There is a "Jiangjun Slope" in the town of Yanhui City. The name is majestic, but it is actually a small bumpkin with a long neck and you can see over the top of the slope at a glance.

Jiangjunpo has not always existed. Legend has it that fourteen years ago, Daliang's No. 1 Iron Cavalry Xuantie Third Battalion went on a northern expedition and wiped out eighteen tribes of barbarians. When the squadron returned to the court, they passed through Yanhui City and abandoned the scrap armor here.

It was built as a hill. Later, it was carved by sand, dust, wind and rain, and it became Jiangjun Slope.

Jiangjun Slope is a barren slope. Nothing will grow. Even the weeds are not provided. There is no cover for cheating. It sits here naked and I don’t know what to do with it. The old people say that this is the murderous wife of Xuantie Camp.

It was heavy and violent. As time went by, some idle gangsters took this as a prototype and compiled a series of haunted legends about the . As time went by, no one went there.

That evening, two boys in their teens ran to the foot of Jiangjun Slope.

The two, one tall and thin, the other short and fat, together look like a pair of running bowls and chopsticks.

The thin and tall one is dressed as a little girl. You have to look carefully to find out that it is a boy. His nickname is Cao Niangzi because the fortune teller said that he was destined to be a girl and was born in the wrong child. I am afraid that God will call him back to start a new life.

The family was worried that he would not live long, so they raised him as their daughter.

The short and fat one is the youngest son of Butcher Ge, whose nickname is Ge Pangxiao. As his name suggests, his whole person has a faint sheen of wealth.

The two of them poked their heads towards Jiangjun Slope, but no one dared to go near it because of the legend of it being haunted.

Ge Pangxiao held a copper-covered "clairvoyance" in his hand, stretched his neck and looked in the direction of Jiangjun Slope, murmuring: "You said that the sun has already set and it hasn't come down yet. My eldest brother is really...that

What’s it called—hanging yourself to inediate yourself!”

Mrs. Cao: "That's called hanging beam thorns. Stop talking nonsense and give me the clairvoyance."

This fake girl often does fake things, but unfortunately there is something wrong with her real direction. She is not like a lady, but like a shrew. She especially likes to use a pair of chicken claws to pinch people.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, Ge Pangxiao's fat body felt a dull pain. He hurriedly handed over the clairvoyant eye and warned: "Be careful, if you break it, my father will definitely beat me to pieces."

The so-called "clairvoyance" is a small round poke made of copper with "five bats" carved around it. Inside is a transparent piece of glass, which is fastened to the eye. A rabbit ten miles away can see the male and female clearly.

Ge Pangxiao's one is particularly delicate and was left behind by his grandfather who was a scout.

Madam Cao held it in her hand for a long time, then raised it to look at the stars: "It's so clear."

Ge Pangxiao followed his gaze and pointed, "I know, that one is called Dusk Star, also called 'Chang Geng'. It has the same name as my elder brother. Mr. Shen taught it, I remember it."

Mrs. Cao curled her lips: "Who is 'your eldest brother'? Do you think people care about you? If you shamelessly chase people and insist on recognizing them as eldest brother, you will be looked down upon... Hey, wait a minute, do you think that is him?"

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Ge Pangxiao followed the direction of his finger and saw that it was true.

I saw a young man holding a sword, lowering his head, walking slowly down the Jiangjun Slope. Ge Pangxiao seemed to be no longer afraid of the ghosts, and rushed out like a thunder: "Brother, big brother!"

He ran too fast and tripped over something at the foot of Jiangjun Slope. He rolled out with a gurgling sound and landed at the young man's feet.

Little Ge Pang raised his head in disgrace, and without bothering to get up, he gave a flattering silly smile and grinned, "Hey, brother, I've been waiting here for you all day."

The boy named Chang Geng retracted silently and almost stepped on Ge Pangxiao's foot.

Every time he saw Ge Pangxiao, he felt strange in his heart. He thought that butcher Ge, who had killed thousands of pigs, might be born with a sharp eye. After so many years, he actually didn't kill his son as a pig. However, Chang Geng had a steady personality and was very virtuous, no matter what

No matter what you think in your heart, don’t say hurtful words with your mouth.

Chang Geng stretched out his hand to help Pangxiao Ge up like a big brother, and patted the dirt off his body: "Why are you running? Be careful and break it. Do you want to ask me for anything?"

Ge Pangxiao: "Brother Chang Geng, your father and the others will be back soon tomorrow. We won't have classes. Why don't you go with us to grab the wild geese? You will definitely beat the shit out of Little Monkey Li and the others!"

Chang Geng's father is Xu Baihu - not his biological father.

When he was two or three years old, Chang Geng came here with his widowed mother Xiu Niang to seek refuge with his relatives. Unexpectedly, his relatives had already moved away with their families and they were gone. It happened that the first wife of Xu Baihu, an officer and soldier in Yanhui, died early and had no children.

He married Xiu Niang and came back to fill a house.

Xu Baihu led people out of the customs to collect the annual tribute from the barbarians. Counting the days to return to the city, these two days are probably the only ones.

The towns were poor and the children had little to eat. Every time the soldiers returned from paying tribute, they would bring some cheese and dried meat from the barbarians and spread them on the roadside along the way, which often attracted urchins to grab them. This was called "grabbing the wild geese for food."

Since it is a "robbery", a group of brats will inevitably fight. As long as the fight is not broken, the adults will not care about it, and they will fight together and make a big deal.

In this kind of thing, whoever can get Chang Geng to join the team will be in an invincible position.

Chang Geng has been meticulous in practicing martial arts since he was a child - there are many military families in the areas, and there are not a few children who practice martial arts. However, they have to endure hardships to practice kung fu. Most of the children just hang out casually and practice only half a dozen times. Only Chang Geng started to learn swordsmanship from the day he started.

Since then, he has been going to Jiangjun Slope to practice swordsmanship alone every day. He has practiced hard for many years and his perseverance is astonishing.

Nowadays, Chang Gengxu is not yet fourteen years old, but he can already lift a heavy sword weighing more than sixty kilograms with one hand. Although he knows it well and never participates in the fights between naughty boys, those brats are inexplicably afraid of him.

Chang Geng didn't take it seriously. He smiled and said, "How old am I? Why do I pick up wild geese?"

Ge Pangxiao said reluctantly: "I have already agreed with Mr. Shen, and Mr. Shen also nodded. We will be given a holiday these days."

Chang Geng walked slowly with his hands behind his back, his heavy sword hitting his calf every now and then, and ignored Ge Pang's childish words.

Whether he studies or not, and whether he practices swordsmanship is all up to him, and it has nothing to do with whether his husband takes a holiday or not.

Ge Pangxiao: "Besides, Mr. Shen said that he has to change Uncle Sixteen's dressing. He may also have to travel far away to buy herbs these days. He is not at home. You have nowhere to go, so just come with us and practice all day.

What’s so fun about swords?”

Chang Geng finally took these words to heart. He immediately paused and asked, "Didn't Shiliu just come back from Changyang Pass? Why are you sick again?"

Ge Pangxiao: "Ah... It seems like he has never been well."

"Then let me go and take a look at him," Chang Geng waved to the two little followers, "Go home quickly, it's getting late, and your father will beat you again if you miss dinner."

Ge Pangxiao: "Hey, big brother, that..."

Chang Geng was not interested in listening to his endless "this" and "that". The boy was one year older, and his size and ideas were very different. Chang Geng could no longer play with Ge Pang and the others.

Taking advantage of his tall height and long legs, he was already far away in the blink of an eye.

The little fat man's trip was in vain and he didn't invite anyone. He sighed in disappointment and turned back to glare at Mrs. Cao: "You should say something!"

Mrs. Cao's face was red, her eyes were wandering, and the look of bossing around Ge Pang Xiaoyi just now was gone. The girl held her chest with arms full of spring: "My elder brother Chang Geng walks better than others."

Ge Pangxiao: "..."

I can never bring this worldly treasure out again.

The "Mr. Shen" and "Uncle Sixteen" mentioned by Ge Pangxiao are a pair of brothers, and they have a close relationship with Chang Geng.

Two years ago, when Chang Geng was still young, he slipped out of the city gate to play alone. He accidentally got lost and ran into a pack of wolves, and almost got picked up. Fortunately, the Shen brothers traveled here.

Mr. Shen drove away the hungry wolves with medicinal powder and saved his life. The two brothers later settled down in Yanhui Town. Xu Baihu rented an empty yard in his house to them in gratitude for their life-saving grace. , no rent is charged.

The elder brother's name is Shen Yi. He is a failed scholar who has failed many examinations. Although he is not very old, he has given up his ambition to pursue an official career. He lives in this quiet place and becomes a hermit. The neighbors call him polite. He is "Mr. Shen".

In addition to being a hermit, Mr. Shen also works as a doctor, a ghostwriter of letters and couplets, a teacher, and a "long-armed master". He is very versatile. He can treat bruises and injuries, and he can also deliver babies to mares. He runs a private school at home during the day. Teach a group of teenagers how to read and write, and then send the students away at night. Then they can roll up their sleeves and repair steam lighters, steel armor, and various puppets to support their families, and they can live in seclusion.

Mr. Shen is good at everything, he is good at making money and taking care of his family. He is also good at cooking and cooking. He is very capable. Therefore, his brother has nothing to do and has to be responsible for spending money - Mr. Shen's brother is called "Shen Shiliu". I heard that she was in poor health since she was a child, and her family might not be able to raise her well, so they didn't give her a larger size. Since she was born on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, she was named "Sixteen".

Shen Shiliu neither studied nor worked all day long. He didn't know how to hold the oil bottle when it was poured. He didn't even pick up the water. He was either hanging out or drinking. He was very uneducated and had almost no merit.

Except for looking good.

He looks really good. The old man in the town personally confirmed that he has lived for almost ninety years and has never seen such a well-groomed man.

It's a pity that it's useless no matter how good it is - Shen Shiliu had a serious illness when he was a child. He was burned out. His eyes could only see clearly things two feet in front of him. Ten steps away, he couldn't even tell the difference between men and women. He still couldn't tell the difference between men and women. He was deaf, so he had to shout to say anything to him. Every day when he passed by the door of Shen's house, he could hear the gentle and gentle Mr. Shen growling at him like a mad dog through the courtyard wall.

All in all, Shen Shiliu is a sick man who is deaf and blind.

According to his conditions, he should be a pretty boy who is blessed by nature, but unfortunately, in this town, there are only poor people and poor gods, and no one can support him even if he is a fairy.

According to local customs, when a great kindness cannot be repaid, people will recognize their relatives as relatives, and those who have children and grandchildren will recognize them, and those who have no children and grandchildren will recognize them by themselves.

The Shen brothers rescued Chang Geng from the wolf's mouth, which was a life-saving grace. Chang Geng naturally recognized one of the two as his adoptive father.

Mr. Shen had lost his mind from studying and insisted on saying that the law was unreasonable. He did not dare to accept it. On the contrary, his brother Shiliu was so happy that he changed his name and called him "son" on the spot.

In this way, that gangster Shen Shiliu took a huge advantage - if this idle sick man becomes poor in the future, Chang Geng will have to provide for him until his death.

Chang Geng walked through his yard with ease, turned out from the corner gate, and arrived at Mr. Shen's house.

There are two bachelors in the Shen family, and they don't even have a hen. Naturally, there is no need to avoid anyone. He always comes and goes without knocking on the door.

As soon as we entered the courtyard, we were hit by a medicinal smell and a blast of gossamer sound.

Mr. Shen is frowning and brewing medicine in the courtyard. He is a young man who looks like a scholar. He is wearing an old gown. He is not old, but he always frowns and has a cold and smoky look.

The sound of the xun came from inside the house. The slender figure of the person playing the xun was illuminated by the dim light on the paper window. It was obvious that his skill was not good and he could not hear the tune. There were often one or two notes that could not be played. The whole story is muted and mute, giving off a strange sense of desolation and weariness.

To say that this was music might be a bit far-fetched. Chang Geng listened and tasted it, and felt that if he had to praise it, he could only say that his mournful wail was quite tactful.

Shen Yi heard the footsteps, smiled at Chang Geng, and then shouted into the back room: "Ancestor, please be merciful, I made you blow out your urine, Chang Geng is here!"

The person who played the xun turned a deaf ear. Based on his hearing ability, he probably didn't even hear it.

Mr. Shen looked disheveled.

Upon hearing this, Chang Geng felt that the person playing the xun was still very energetic and did not seem to be sick. He was half relieved and asked: "I heard that Mr. Ge Pang was going to change Shiliu's dressing. What's wrong with him?"
Chapter completed!