"You'd better tell the truth, otherwise you will be left without food." The monk Huicheng suddenly became angry and slammed the bowl in his hand on the table, which startled Xiao Wuwang.
The girl looked at the great monk, said "Wow" and suddenly burst into tears.
Xu Hao glanced at the great monk and signaled him not to be angry. "Girl, we are not causing trouble for you, we just want you to understand the heavy responsibility you shoulder."
"What important responsibility?" the girl asked while sobbing.
Xu Hao took out the stone boat and showed it to her, hoping that she could be used for his own purposes like Zhang Ziqian.
"I don't want anything. You are bad people. Get out of here." The girl glanced at Shichuan and cried loudly.
"Take her away first." Xu Hao stared at the girl for a while and said in a deep voice.
Everyone responded and came forward, ready to get hard. Unexpectedly, the girl suddenly stopped crying, raised her hand, lifted the stone table and hit Huicheng. Huicheng turned aside, massaged the stone table with his right hand a few times, and pushed the stone table to the ground. The girl's hands and arms were now filled with the wine jars and dishes she had just been drinking from. She spun them around and shot out all of them.
Xiao Wuwang just held his head and hid on the ground, looking very embarrassed.
Xu Hao moved a few steps back, folded his arms in front of his chest, and settled down to watch the battle. Zhang Ziqian, Zhang Tiehan, Huicheng, and Ming Zongxia worked together to capture the girl.
The girl twirled her jade hands, stepped on them lightly, and in the blink of an eye she was torn apart by dozens of others. Seeing that she couldn't get away, she suddenly squatted down and started crying loudly.
When everyone saw this, they were about to go up to catch her, but suddenly they felt dizzy and fell to the ground within three steps.
Xu Hao was startled, thinking that there was something wrong with the drink just now, and it seemed that he had no choice but to take action himself, so he spread his hands and leaned forward to capture it himself. But he saw the girl standing up, letting go of her hand, and countless crystal objects were shot towards Xu Hao. It turned out that it was her own teardrops that she had just caught with her hand, still carrying a faint body fragrance.
Xu Hao simply gave in and continued to move forward. The water droplets scattered in all directions under the impact of a current of air.
The girl took the initiative to step forward. With a flick of her wrist, a pair of chopsticks appeared on each hand, and she pinched Xu Hao back and forth. The chopsticks flew like artifacts in her hands, which was very rare.
Xu Hao's cloak swept, his hands came out, and after shaking a few times, he grabbed the chopsticks and pulled hard. The girl quickly took the opportunity to let go, turned her hand into a palm, and pushed hard towards the two pairs of chopsticks.
Xu Hao nodded as if appreciatively, turned his wrist, placed the chopsticks horizontally, pushed them, and placed them against the girl's hands.
The girl felt her hands being penetrated by a breath of ice, and her body involuntarily stepped back. Finally, she stumbled and fell to the ground, unable to get up again.
