Longevity starts from strengthening internal organs

Chapter 195 A Paper Invitation

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Tanggua sticks.

According to the custom, this is a day for offering sacrifices to stoves and sweeping dust, so on this day, every household will start to get busy.

Rich people set up large tables with offerings, praying for the blessing of the Kitchen God.

People who have no money will buy a few candied melons as a way of doing their best.

The taste of the year also became stronger from this time on.

At the same time, at the west gate of the county city, several guards in armor were surrounding a fire to keep warm.

The cold wind was howling, and they were wearing armor, so even if they were close to the warm flames, these guards were still terribly cold.

Even so, when a large group of merchants passed by, these guards would still go forward to check with due diligence.

Some merchants tried to pay bribes, but they sternly refused.

However, they did not make things difficult, and they would release it as soon as possible after confirming that there was no problem.

After finishing the busy work, the sun had already risen high, and one of the guards looked enviously at those talking and laughing pedestrians rushing home, and couldn't help sighing.

"That's great, when can we have a home in the county town."

Someone next to him laughed and said, "Hey, Seventh, you are a greedy wife!"

"That's right, I'm greedy for a daughter-in-law, what's the matter? Don't you want to marry a daughter-in-law?" The guard known as Lao Qi immediately retorted.

The other party who said this was speechless, and the guards warming up at the city gate were all silent.

Yes!

Who doesn't want to marry a daughter-in-law and start a family?
But the key is that their previous identities did not allow them to do this!

As the former cavalry under Wei Hongbin, which woman from a good family would be willing to marry them?
Let alone girls from a good family, there are those who really can't hold back their anger and plan to go to Goulan Wasi to find a singing girl to talk about life, but the other party shows contempt when they hear their identities, even if they give money serve.

There is no other reason.

It's really because Wei Hongbin and his men's reputation in Yunxiao County is too bad.

Even if they didn't do anything bad at the beginning, once they are branded with this label, it will be difficult to get rid of it for life.

This is also the reason why these guards feel sad.

At this moment, a sound of horseshoes came from the long street, and then a captain in armor came to the city gate alone.

When he got off his horse and lifted his cloak, it was Sun Yingkui.

I saw that his face was covered with wind and frost, and his eyebrows and beard were frozen.

Even so, he still didn't stop at all, and asked.

"Is there anything wrong?"

The guards shook their heads.

"Report to the captain, everything is as usual."

"Okay, now that the new year is approaching, it is inevitable that there will be unscrupulous bandits planning to sneak into the city, so you must not take it lightly." Sun Yingkui instructed.

"I'll wait to understand."

Seeing these guards standing in the cold wind but not daring to leave their posts without permission, Sun Yingkui sighed secretly.

How could he not know the embarrassing situation these people were in.

This is why he patrols the city several times a day.

It's because they are afraid that if these guards relax or cannot withstand the temptation, something will happen to them.

This kind of thing may not be a big deal to other people, but to their group of guards who have committed crimes and meritorious deeds, it is like a catastrophe.

Because the entire county is up and down, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at them.

Fortunately, these guards also understand this truth, so they have been conscientious and have not made any mistakes.

After a few words of encouragement, Sun Yingkui turned around and was about to leave.

There was a sudden commotion on the official road, and then someone shouted: "It's Zhao Shaoxia!"

"Zhao Shaoxia has returned from going out!"

Sun Yingkui was shocked and immediately raised his eyes to look.

as predicted.

He saw a dusty carriage appearing on the official road, and the smiling young man sitting on the shaft was Zhao Ya.

A large number of people had already gathered around the carriage, chatting with Zhao Ya enthusiastically.

Even some of the daring women among them squeezed closer with excitement, and said something almost admiring.

Sun Yingkui was taken aback when he saw this, then smiled and shook his head.

He knew that Zhao Ya was quite popular in the county today, but he didn't expect to be so popular.

But this is not unusual, after all, in the past year, it was Zhao Ya's actions that brought the county city back to life.

Nowadays, it is not said that everyone in the county is full of food, but at least the phenomenon of people starving to death has basically disappeared.

This alone is enough to make people sigh, coupled with the improvement of law and order, the return of peace around the county city, all these combined, it is not surprising that Zhao Ya can win the support of the people at the bottom.

In the short distance from the official road to the city gate, Zhao Ya walked for more than a quarter of an hour. In the end, it was Sun Yingkui who came forward to let these enthusiastic people disperse.

Then Sun Yingkui and his guards saluted Zhao Ya in unison.

Zhao Ya smiled and waved his hands, "Okay, you don't have to be so polite, is the city still peaceful while I'm away?"

"It's all right." Sun Yingkui responded.

"That's good!"

Speaking of Zhao Ya driving the carriage to the city, Sun Yingkui and the others looked after him.

Suddenly, Zhao Ya thought of something, and casually threw a small bag over.

Sun Yingkui reached out to catch it, and then Zhao Ya's voice came.

"Today is a new year, everyone has worked hard, after the meeting, go to the city for a few drinks, I invited you!"

There are several bank notes in the packet.

Sun Yingkui and the guards all felt warm in their hearts.

Not only because of these few banknotes, but more importantly, someone finally saw his hard work.

"It's no wonder Zhao Shaoxia is famous all over the county at such a young age. He's really good at dealing with people!" A guard was full of admiration.

Zhao Ya naturally didn't know this, at this moment he had already driven the carriage quickly across the street, and arrived in front of Dingtai Martial Arts Hall.

When seeing him, the guard in front of the door was stunned for a moment, and then shouted in surprise.

"The little uncle is back!"

"The little master is back!"

Shouts came and went, Zhao Ya felt a little helpless.

Because those who keep calling themselves masters, some of their beards are a little white.

If this is a few years later, wouldn't someone call him master?
At this moment, Miao Shaocheng and Xu De hurried to the door, and they couldn't help being overjoyed when they saw that Zhao Ya and Meng Shiwen had returned.

"I also said that you wouldn't come back until after the Chinese New Year. If Zui Er hadn't followed along, I even wondered if you had kidnapped your senior sister and eloped!"

Miao Shaocheng was still outspoken as always.

Xu De didn't stop him even if he wanted to, so he couldn't help but peek at Meng Shiwen worriedly.

But seeing that she was not angry at all, as if she didn't hear, she dragged Zui'er and left.

Seeing this scene, Xu De couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

fortunately.

The senior sister didn't care, otherwise Lao Miao would be miserable today.

Thinking of this, he gave Miao Shaocheng a hard look.

Miao Shaocheng also consciously made a slip of the tongue, scratching his scalp and giggling.

"Let's go, go see Master first, Master has been thinking about you these days!" Xu De said.

When he came to the back study, Lu Dingtai was writing.

After being promoted to the Five Realms, Lu Dingtai's power has increased day by day, so he can restrain himself a little when writing.

"Master!" Zhao Ya saluted respectfully.

"You're back!" Lu Dingtai asked without raising his head.

"Yes!"

"Is everything done?"

"Go back to Master, everything is done!"

"tell me the story."

So Zhao Ya briefly told Lu Dingtai what happened after returning to the Elephant Dance City.

After listening, Lu Dingtai put down the pen in his hand, wiped his hands with a hot towel, and looked up at Zhao Ya.

"Refining Shizong? Hehe, these monsters have also appeared. It seems that the world is really going to be in chaos!" Lu Dingtai sneered.

"Master, do you know about Lian Shizong?"

"Of course I know. Do you think that Master and I have been guarding this three-acre land in the county city, and I don't know anything about the situation outside? Don't forget, Master, I have traveled all over the world and fought with swords." Lu Dingtai said with a proud face.

Zhao Ya was a little dumbfounded.

Master's arrogant character became more and more obvious.

So he didn't dare to speak, just nodded and said yes.

"Back then, the Demon Cult was not well-known, and many of them had completely died out. I didn't expect that with the collapse of Dayan, these descendants of the Demon Cult would start to move again."

"However, you did a good job this time. You actually wiped out Qingzhu Ridge completely. Lian Shizong also killed five Gu masters. It's a serious injury to your vitality. You won't be able to recover your strength in a short time."

Speaking of this, Lu Dingtai glanced at Zhao Ya, "And I saw that when you came in, your footwork was like stepping on the air, it seems that your lightness kung fu has improved again!"

"It's Master, I really have some insights."

Zhao Ya didn't hide it either.

Because in front of Lu Dingtai, he couldn't hide his progress no matter what, and he didn't want to hide it.

"Very good, it seems that your understanding is really beyond ordinary." Lu Dingtai nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly looked at Xu De and Miao Shaocheng who were beside him with hatred.

"Look at you little juniors, and look at yourselves. You still eat and sleep all day long, don't you know how to make progress at all?"

Xu De and Miao Shaocheng lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

Seeing this, Zhao Ya hurriedly smoothed things over.

"Hey, why haven't I seen Second Senior Brother?"

"He? Humph! After marrying a daughter-in-law, he forgot about his mother's master. He hasn't shown up in the past few days. Who knows what he did!" Lu Dingtai said.

At this moment, Shen Dao's laughter came from the courtyard.

"Master, you have wronged me. Didn't I come to visit your old man yesterday?"

Following the words, Shen Dao, Shi Qingqing and his wife walked into the house hand in hand.

Lu Dingtai, who was originally displeased, quickly calmed down when he saw his apprentice bringing his wife, and even nodded at Shi Qingqing.

"Qingqing, what do you think of the words I just wrote as a teacher?"

Shi Qingqing walked closer, looked up and down, and then couldn't help sighing: "Master, your old man's handwriting is getting better and better. In my opinion, even those calligraphers in the capital are no more than that!"

"Oh?"

Lu Dingtai looked happy, but he was a little embarrassed to admit it, so he could only ask: "What's good, let's hear it."

"Look, this font is majestic and majestic, and has a strong character inside. What's more commendable is that it doesn't show its sharpness because of it, but it has a kind of sublime and restrained flavor. It's really amazing!"

"Hahahaha it's not as good as you said, I was just writing for fun!"

Although he said so, the joy on Lu Dingtai's face still betrayed him.

The four brothers and sisters in the distance looked at this scene and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

"Second Senior Brother, why do I feel that in Master's mind, Junior Brother ranks first, followed by Sister-in-law?" Miao Shaocheng said.

"You don't have to think about it, it's what it is!" Xu De affirmed.

Shen Dao said with a smile: "But this is also good. Master is getting more and more tempered now. It is also good to cultivate his temperament by writing and writing. It happens that Qingqing has been practicing calligraphy since she was a child. She is smart and can coax master with a few words." Happy, why not do it?"

Said Shen Dao and patted Zhao Ya's shoulder, "Little brother, I heard that when you came back, your sister-in-law specially bought a lot of vegetables, and it's at my place tonight, we won't go home until we're drunk!"

Looking at the second senior brother who was obviously starting to put on weight, Zhao Ya thought that marriage is really the best fattening medicine for a man, and then nodded with a smile.

"Even if you don't tell me, brother, I still have to bother!"

That night, Zhao Ya took Zui'er, Miao Shaocheng and Xu De to Shen Tao's house for a drink.

In order to entertain them, Shi Qingqing personally cooked and cooked a table full of dishes.

And just when their senior brothers were feasting.

Meng Shiwen met Lu Dingtai in the study.

"Master!"

"Well, have you paid your respects?"

Although he was honest with Miao Shaocheng and others, when facing Meng Shiwen, Lu Dingtai was surprisingly gentle.

"Yes!"

"It's good to pay homage to him. Let him get over the past grievances. After all, he is your father." Lu Dingtai sighed.

Meng Shiwen hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a low voice: "Master, what happened between you and my father back then that made it so tense?"

Hearing this, Lu Dingtai was taken aback for a moment, and then he sighed and said, "It's all in the past, so there's no need to ask any more, but I can tell you that your father is a good man, it's just that he is a little too extreme in his dealings with others."

"Go, it's getting late, your second junior brother must have already had dinner, let's go and join in the fun!"

Lu Dingtai waved his hand to signal Meng Shiwen to leave.

Meng Shiwen was silent for a moment, then took her leave and left.

After she left, Lu Dingtai sat on the chair without speaking for a long time, and only sighed slightly after a long time.

"Junior brother, I really don't know if it's good or bad for her to hide it like this. After all, it's you on one side and her... mother on the other!"

While speaking, Lu Dingtai's expression was gloomy, as if he had aged a lot all of a sudden.

After the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year is approaching in a blink of an eye.

This is the second New Year that Zhao Ya and Zui'er spent in the county, but this year is very different from last year.

Because so many things happened this year.

And Zhao Ya, as the absolute protagonist, naturally attracted a lot of attention.

Invitations came like snowflakes, and Zhao Ya rejected most of them, and only a very small number of people with really good relationships would accept the invitations.

Even so, it took more than ten days to finish this year.

After the New Year, everything gradually returned to normal.

Zhao Ya also quickly threw himself into his cultivation, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

On this day, when he was cultivating in full swing, an invitation came quietly, and the signature was only three words.

Shang Luo Luo.

(End of this chapter)