Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen
Huo Xiaoxie smiled and said, "So it's just congratulations, not thanks, I'm a little disappointed."
Shui Huazi and Mu Wang were taken aback for a moment, and the two immediately said emotionally: "This kid really shouldn't be polite when he is not polite!" "It's a headache for us to be straightforward."
Shui Huazi smiled and said, "Of course I want to thank you!"
The patient Mu Wang said, "I must be grateful!"
Huo Xiaoxie showed a smirk, and said, "And then?"
"And then..." Shui Huazi said to himself, looking at Mu Wang's patient, and said Italianly, "Brother, this kid is not what he used to be..."
"Uh..." The Mu Wang patient also muttered, and replied in Italian, "He can defeat our army in just three sentences, so he is very powerful."
Huo Xiaoxie pretended to be regretful and said: "The Shui family just said a few words about the grace of saving life like this? It's too stingy."
The patient Mu Wang felt blocked, and said in a deep voice, "If you have any request, please tell me."
"It seems that if you say it, you will find excuses that you can't do it, so why don't you say it. Forget it! You come to congratulate me, I understand, there are many things now, and I will meet the water king Rukawa another day. He is a man who keeps his word Let me talk to him again. Farewell!" Huo Xiaoxie waved his hand generously and was about to leave.
Mu Wang's patient was so upset by these words, he stepped forward and grabbed Huo Xiaoxie's hand, and said in a deep voice: "I am Rukawa, what I say is what I say, but it's okay for you to say it!"
With a backhand, Huo Xiaoxie also grabbed Mu Wang's patient's wrist, with sharp eyes, he said, "Okay! The five elements are aligned, and the Rakshasa formation is broken. The Shui family can agree."
The Muwang patient smiled, loosened Huo Xiaoxie's wrist, and said, "The twists and turns are provoking me, isn't it just the combination of the five elements and a broken formation? I promise you that it will be the size of a sesame mung bean!"
Huo Xiaoxie let go of Mu Wang's patient's wrist at the same time, and said with a smile: "Master Rukawa is really a hero! Then it's settled! I'll let you know when and where."
The Mu Wang patient snorted softly: "Okay!" He turned around and left.
Huo Xiaoxie smiled and said: "My lord, there is still a good show to watch in a while, so it won't be too late."
The Mu Wang patient replied: "Don't worry, I never miss a good show."
Shui Huazi cupped his fists at Huo Xiaoxie, and glanced at Shui Yaoer, who gave him a silent smile, full of pride in what Huo Xiaoxie said just now.
Shui Huazi gave a dry laugh, turned around and left, and caught up with Mu Wang's patient in a few steps, and the two immediately started talking in Italian.
"Huo Xiaoxie is not like a robber, but has become a robber!" The Muwang patient said first.
"Fortunately, brother is firm in his words, otherwise he would really be at a disadvantage and let Huo Xiaoxie underestimate him."
"He sees through my shortcomings of arrogance and aloofness. His timing, tone of voice, expression of movements, the overall situation is clear, and the small situation is ignored. A few words are just right, he provokes me everywhere, and points at my weakness. The throne of king must be given to him as a token of gratitude."
"Stealing without stealing is indeed a bit clever!"
"Thousands of thieves, it's better not to steal, to invite him to hand over, and to be grateful. I really didn't expect that Huo Xiaoxie could use this method on me."
The two whispered all the way, and stepped aside, these two people have been tossing Huo Xiaoxie like a little thief for many years, hot and cold, strict and loose, playing with each other, until today, they were finally beaten by Huo Xiaoxie. The evil has come back, and I dare not underestimate it.
Huo Xiaoxie smiled and watched Shuihuazi and Muwang patients go away, whistled lightly, turned to leave, but was gently held back by Shui Yaoer.
"Hey..." Shui Yaoer hesitated to speak.
"What a coincidence, what's the matter?" Huo Xiaoxie asked with a simple face.
"What did you think just now?"
"Oh! No matter how big a fool always falls into the same ditch, he will learn to walk around. If you get beaten a lot, a piece of meat will become a very chewy meatball." Huo Xiaoxie hugged the water demon The son's slender waist made a grimace.
The water monster laughed amusedly, and suddenly said: "Monkey." She clung to Huo Xiaoxie's arms.
Huo Xiaoxie sighed and said with a smile: "Monkey, he returned from traveling across the ocean and became a grandson Monkey, Yaoer, there is no need to change anymore..."
Shui Yaoer's nose was sour, her eyes were full of tears, and she buried her face in Huo Xiaoxie's chest with a hum, and murmured: "I know, I have always believed that there will be such a day..."
The branches of the Mu family were tidied up, not only freeing up a flat open space, but also opening a path for the surrounding vines, leading back to the Mu Gu village.
Jin Pan and Qiao Er were no different from ordinary people except for their physical exhaustion. Qiao Da and some of the guards of the Jin family also recovered their sanity and could get up and walk slowly.Since Qiao Da was still alive, Qiao Er has been inseparable from Qiao Da, and has been chasing and complaining all the way, accusing Qiao Da of all kinds of uselessness. How can there be the joy of reuniting after a catastrophe? If you don't know them well, you will think that they are enemies for thousands of years, enemies for thousands of years.In fact, everyone who understands knows that the bickering between Qiao Daqiao and Er at this time is the portrayal of the two people's friendship.
Wang Xiaoxian and Baiyan also woke up from the coma. Although they couldn't stand up, they were still full of love words, embraced each other and shed tears from time to time, and never wanted to part.The Mu family took no notice of it and turned a blind eye to it, while Jin Pan couldn't see it, but it was hard to stop him, so he couldn't stop cursing: "In broad daylight! In broad daylight!"
Under Lin Wan's care, Tian Wen recovered very quickly and was able to sit up. Although the bruises on his face were slowly fading away.Tian Yuniang and the four sects of Tujia could move freely a long time ago, but they just sat around Tian Wen, cultivating their body and mind, and also protecting the Dharma.
Seeing that the situation has stabilized, Huo Xiaoxie returned the four branches of the Mu family to their positions, leaving Shui Yaoer at the bottom, climbed up to the high place by himself, and looked around at the Mu family.Seeing that Huo Xiaoxie had something to say, the Mu family gathered around them in silence.Seeing that everyone was in order, Huo Xiaoxie took out the Mu Guangzhu given by Lin Wan, held it in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Mu family elders, fairy masters, and disciples, I, Huo Xiaoxie, have destroyed Mu Guangzhu. , according to the previous agreement, I can be the king of wood, what do you think?"
The vast majority of the Mu family were in awe and admiration of Huo Xiaoxie, the "savior". As soon as Huo Xiaoxie finished speaking, there was a bang, and people nodded in agreement.
Lord Yao followed the trend, stood up, and announced loudly: "According to the investigation, Huo Xiaoxie is the disciple of Xiaoyaozhi Wang Xiaoxian, and his identity is undoubtedly! The ancestors taught that the one who breaks the wood is the king of the wood, and there is no need to win the medicine competition! Everyone in the Mu family agrees! Beforehand, Huo Xiaoxie was fighting hard in the wooden house, fearing that there would be differences, so Heizhi Qingchen was selected as the wooden king for the time being. The position is not a positive number. Now that Huo Xiaoxie has broken the wooden house, he is here safely, respected by everyone, and his name is worthy of his name. He can be the king of wood!"
After Yao Wangye finished speaking, he was very excited, turned around and knelt down, bowed to the ground, and said loudly: "I invite Huo Xiaoxie to be the head of the Mu family and follow the king of Mu."
As soon as Lord Yao said this, everyone in the Mu family, Qingya and Qianniao kneeled down with Qingzhi and Huazhi disciples, Lin Wan also brought Xiaoyaozhi, and knelt down on the ground. The head of the Mu family, the successor of the Mu king."
Only the people in Heizhi watched Qingchen, not knowing what to do.
Seeing that Heizhi didn't kneel, Lord Yao scolded loudly: "Qingchen! Your life was also saved by Lord Huo Xiaoxie. You used the Tibetan black witch to control the spirit Gu ship, and you failed to hurt Muyan even a bit, but killed him first. Dozens of innocent disciples of the Mu family have made a big mistake to intensify the promotion of Mu Yan to the palace! Qingchen, why don’t you kneel down and ask Huo Xiaoxie to be the king of Mu? Hand over Mu Guangzhu who is in charge!”
Qingchen lethargicly laughed a few times, then suddenly sharpened his tone, and cursed: "Old man Yao, Qing Ya, Chidori, you idiots! Shameless! This Huo Xiaoxie is the culprit, Yan Huo Son of Chi! He broke the wooden house, just got shit luck! I don’t accept it! He is the king of wood? Hahaha, a strange story in the world! The king is my Qingchen, and I will never give it up to him!"
Lord Yao yelled: "Qingchen, you openly disobeyed your ancestor's will and did not keep your oath, are you going to make an enemy of the Mu family!"
Qingya also shouted: "Qingchen, don't be obsessed! You and I have sworn to Huo Xiaoxie, if you continue like this, no one in the Mu family will obey you!"
Qingchen laughed loudly, and said, "Don't you go to deal with the disaster of the Mu family and steal Lin Wan, who is the deputy in charge, and instead blackmail me? So what if Lin Wan recovers from her illness? You are afraid of her when she recovers. I want to kill her, it's still easy!"
Jin Pan took a step forward and shouted at Qing Chen: "Qing Chen, you are old and young, why can't you figure it out? Is it so important for you to be a wooden king? You should take a step back, Huo Xiaoxie is my brother, you let me If he takes a step, the Jin family can still help you, but if you insist on not retreating, the Jin family can only be your enemy, not to mention helping you."
Tian Yuniang walked out and said: "Qingchen, the Tu family was also saved by Huo Xiaoxie, if you make things difficult for Huo Xiaoxie, you are also an enemy of the Tu family."
Lord Yao went on to say: "Qingchen, did you see that? If you don't kneel down and beg Huo Xiaoxie, hand over Mu Guangzhu, you will be expelled from the Mu family immediately. The wood, gold, and earth families will work together to kill you. Odds."
Qingchen sternly said: "The three families joined forces to kill me! You have the guts to try! Disciples of Heizhi, who of you will follow me? We, Heizhi, left the Mu family and became the king of Heimiao, fighting against the Five Elements family!"
The Immortal Lord Black Branch Moth was still standing by Qing Chen's side, but upon hearing Qing Chen's words, his heart and gallbladder became cold, he took a step back, ran straight to the side of Lord Yao, and knelt down on the ground with a plop. The meaning is obvious, I don't want to follow you into a dead end.
As soon as the moth ran away, Heizhi immediately collapsed, and more than half of the people moved away and knelt down on the ground.The remaining few Qingchen's disciples hesitated for a while, but they didn't dare to run away, so they simply knelt down and begged Qingchen: "Immortal Master, Master, please don't be stubborn."
Lord Yao shouted: "Qingchen! The tree fell and the monkeys scattered, you don't have any capital anymore, I'll count to three, you hand over Mu Guangzhu, if you don't, you will be punished as a traitor of the Mu family! Kill without mercy!"
Qingchen cursed: "Come on, count quickly!"
Lord Yao was about to count, when Huo Xiaoxie yelled: "There is no need to count." He looked at Qing Chen and said, "Qing Chen, what do you want?"
Qingchen sneered: "Huo Xiaoxie, I can give you Mu Guangzhu and let you be the king of Mu. As long as you fight a Gu with me, listen up, it's a Gu fight! If you can beat me, I will be convinced." oral."
Huo Xiaoxie smiled and replied straightforwardly: "Yes."
Qing Chen was also slightly startled by agreeing to Dou Gu without any hesitation, and more people couldn't believe it.Hei Zhi was originally good at Gu skills, and Qing Chen was even more outstanding. No one in the Mu family was more powerful than Qing Chen in the killing methods of Gu skills, which was almost universally recognized.Huo Xiaoxie didn't know Gu skills at all, and was unprepared, how could it be possible to win Qingchen in a Gu fight?
Everyone was full of doubts, but seeing Huo Xiaoxie full of confidence, what did Huo Xiaoxie think.
Lin Wan thought about it again and again, but she stood up and said, "Huo Xiaoxie, please let me fight Gu with Qingchen on your behalf."
Huo Xiaoxie laughed loudly and said, "No, no, no! I'll do it! Everyone get out of the way and make room for me to fight Gu with Qingchen. Alright, alright, needless to say, I've already decided to do this."
Qingchen was overjoyed, stepped forward a few steps, and said, "Huo Xiaoxie, please!"
Huo Xiaoxie said, "I'm standing right here."
Qingchen put on a coquettish smile, and said: "Huo Xiaoxie, I just thought, how dare you fight Gu with me? Maybe you sucked the black spirit snake, and realized something? You are the body of a two-headed red bird , Ordinary Gu techniques may really be unable to do anything to you? It’s just that I didn’t know that you were Yan Huochi’s son at the time. Now that I know, I have a Gu technique that will definitely defeat you. Hehehe, in the black dead spirit Gu , there are black spirit insects, which are not very powerful in the Mu family, but this Gu is specially refined to deal with you, a person with the blood of Yanhuo. Huo Xiaoxie, you are too rampant, let's see how you end today! Come on!"
Huo Xiaoxie touched his head and asked, "Then it started?"
Qingchen said: "Yes, it's started!"
Huo Xiaoxie said: "Okay then, let's start."
Qingchen shouted: "Use your abilities! I see you have..."
"Wait a minute! I forgot one thing..."
"Without further ado."
"Indeed I forgot, just remembered, um, this is it, I want to pay you back first." Huo Xiaoxie said, took out a paper tube from his bosom, shook it in his hand, pointed to the words on it and read , "Yanhuo rushes to seal it, and Qingchen personally seals it."
Qingchen's expression changed, and he shouted, "Who gave it to you?"
"I picked it up, do you kill me first, or take a look first?"
"Stop playing tricks!"
"Forget it, I'll let someone else take care of it first."
"Give it to me!" Qing Chen quit immediately after hearing this.
"Okay." Huo Xiaoxie dropped it at Qingchen's feet, and said, "It looks like it's been decades, but luckily the handwriting is clear, you might recognize whose handwriting it is."
Of course Qingchen recognized that the words on the paper tube were written by Yan Huochi. After a moment of doubt, he immediately bent over and grabbed the paper tube, removed the sealing wax, and unfolded the paper tube. There were several lines of small characters inside, clearly visible.
I saw what was written on the paper: "Qing Chen, please forgive me, I only met you because of Mu Yu's eyes. Zhuan, and I also love you very much. I once wanted to give up the purpose of this trip because of you, but I am a thief. I made an oath and would never give up until I achieved my goal. It's me, whether you love me or hate me, I have no choice but to apologize to you. I stole all the treasures of the five elements, so I deserve to come to this life. Qingchen, I'm sorry, if we are destined in the next life, you When I meet again, I will definitely marry you. I don’t know when you will see this letter, but please believe that every word in this letter is my sincerity. Qingchen, if you read this letter, please let go of your anger , your sweet, sweet and carefree appearance is my favorite Qingchen. The flames are flying, June 13th night."
Qingchen cried while watching, just saw the end, unexpectedly, with a bang, the paper caught fire.Regardless of the heat, Qingchen knelt down and tried to snatch it, but in an instant, the roll of paper was reduced to ashes.Holding the ashes in his hands, Qingchen exchanged tears, almost fainting on the ground.
Huo Xiaoxie had already descended from the high place and came to Qingchen's side, standing silently without saying a word.
Qingchen cried to his heart's content, then laughed softly with tears on his face, laughed a few times, cried again, cried and laughed again, until finally, finally smiled with tears in his eyes, raised his head and asked Huo Xiaoxie, "Where did you come from?" found."
"The wooden plate in the altar is in the water." Huo Xiaoxie answered truthfully.
"I lost." Qing Chen said, "Gu art is nothing more than delusion of the mind, and delusion of the mind is also Gu art, Huo Xiaoxie, you use this dose of mind Gu to break my delusion for decades and win beauty, I am convinced .Being able to read this letter, I have nothing to let go of. You won..."
Qingchen took out Shengmu Guangzhu's wooden box from his bosom, and handed it to Huo Xiaoxie.
Huo Xiaoxie took it slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Aunt Qingchen, I will apologize to you on behalf of my father."
Qingchen turned sideways, covered his face and cried, cried a few times, and laughed again: "He likes me to laugh, I don't want to cry anymore. Huo Xiaoxie, Qingchen respectfully invites you to be the head of the Mu family, Ji Mu King Zhizun." Saying that, Yingying knelt down and bowed to the ground.
Everyone in the Mu family knelt on the ground again, and after three worships, Huo Xiaoxie was already the King of Mu.
A little Fengtian thief, no relatives since childhood, abandoned by the Huo family, intolerable to the five elements, hard to practice fire purification, sad marriage, dangerous death in the underground palace, exploited by others, opened by Rakshasa, all friends died, forgotten for eleven years, it is really true Water cannot contain, gold cannot be absorbed, fire cannot follow, soil cannot rely on, and wood cannot help. When encountering water, it will become chaotic, when encountering metal, it will recover, when encountering fire, it will restrain, when encountering earth, it will hide, and when encountering wood, it will become mad.After 30 years of suffering, he finally lived in a good wood. From a place where there was no chance, he made a way out and became the tree king of the five elements family.
During the period of good fortune, how to say it in a few words is clear, only the words of emotion.
Huo Xiaoxie became the king of Mu, and the etiquette of the Mu family is not complicated for now.
Huo Xiaoxie thanked everyone, then ascended and said: "Since everyone has recommended me to be the king of wood, I will say a few things, and everyone must do it."
The Mu family agreed in unison.
Huo Xiaoxie said: "First, Lin Musen is dead, and if his words and deeds were inappropriate, let them forget the past, and he will be buried according to the Mu family's etiquette; second, if Lin Wan hadn't brought Mu Guangzhu with him and helped me, the wooden coffin would be hard to break. Lin Wan has made great contributions, and likewise, she never blamed the past for her previous words and deeds, and she is still the head of Xiaoyaozhi. The use of spirit Gu ships to kill many members of the Mu family is really a desire to save the Mu family, it is a last resort, and one should not resent and retaliate. All in all, all the grievances and grievances before have been written off now, so don't mention it again."
Everyone in the Mu family discussed for a while, thinking it was indeed appropriate, they quickly agreed in unison.
Huo Xiaoxie said loudly again: "Besides, the most important thing is the matter of the Five Elements combining vertically, breaking Wannian Town, and the Rakshasa Formation. The Japanese pirates are enemies of China, and they set up an evil formation to last forever. , and has the ambition to eradicate the Five Elements family one by one, China is so big, how can Japanese pirates be allowed to go crazy!"
Lord Yao said: "Master Mu Wang, it is great for the Mu family to lead the Five Elements Unity, but the Five Elements Unity must be agreed by the other four families."
Huo Xiaoxie said: "The four families of water, earth, metal, and fire are up to me to persuade. Let's make this decision first, if the five elements cannot be aligned, they will definitely not be able to break the Rakshasa Formation! Two adults of the Shui family, what do you think? "
The patient of Mu Wang laughed and said: "The little devil is very rampant, bullying me and no one in China? The current government and army are just a bunch of idiots. The princes of all places only want to escape to preserve their strength, and the rivers, lakes and green forests are not doing their jobs properly. The whole China is in a state of disunity. More victories than few, it is embarrassing to say. Although the Five Elements family is a robber, it is the best choice for such a major event of destroying the Japanese and breaking the formation. Of course the Shui family will participate! But the ugliness comes first, and the wood king Huo Xiaoxie, If any of the Five Elements Family doesn’t come, even if it’s nothing to say, it’s bound to break up outside of Wannian Town.”
Huo Xiaoxie smiled and said, "Okay!" Turning around, he asked Tian Yuniang again, "Would the Tu family wish to combine the five elements?"
Tian Yao, the priest of Faqiu, stood up and said loudly: "My lord, the combination of the five elements is a very taboo thing in the family of the five elements. It is very inappropriate for us to discuss it openly here! And the matter of the combination of the five elements is absolutely forbidden! Since this statement can be passed down for thousands of years, there must be a reason for it! Moreover, the five-element combination that has occurred for thousands of years is the tragedy of the five-element family, and it has never failed. It is better to believe that it exists than that it does not exist! Mother, although Huo Xiaoxie He is kind to us, but we can't follow his mind."
Huo Xiaoxie laughed loudly and said, "Tian Yao, if the Five Elements were successful, but there was no record, how many times would there be? How do you know that there are only bad times and no good times? I asked Tian, Lin Wan, and Jin Pan , Shui Yaoer went to steal the Five Elements Underground Palace, which can be regarded as a small Five Elements Alliance, why didn't you see one of us die?"
Tian Yao argued: "At that time, you still couldn't count as the little five elements!"
Tian Yuniang said solemnly: "Okay, Tian Yao, don't talk about it anymore. The matter of the five-element alliance is very important. The five-element family has been merged once in hundreds of years. Although the matter was completed, two families were lost, and the other three were also destroyed." The loss was heavy, and it took so many years to recover. Of course, the combination of the five elements must break two of them. It is just a legend, passed on by word of mouth, and no one has ever seen it with their own eyes. Only when the five elements are in harmony can they be balanced. How come the family of the five elements has to cut two of them? This truth, the old woman, I have never figured out. To fold or not to fold, I think it is either not good at learning, or it is internal turmoil. It is a bit absurd to attribute it to the power of gods and ghosts, karma, and the number of heavens and earth wheels. However, I am an old woman who is in charge of the earth king's keepsake, so I can't make this decision. The king of the earth made a decision, and the whole family of the Tu family obeyed the king's wishes."
After Tian Yao heard this, he had no choice but to shut up and not to defend himself.
Huo Xiaoxie smiled and said, "Okay then, when will the Tu family decide to produce a Tu king?"
Tian Yuniang glanced at Tian Wen who was not far away, and Tian Wen had also stood up steadily, and seemed to have mostly recovered, and was nodding to Tian Yuniang.
Tian Yuniang closed her eyes and calculated with her fingers, took a long breath, and said: "According to the hexagrams of heaven and earth, now is the best time, and the location is on the ruins of the wooden house, so it is fair to everyone in the Tujia family." It's just that the method of Tujia's decision to unearth the king of Tujia has never been made public. Today, I borrow the place of Mujia, except for Huo Xiaoxie, the elders of Mujia, the three people of Jin family, and the three people of Shui family, and everyone else, please leave." Tian The three members of the Shui family that Yu Niang mentioned naturally included Shui Yaoer.
Huo Xiaoxie said good, and ordered Yao Wangye, Qing Ya and other Mu family elders to make arrangements. Most of the Mu family's disciples were ready to retreat to the Mu Gu village, so the arrangements were made, and they left quickly.
The guards of the Jin family were also instructed by Jin Pan to withdraw with the Mu family.
Seeing that the unrelated people had already left, Tian Yuniang called Tian Wen, Tian Yao, Tian Ling, Tian Guan, and Tian Chi to come forward, and said: "You five will shake the hexagram together, whoever stays at the end will be the Tu Wang. Do you understand?"
All five claimed it was.
Tian Yuniang pinched her fingers and said, "The auspicious time is coming! Take your own stones!" Then walked half a circle cautiously, and saw a large boulder protruding from the ground was flat. After groping for a while, he nodded in approval.
Tian Yuniang called out: "Tian Wen, Tian Yao, Tian Ling, Tian Guan, Tian Chi, put your stones on this stone."
Tian Wen's five people had been prepared for a long time, they stepped forward one after another, and put the stones in their hands on the boulder one after another.Tian Yao put jade, Tian Ling put coral stone, Tian Guan put agate stone, Tian Chi put diamond, but what Tian Wen put was just an ordinary stone, as if it had just been picked up from the ground, with dirt still on the surface.
Tian Yao was a little puzzled, and couldn't help but look at the stone Tian Wen put in a few more times.
The five stones are placed in different positions. Tian Yao is in the middle, Tian Ling and Tian Chi's two stones are side by side, Tian Guan's stone is placed far away from the others, and Tian Wen's stone is placed between Tian Yao and Tian Guan's two stones. In the space, the three stones form a line.
Could it be that with just these five stones, the earth king can be determined?
Except for the Tujia people, no one could guess what the next step would be, so they all held their breath and watched intently.
Tian Yuniang read: "Everyone returns to their respective positions!" Sitting cross-legged on the ground, her eyes were lightly closed, and her breath was long.
The five Tian Wen walked slowly around the boulder, each found a position that was near or far from the boulder, and sat down cross-legged, just like Tian Yuniang, with their eyes slightly closed.
Tian Yuniang said in a deep voice, "Zhen Gua!"
I didn't see any abnormality, I just felt that the air was stagnant, Tian Wen and five people had their own achievements.Tian Yao pinched his fingers with his right hand and quickly counted his left hand slightly twisted, Tian Guan pressed the ground tightly with one hand, Tian Ling held another stone and kept shifting between his hands, Tian Chi supported his knees with bulging veins on his forehead, Tian Wen slowed down on the ground with one hand Draw a word slowly.
No one could understand what the Tu family was doing, but Tian Wen and the five members all had extremely serious expressions, as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and their hearts were tense.
After about a bag of cigarettes passed, the five stones remained motionless without any change.But among the five members of the Tu family, Tian Chi was already sweating profusely and restless.
Tian Chi suddenly let out a muffled yell, and punched the ground with both fists, with such force that two bowl-sized fists sank into the soil.
Tian Chi was still suffocated, his whole body trembling violently.
Looking at the five stones again, the diamond belonging to Tian Chi actually vibrated slightly, turned over with a click, then rolled faster and faster, and fell straight down from the boulder.
Tian Chi let out a long cry, vented all his strength, bowed his head in silence, then stood up, and silently backed away, it seemed that he had lost.It turns out that whoever's stone hits the ground loses!This is the method of Tujia's Zhen Gua decision to unearth the Tu King!
What kind of power is it that makes a stone roll and fall out of thin air? This is a secret of the Tujia family, and no one can understand it except the six Tujia people present.
Just as Tian Chi withdrew, Tian Ling's coral stone gradually trembled and began to slowly rotate in place. Tian Ling's face changed drastically, and he rubbed the other stone in his hands violently.The coral stone was about to stop, but Tianguan's agate stone suddenly rolled over, the two stones collided, and immediately knocked the coral stone into the air, and fell to the boulder.
With a cry of ah, Tian Ling also surrendered.
Tianguan's agate stone rolled on the boulder twice, and then stopped naturally.The remaining three stones were in a stalemate again. After careful inspection, one could find that the three stones seemed to be motionless, but were actually vibrating extremely quickly and slightly.
Such a miraculous thing, everyone who watched it couldn't take their eyes off, no matter how small the change was, they didn't want to miss it!
Almost at the same time, the three stones all moved from stillness to movement, and they all moved half an inch towards the edge of the boulder with a swish.
Tianguan's agate stone is almost hanging on the edge of the boulder, and it is about to fall.Tian Guan broke out in cold sweat, put his hands on the ground, muttered something, grabbed a handful of soil, and sprinkled it on his face.This weird action actually caused Agate Stone to turn around and retreat half a point.
Poor Tian Guan just got out of trouble, suddenly three stones moved at the same time, Tian Guan yelled, his agate stone had moved out of the edge of the boulder and fell to the ground.Tian Guan also lost.
Tian Wen's ordinary stone was also in a bad position, it stopped when it was only about the size of a fingernail from the edge of the boulder.
Tian Wen didn't look anxious at all, with a serious expression, he still stroked the ground with his fingers.
Tian Yao's cheeks were slightly red, and he was calculating quickly with both hands. Suddenly, he stopped and made a gesture. He tapped three dots in the upper, middle and lower air, and said: "San Kun turns the hexagram! Breaking good luck is bad luck!"
After finishing these words, there was a sudden bang, a boulder in the air that was originally stabilized by wooden vines, lost its pulling force due to the withered vines, and fell from half height, shaking the ground.
The two stones jumped lightly, and Tian Wen's ordinary stone turned over again, and a small half of it had exposed the edge of the big stone.
Tian Wen frowned, but immediately calmed down.
Tian Yao said good-bye to himself, then formed another trick, drew half a circle in the air, pointed to the ground, and said: "No matter how hard it is, it will be the rush of Tai Sui!"
I saw Tian Yao's jade stone, with the vibration, rolled up and smashed towards Tian Wen's stone.
Tian Wen paused in his hands, and suddenly read: "Changes into one episode!"
Tian Yao's face turned pale when he heard it, and before he could develop another technique, the boulder that had been holding the stone suddenly tilted towards Tian Yao's jade as if it was overwhelmed.
If the jade stone followed the trend, it would surely be able to hit Zhong Tianwen's stone, but the big stone tilted, but the jade lost its aim, and rolled past the stone, following the direction of the big stone's inclination, and then rolled down.
Tian Yao had no choice but to watch the jade roll to the ground.However, Tian Wen's ordinary stone was firmly stuck in the low-lying place of the boulder due to its rough surface, showing no sign of falling.
Tian Yao let out a long sigh: "It's twice as much as my fortune-telling. The whole plan of the Three Cultivators, when it comes down to it... I actually lost..."
Tian Wen stood up, bowed deeply to Tian Yao, and said, "Brother is perfect."
Tian Yao returned the courtesy and said, "Tian Wen, the Tu family has a genius like you, and I was convinced that I lost. It's not that I succeeded, but that you counted my change of mind into your success."
Tian Yuniang slowly opened her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and said, "It's very exciting! Tian Wen, you won beautifully. The fate of this big rock was originally in the game I set up. You can still jump out of the game in this game." Turnaround is really rare! If you weren't the king of Tu, no one in the Tu family would be able to take on the job."
Tian Yuniang got up and stood up, rubbing her hands together to create two beads, put them in her palms, walked towards Tian Wen, knelt down on the ground, and said respectfully: "Tuwang Tian Wen, please accept the earth disk beads."
Tian Wen also knelt down on his knees, and took the two earthen beads respectfully, just like Tian Yuniang, rubbing them together in his hands, the two beads disappeared.
Tian Wen supported Tian Yuniang to stand up, Tian Yao, Tian Ling, Tian Guan, and Tian Chi rushed over and knelt down at Tian Wen's feet, saying in unison: "Four families of the Tu family welcome Tu Wang."
Tian Wen stepped forward to help them up one by one, looked at each other and nodded, although he said nothing, it was enough to determine the Tujia family.
Huo Xiaoxie was very happy to see Tian Wen become the earth king, and stepped forward to congratulate him: "Tian Wen! Congratulations!"
Tian Wen clasped his fists in return, looked around the Tujia people with his head held high, and said firmly, "Let's break the formation together!"
Tian Yao no longer objected, and as Tian Yuniang knelt down again, everyone responded: "Respect the decree of the earth king, unite the five elements, and break the Rakshasa formation."
Jinpan, all the elders of the Tu family, Shui Huazi, and the patient Mu Wang came forward to congratulate Tian Wen on the enthronement of the Tu king. Lin Wan was the last one to step forward, with mixed feelings.
"Lin Wan." Tian Wen whispered.
Lin Wan looked back, Tian Wen was staring at her.Lin Wan was in a state of confusion, facing Tian Wen who had become the earth king, she was even more ashamed of what she had done in Muyudi Palace, and she dared not recall such an ugly moment.
Tian Wen stretched out his hand, and called again in a low voice: "Lin Wan."
Lin Wan hesitated for a moment, then slowly stretched out her hand, not daring to look into Tian Wen's eyes.
Tian Wen held Lin Wan's small hand gently but firmly, took a step forward, and hugged Lin Wan in his arms.
Lin Wan groaned, crying with joy.
Tian Wen looked at Tian Yuniang, with a hint of shyness on his stone-like face: "Mother..."
Tian Yuniang smiled happily, and said, "It's up to you, whatever you want, I will agree to it!"
The Mu family was full of joy, and Shui Huazi and Mu Wang's patients also had kind smiles on their faces. It is a good thing to have such a marriage.
Shui Yaoer stood beside Huo Xiaoxie, Huo Xiaoxie couldn't help holding Shui Yaoer's hand, smiled at Shui Yaoer, and said, "They are a perfect match."
Shui Yaoer smiled sweetly, and squeezed Huo Xiaoxie's hand tightly. The wariness she had had towards Lin Wan in her heart was finally let go at this moment.
Only Jin Pan had a somewhat downcast expression. He stepped back, looked at him from a distance, and said to himself: "Women like to spend money recklessly. Am I looking for a wife? Or not? Ah, yes, Shui Meier, how is she doing now?"
Qiao Da and Qiao Er were also very happy to see Lin Wan and Tian Wen's lover finally get married. Qiao Da patted Qiao Er again: "Second son, you have to work hard."
Qiao Er was almost thrown into the ground by Qiao Da, and when he stood up, he cursed: "Big watermelon, find your watermelon girl first!"
Jin Pan punched each of them, cursing: "If you continue to yell, I will let you two get married!"
Qiao Da and Qiao Er were shocked and said in unison: "We are close relatives!"
"Shut up, you two pigs!"
Huo Xiaoxie sighed in his heart, combining the five elements is a very difficult thing, now the Shui family agrees, the Mu family has no problem, and the Tu family, which should be the most difficult, has also been confirmed. The Jin family has Jin Pan, so it must not be a problem. It led to four.There is only one Huo family left, and Huo Xiaoxie has also figured out a way. He just needs to implement it. Four families have agreed, and he is the King of Wood.
It took less than half an hour for the Tu family's major affairs to be settled. Huo Xiaoxie smiled with satisfaction, looked at Jin Pan, and asked, "Pan Zi, is your Jin family willing?"
Jin Pan was absent-minded all the time, and he came back to his senses when Huo Xiaoxie called him: "What?"
Huo Xiaoxie asked: "Would the Jin family be willing to combine the five elements?"
Jin Pan hummed twice, bowed his head in deep thought, but didn't intend to answer immediately.
Huo Xiaoxie sighed in his heart, combining the five elements is a very difficult thing, now the Shui family agrees, the Mu family has no problem, and the Tu family, which should be the most difficult, has also been confirmed. The Jin family has Jin Pan, so it must not be a problem. It led to four.There is only one Huo family left, and Huo Xiaoxie has also figured out a way. He just needs to implement it. Four families have agreed, and he is the King of Wood.
It took less than half an hour for the Tu family's major affairs to be settled. Huo Xiaoxie smiled with satisfaction, looked at Jin Pan, and asked, "Pan Zi, is your Jin family willing?"
Jin Pan was absent-minded all the time, and he came back to his senses when Huo Xiaoxie called him: "What?"
Huo Xiaoxie asked: "Would the Jin family be willing to combine the five elements?"
Jin Pan hummed twice, bowed his head in deep thought, but didn't intend to answer immediately.
Everyone was quiet and looked at Jin Pan. Qiao Da and Qiao Er were a little anxious seeing that Jin Pan didn't speak. Qiao Da asked, "Second Master, do you still need to think about it?"
Qiao Er also said, "Second Master, what are you thinking?"
Jin Pan raised his head and scolded: "You two pigs, shut up!"
Jin Pan's attitude stung Huo Xiaoxie's heart, and he asked in a deep voice, "Pan Zi, don't you want to?"
Jin Pan chuckled twice, and said, "Is there any benefit to the Five Elements family by breaking the Rakshasa Formation? The little devil wants to keep that broken tripod and become the emperor of China, so let them be it."
When the scene was quiet, many people thought that the relationship between Jin Pan and Huo Xiaoxie was the least likely to be rejected, and it was a certainty.
Huo Xiaoxie said calmly, "Pan Zi, do you still want to work for the Japanese?"
Jin Pan said: "Those Japanese pirates, who would want to do things for them, but it's good to use them to make money. Hey, Huo Xiaoxie, why are you so obsessed with the Rakshasa formation? Little Japan is fighting China, I think it is the same as Man Qing It’s no different. It’s better for you to go to Shanghai with me to play freely for a few years after spending so much effort to break through.”
Huo Xiaoxie said: "The Chinese nation will perish, don't you care?"
Jin Pan said: "Xiao Xie, you and I have been orphans since we were young. If we don't have a father or a mother, we can live as long as we can. Who cares who is in power? What is a nation and what is it for us?日本手中？哈哈，不可能的啊。那个鸟蛋大的小国，就算占领了中国，不用三五十年，估计要把日本姓氏都丢到海里去。小日本有多少操行，我很清楚的。中华民族只是一个称呼罢了，只要有永远的利益，英国人也会自称是中华民族的。”
火小邪口气稍厉：“潘子，真没想到你会这么想。”
金潘说道：“小邪，我是为你好！你想当皇帝，我可以立即买一个国家；你想杀小日本，我出钱出枪炮让军队去杀；我买断日本国的债务，天皇照样得向我下跪！时代变了，火小邪，中国没有皇帝了，封建主义死了，现在是资本主义、社会主义、共产主义，永恒的利益，才是真理！小邪，你都是木王了，放着好日子不过，破什么罗刹阵！”
火小邪站直了身子，盯着火小邪，问道：“你是不愿五行合纵。”
金潘口气一硬，说道：“别的事都可以，五行合纵没必要，我答应你，就是害了你！你这次应该听我的，破了罗刹阵，对中国可能有点好处，但对你，对五行世家有害无益！我只想赚钱，建立一个金钱帝国，中国存亡，关我屁事。”
火小邪沉声骂道：“潘子，忘国忘本，自私钻营，这不是卖国奸商嘛！”
金潘脸上也烫了，张嘴就顶：“我卖国？老子一心一意为你好，你还骂我？火小邪，你嘴里的那些大义，狗屁不是！我们是贼！是贼！自私自利是贼的本质！救国救世，与我们有狗屁关系，对你有什么好处？人不为己，天诛地灭！”
火小邪哼道：“好，好的很！我与你再没什么好说的。”
金潘叫道：“我不想和你吵架，火小邪，我不欠你的，你也不欠我的，你一意孤行，我拦不住你，好话说尽，还挨你数落，随便你去！告辞了！”
金潘此话一出，转头就走，乔大、乔二左右为难，看了看金潘，又看了看火小邪，分别说道：“大师父、二师父，这是，这是闹哪出啊？”
金潘叫骂道：“乔大、乔二，你们跟我走，还是留在这里，自己决定。”
乔大、乔二重重叹气，只好跪地向火小邪磕了个头，追着金潘去了。
眨眼间，金家众人，便走了个干净。
火小邪一直看着金潘离去，牙关紧咬，被金潘激的全身微颤。
药王爷小心问道：“木王大人，要不要拦住金家？好话好说，你和金潘大人关系不错，只是一点小误会……”
火小邪胸口郁闷，眼前直发黑，嗓子一甜，差点吐出血来，踉跄了半步，强行站稳身子。
水妖儿、药王爷看出不对，连忙要上前搀扶。
火小邪摆了摆了，示意不用，看着越走越远的金潘，闷声道：“让他们，走吧……”
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十四、五行合纵
Two months later.
甘陕交界之处，长武县附近。长武县，乃黄土高原丘陵沟壑区，是古丝绸之路陕西的最后一站。自古为古豳国之地，为三秦通往大西北的咽喉关隘，素有“三秦屏障”、“秦陇门户”之称。县境北临宁庆县，与子午岭相望，南依岐凤县，与陇塬县、关山余脉相近，境内的泾河、黑河、南河3条河流和近千条干支毛沟，将全县切割成北塬、巨家塬、枣元塬三大块，塬高、沟深、坡陡。
天色已近黄昏，黑河旁的一片高塬之上，有四骑健马疾驰而来，停于深坡之前。
西风疾风劲吹，飞沙滚滚。
这四人看打扮，乃是两男两女，只是纱巾蒙面，看不清面目。
一个穿西式黑灰素装的女子把住缰绳，指着黑河对岸说道：“火家总坛火云庄，就在对岸，过河之后，还有三里路程。”
她身旁穿的一个穿皮衣、马裤，脚蹬皮靴，头戴阔边西式皮帽的男子应道：“好！天色已晚，我们去渡口休息一晚，明日再渡河。”
一名身穿道袍的男子说道：“这地方还真不好找，多亏真巧带路。木王大人……”
皮衣男子笑道：“病罐子，说了咱们路上不用木王木王的叫，你们还是叫我火小邪好了。”
在道袍男子身边，有个女子身穿颇为艳丽的西式女装，一双媚眼忽闪忽闪的说道：“木王大人，这里没别人，怎么能直呼你的名字啊。”
皮衣男子还是爽朗的笑道：“百艳，你们如果再叫我木王大人，那我就叫你们师父、师娘如何？”
道袍男子和艳女忙齐声道：“那可不行！”
这四人，正是火小邪、水妖儿、病罐子王孝先、百艳仙主。
火小邪笑道：“既然不行，那就说好了啊。”
王孝先、百艳只好点头称是。
王孝先说道：“火小邪，田问、林婉今天赶的到吗？”
火小邪笑道：“田问说到，他一定就会到，只会早，不会晚，他说不定已经在渡口等我们了。”火小邪转头对水妖儿说道，“妖儿，还是你带路。”
水妖儿嘻嘻一笑，说道：“是，相公！”一拉缰绳，拍马就走。
火小邪赶忙纵马跟上，两人并行纵马而去。
百艳仙主冲王孝先撒娇道：“乖宝，吃了两天的灰土，我身上好脏了，你晚上要陪我洗澡，给我搓背。”
王孝先忙道：“小声！小声！小猫你晚点再发浪好不？”
火小邪在前方高喊：“跟上了！晚上给你们找个大木盆。”
王孝先哎呀一声，低语道：“你看，让你小声，火小邪是顺风耳，这不又听到了。”
百艳娇声道：“好了好了，走啦。”
这两人一催胯下骏马，急追火小邪、水妖儿两人而去。
四骑再走几里，已经下到黑河边，天色已经渐黑，不远处一片灯火如林，人来人往，看上去的确是个渡口，只是热闹非常。
四人勒缰停马，水妖儿疑道：“这个地方不会有错，怎么有这么多人？”
王孝先说道：“不会是火家知道我们要来，把渡口占据了吧。”
百艳仙主说道：“火家只知道新任木王前来拜访，不知道木王就是火小邪，火木两家这几十年里关系不错，是迎接也说不定。”
水妖儿一直细细观望，说道：“的确没有兵戎之气，反而很有喜庆之意，只是兵不厌诈，火家要装，也装的象。”
火小邪笑道：“无妨无妨，我们只管过去就是。”
王孝先说道：“我们要戒备吗？我这次带了无数药剂。”
“不用不用！”火小邪摆手道，轻抖缰绳，率先先前。
水妖儿、王孝先、百艳三人便紧紧跟随。
火小邪怀中一痒，一个小脑袋钻出他皮衣领口，探头向外望去，吱吱轻叫两声，竟是那只帮了火小邪大忙的九品灵貂。
火小邪摸了摸九品灵貂的脑袋，低声道：“小小邪，饿了是吧，马上就到，到时候给你一整只烧鸡。”
九品灵貂分外开心，吱吱叫了几声，又钻回到火小邪怀中衣袋里去了。
四骑马缓缓行到渡口边，就听一声大喝，二个镖师打扮的大汉从路边蹦出来，劈头盖脸的大叫：“你们是什么人？”
火小邪抱拳道：“过路人，想在此借宿一晚，明日过河办事。”
镖师叫道：“此地已被包了！不能住人，你们沿河往回再走五里，还有一个小渡口！”
火小邪一见镖师胸口绣着“金玉祥”三个大字，心头一乐，说道：“王全、王兴两位老爷可好？请代我问候一下，我们再走。”
镖师微微一愣，正不知该说什么好，就听后面有人高呼：“哎呀，你们两个混蛋，快让开，快让开，贵客到了！”
就见一个商人打扮的中年男子撒了欢一样疾奔而至，身后跟着数人。此人一见火小邪四人打扮，声音一颤，毕恭毕敬的问道：“可是木家大人？”
火小邪立即认出，问话的这个商人，可是个老熟人，笑道：“正是。”说着伸出手来，吹了一吹。
这男子鼻子一嗅，啊的一声惊叫，连忙跪地，高呼道：“山西王家堡金玉祥掌柜王兴，携父王全及全家老少，在此恭候木家几位大人多日了！”
王兴一跪，立即这个渡口百多号人，全部跟着跪下。
阻拦火小邪四人的两个镖师见状，悔的肠子也绿了，他们两日来驱赶了无数来渡口之人，赶的烦不胜烦，岂料今日的就是正主，跪地自己赏自己嘴巴：“小的狗眼不识泰山！该死！该死！”
火小邪跳下马来，几步走到王兴面前，将其扶起，说道：“请起请起！客气了，切不可如此。”
王兴口口声声道：“不敢不敢，各位请，各位请。”说着为火小邪等人引路。
火小邪也不再客气，偕同水妖儿、王孝先、百艳三人，随王兴向渡口一侧走去。
已有一间翻新的茅屋，灯火通明的开门迎客。
王兴驱开众多镖师，仅一人领火小邪四人进了屋，屋内一个老者正跪在地上，一见火小邪进来，立即跪拜道：“晋秦陇三省青云客栈总店店长王全，恭迎木王巡查特使，小店腿脚不便，未能亲迎，请特使恕罪！”
火小邪把面纱拉下，上前把王全扶起，连声道：“老先生，使不得！我当年在王家堡过火门三关的时候，还要多谢青云客栈的照顾呢！”
王全道：“哪里话……”可一抬头，看见了火小邪的面目，惊的张口结舌，“你，你是？”
“火小邪。十一年前，青云客栈第十一位入店的，都是十一，分外的巧。”
王孝先、百艳、水妖儿也拉下面纱。
王孝先说道：“对，就是和我王孝先同一届火门三关的火小邪。”
王全、王兴两人都哎呀哎呀哎呀呀呀连声叫唤，简直不知道说什么才好，他们俩都知道当年火小邪尽管过了火门三关，却被火家逐出，从此下落不明，怎么阴阳轮转，十年河东，火小邪居然成了木家巡查特使？要是他们知道火小邪的真实身份是木王，恐怕下巴也会掉在地上。
火小邪反客为主，招呼道：“王老先生，王兴掌柜，请坐，请坐。”
王全、王兴激动的忘乎所以，这才回过神来，招呼着火小邪四人上座。
王全的确腿脚不便，走路一瘸一拐的，坐了下方，又惊又喜道：“火小邪大人，你是什么时候当了木家弟子的？”
火小邪笑道：“二个月前。”
“二个月前？”王全怀疑自己耳朵不好，是否听错了，又只能哦哦哦的说不出话，终于咽了一口口水，问道，“特使大人，那，那新任的木王是？”
火小邪笑道：“很快你就知道了。”岔开这个话题，说道：“想必其他三位，你也认得？”
王全道：“这位是逍遥枝王孝先王仙主，见过几面。这位是？”王全看向百艳仙主。
火小邪说道：“这位是木家长老，花枝的百艳仙主。”
王全、王兴一听大惊，又要下跪。
火小邪连忙说道：“免礼免礼！”
王孝先轻哼道：“一听是木家特使、木家长老，就要下跪，见到逍遥枝就不当回事，时过境迁了已经。”
王全、王兴颇为不安的坐下，王全说道：“没想到百艳长老也肯来北方，小店此行，真是值了，能一睹百艳长老仙女下凡一般的美貌，又与您同处一室，值了值了，此生也值了。”
王孝先暗骂道：“你这个老色鬼！马屁精！”
百艳仙主呵呵娇笑：“我真的有仙女那么美吗？”
王全忙道：“绝无虚言！恐怕仙女也比不上百艳仙主你。”
百艳又笑的花枝乱颤：“你这个小老儿说话怪讨人喜欢的，怪不得你会在这里，一定是青芽姐姐特别嘱咐，让你来此等候我们的。”
“啊，是！是！药王大人、青芽总仙主、甲大掌柜、乙大掌柜，半个月前飞鸟传书，一同嘱咐我，千万要赶到这里，照顾好特使大人和各位大人，并带上青云客栈的所有精锐，陪同各位去火云庄，我、王兴与火家几位堂主很熟，既能带路，又能保障各位的周全。只是您们来之前，不知是您们四位。”王全说道，又忙看向水妖儿，生怕水妖儿也是木家的某位不曾谋面的长老，“这位仙女是？”
水妖儿俏皮的轻笑一声，自行说道：“我是火小邪的妻子，我叫真巧，王孝先仙主算是我师父，但现在只是挂名在木家，还不是正式的木家弟子。”
王全忙道：“火小邪大人娶了如此美貌，如此聪慧的妻子，真是木家之福！木家之幸！真巧大人，有礼了。王仙主也是慧眼识珠，得了这么优秀的弟子，让人羡慕啊！”
王孝先被奉天郊外的青云客栈的小分店刁难过，又被乙大掌柜施过进不退蛊，在木家所有人面前丢过大脸，所以和青云客栈的结的梁子很深，轻易化解不开，此番随火小邪出来，终于有机会让他出口恶气，于是哼哼道：“哎呀，若不是我和巡查特使火小邪沾亲带故，青云客栈的三省总店长也不会这么恭维我吧。哎呀，其实你不说我也知道啊，我能进木家，是因为火家不要我，还混成前任木王林木森的弟子，当上了仙主，胖好味和我一届火门三关的，只不过混成青云客栈的灶房伙夫，好多人都不服我啊。”
王全被王孝先说破了原委，尴尬道：“不是不是，王仙主误会，绝对的误会。”
王孝先噗了一声，心里总算平衡了些。
百艳仙主一旁咯咯直笑，拉过王孝先的手，媚声说道：“乖宝，别再为难他们了，小孩子似的，听话，啊？”
火小邪见该说的也说了，笑了两声，说道：“两位店长，有劳各位千里迢迢来此迎接我们，辛苦了。”
“不敢当、不敢当。”
“两位店长，我们也饿了，能否安排些吃的来？烧点热水，供我们洗漱？”
王兴忙道：“已经安排好了，里里外外，一应俱全，此地虽小，我们也搬了半个青云客栈过来。”
王全却说道：“四位大人稍等片刻，晋秦陇三省青云客栈的主要人员，都在外久候多时了，请容他们进来拜见。王兴，快去叫来，快去！不要耽搁了大人们就餐休息。”
火小邪不好推辞，只能同意。
王兴快步出门招呼，很快呼呼啦啦进来三十多人，站满了整个屋子，听王全号令，全部毕恭毕敬的向火小邪四人跪拜请安，无人敢抬头直视火小邪，唯有一个女子，不住向火小邪看来，表情又惊又喜，显然是认出了火小邪。
火小邪何等眼力，一眼便认出此女，正是对自己有恩的王兴之三姨太青红。
火小邪暗念道：“怎么她也是青云客栈的了？”
众多青云客栈的店长跪拜完，王全、王兴便催促着他们赶快离开。
火小邪起身叫道：“青红大姐！”
三姨太受宠若惊，赶忙停步，王全王兴没想到火小邪认得她，便只让她留下，催促其他人尽快离去。
火小邪喜道：“青红大姐，真没想到能再见到你，你请坐，请坐。”
三姨太不如以前那般霸气，有些为难，一边向王全王兴好几眼，得到示意后，方才犹犹豫豫的找了个位置坐下。
火小邪依旧喜道：“青红大姐。”
三姨太忙道：“大人，切莫叫我大姐了，怎么敢当。”
火小邪一腔热情，立即打了折扣，问道：“你现在也是青云客栈的了？”
“是啊，五年前甲大掌柜、乙大掌柜巡查到王家堡青云客栈，破格进了木家，方知天外有天人外有人，以前我只是井底之蛙。”三姨太谨慎道。
王兴说道：“现在她是王家堡青云客栈的账房，微末的职位，她能来拜见大人您，全凭她是我的妻子。我有一点私心，为她走了个后门，您千万不要见怪。”
王全也道：“她的木家药理，只是刚刚入门，好在王家堡青云客栈这两年很少有五行世家的客人来住，比较清闲，所以没给青云客栈丢脸。”
三姨太有些欣喜的说道：“火小邪，我是万万没想到你就是木家巡查特使。”
王全立即训斥道：“是大人！大人的全名，是你这样叫的吗？”
三姨太马上低头，不敢再说。
“无妨、无妨。”火小邪心头反倒一沉，说不出的有些心酸，三姨太本是一个女中翘楚，言行泼辣，很有主见，怎么七年之间，变的懦弱了许多，若不是容貌依旧，真不敢相信她就是三姨太，难道进了木家青云客栈，对她影响这么巨大？
在无力匹敌的强权面前，有人仰头不屈，有人低头顺从，有人避之千里，各有各的道理，并不对错之分，只是选择不同，未来的路便不同罢了。
时间能成就一个人，同样也能毁掉一个人。
火小邪本想和三姨太畅谈几句，见她一副低头顺耳的