Young hero, please stay! !

Chapter 3 An old man named Wei
After eating and drinking, the three of them parted ways at the gate of the city. Meng You and Sun Zhongyan were walking on their way home. They looked at the little girl selling noodles on the street. Meng You couldn't help but want to tease her, but Sun Zhongyan stopped her. Hold on.

"Last time you peeped at the girl taking a bath, her father caught you. It is said that now he wants to beat you to death."

"Hey, what's the big deal? Who in Ciqikou doesn't know that I have the reputation of being an honest and good man? Last time, they welcomed me warmly across the street. You, a nerd, must have never heard of my glorious deeds. "

"Are you telling me that you peeped at the girl taking a bath, stole the chicken from Mrs. Wang's house, and smashed the window of Widow Li's house with Zhao Laizi's straw sandals?" Sun Chongyan said expressionlessly: "I heard about it. You were almost beaten to death that day. .”

Meng You smiled reluctantly, patted Sun Zhongyan on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Sun Mutou, do you know that you don't slap someone in the face when you hit him, and you don't expose someone when you scold someone?"

"I don't know. I only know that a gentleman has certain things to do and things not to do."

"You've really made your brain stupid by reading." Meng You sighed: "I'm doing good things, do you know? The girl is young and looks good. I don't protect her, in case someone peeks at her. What should I do? And the chickens in Grandma Wang’s house start crowing every day before dawn. Grandma Wang is so old, she has to have a good sleep, right? As for Lame Zhao, she is an old bachelor, and Widow Li is also alone. , the two families live next to each other, don’t you think it would be good for us to work together to create a marriage?”

Sun Zhongyan quickened his pace, not wanting to hear these stupid words from this brother again.

It didn't matter to Meng You. Anyway, he had long been used to it. Sun Mumu only had two things on his mind, one was studying, and the other was going home to accompany his wife.

But it was still early in the day, and he had made such a big mistake today. Even if he was lent ten more courages, he would not dare to go back to the gambling shop against the wrath of the dominatrix. He touched the food in his arms, so he might as well take advantage of it. Now that I have time, I will go to Xinghua Mountain to see how my new friends are doing.

Five miles away from Ciqikou is Xinghua Mountain. A few days ago, an old man with white hair and beard moved in. He cut down some trees nearby and built a thatched house by himself.

Meng You often came to Xinghua Mountain to hunt some game, and he became familiar with the old man who had weak legs and feet. The old man also had a good personality and would often give him some small items made by himself.

Before Meng Youren arrived, the voice came first: "Old man Wei, I brought you some food. The machine bird you made last time was pretty good. If there are more, give me two more!"

Meng You kicked open the door of the thatched house and saw that the house was full of people, and he stood there blankly.

"Hahaha, you are relatives of Old Man Wei, right? You guys chat, I'll come back another day." Seeing that the people sitting in the room were all fierce, Meng You naturally wouldn't be as familiar as a stupid Qing. , especially the strong man who was as tall as a black bear sitting in the room stared at him with his back and shoulders. At this time, he was still waiting for them to greet him to drink a few cups?
A gust of cold wind blew by, and Meng You felt trembling all over. He turned his head and saw a smiling woman standing behind him. The woman was extremely beautiful. Anyway, Meng You had never seen anything like this in Ciqikou in his 16 years of life. Beautiful woman.Although this woman is good-looking, she always exudes a chill, just like the snow in winter, and she can't help but shiver when she gets close to her.

"Hey, this beautiful sister who is as beautiful as a fairy, even if you stop me and don't let me go, I won't marry you. After all, it's our first time to meet each other and we don't know each other. Hey, hey, there's something to say!"

The woman's palms were placed on Meng You's shoulders. Meng You felt as if he was in the cold winter lake. In just a few breaths, his face turned livid from the cold, and his eyebrows were covered with traces of frost. An ice sculpture, motionless.

"Sister doesn't like this glib tone. This is my advice to you, do you understand?" The woman looked at Meng You with a smile: "If you understand, just blink."

Meng You blinked quickly, and the woman withdrew the ice-cold technique. Meng You, who had regained his freedom, still couldn't help but shiver, and there were two crystal clear icicles hanging on the tip of his nose.

Old Wei, whose legs were made of wood, was at the top of the list. Seeing the young man looking at him with some resentment, he waved his hand gently and said, "Axue, this is my friend, don't be rude."

"Yes, Lord Juzi."

"What are you doing early, Old Man Wei! I don't think I always bring you food and drinks on weekdays. Why, some rich relatives come to the house and you watch them bully me?" Meng You just finished speaking. Feeling a chill coming from behind him, he was so frightened that he immediately smoothed things over: "Hahaha, we are all friends. Old man Wei is living a hard life. He usually doesn't want to give up food or clothes, but now it's better. We have more of you." These rich relatives can finally live a good life eating chicken every day!"

There was silence in the room, and no one even looked at Meng You, who was directing and acting.Old Wei, who was sitting at the front, waved to him, pointed to the small bench next to him, and asked Meng You to sit next to him.

Meng You was reluctant. Anyone who was not blind could tell that something was wrong with the atmosphere in this room. It was much more serious than the previous meetings of gangsters wanted by the empire. When he went up at this time, he heard something he shouldn't have heard. These guys don't have to peel off their own cramps!
But looking at the kind smile on Old Wei's face, Meng You walked into the house cautiously and sat down next to Old Wei obediently.Only then did he dare to secretly look at the people in the room. One was a man he called the 'Big Black Bear'. Next to him sat a man in white wearing a sword. Opposite them, sat a man who looked older than him. An old woman even older than Old Wei and a young man with a wicked smile on his face.

"Is everything going well this time?"

"There is no danger. The giant Kun from Beiming appears in 60 years. This time we have been waiting for more than a year in advance, and finally we have cut off Kunpeng's dragon beard." The swordsman in white said calmly: "The dragon's beard has been handed over to Master Xu. When we return to the city, we can start awakening the 'Mo Gong' that has been sealed for thousands of years."

Old Man Wei nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work."

Several people nodded slightly.

Old Man Wei looked at the old woman beside him and said softly: "Master Xu, the materials have been collected. Master Xu needs to worry more about the awakening."

The old woman was speechless and just nodded lightly.

On the other hand, the 'big black bear' always looked at Meng You who was sitting obediently next to Old Wei, intentionally or unintentionally. When he opened his mouth, he said like a drum in the evening and a bell in the morning: "Young man, why do you ask such a young boy to listen to our affairs, a country man?" , can you know a bird!"

"Wu Feng, don't be rude." Old Wei's dark color was a little displeased: "I haven't introduced you yet. This little friend's surname is Meng Mingyou, also known as Si Guo. He is the sword holder I selected for 'Mo Gong'. "

As soon as the word "sword wielder" came out, everyone's eyes were focused on this well-behaved young man.

Meng You smiled obediently, followed the example of the Jianghu Rangers he had met before, and hugged the crowd.

The swordsman in white looked at Meng You and said softly: "Big man, could it be this young man?"

"Well, he is a person who reconciles life and death, which is rarer than 'nine lives and one death' and 'nine lives and one death'."

Everyone was silent for a while, but hope was ignited in their eyes.

Meng You looked at these people inexplicably, as if they wanted to strip him naked and take a closer look, and gave these people a big smile without a smile.

Meng You was so confused after hearing this that he even dozed off before they finally left.Meng You held his own small bench and sat side by side with Old Wei at the door of the thatched house. He dragged his chin and sighed and asked: "Old Man Wei, I didn't believe you before when you told me that you had traveled around the world, but look. With your posture today, you must have really traveled through the world. Even when the gangsters from Black Wind Mountain escaped to Ciqikou, I didn't feel such great pressure."

"Did you reply to the letter this time? I told you some self-defense techniques before, but you still said that I was old and confused."

"Who can believe that a hero who has traveled through the world can come to a small place like our Ciqikou." Meng You's eyes flashed: "Hey, old man Wei, since you have traveled through the world, your kung fu must be good, right? Tell me. He said, how high can you swim with your martial arts skills?"

"How many floors? It's probably as high as eight or nine floors." Old Man Wei thought for a while and said with a smile.

"Pull it down quickly. Do you know how high the eighth or ninth floors are?" Meng You sneered: "I've heard people say before that even the high-ranking officials in the imperial city only live in two or three floors. The floors are so high that even His Majesty the Emperor dare not say that he lives in a place that is eight or nine floors high! Old man Wei, you are bragging too much!"

Old man Wei smiled and said nothing.

"Hey, Old Man Wei, I asked you before if I have any talent for practicing martial arts. You said no, and I was angry for several days. But the chief escort of Dafeng Escort Bureau also said the same thing in the past two days. Everyone said that he He is a two-story master, and he said so. It seems that I am really out of luck." Meng You felt disappointed.

"You really want to make a career in the world?"

"In those days, good men either worked for the benefit of design, or fought with swords and swords. Reading and literacy are not suitable for me, so I can only dream of becoming a hero."

"I've been clamoring all day long to go out and make a career in the world, but have you ever heard of the saying that martial arts can be climbed upstairs?"

"Martial arts climbing stairs? What is that?" Meng You looked excited: "Old man Wei, can you please tell me?"

Old Man Wei smiled slightly and then spoke leisurely.

"The martial arts in the world, enlightened by the power of life and death, can be roughly divided into pure martial arts and innate qi practitioners. The difference between the two is like heaven and earth. The innate qi practitioners assimilate the heaven and earth with themselves. The Taoism is exquisite, and the advanced qi practitioners Being able to move mountains and fill seas, subjugate monsters and demons, what the world calls gods are mostly just names given to qi practitioners after they reach the top."

"Pure martial artists, on the other hand, use themselves to open up the inner world. One person is a world. They never borrow external forces and take tempering themselves as the goal of practice." "Both have advantages and disadvantages. Innate qi practitioners pay most attention to the word innate. If you don't have talent, no matter how hard you work, you will be useless. But pure martial arts don't have so many restrictions. It's easy to get started but hard to climb."

"Whether it is an innate Qi practitioner or a pure martial artist, they all adhere to the climbing rules left by the ancestors of the three religions. The eighteenth floor for Qi practitioners, the fifteenth floor for pure martial artists, one step at a time, there is no shortcut."

Meng You listened with fascination. The world in Old Man Wei's mouth was far bigger than what he imagined.

"Old Man Wei."

"kindness?"

"You are the first person to have the patience to tell me these great truths."

"It won't be the last one."

"Don't you think I'll just act out all day?"

"You haven't done anything harmful. I've heard about you. I was so naughty when I was a child. I hope other people's eyes will always stay on me."

"and after?"

"Later, I entered the world of martial arts and saw too much right and wrong. Now that I'm older, I just want to rely on the mountains and the mountains for the rest of my life. It's actually quite good to live on the water."

"Old man Wei, you are not a hero at all if you act like this!"

"Then what kind of person is a hero?"

"It's said in the script, only those who serve the country and the people and benefit the world are considered heroes."

"Hey, our hero Meng is right."

Meng You blushed, and hurriedly waved his hands: "How can a little gangster like me be called a hero! Old man Wei, but your words are pleasing to the ear, and I like it very much!"

Old Man Wei looked at the setting sun and said calmly: "How about it, do you want to come with me and see what the world is like outside?"

Meng You had actually been waiting for this day for a long time, but when it came to the final step, he flinched a little.

"Why, are you worried about the gambling house's profit?"

"How is it possible? I don't have to worry about that dominatrix. She has been cruel to me all day long. I wish I could leave her as soon as possible!"

Looking at the hard-spoken and soft-hearted Meng You, old man Wei didn't tell him. Which young man is not like this? He has tasted the bitterness of the world for the first time, but his mouth is tougher than that of the old bastard in the East China Sea.

"The eighteenth floor." Meng You looked up at the sunset, "It's very tiring to climb the stairs."

Taking advantage of the darkness, Meng You sneaked back to the Sanyuan Gambling House. Logically speaking, the dominatrix should be sleeping, but as soon as Meng You walked in, she grabbed his ears and scolded him.

Meng You also knew the temper of the dominatrix, so he smiled playfully for a while, and then coaxed the dominatrix into smiling.

Looking at the roast chicken on the table, Meng You drooled and smiled: "Save it for me?"

"Fart! That's because I bought too much. I think it's a waste to feed it to the dog!" The landlady said with a cold face, "Eat it quickly. If you don't eat it for a while, I will feed it to the dog!"

"Hey! Come on!" Meng You sat at the table, tore off a chicken leg and began to eat it deliciously.

Seeing that Meng You was eating well, the landlady showed a fleeting smile on her face, and said angrily: "You are already sixteen, and you will be a child in two months. It is time to marry a wife. .”

puff!
When Meng You heard this, he spat it out and said pitifully: "No, are you going to introduce me to my wife now? I haven't gone out to explore the world yet!"

"Go to the world, go to the world! You think the world is your home, go ahead! That old bastard of yours has left you here for 16 years. I am both a father and a mother, so I have to give you something when the time comes. You said a daughter-in-law!" The proprietress got angry when she talked about this: "Hurry up and bring back the 30 taels you took away, and treat it as a betrothal gift for your daughter-in-law."

"No!" Meng You pretended to be obedient and took out the beautifully made dagger from his arms, "Have you forgotten, I have been engaged for a long time!"

"With your appearance, how can any girl fall in love with you!" The landlady said angrily, "If you don't study well if you are asked to study, you are very familiar with all the bad tricks from all the other religions! You can tell it for yourself, sliding the door to pick the lock, You are not the best at stealing, eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling!"

"Hey, let's just say it first, I never do whoring!"

The landlady was speechless for a moment, but she had to show her majesty as a boss in front of this bastard: "Don't talk nonsense, the daughter of Dr. Chen's family is pretty good. I will come to propose marriage tomorrow!"

"No! I can't study hard enough, so don't tell me about your wife!"

"What bullshit! It's time for boys to get married and girls to get married. Just tell me, how many of the people you've played with since childhood are left? Either they've gone out to do business or they've gone out to get fame. The worst son is almost one month old. . What about you? You have been fooling around with a man named Zhu all day long. He is already in his thirties and he hasn’t even found a wife. What can you do if you follow him? "

"Why didn't you talk about Sun Mumu? That guy also fooled around with us all day long."

"Can you compare with others? They are well-read in poetry and books. Why don't you try to be a county magistrate when you go out? What do you have? I'm so thankful that you have someone who can save you half the trouble!"

"Then I might have to be half as stupid as him."

"Meng Siguo! Are you going to make me angry to death?"

Meng You quickly begged for mercy, and with the chicken leg in his mouth, he came straight out of sight and out of mind.

The proprietress sat on the chair and couldn't help rolling her eyes. Then she flipped through the list sent by the matchmaker and began to choose carefully.

"The daughter of Dr. Chen's family is fifteen, so she is the right age."

"The daughter of Butcher Zhang's family? No, she's too hot-tempered. It's better for a woman to be gentle."

"Oh, the eldest daughter of Zhang Yuan's wife is not bad, but if she becomes a house-to-house son-in-law, will she have to be bullied? No, no, no."

There is a bright moon outside the window and candles in the house. The boss lady, who has always been known for her shrewdness, has probably never read so many words seriously in her life.

Meng You was lying on the roof, not even finishing the chicken legs in his mouth.

Rivers and lakes!
He really wanted to take a look, and it seemed pretty good to go to the south to meet the righteous husband he had never met before.

(End of this chapter)