old grace

Fu Chuan entered the gate of the inn, and the inside still maintained the original pattern of hospitality, the gate was the counter.

Hearing the servant's shout, Shopkeeper Qin came out of the back room in a hurry, and first bowed to Fu Chuan: "It's really the master who came to Wuxing! Master, please take a seat in the back room." Then he gave to Guo Ying and others who were following behind Fu Chuan. Say hello, "These are..."

Only then did Fu Chuan realize that he had met this shopkeeper Qin, and Li Qian brought him back to Hanshan for dinner a few years ago.

"I ran into a few good friends on the road, so I invited a few elder brothers to come over for a chat." Fu Chuan explained briefly, and then introduced Guo Ying and others to Shopkeeper Qin.Shopkeeper Qin saw that he didn't know the names of the other two other than Guo Ying, so he immediately understood that this was a true meeting by chance.

"Please come in, please come in." Shopkeeper Qin warmly greeted several people to enter the door.

Fu Chuan walked all the way to visit and asked, "Is this the same place as before? Was it the lobby before?"

Shopkeeper Qin treated him like he was looking at his own nephew, with a loving and gentle face, and said cordially: "The inn burned down once before. During the repair, the old shopkeeper was invited to supervise the work, and the tables and chairs were arranged according to the old appearance. , it’s not bad at all. This is the dining hall, and sometimes guests don’t stay in the store, they just come to sit and have a meal—there’s no hospitality for these years, and most of the kitchen is deserted.”

Seeing Fu Chuan looking east and west, and not in a hurry to enter the room to drink tea and talk, Shopkeeper Qin continued to introduce: "The big room above is the place where the White Lady led the heroes to discuss countermeasures and command in the middle. Want to go see it?"

Fu Chuan is only interested in the relics left by Xie Qinghe. Bai Ruyi, Lin Xiaowen, Su Jianlin and others are not of the same generation as him at all. They have friendship but no affection. He is really not interested in an empty room after renovation. .Looking around in the inn at the moment, mainly to study the scope of the Alchemy Cave, it seems that the inn is completely lost.

"Brother Guo, you go into the house to have a cup of tea and rest. Uncle Qin and I will go upstairs to have a look." Fu Chuan sent people away with an excuse.

Immediately, a servant invited Guo Ying and the three of them into the small living room for tea and snacks. Fu Chuan walked up the stairs to the second floor with the shopkeeper Qin. The sun is plagued by evil, and this place has to be plowed again. Uncle Qin arranged for the guys on business here to quickly pack up and move out."

The news came very suddenly, but shopkeeper Qin didn't have any objection, and replied respectfully: "Yes. I'll arrange it right away. What else can the boss want?"

"The money on the cabinet is not enough to pay for it. Write a letter to Uncle Li asking him to spend some more. Don't be wronged, guys. This inn will not be rebuilt in the future. It's not very practical to be fancy. Since we donate porridge, rice and medicine every year and holidays, we can just use it. Set up a rescue center, widows, widows, lonely and weak children, if they have nowhere to go, help them if they can." Fu Chuan has already walked up to the second floor, looking around, "Is this the one?"

Shopkeeper Qin helped him open the door and lead the way, invited him in, and asked, "Mr. Qin roughly understands what the owner means. It's just that in the past, relief for the people was only during festivals or famine years. If you work as a rescue center for a long time, you may not be able to make ends meet. I think it will continue, and moreover, I am afraid that it will cut off the business of the city's traditional Chinese medicine shop and cause dissatisfaction. Please let the owner show you."

"There is no reason to open the door to rescue. There is always a way here. Two sentences, help the poor before helping the poor. If this person is sick and difficult, he will die immediately. Give him a bowl of porridge and a bowl of medicine , and find a way to find him an errand, and ask him to support himself. How many people are so sick that they can’t get up and work all the year round? If they are raised, they will be raised.” Fu Chuan walked around the guest room, approached the window, Glanced out.

Back when Lu Lin was beating pots on the eaves of the inn to wake up the bewitched righteous young hero, Xie Qinghe had appeared to protect him.

Although the inn was rebuilt, the location is much the same.

——Just eight feet away from Fu Chuan's window.

Shopkeeper Qin saw him looking around, and immediately introduced to him: "I heard that there are silver flowers embedded in the roof tiles of the old house, which are the traces where Master Xie shot the silver out with his fingers. can recover."

Fu Chuan couldn't help laughing: "Who can restore the finger strength of my elder brother?"

Shopkeeper Qin apologized and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, later Master Li came up with an idea and asked someone to draw two silver flowers on the eaves with silver powder. It can't be compared with the original handwriting left by Master Xie himself. That's all."

Fu Chuan was amused and surprised, he stretched out his head to look around: "Where is it?"

Shopkeeper Qin had no choice but to open another window and give him instructions from the air: "Boss, here, look this way."

The two of them were looking at the silver flowers on the eaves, when a vigorous figure came from a distance, flew up to the short eaves in front of the window, stood in front of Fu Chuan and said hello: "Disciple Di Zuxing, I will pay my respects to Uncle Fu. When the sun is gone, Uncle Fu's demeanor is even better than before."

Fu Chuan was in a daze.This person's mannerisms were a little familiar, which made Fu Chuan feel very comfortable.

"Nephew, you are welcome. Come in and talk." Fu Chuan moved away from the window, feeling a little unhappy in his heart.He could already see that Di Zuxing was deliberately imitating Xie Qinghe's actions, and Fu Chuan would feel kind because of the three-point similarity.

Thinking of this, Fu Chuan suddenly felt something was wrong.

Di Zuxing probably didn't have a chance to meet Xie Qinghe, didn't he deliberately imitate Xie Qinghe's gestures?

However, according to Fu Chuan's impression of Di Zuxing, he used to be a very ordinary and withdrawn person, with no unusual demeanor and gait, and he could not be found in the crowd.I haven't seen you for a few years, why did it suddenly become like this?Even if only Xie Qinghe has three points of demeanor, he still has the feeling of standing out from the crowd.

Di Zuxing tucked the corner of his robe, turned over and entered the room gracefully, and saluted the shopkeeper Qin: "Uncle Qin."

Shopkeeper Qin seemed to be very familiar with him, and he spoke in a very relaxed manner: "Boss, you chat, I'll serve tea."

Fu Chuan sat down in front of the tea table and beckoned Di Zuxing to take a seat.Di Zuxing's master, Lin Xiaowen, and Xie Qinghe discussed friendship in the same generation. Di Zuxing and Yu He's brothers called Fu Chuan their uncle, and they called him respectfully.

Di Zuxing sat down unceremoniously, and said, "Why did Uncle Fu come to Wuxing suddenly? I just looked up from downstairs and thought I was wrong, thinking that this place is Uncle Fu's private property, so I really came here I don’t know if I’m already here, so come and have a look—it’s really you!”

Fu Chuan chuckled, and asked back, "Why are you here? Is Yu He here too?"

Di Zuxing showed two points of sadness: "The younger brother had an accident last year, and he is gone." Probably knowing what Fu Chuan was going to ask, he continued, "It was an accident when he went to the East China Sea to inherit the sword intent. Master So sad about that, alas."

The purple sword has been passed down through generations, and it is precisely because Di Zuxing is not talented enough that Lin Xiaowen accepts Yu He as his mantle.As for how to inherit the sword intent within the sect, this is a secret that is not enough for outsiders.Di Zuxing has clearly stated that Yu He had an accident during the inheritance, so it is not easy for Fu Chuan to continue to ask what the accident happened-it is impossible to pry into the secret of the Zijian master's sect.

Fu Chuan followed with a serious face, and said politely: "I didn't know about this. My condolences to my nephew."

"This incident hit Master very hard. The younger brother has not yet been crowned, and the old master did not want to make a big fuss about the funeral, so he never sent funeral invitations elsewhere. There are not many people in the world who know about this." Di Zuxing sighed. , "Master only said that good students are hard to find, very sad."

In other words, after Yu He died, Lin Xiaowen would rather look for the next successor than pass on the mantle to Di Zuxing.

Fu Chuan can understand Lin Xiaowen's difficulties very well.

Talent is very important in martial arts practice. If talent is not enough, no matter how hard you work the day after tomorrow, you will not be able to do it.

At the beginning, Xie Qinghe thought that his fate was not long, and he would rather go to the Hushui Palace to embrace Fu Chuan, who was a baby who knew nothing about everything, than to let his master directly cultivate the grown-up Li Nanfeng or Chen Yiwei, precisely because of Li Nanfeng and Chen Yiwei. Their talents doomed them not to reach the height of being in charge of the Hanjiang Sword Sect.

Knowing that Di Zuxing is the new leader of the Heroes and Youth League, Fu Chuan deliberately asked: "Then you are walking around the rivers and lakes, are you looking for a successor for Senior Brother Lin? It's not good for you to inquire about it in vain. Please ask everyone to help."

"I have entrusted the help of all good friends in the league. Oh, it's hard to say." Di Zuxing said with a headache, "I asked for help, and they kindly introduced a good seedling who is smart and kind, and it's okay to refuse." It's not easy. My family's inheritance is slightly different from other families, and it doesn't mean that a good foundation and a clever birth are necessarily suitable, but I offended many people because of this."

Di Zuxing spoke very politely, how could Fu Chuan fail to hear his complaints.

The inheritance of the Purple Sword is no small matter, and there are not a few people in the world who want to get this opportunity.

Di Zuxing leaked the rumor, saying that if the master wants to re-select the successor, it is inevitable that many acquaintances will introduce their sons, grandsons, relatives' children...to Lin Xiaowen, and want to worship Lin Xiaowen and become his next A purple sword.

Directly saying that people are not talented enough is too offensive, Lin Xiaowen can only say that our family has a tricky inheritance, and the evaluation system is different from normal.

Fu Chuan can understand this.

What made Fu Chuan feel very subtle was that he really didn't know Di Zuxing that well.

Before that, he and Di Zuxing didn't speak more than ten sentences.

It's not that Fu Chuan puts on airs and doesn't get along with Di Zuxing, but that there are too many younger generations who surround Fu Chuan and want to make friends. They don't come to Fu Chuan at all, and there are several layers of seniors competing with each other Only those who are strong can advance further, and those who are weaker in all aspects have to retreat.

Di Zuxing didn't like to join in the fun, he was quite lonely. Sometimes Yan Shaoying invited him specially, but he refused to attend the appointment.

Now that Di Zuxing was sitting next to Fu Chuan and talking, he directly talked about the people in the Jianghu who took the opportunity to block people, which can be said to be shallow and deep.Obviously the relationship between the two is not enough to talk about this topic, but Di Zuxing complained to Fu Chuan very sincerely and casually, which made Fu Chuan feel very weird.

Call him rude, he is very sincere.Say he can't figure it out, and he doesn't look stupid.

Just... Once you succeed, you feel proud of yourself and shake up?I feel that my martial arts is good, and I have become the leader of the Xia Shaomeng, so I can chat with Fu Chuan freely and casually.Are you no longer the poor little girl who was ashamed of herself and didn't dare to talk to her?

"It's not too much to be cautious when it comes to sect inheritance." Fu Chuan could only say a word in a nonchalant manner.

Di Zuxing never said anything about being the leader of the Xia Shao League, and Fu Chuan also pretended not to know. He didn't want to hear Di Zuxing talk about shallow topics—he was really not that familiar, and he didn't know many topics. Good interface——Changed the topic and asked: "I came to Wuxing City to investigate the case of killing and mutilating corpses here. Have you heard of it?"

"My nephew really went to investigate this matter personally. Years ago, a popular solicitor in the Ruanxiang Hall was found dead on a flower boat. That night happened to be the Xianghe Poetry Festival. There were many people coming and going, and many people witnessed it with their own eyes. The dismembered body of a trickster. The method of dismembering the corpse is really incomparable and ingenious. It must be a first-class master to do such a method." Di Zuxing was a little excited when he said it, as if he was only interested in the killer's superb kung fu.

"Presumably the local Dragon Scale Guard sent someone to invite the soul?" Fu Chuan asked.

"The soul is invited back, and the ghost of the trickster doesn't know who killed him. The prefect of Wuxing wanted to ask the ghost messenger about the ins and outs of this matter, but the ghost messenger choked him back, saying that the ghost in the underworld doesn't care about the affairs of the yang, and the guard in the yang world If you can't solve the case and go home to nurse the child, there is no reason to ask the ghosts of the underworld to help you - the Wuxing prefect had a high fever for three days and three nights after he retreated from the hall, and the senior guardian of the Longlinwei yamen burned two hundred catties of yellow paper underneath, The prefect of Wuxing just recovered from his fever." Di Zuxing said with joy.

"Apart from the case of the prostitute a few years ago, are there any other cases of dismemberment?" Fu Chuan asked again.

"Yes, there should be. It's just that there have been too many cases of corpse dismemberment in Wuxing City these years, and the murderer has never been caught. The previous Wuxing prefects did not do well in this matter. I would like to appeal, but the government doesn't bother to ask, if there is one less thing, then there is one less thing. My nephew only knows a little bit." Di Zuxing explained.

This thing is very strange.

Shu Hanyun used the Dragon Scale Guard to monitor the sentiments of officials and people in the world. Such a very efficient mechanism, why did it fail in Wuxing City?

"Wuxing City has the Dragon Scale Guard Yamen?" Fu Chuan asked suddenly.

Di Zuxing nodded: "It's in Zhuzi Lane in the east of the city. Is the uncle going to visit? My nephew can accompany me."

It happened that shopkeeper Qin came to deliver tea, Fu Chuan asked, "Have all the guys withdrawn?"

Shopkeeper Qin carried out his boss's orders meticulously. Fu said that he packed his luggage and evacuated "quickly". He only had to boil water and make tea with a few words, and he was completely evacuated: "It's all packed. There are still some in the warehouse." Things are moving quickly."

Fu Chuan asked, "Where is the warehouse?"

Shopkeeper Qin pointed out a general area for him, and Fu Chuan shook his head and said, "No rush to move. There will be no movement over there. Uncle Qin will evacuate all the people first, and double-check that no one is left inside or outside the inn—this is a fatal matter." .”

Shopkeeper Qin agreed, and immediately went down to make arrangements.

Di Zuxing asked curiously, "Uncle Master, why?"

"Didn't Brother Lin tell you? More than 20 years ago, this place used to be the place where the two demons, Bu Lao and An An, tamed the disciples of the Demon Sect. This is the Demon Refining Cave." Fu Chuan pointed to the front and back of the inn, and circled an area, " It was cleaned once before."

Di Zuxing asked: "Master, do you want to clean up again?"

"Yes." Fu Chuan put his hand on Di Zuxing's shoulder, "Let's go out first, this place will soon be burned to the ground."

The muscles on Di Zuxing's shoulders were bulging, but he soon relaxed again, and said with a smile, "Yes, my nephew listens to my uncle's orders."