Brother, did you confess today?

On the way from Liuzhou to Liangzhou, we had to pass through a large river. The spring rains continued and the river rose a bit, but it did not affect the boatmen crossing the river, so the river was still prosperous.

The river is surging, there are boats passing by, the songs and music are lingering, and there are apes screaming under the high mountains, which is quite interesting.

Yue Manxing has never seen this before. In the past, he never dared to go to the north after leaving the Yue family.

The capital is just to the southeast, so there are mostly businessmen and elegant guests in the south of the Yangtze River, and people from the rivers and lakes can be seen almost everywhere if you go a little north.

Because the grievances are hard to resolve, and because he is really guilty, he only dares to live on the side of the great river.

But even so, he did not escape the trick of fate.

Thinking about it this way, I should have taken a good look at the north and south of the river in the past, otherwise it would be a pity that I would not go far and make myself unhappy.

Yue Manxing was lying on the side of the boat watching, while Xu Xiangfei was nestling in the cabin.

There are also many large ships here, but most of the cargo ships of the merchants on the water rent small boats to cross the river.

However, Yue Manxing was quite satisfied, and after looking at it, he went back and said to Xu Xiangfei: "The boats on this river are so big, I think the boat at the second brother's house must be more magnificent."

Ye Qi's family is a maritime merchant, and Yue Manxing doesn't know how rich he is, but he usually sells thousands of taels of silver at random, but he is very frugal and doesn't flaunt his wealth easily.

"It should be."

Xu Xiangfei was led away by him for a while, and he was also thinking about Ye Qi's family's boat: "I have never been out at sea, so I really don't know how big a sea boat is."

Yue Manxing usually likes to put on a sad face. He is still a young man, but he has no childishness at all. Instead, he has a struggle of being overwhelmed by the world.

But now he seemed to be much more relaxed, even his eyes lit up.

It seems that I really like boats.

Xu Xiangfei thought about it for a while: "If Man Xing likes it, he can talk to his uncle later. The Yue family can't just care about the one-acre land in Liuzhou. The water trade routes make huge profits. People I knew before, even if they only came from a few seas It is also very good to steal a little business from the hands of merchants."

"This..." Yue Manxing was mentioned by him, and his eager thoughts suddenly faded away.

He really likes Da Jiang very much.

But it is impossible for him to let Yue Mingjing open up the waterway.

Xu Xiangfei didn't know why his eyes suddenly dodged, but he also realized that he seemed to have said something wrong, so he quickly diverted the conversation: "There is nothing to eat on the river, but the fish is not bad, you can eat some."

On the way across the river, there is nothing to eat.

He and Zhu Xuguang didn't bring much money, and they were used to eating and sleeping outdoors, so they didn't think too much about it.

Yue Manxing hummed, lowered his head and picked up a few chopsticks, and then saw Zhu Xuguang who came back from the boatman sitting beside Xu Xiangfei very naturally.

"Why didn't senior brother wait for me?"

Xu Xiangfei smiled: "I don't believe how much you can talk to the boatman, isn't a stick of incense enough?"

He counted the time and called Yue Manxing to come in for dinner.

Zhu Xuguang didn't say anything, reached out for the bowl, picked up the fish and lowered his head to debone it little by little, and then put it in Xu Xiangfei's bowl.

Yue Manxing: "..."

For some reason, he suddenly didn't want to eat.

Xu Xiangfei reached over with his left hand tucked into his sleeve, and gently pinched Zhu Xuguang.

Be restrained, junior brother.

Zhu Xuguang changed his hand to eat without changing his face, and then held Xu Xiangfei's hand tightly.

If you deliver it yourself, you can't let it go.

Yue Manxing wanted to pretend that he didn't know anything: "..."

He can guarantee that if Yue Mingjing is sitting here, Zhu Xuguang will not dare to do anything.

Ha ha, just bully him.

……

The trip across the river was fun in the beginning, but it gradually became boring after that. The mountains and rivers were all the same. Yue Manxing watched it for four or five days, and finally got tired of it.

But it's really not much fun, and none of them are very good at having fun.

Of course Xu Xiangfei is very good at making fun of himself, and now Yue Manxing can only rely on his elder brother's jokes to get through this boring day.

It's just that something is different today.

Xu Xiangfei couldn't blow the wind at all, but this morning he was standing on the bow of the boat, squinting his eyes towards the shore.

Yue Manxing reached out and tugged at his cloak: "Brother, let's go in, it's windy outside."

The boatman also yelled: "Yes, yes, you little masters and young masters, it's better to come in."

Yue Manxing didn't quite understand the dialect he spoke, but Xu Xiangfei smiled back and agreed a few words, then turned his head and pointed to the shore and said, "It should be Tianmen County near here."

The three of them took the land route before, and then turned to the water route after crossing Xiangzhou. Now they are in Jingzhou, and they will reach the north of Jingzhou in a short time, and then go west to Liangzhou.

In fact, this road is a bit of a detour, but they have to go to Changning to go to the previous thatched cottage to help their master get something.

"Tianmen County, what's the matter?" Yue Manxing didn't quite understand.

Xu Xiangfei smiled: "When I first left with Master, I settled here and rested for two or three years before heading north."

"It turns out that elder brother is familiar with this place."

"That's not exactly what I said." Xu Xiangfei thought for a while, "Tianmen County is next to the river, so there are indeed quite a few people I saw."

Most importantly, this is actually the origin of the Yue family.

The three Yue family siblings and his father were originally from a small fishing village in Tianmen County.It's just that later the disputes between the rivers and lakes spread there, and they were all involved in it, and they gradually left Tianmen County.

Yue's family went to settle in Liuzhou, and his father went to the capital to take the exam, so Tianmen County became a past that no one mentioned.

It's just that Xu Xiangfei went to this small fishing village after his parents died.

Yue Manxing listened to him, and suddenly realized that he really didn't know anything about the past of the Yue family.

Before Xu Xiangfei's death was reported to Liuzhou, he only knew that he had an elder brother who was born to an aunt who had been practicing martial arts abroad for many years and had not returned.

He didn't know the face and name of this eldest brother, let alone his reputation in the world.

It was only later, when Yue Manxing left the Yue family, that he heard about Xu Xiangfei.A swordsman who was as difficult to master as Han Deyu, with outstanding lightness skills, but left nothing in the world, died so suddenly, so there were few rumors.

But after his incident came out, there were a few more words of helpless emotion.

"What are you looking at, senior brother?" Zhu Xuguang walked forward very naturally, and stood beside Xu Xiangfei, with his hands in his arms, but he didn't really hold his senior brother in his arms.

But Yue Manxing was still blushing.

At once……

He had never experienced this kind of thing in his previous life. He clearly knew that these were two men just like him, but after breaking Zhu Xuguang's mind that day, no matter how he looked at it, it felt wrong.

Xu Xiangfei slapped him lightly: "Oh, just be mad at me."

No wonder Zhu Xuguang didn't do it on purpose.

He looked at Yue Manxing again, but he couldn't bear to scold his junior brother in his heart, and after thinking about it, he could only choke out a sentence: "You're laughing, third brother."

Yue Manxing really wanted to laugh.

"No... the relationship between big brother and Zhu Shaoxia is good."

Xu Xiangfei: "..."

Tsk, why is it so strange to say this.

He turned his head and whispered in Zhu Xuguang's ear: "It's all your fault, and I've made senior brother lose face again."

Zhu Xuguang also replied to him: "Brother, do you really only want to lose face?"

How about not?

Xu Xiangfei frowned solemnly: "I still miss my parents, you punctured me when you came up, didn't you see that Man Xing is uncomfortable?"

"The only one I don't feel comfortable with is my brother."

Zhu Xuguang raised his eyes, and looked lightly at Yue Manxing: "Will the third brother meet?"

Yue Manxing: "..."

One thing to say, I am not your third brother either.

Xu Xiangfei took a deep breath, grabbed Zhu Xuguang by the collar, and walked into the cabin without looking back: "Third Brother, wait a moment."

If he didn't beat Zhu Xuguang up, this junior brother would really be hopeless.

Zhu Xuguang waited until he was dragged into the room, then gently held Xu Xiangfei's hand, and rescued himself from him: "Brother, are you angry?"

"Then what else?" Xu Xiangfei didn't know what he was thinking, "My third brother is still outside, so why don't you look good? Let's not say that I haven't promised you yet, even if I did, I can't just do it so casually." Move your feet."

"Oh." Zhu Xuguang always had no expression on his face, but when he looked at Xu Xiangfei, he relaxed a lot, with a faint smile.

"But I am not casual with senior brother."

Xu Xiangfei choked on him.

"That's not OK."

"why?"

"Senior brother, don't ask, or you won't want to know what it's like for a senior brother to really refuse."

Zhu Xuguang accepted it when he saw a good deal, and then changed his words: "Our trip to Changning may not be very peaceful."

They hadn't been attacked all the way, but that wasn't quite right.

Not to mention that Yangqin still has enmity with them, the Zhou family in Beiyuan is also waiting for an opportunity to repeat last year's attack.

"Of course there's no peace." Xu Xiangfei smiled, "But junior brother, are you afraid that you won't be able to protect senior brother?"

Zhu Xuguang was silent for a while.

He wanted to say that he was capable and confident that he could protect Xu Xiangfei, but he couldn't say it.It seems that after so many years, he has not really become the person standing in front of Xu Xiangfei.

So panicked, he could only use other methods to confirm that Xu Xiangfei was still by his side over and over again, even if he was scolded a few times by his senior, it would be worth it.

After all, the senior brother only had those few words when he scolded and scolded, and he was always soft-hearted.

As long as this soft-hearted problem doesn't fall on people who shouldn't have it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Xuguang said again: "The Zhou family, what are you going to do, brother?"

"Huh?" Xu Xiangfei reacted, "What can I do with him? If he kills me, can't I kill him? It's just that Zhou Ji is very smart and knows how to use people from Nanqi to block me, so he stays well in Beiyuan."

"Tsk."

Zhu Xuguang said nonchalantly: "Then brother, remember it, but don't let him soften your heart by begging you a few words."

Xu Xiangfei: "..."

He couldn't laugh or cry: "Senior Brother, Senior Brother is really not that kind of person."

"I know that senior brother doesn't like to make things big, but..." Zhu Xuguang said slowly, "This man, if senior brother softens his heart, I won't just kill him once."

Xu Xiangfei: "..."

However, the junior brother asked him solemnly: "Will senior brother soften his heart?"

Xu Xiangfei was speechless: "You really are."

Zhu Xuguang refused to let go: "Senior brother is unwilling to agree to other things, so is he also unwilling to agree to this matter?"