Rivers and Lakes Records

After Lu Mingtong went out, he went to find Yang Tong. Yang Feng had been lying on the bed depressed since that day. Come out, just stared blankly without speaking.

Yang Tong sighed inaudibly, and pulled Lu Mingtong out, leaving a quiet place for Yang Feng.

Lu Mingtong closed the door to ensure that the other party could not hear them before asking, "What did the doctor say?"

Yang Tong said: "It's said that I was stimulated, it's not too much trouble, I prescribed a prescription to rest for a few days."

"Auspicious people have their own appearance, and the second son will be fine." Lu Mingtong comforted: "It's you, I think you don't look very well, you should go to rest for a while, the Yang family is relying on you to take charge of the overall situation, you But don't fall down."

He thought for a while, then said: "Your father..."

Seeing his embarrassed look, Yang Tong smiled and said, "Don't be nervous about envoy Fengyun, I think you can guess it when you see him, he will not have much time at that time."

Lu Mingtong was secretly surprised. Before Yang Tong arrived, Master Yang had also provoked Pei Lian with this, and he pretended that Yang Tong didn't know about it.

But thinking about it, Yang Tong must be able to smell something wrong during the few days when Master Yang was ill in bed.

At this time, a disciple of the Yang family passed by the two of them and greeted them with a smile. Yang Tong nodded slightly, watched him go away and said, "My father suffered from a serious illness last year. After he was found out, he looked around He heard about it from nowhere, there is a medicine called Huihuncao, which can prolong his life in times of crisis, so he took Huihuncao without telling us. The herb is effective Although it is fast, the backlash is extremely high. When we knew it, we were already powerless..."

Lu Mingtong was speechless: "Where did he get this medicine?"

Yang Tong shook his head and said: "We don't know either. One day he couldn't hold back vomiting blood in front of me. I realized that something was wrong and went to investigate secretly, only to find out that he did such a stupid thing. You and Shi Daxia are good friends, please ask He reminded the lord that if this drug falls into the hands of someone with a heart, the consequences will be disastrous."

Lu Mingtong nodded, and Yang Tong said again: "Fortunately, Daxia Shi and the others arrived in time. You were tricked into coming here. Now that everything has come to light, are you going back?"

"Yes." Lu Mingtong smiled and said, "I haven't seen my mother for a long time, I miss her."

"It's great. My mother passed away when I was very young. All these years, my father and my brothers and sisters have been dependent on each other. It is said that having a child follows the mother. Auntie must be an interesting person." Yang Tong paused Suddenly, he asked with a smile: "When the matter here is over, can I go to Lu's house to visit my aunt?"

"Of course!" Lu Mingtong's eyes widened, with indescribable joy: "It's a deal, don't forget it."

"No." Yang Tong glanced at someone walking in the distance, and jokingly said: "If the envoy of Fengyun holds a wedding, don't forget to send me an invitation card."

Lu Mingtong followed his gaze, blushed, and said solemnly: "Ahem, no, I will definitely arrange a seat at the front for you."

Feng Ji approached and looked at him suspiciously, the other party smiled like a cat stealing fish: "What are you talking about?"

"I didn't say anything." Lu Mingtong said first, "Where's Big Brother Shi?"

"The government is going through the process, and he hasn't come back yet." Feng Ji said: "You are just right, don't run around."

Lu Mingtong showed him his thin arms unhappily: "I'm in good spirits."

Yang Tong chuckled, seeing the two of them playing tricks, he felt a little sad: "After Fengyun envoy leaves, the Yang family will become boring again."

Lu Mingtong felt a pain in his heart, thinking that Yang Tong had just lost his father and lover, and now it is the most difficult moment. After he left, who would be able to chat with him more every day.

Yang Tong saw his hesitation, patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I know what you're thinking."

In the distance, the disciples of the Yang family were working together with the invited carpenters to repair the houses that had been damaged by the fire. All of them blushed from busy work, but their expressions were excited, and no one could tell who was tired at all.Yang Tong stretched his waist along the breeze, and said in a relaxed tone: "The Famous Sword Conference has to go on, and the Yang family's swordsmanship is waiting for me to carry forward. There are too many things to do. Before all these things are completed, I will It won't fall easily."

"You guys go ahead and make an appointment. Next spring, I will definitely go to Lu's house to look for you."

The morning sun shone through the gaps in the forest, and a carriage was advancing along the path without haste. Under the big tree in the distance, stood a tall figure, dressed in commoner clothes, exuding a clean and pure atmosphere in the sunlight.

The young man sitting in front of the carriage turned his head and said something, the curtain was pushed open by a white hand, and Lu Mingtong poked his head out from it: "Brother Shi!"

Shi Jingtian smiled and said, "Mingtong."

The carriage stopped, Lu Mingtong jumped out of the carriage, grabbed Shi Jingtian's arm and said affectionately: "No matter how you go, don't tell me, you saved me, I haven't had time to thank you properly!"

Shi Jingtian smiled and said: "The Wulin League has been delayed for too long, the Yang family has a leader, so I wanted to go back earlier, and forgot I haven't told you yet." After finishing speaking, he was a little embarrassed and said: "Besides, You guys should need some alone time, I never understood why Mingtong and the leader got so close, hey, my brain is not very useful sometimes."

Lu Mingtong blushed and said, "Sorry, I didn't tell Brother Shi because I was afraid that Brother Shi would reject you..."

Shi Jingtian restrained his expression and said: "Why would I reject you just because you like men? Although I am a rough person, I also know the principle of mutual love. It is not unreasonable for two men to love each other. He is my friend, and will be my friend for the rest of his life.”

Lu Mingtong was touched and said: "Brother Shi!"

Shi Jingtian scratched his head and said: "I heard that you are leaving too, so I thought of waiting for you on this necessary road. I still have a few things to tell you."

Lu Mingtong said: "Speak, I will listen."

"The first thing is about my aunt, little brother Lu Jiutian..." Halfway through the sentence, I realized something was wrong. The former little brother had become an enemy who wholeheartedly wanted his life. , he continued: "He left under the pretense that he needed to find Ming Tong for something important. Auntie cared about you wholeheartedly. She was afraid that you would transfer him if you were in danger. My father tried to stop him, but Auntie also He said he didn't know what was going on at home, and wanted to go home and have a look."

Lu Mingtong remembered that he had asked his mother to stay in the boxing gym, and said with a smile: "At that time, I suspected that there was an inner ghost in the house, and I was afraid that it would be unsafe to go back. Now the matter is clear. Thank you Brother Shi for your help. I will help you this time. Then I took my mother back with me."

Shi Jingtian said: "That's good, Aunt must miss you too, I won't go back with you this time, you should be more careful on the way."

Lu Mingtong said: "Brother Shi is going to the Wulin League?"

"Yes." Shi Jingtian thought for a while, then whispered: "There is one thing that I need Mingtong to help..."

Lu Mingtong asked him to help him a few times before but was declined. Suddenly, he was a little excited when he heard the other party's request. He listened to the other party's words with a look of admiration on his face: "Brother Shi, You must not rob me of this matter, I will not allow you to pay a penny, or I will be in a hurry with you!"

Shi Jingtian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but couldn't stop him, the other party slipped back into the carriage like a rabbit, and waved happily at him: "Don't worry, I'll remember what you said, Brother Shi, be careful on the road!"

Shi Jingtian got on his horse and smiled as he watched the carriage drift away amidst the shouts.

Mrs. Lu cooked sweet red bean porridge for the children early in the morning, and watched them finish eating like pigs clamoring for food, so she moved a rattan chair and sat in the yard to bask in the sun.

Ah Guang walked over with a thin blanket in his arms. Seeing that she was awake, he blushed and said, "Grandma Lu, this blanket is for you. Be careful not to catch a cold."

His rosy face was so pleasing, Madam Lu smiled and took his hand, and hugged him into her arms: "Ah Guang is such a good boy, come and bask in the sun with grandma."

Ah Guang obediently let him hold her still, he raised his head and carefully looked at Mrs. Lu, and whispered, "Did Grandma Lu think of something wrong?"

Mrs. Lu hummed, "How did Ah Guang know?"

Ah Guang lowered his head and said: "I guess, when I used to miss my parents, I would sit at the gate of the yard, waiting for my parents to come back. Grandma Lu is sitting in the yard every day, is she also waiting for Feng Yunshi to come back? "

"Good boy." Mrs. Lu patted his head with pity, and said, "Yes, grandma is waiting for him to come back, but Fengyun has given him too many things to do, grandma always urges him, he will It was laughed at by the Jianghu people."

Ah Guang was a little puzzled: "Why? You miss him, what does it have to do with the Jiang Hu people?"

Mrs. Lu smiled: "You will know when you grow up. Ah Guang needs to eat more to grow up quickly."

Ah Guang nodded with a half understanding, stretched out two fingers and said, "I just drank two bowls of porridge."

Mrs. Lu laughed happily, and the old and the young snuggled together and fell asleep.In the dream, there was a pleasant smell of flowers. A Guang's nose was clear, and the tip of his nose twitched twice before he opened his eyes: "Grandma Lu, do you smell anything?"

Madam Lu slowly opened her eyes and said with a smile, "It's the fragrance of flowers. It's strange. Where did such a fragrant smell come from?"

Ah Guang climbed off her body: "I'll go and see!"

"Run slowly, don't fall!" Mrs. Lu couldn't stop him, put the thin quilt on the chair, and followed.

When the people in the room heard the noise, they poked their heads out in surprise. A group of children held hands and ran to the door. Someone shouted, "There are so many flowers!"

Even Shi Ming came out, walked over following the sound, and said with a smile, "Who brought so many flowers here?"

The entrance of the compound was filled with all kinds of flowerpots, some of which were as short as a child's knee, and some as tall as an adult's waist.Mrs. Lu smiled and looked all the way over, the more she looked at it, the more strange it became - coincidentally, these are her favorite breeds.

She turned her head to look at Shi Ming, and saw that the other person was also in a daze. At this moment, she stepped on the ground, and a person jumped in from the gate. The children took a step back, only to see a person with a funny garland on his head and hands Wrapped with willow branches, holding two clusters of bright flowers, she knelt down on one knee towards Mrs. Lu and said, "To the most beautiful fairy in the world!"

Mrs. Lu was taken aback by this fool who jumped out suddenly, and after seeing the other person's face clearly, she asked in surprise, "Bean sprouts? Why are you here?"

Lu Douya handed her the flowers in her hand, and Mrs. Lu took them with a smile: "You silly boy, what are you fussing about..." She paused suddenly, and said, "Could it be that...Tong'er is back?"

"Mother is so smart!" With a laughing voice, a rain of flower petals suddenly fell from the sky. When the children saw such a scene for the first time, they were speechless in amazement, and stretched out their hands to catch it. When those petals were falling, Lu Mingtong and Feng Ji walked in side by side, Mrs. Lu's hands trembled, Lu Mingtong smiled, and took the initiative to hug each other: "I'm back!"

It took Mrs. Lu a long time to make sure that she was not dreaming. She pinched her son's face and said distressedly, "I lost weight again."

Lu Mingtong was foolishly happy, Madam Lu looked at the flowers outside, and said with a smile: "Why is there such a big scene, those who don't know think that the flower fairy has descended to earth."

"There's no such thing as a flower fairy." Lu Mingtong pointed at her forehead, and said, "There is a Saitian fairy here."

He directed the children to move the flowers in one basin at a time, and then bowed to Shi Ming: "Thank you, Uncle Shi, for taking care of my mother these days. I sent these flowers to the boxing gym, which means icing on the cake. I hope the boxing gym can do business." It's booming."

Shi Ming laughed and said: "Emissary Fengyun is too polite. Mrs. Lu has taken good care of the children here these days. It's too late for me to thank you. Envoy Fengyun is here this time to take Mrs. Lu back?"

"Yes." Lu Mingtong put his arms around his mother's shoulders and said with a smile, "I've been outside for so long, it's time to go home and have a look."

Mrs. Lu lived here for a long time, and there were a lot of things to clean up, so Lu Mingtong asked Lu Douya to stay and watch over the cleaning, and he and Mrs. Lu went back first.

In order to give their wives a little more room to talk, Feng Ji took the initiative to ask Ying to be the coachman. Sitting in the car, Mrs. Lu said very uneasy: "Tong'er, you should call your friend in, how can you let the guests drive the horses?" Woolen cloth."

Lu Ming thought in his heart, at this moment, he might be worrying about how to get along with his mother-in-law. Under that mask, he wondered if there was a rosy face like a little daughter-in-law hiding.Thinking of this, he was in a good mood: "It's okay, he raised this horse since he was a child, so I kissed him and only listened to him."

Mrs. Lu was dubious: "That's right... But didn't you say that he is the leader of the Demon Cult? How could he use his beloved horse to pull the cart?"

Lu Mingtong knew that he would be exposed if he continued talking, so he quickly stopped the topic and said, "Hey, let's not talk too much about other people's hobbies."

Mrs. Lu nodded, and asked again: "Why didn't Jiutian come back with you this time?"

Lu Mingtong's throat was sour, he didn't know how to explain to his mother that Lu Jiutian was actually the murderer of his father, he struggled for a long time, before he said: "He...can't come back temporarily because of some things, I will tell you about this later."

Mrs. Lu said: "Okay, after being outside for so long, the look on your face has faded, do you miss the food at home? When I go back, I will make you a table of your favorite food, and put the smear on your face away." The meat will be replenished."

Lu Mingtong explained to Mrs. Lu that Feng Ji would live with him in the Lu family for a period of time in the future. Mrs. Lu nodded, thinking that he was a new good friend in the world, and she didn't pay much attention until she got off the carriage. Seeing the golden mask on Feng Ji's face, she couldn't help turning her head for a few glances.

Lu Mingtong tugged at her sleeve and said softly: "Mother, walking around these days, everyone has more or less secrets, don't keep staring at them."

Mrs. Lu nodded to express that she understood the insincereness of these heroes, but she still couldn't help casting curious glances at Feng Ji frequently. Feng Ji noticed it and smiled lightly: "Auntie, do you want to see what I look like?" ?”

Mrs. Lu resisted the desire to nod and said, "No need... You heroes all have things that are inconvenient to show to others, so it's fine if I don't read them."

Feng Ji smiled and said: "It's good for my aunt to call me Feng Ji, this mask is usually shown to others to protect against enemies, since it's my aunt, then I shouldn't cover it up."

After she finished speaking, she took off the mask, Madam Lu secretly glanced at it while talking, and bumped into a beautiful face unexpectedly, she paused, and Lu Mingtong also paused, feeling terrible.

The next moment, Mrs. Lu held Feng Ji's hand: "Feng Ji, oh, he looks so handsome, as if he came out of a painting, how old is he this year, where does he live, is there a marriage?"

Lu Mingtong was dumbfounded, he never guessed that his own mother would blatantly poach his own wall in front of his face?

"Mom!" He exclaimed, and quickly grabbed Mrs. Lu's hand: "What are you doing?"

As soon as Mrs. Lu saw Feng Ji's face, she cheerfully threw away the insignificant unfamiliarity beyond the Jiuchongtian: "Oh, look at my problem, I have committed it again..."

Lu Mingtong pressed the mask back on Feng Ji's face with a red face, he almost gritted his teeth and said: "He already has someone he likes!"

Mrs. Lu looked at him in surprise: "Which family's lady is so lucky?"

Lu Mingtong hesitated and said: "Anyway, there is someone, don't ask, he is shy."

Feng Ji couldn't hold back his laugh, Madam Lu also smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I won't ask any more questions, look at his speed, when will you bring me one? Hey, don't bring it back for him , how uncomfortable it is to be bored."

Lu Mingtong thought to himself, okay, just stop beating and scolding me on the day I bring you back.

Feng Ji stayed at the Lu family for this reason, and after discussing it, the two decided to hide the relationship between Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Lu first, and then tell the whole story when the time is right.

For this reason, Lu Mingtong specifically told Feng Ji that he must seize the opportunity to get close to Mrs. Lu, so that if he confesses in the future, he won't be kicked out with a broom.

It was originally an appointment to see pomegranate flowers together, but it was postponed because of Lu Mingtong.Lu Mingtong called the housekeeper into the room, the two of them talked about something for a whole day, and when they came out again, they were too busy to touch the ground and ran out all day.

Feng Ji couldn't see other people, so he could only stay at home and play chess with Mrs. Lu, but Mrs. Lu was not very proficient in playing chess, but Feng Ji, who was interested in female workers, couldn't do anything about it, so Feng Ji would accompany Madam Lu every day. Watch her stroll around the garden, and then chat with her about Lu Mingtong's travels in the Jianghu.Until Lu Douya came back, he gave the future son-in-law a coup, asking Feng Ji to paint for Mrs. Lu.

Feng Ji was very active, and made a few selfish portraits of Mrs. Lu, all the wrinkles were erased, and the red lips and white teeth were added, which is really beautiful.Mrs. Lu was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, she took the portrait to show off to the little sisters, which made the girls clamor for him to paint for herself.

It wasn't until Feng Ji turned into the best son-in-law candidate in the hearts of Lu Mingtong's aunts that Lu Mingtong came back one day, and couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes, and secretly told him that he wanted to take him to see something.

The two went down the mountain without telling everyone, and went to the bookstore in the town.The owner of the book shop was slightly taken aback when he saw Lu Mingtong. Lu Mingtong waved his hand and told them to go on with their own work. He told Feng Ji that Shi Jingtian asked himself to do something for him when he came.

He picked up a thick secret book, and opened the preface to show Feng Ji. There were a few lines of small characters neatly engraved on it, and there were pictures on the side. Feng Ji took it and flipped through it carefully. Shockingly learned Shijiaquan.

"Brother Shi told me that he has practiced hard for so many years in order to carry forward Shijia boxing and spread it to the world. Now he still has the strength to teach one by one, but if one day he dies in an accident, his The disciples have not been able to understand the mind, is this Shijia boxing going to disappear forever? Maybe it is the Yang family's affairs that gave him this worry, so he asked me to help him print and sell the secret book of Shijia boxing. Spreading the world, even if you just learn to strengthen your body, you won't be dishonoring this unique knowledge."

"There is no threshold for him to accept apprentices. As long as you want to learn, he is willing to teach. He also gave me such a precious thing as the secret book without any doubt. I always thought that Brother Shi came to the rivers and lakes for a long time. Coming back with great vigor, he is the last hope of the Shi family. He wants to let the world see that the Shi family's boxing methods are not useless tricks. He wants to avenge his shame, he wants to rectify his name, and he wants to pass his name down through the ages. But I was wrong , Brother Shi is not trapped in this prison, he has a righteousness that he understands in his heart, and this righteousness is beyond my reach. He is truly worthy of the word "hero."

Some people are obsessed with blood, and naturally there are others who impart great love.

When he said this, the light of longing flashed on his face, dazzling and innocent.Feng Ji chuckled lightly, and held his hand: "So you've been busy working on this these past few days?"

Lu Mingtong nodded and said with a smile: "Don't blame me for neglecting you because of this, I haven't forgotten the promise of Pomegranate Flower."

Feng Ji chuckled, squeezed his warm palm, and held it tightly again.

The first batch of Shijia boxing methods have all been printed. According to Lu Mingtong's order, the assistants of the bookshop placed all the secret books in the outermost and most conspicuous position, and used all their strength to invite customers to come in and buy them. Several children were attracted by the heroic words of martial arts cheats on the cover, and rushed over scrambling.A peddler carrying cakes came from the front dangling his load, and the aroma was tangy.As soon as Feng Ji beckoned, he smiled, skillfully wrapped a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from the bag and handed it to Lu Mingtong.

The midday sun shone through the leaves and shone warmly on the two of them who were snuggling together.