Chapter 66: The silent wind in the courtyard
Tears on the bamboo drizzle,
When did you first meet the building?
Listen to a cup of tea,
The courtyard is silent and the wind moves.
After Hou Ruofang finished chanting a seven-character quatrain, he looked at the green square bamboo cluster outside the window and sighed, "It made the two brothers laugh. This is my ambition. I feel a little embarrassed to say it, haha..."
Li Mu and Xiao Biyu looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Hou Ruofang has extraordinary knowledge and a peerless temperament. It can be seen from his conversation that his family background will definitely not be much different, and his age is similar to Xiao Biyu, just a few days apart. How could he have such a way to avoid the world?
"Brother Hou, you won't like anyone, and that person doesn't like you, right?" Li Mu tried hard to think about the books he had read in the past, and finally found a reason he thought was more reasonable, and then said it regardless.
"Haha, Brother Niu said, I guess this is the same." Xiao Biyu's mouth trembled, and finally couldn't help it. He joined Li Mu's gossip. Regardless of Hou Ruofang's fierce eyes, he laughed and agreed.
Li Mu got his allies and was even more arrogant. He seemed to be preparing to vent his revenge of a single arrow that Hou Ruofang had just teased. He smiled and said with a treacherous smile: "Brother Xiao, look at 'when is it that you first meet downstairs?' Don't you say that Brother Hou knew each other a long time ago and he couldn't forget it?"
"That's right, that's right, Brother Niu said very well."
Xiao Biyu loudly agreed with Li Mu's words, and without waiting for Hou Ruofang to make a fuss, he continued, "And look at the last sentence, 'The wind in the courtyard was silent and shaking the strings'. What does it mean? It must be that I learned the style of the ancients and wanted to touch the girl's heart with the sound of the piano, but it failed. From then on, I was discouraged and ignored the Yaoqin!"
Speaking of this, Li Mu and Xiao Biyu actually had a tacit understanding, shook their heads and sighed, "What a pity, what a pity, Yaoqin is so innocent, it's abandoned. How can the person who abandoned the Qin be at ease?"
Hou Ruofang looked at the two of them singing and talking, and knocked on his forehead helplessly, wondering if he had made such two friends, was the right choice.
Just as Li Mu and Xiao Biyu both showed smiles of a successful plan, Hou Ruofang suddenly looked up at the two of them, smiled with a cunning smile: "Two brothers, do you really think that Brother Yu's poem "The Seven Quotes" is about missing the past?"
"This must be like this, otherwise how could Brother Hou have written such a lonely poem?" Xiao Biyu had been in contact with Hou Ruofang for a short time. Before she could react, she nodded vigorously, indicating that she would never say anything wrong.
The smile on Hou Ruofang's face became stronger, and when Xiao Biyu smiled a little nervous, he turned to ask Li Mu again and said, "I guess Brother Niu and Brother Xiao think so, just like that?"
Li Mu looked at Hou Ruofang seriously, and then muttered the seven-character quatrain in his heart. Then he said carefully: "Brother Hou is joking. I am just joking with you. Brother Xiao and I have a completely opposite understanding. I think the sentence "When did you first meet in the small building" in the poem refers to the time we gathered in the teahouse today, but Brother Hou obviously hopes to live a dull life, so there is the last sentence of "The courtyard is silent and windy" to illustrate the desolate scene after retirement... Oh, no, it is the leisure and joy like a leisurely cloud and wild crane."
Speaking of this, Li Mu deliberately paused. Seeing Xiao Biyu's mouth moving, he was about to speak, he rushed to say, "As for Brother Xiao's missing women, I will never agree with it. If this poem is written in this meaning, wouldn't it mean that Brother Xiao admits that he is a woman, and that kind of thing that has been long ago..."
Xiao Biyu was so amused and crying. Before Li Mu finished speaking, she interrupted in a low voice: "Shut up, being a traitor is not enough. She actually wants to push me into a trap. I have never seen you be a brother like this. Be careful that I will cut off my robe and break the righteousness with you."
Hou Ruofang shook the folding fan lightly and said with a smile: "Hahaha, Brother Xiao, do you know this guy's virtue now? Don't look at Brother Niu's stupid look, it's just that this guy has no knowledge now. If he had been like you and me since he was a child, he would probably not be his opponent."
Xiao Biyu shrugged helplessly and said, "That's right, this guy is a little bit slick, but his ability to observe words and expressions and change his mind is much better than me. As long as he understands the truth in his heart, he is not a problem to be a person with a round outside and square inside."
Hou Ruofang looked at Li Mu with a embarrassed look and couldn't help but shrugging, "Okay, okay, I hope that as Brother Xiao said, don't lose your original intention in the end because you are too slippery, that's not worth the loss."
After saying that, he turned to look at Xiao Biyu and said, "Brother Xiao, I have already mentioned my ambitions just now. As long as the world is peaceful and you live quietly. Next, it's Brother Xiao, you'll be the turn of you. Tell me about your ambitions quickly. Should you become the number one master in the world, or be the leader of the martial arts world?"
A "puff" sounded, and Xiao Biyu had just sipped the tea in her mouth and sprayed it all on the ground. She looked at Hou Ruofang with laughter and crying and said, "Brother Hou, are you praising me? Are you planning to let me leave the door of the teahouse and be dismembered by those people in the martial arts world?"
Li Mu finally caught the opportunity and immediately interrupted: "Of course this is praising Brother Xiao. Only people like Brother Xiao are qualified to be the best in the world and be the leader of the martial arts world. At that time, I can walk around in the world. If anyone dislikes him, they will all go up and beat him up..."
"You are a crab, and you will be cooked and eaten sooner or later."
After Xiao Biyu laughed and scolded, she sighed softly and said, "My ambition in the past was to wear fresh clothes and horses, practice martial arts all day long, go shopping, hunting, and **** the female heroes in the world, and then find a few trustworthy friends to gather every year, that's it.
But since my father took Uncle Fu out that day, he was finally carried back without any breath. It was not until late at night that I suddenly woke up, pointing to the west and looking at me with anticipation, that I realized that the carefree life I have always lived was just because my father and the uncle's sect of the Iron Gun Alliance were holding up a piece of sky for me.
It was also from that moment that I understood that my ambition was to revitalize the Iron Spear Alliance and make the Iron Spear Alliance the largest sect in the Central Plains, become a famous family like the North Wind Fort in Yanbei and the Tang family in Yuexi, and to destroy the gods... Well, we must avenge my father..."
Xiao Biyu said it very plainly and easily. It seemed that the words he said just now had been repeated in his heart thousands or thousands of times. Even when it came to destroying a certain sect, he looked calm and calm.
The atmosphere seemed a little depressing. Li Mu really didn't expect that such a heavy responsibility was buried in the heart of the young man with warm sunshine. It can be seen that Xiao Biyu had no confidence at all, but only had the determination to persevere and work hard.
After the three of them were silent for a while, Xiao Biyu suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, Brother Hou and I have finished talking about it. Now it's Young Master Niu's turn. Let's see if Young Master Niu wants to dominate the world or to have a group of wives and concubines?"
"Your uncle, are you taking revenge with your own private parts? These words made the evil spirits hear them, and maybe they will be dismantled from me in the next moment."
Li Mu couldn't help but think indignantly and responded casually: "Forget it, just because of Zongheng, I guess I'm the only one with my little arms and legs. Before I even started Zongheng, I was discounted."
Then he thought about it and said very seriously: "Actually, I don't have much ambitions. I just want to go out and see how big the world is. It's best to go to the snowy mountains in the north and the 100,000 mountains in the south. That's the best. Also, to be able to know more people, such as today, being able to meet Brother Hou and Brother Xiao is the biggest gain of my trip."
"I never thought about having a lot of wives and concubines? I really didn't think about it? Come honestly." Xiao Biyu seemed to be not going to let Li Mu go in order to vent her emotions. "I was at your age two years ago, but I was thinking about how to win the favor of the heroines in the world every day. Don't tell me, you have no idea at all."
Hou Ruofang also looked at Li Mu with a smile, looking like he was watching a show, and it seemed that he was not going to make Li Mu excrete.
Li Mu had no choice but to smile and said with a smirk: "I have thought about it, I must have thought about it, and I have firmly thought about it. But Brother Xiao, you also know that I don't know any martial arts at all. Even if I think about it in my heart, can I still put it into practice? I'm afraid that by then, there will be no groups of wives and concubines, lying in pools of blood, and flies will be in groups."
Xiao Biyu nodded and couldn't help but smile, "This is right. The female heroes in the world are not easy-to-efficient. Without skillful martial arts, I really can't tell whether they will be beaten to the ground by those female heroes. However, Niu Xiandi is now old and has passed the best age to practice martial arts. If you want to do something more in martial arts, you may have to work hard."
Seeing that the scene had been watched, Hou Ruofang nodded and said, "Brother Xiao said it well, but it doesn't matter. Although our Zhenwei Escort Agency is ordinary, it has a good relationship with Yanbei Beifeng Castle. After Brother Niu lays some foundation in the escort agency, I can try to contact Pang Nian, the young master of Beifeng Castle, to see if I can let Brother Niu go to his side."
Xiao Biyu looked surprised and said, "It turns out that Brother Hou, you know Pang Nian? That's really the best. I was thinking that if Brother Niu hadn't settled down, I could consider following me back to the Central Plains, because my second uncle's Wuding boxing does not pay much attention to age and understanding. He just needs to study hard and practice hard. Now I don't need to think too much."
"Thank you for your concern, I'm so grateful." Li Mu had nothing to say, so he had to stand up and bow sincerely.
"Sit down and sit down, didn't I help me?"
Xiao Biyu smiled and waved her hand, then asked Hou Ruofang tentatively: "Brother Hou, since you are familiar with Pang Nian, you don't know the rumors in the world that Pang Nian has begun to practice the unique skills of Beifengbao, isn't it true that the 'Snow Yan Feiling' thing?"
Hou Ruofang nodded slightly and whispered: "It should be about to start. The news that came back a few days ago said that he had entered the forbidden area of Beifeng Fort and the Xuanbing Cave in Yanhan Mountain, Mobei, must be preparing to practice "Snow Yan Feiling".
Xiao Biyu was lost and said with a wry smile: "It seems that I can't catch up with him anymore. Although our Iron Spear Alliance can barely be regarded as a major gang, it does not have the blessed world like the Xuanbing Cave of Yanhan Mountain, nor does it have the martial arts close to the secret martial arts like "Snow Yan Feiling". I believe that after Pang Nian came out of seclusion, his martial arts will definitely be ranked among the world of the Great Chu River, and is it the first among the young generation?"
Li Mu was confused and embarrassed to ask questions, so he could only listen silently.
Hou Ruofang glanced at Li Mu and suddenly said with a smile: "Brother Niu, do you know who was the first in the ranking of the young generation in the world?"
Li Mu curled his lips and said, "Brother Hou, are you sure you didn't want to avenge the revenge you just now, so you deliberately made me fool? I don't know any martial arts skills and I know nothing about things in the world. How can I know this?"
Hou Ruofang shook his head and said to Li Mu seriously: "You can't say that. If you want to enter the world, then whether you have martial arts or not, you need to understand what the current situation of the world is like, so that you can seek profit and avoid harm, and not lose your life inexplicably. Besides, the question I asked must be something you would ask only if you had the chance to guess me, otherwise I would tell you directly."
Seeing that Hou Ruofang was speaking very seriously, Li Mu calmed down and thought carefully, then looked at Xiao Biyu and said, "From Brother Xiao's words, it can be seen that Pang Nian and Young Master Pang are definitely not the best, otherwise he would not have to wait for his departure. Moreover, Brother Xiao's words were full of regret. I guess he felt that Pang Nian was about to surpass him, so he felt so uneasy, right?"
Hou Ruofang nodded, glanced at Xiao Biyu, whose face was slightly dim, and sighed secretly: "The silver spear is like lightning, the cold wind roars north snow knife. Picking stars under the moon and getting drunk among flowers, and the clouds float outside the mountains. These profound words are the rankings of some well-informed people in the world. After years of observation and debate, they refer to the four masters of the younger generation of the world, known as the "Four Martial Arts Shows."
Xiao Biyu's face was even darker, and she smiled reluctantly, "Brother Hou, aren't you just a fun guy? This is not a well-informed person. It is clearly a boring rumor made by a group of boring people, just for fun time."
After hearing the conversation between the two, Li Mu couldn't help but suddenly said: "I understand. The silver spear is like lightning, right? I didn't expect that Brother Xiao is actually the number one master in the younger generation in the world. I really admire him. Your uncle, you are really making a fortune now. If someone dares to bully me in the future, I will report Brother Xiao's name, which scares him so much that he can't do anything."
Hou Ruofang and Xiao Biyu were both amazed and crying. Just as they were about to continue talking, they heard a bold voice and said coldly: "The silver spear is like lightning? You Xiao Yuehan, I'm afraid you don't have the ability to do this, right? Besides, you ignorant child, you really think you are the number one person."
This was a bit too much, let alone Xiao Yuehan, who was insulting and dead, the three of them couldn't help but look on their faces. Just when they were about to speak, they heard a "bang" sound, and someone was already standing up while slapped the table.
Chapter completed!