Legend of the Knight

Chapter 167
What is Jianghu?

Where there are people, it is called Jianghu.

What is Jianghu status?

When you have a certain amount of fame, you are in the rivers and lakes wherever you are.

……

Huang Xiaoshi now has a deep understanding of the above two sentences. What he didn't expect was that he could meet new friends while he was thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors and staying at home.

Yan Yu was led in by Yang Yun.

"This is Huang Xiaoshi." Yang Yun introduced to Yan Yu very familiarly.

"I have admired your name for a long time." Yan Yu said to Huang Xiaoshi as a salute.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, it's a pleasure to meet you." Huang Xiaoshi returned the courtesy.

This was really the first time the two met.

Originally, Huang Xiaoshi thought that he would never have anything to do with Yan Yu in this life, but he didn't expect Yan Yu to come to him by himself.

……

Yan Yu's life is truly colorful.

The prosperity and wealth of childhood, the ups and downs of youth, and the waiting for destiny in youth, he has encountered them all.

Originally, when the nightmare that had been weighing on his heart finally left, Yan Yu, who had regained his new life, thought that the beauty of the world would come to his life again.

Unfortunately, there is nothing beautiful in this world.

Life is not easy for the noble son who has been displaced and kept incognito;
But the life of ordinary people is also not easy.

When Yan Yu decided to embrace life again, life did not give him a big hug back, but threw him directly over the shoulder.

Last year, several major incidents occurred in the Qingcheng faction. First, the head and the head teacher died one after another. It might just collapse.

A country cannot be without a king for a day, and it is the same for a sect.

Even if two people co-manage, it still has a priority.If this is not the case, there will inevitably be a situation where the two confront each other and finally split.

That is to say, in a family, the husband and wife should have a priority, or else they will have to separate.

Here, I want to remind everyone, manly man, it is really necessary to not give an inch.

If you say you are not in charge of your family, you will not be in charge of your family, and if you kill yourself, you will not be in charge of your family.

Remember, remember.

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Because everyone found that the Qingcheng faction had faintly confronted the two factions because of Ziyangzi and Qingxiazi, so several masters and uncles decided to choose one between Ziyangzi and Qingxiazi through a public competition. Head.

In that battle, Qingxiazi performed extremely poorly, Ziyangzi won overwhelmingly and became the head of Qingcheng faction.

It stands to reason that after Ziyangzi became the master, he should promote Qingxiazi as the master. In this way, the two of them will be the master once, which is the best situation for their supporters.

However, Zi Yangzi is not.

After Zi Yangzi became the head of the sect, he also served as the head teacher, and he managed to grasp the power of both the sect of the Qingcheng Sect and the temple by himself.

It's just that Qingxiazi's personality is too honest, and he doesn't argue about this kind of thing at all.

Dao said: If you don't fight, you win.

However, this sentence depends on the occasion.

If two people are arguing in the debate, this sentence can be said to be extremely correct.

If the two of them are already in such a situation, being forgiving and forgiving is a rare quality, and most of them will make an inch of it, add insult to injury, and kill them all.

Since becoming the head of the sect, Zi Yangzi has been trying to find ways to put Qingxiazi on shoes all day long, so as to make him stumble.But Qingxiazi is indeed a man who is strong without desires, and Ziyangzi can't get hold of him at all.

Finally one day, Zi Yangzi found a good excuse.

At the end of the year, Zi Yangzi called all the sects and temples together for a meeting.

At the meeting, Zi Yangzi said that as the new head and head teacher, he should report to everyone the current situation of the sect.

As a result, Zi Yangzi handed over bills that were nearly one foot thick. These bills were all owed by the previous heads. When he added them up, they were thousands of taels.

When Zi Yangzi said this, everyone was in an uproar.

The Qingcheng faction doesn't have many people, but only a few hundred people, but there are hundreds of acres of fertile land, and the huge temple is constantly burning incense every year, which is a lot of income.

Since there is so much income, why does the Qingcheng faction owe money every year?
Several uncles took the bills and took a closer look, and found that these arrears were not spent on the sect, but on the renovation and expansion of the temple.

In recent years, the Taoist temple of the Qingcheng sect has expanded a lot. In addition to the new Jade Emperor Hall, many new houses for pilgrims to rest have also been built.

These all cost money.

However, if the money is owed, there is no need to worry at all.

In the final analysis, all of these are counted as investments. The incense fair is held every year, and the money raised from the incense fair can be slowly repaid.

What's more, there is usually no interest on the money lent to temples, and the creditors will not come to the door to demand debts.

If you are serious and return it, they will accept it. If you don’t return it, it will be considered a good deed.

As a result, Zi Yangzi became serious all at once.

Ziyangzi said solemnly, repaying debts is a matter of course, and the Qingcheng faction is a model of decency, so there is no reason for not repaying debts.

This is of course true.

Is it possible to become a master if you owe a debt?
This is not the future generations of thousands of years.

Afterwards, Zi Yangzi said to everyone that everyone should work together to settle the debt together, so as to maintain the face and credibility of the Qingcheng faction.

As the head of the Qingcheng faction, he has a heavy responsibility.

This is also true.

At this time, Zi Yangzi took out a list that he had drawn up himself, and he announced loudly that everyone present was corresponding to the charity that needed to be raised by himself. That's enough, come back sometime.

When Zi Yangzi said this, everyone was in an uproar.

Immediately afterwards, Zi Yangzi announced that he would undertake the fundraising of 600 taels of silver.

After Zi Yangzi said this, everyone fell silent.

The head of the house alone paid 600 taels, how can others talk.

Afterwards, Zi Yangzi began to read the names one by one, and after the name was the money to be raised.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that, the amount distributed to everyone is not too much.

For example, Yan Yu, he is the senior brother among the disciples of this generation, but he only got ten taels of silver.

This money, say more or less, say less.

Although Yan Yu usually used all the money he got to buy and maintain the sword, he really didn't save any money, but he still had a few taels of silver.

If you think of any other way, these ten taels of silver will be enough.

Not only Yan Yu is like this, but other people are also like this. If you grit your teeth, you can raise enough money.

Even if you have no money for a while, you can find a way to borrow some.

Anyway, the temple will give out money every month, and there are other extra incomes when you encounter practice activities. If you are lucky, it is possible to get a few taels of silver a month.

However, there is one person whose claws are numb, and this person is Yan Yu's master, Qingxiazi.

After all, isn't it called "Purple and Green Twin Swords", Qingxiazi was allocated 300 taels of silver.

Of course, you can't say that the master did it on purpose, Zi Yangzi allocated 600 taels of silver to himself.

However, abilities vary from person to person.

Ziyangzi thought it would be easy to get 600 taels of silver, at worst he could just borrow from Mahulaka, but Qingxiazi, who has been a Taoist priest in the Qingcheng School for half his life, knows how to read scriptures and practice swords all day long, he understands Fundraising ass.

With a sigh, Qingxiazi put on his Taoist robe and carried a sword on his back, and went down the mountain to raise money. If he couldn't raise the 300 taels, he returned to the Qingcheng faction shamelessly.

However, how could Qingxiazi raise 300 taels of silver?

If the master is in trouble, the disciple will naturally help him with all his strength, but unfortunately, Yan Yu is also powerless when it comes to money.

From that day on, Yan Yu followed his master down the mountain, and at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, the two bid farewell.

Master didn't even go back to Mount Qingcheng, so he didn't have the face to go back.

The world is so big that there is nowhere to live.

Yan Yu has been wandering around since then.

It is impossible to work part-time, and it is impossible in this life.

It's not that Yan Yu looks down on those manual jobs, but that he really doesn't know how to do them.

Except for some extremely simple life skills, Yan Yu didn't know any other chores and acrobatics.

This was what Wu Xiazi was most worried about about his disciples at that time, he had to have a craft.

However, Yan Yu still has the status of being able to make ends meet. He is a regular Taoist priest with a degree.

However, Yan Yu didn't even serve this bowl of rice properly, and he couldn't even do Buddhist rituals.

Fortunately, the imperial court has wanted bounties.

Every time Yan Yu went to a place, he would look at the bounty list, and then find someone to inquire about the news. He really broke down a few small bandits and took a dozen or so taels of silver.

This is also bad luck, if the Black Wind Village is still there, Yan Yu will definitely drag Master and kill him.

You know why the bandit den in the Central Plains can't do much, because those seemingly fierce bandits are actually gold mines that martial arts masters can dig out at any time, just to see who is willing to dig first.

While fantasizing about raising money for his master with a bounty, Yan Yu, who was wandering around, heard the news that there is a sword master in Luoyang City who is teaching others how to use swords every day.

As soon as the sword was mentioned, Yan Yu, who had an unbearable itch in his heart, came towards Luoyang eagerly.

Unexpectedly, when he came over it was too late, Huang Xiaoshi had already closed the door to thank guests, and did not compete with others.

Yan Yu, who was sighing, saw Fu Jianhan and Yang Yun enter Shennong Baicaomen, and because he was attracted by Yang Yun's sword, he boldly went up to strike up a conversation.

After the three talked around, Yang Yun discovered that Yan Yu wanted to visit Huang Xiaoshi.

Huang Xiaoshi was indeed thanking the guests behind closed doors, but the person who declined was a guest, not a friend, so Yang Yun readily brought Yan Yu in.

As for Fu Jianhan, he went to the tavern by himself to continue drinking. Taking advantage of the absence of Yang Yun, who likes to persuade people to drink less, he quickly downed a jar of wine.

After leading Yan Yu into Shennong Baicaomen, he said a few more words, and Yang Yun also left.

A person like Yan Yu who only likes to drink tea has an aura that flows from all over his body, no matter what, he can't get along with someone who likes to drink. Even if he is also a person who loves swords, he can't urinate in a pot.

Huang Xiaoshi can talk to anyone, because he is basically watching people order food.

He neither likes wine nor tea, and happy water is Huang Xiaoshi's eternal favorite.

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"Come, brother Yan, please drink tea." Huang Xiaoshi poured a cup of tea for Yan Yu himself, and said to him: "This is a famous product in Luoyang, peony black tea. Brother Yan is from Sichuan, so he may not be used to drinking black tea, but You can try it."

Yan Yu nodded after taking a sip of tea.

In fact, Yan Yu drank black tea at home when he was a child, and it was green tea that Yan Yu started to drink after he arrived in Sichuan, so there is nothing he is not used to drinking black tea.

"Brother Yan, what's the matter, why did you come to Luoyang?" Huang Xiaoshi asked casually, and Yan Yu was actually silenced.

Although it was said that Yan Yu came here to learn swordsmanship with Huang Xiaoshi, but he didn't come here specially to find Huang Xiaoshi.

I can't explain the matter here in a few words, and I don't even know where to start.

Huang Xiaoshi is from the middle of Shu, he still speaks with a strong Shu accent.

Originally, Yan Yu was not used to the Shu accent, but in this foreign place, the Shu accent is so friendly.

Finally, Yan Yu told Huang Xiaoshi the recent events from beginning to end.

"That's it." Huang Xiaoshi tapped his fingers on the table rhythmically while listening.

Yan Yu didn't come to ask Huang Xiaoshi to borrow money, firstly he was embarrassed to ask, and secondly he didn't think he could borrow so much money by asking.

Yan Yu just mentioned that he wanted to see Huang Xiaoshi's [Full Moon Sword].

But what Huang Xiaoshi was thinking about now was whether to take the opportunity to take Yan Yu down.

It can be said that you are greedy for my sword, and I am greedy for your people.

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Leaving aside his status, among the younger generation in the Central Plains martial arts, Yan Yu can be ranked third among sword masters.

The first is Fu Jianhan, the second is the thorn of sword and sword, and the third is Yan Yu.

Fang Yunhua was naturally not included in Huang Xiaoshi's calculations, if he didn't have a player status, he wouldn't even be in the top ten.

Yan Yu's ability is really good. If he can grow steadily, there is a high probability that he will be able to enter the level of a first-class master.

In the current martial arts world, first-class masters seem to be the second echelon, but there are only a few super-class masters.

It can be said that first-class masters are the main strength of the strong in the arena.

There are a few first-class masters in a sect, it is already amazing; and many sects, such as the current Qingcheng sect, do not even have a single master like this.

After drinking two more sips of tea, Huang Xiaoshi said to Yan Yu: "Brother Yan, you and I are both from Shu, and we all say 'if we are close, listen to the local accent', we are a family in a different place.

If brother Yan thinks highly of me, Mr. Huang, can you listen to me? "

After hearing Huang Xiaoshi's words, Yan Yu nodded.

"Brother Yan, why don't you come and help me with something, I'll give you 20 taels of silver a month, how about that?" Huang Xiaoshi directly offered a high-paying position to Yan Yu.

Guo Furong's monthly salary is only two renminbi, and the unscrupulous and unscrupulous proprietress deducted her room and board expenses.

Huang Xiaoshi directly gave Yanyu 20 taels of silver.

Are you short of money?

Come on, I am rich and powerful here and can afford it.

After hearing Huang Xiaoshi's words, Yan Yu was at a loss for words. He didn't know whether he was considering whether 20 taels of silver a month was appropriate, or whether he was calculating how long it would take to raise enough money for Master.

In order to help Yan Yu make up his mind, Huang Xiaoshi said to him again: "Brother Yan, if you agree, you can advance 300 taels of silver from me first."

"Okay." As soon as Huang Xiaoshi said this, Yan Yu immediately raised his head and agreed.

If it was not easy to calculate before, it can be understood immediately now.

As long as Huang Xiaoshi agrees, Master can go back to Mount Qingcheng immediately.

Seeing that Yan Yu agreed, Huang Xiaoshi clapped his legs and applauded, then he yelled at the people passing by, and after a while, someone brought the Four Treasures of the Study.

Huang Xiaoshi took up a pen and wrote on a piece of white paper. After he stopped writing, he waited for a while, and when the ink dried up, he handed the writing to Yan Yu for reading.

Yan Yu originally thought it was a recruitment document or something, but he took the letter and read it, and found that it was a letter written by Huang Xiaoshi to the head office of Chengdu.

The content of the letter is very simple, it is to ask them to take 300 taels of silver and send it to the Qingcheng School in the name of Yanyu after receiving the letter.

Nothing else was mentioned in the letter.

"Brother Yan, do you want to add some words?" Huang Xiaoshi asked Yan Yu who was holding the letter.

Yan Yu thought for a while, he picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on the letter paper, to the effect that the money was to raise funds for his master Qing Xiazi, after receiving the money, please inform Qing Xiazi, lest he continue to go out run around.

Then Yanyu asked Qingxiazi for leave, saying that he would not return to the Qingcheng faction within two years, and if he needed anything, he could send a letter to Luoyang or come to Luoyang to find him.

After Yan Yu finished writing, when the ink was dry, Huang Xiaoshi took the letter paper, folded it in half and put it in his arms.

Huang Xiaoshi said to Yan Yu: "Brother Yan, please sit down for a while, I will find someone to bring this letter back to Sichuan."

Huang Xiaoshi got up and walked towards the inner courtyard.

(End of this chapter)