Chapter 8 The seventh round of the Seven Heroes of the Market

Moonlit night, first quarter moon.Before midnight, there were at least three hours before sunrise. Lu Xiaofeng has already returned to the inn, ordered a table of good wine and food in the room, said with a smile: "No matter what, at least I can have a hearty meal." Hua Manlou said: "You should get some sleep." Lu Xiaofeng said: "If someone like Huo Tianqing invites you to a duel at sunrise, will you be able to sleep?" Hua Manlou said: "I can't sleep." Lu Xiaofeng smiled, and said: "The best thing about you is that you never lie, but it's a pity that when you speak the truth, sometimes it seems like you are lying."

Hua Manlou said: "I can't sleep because I don't understand him at all!" Lu Xiaofeng said: "He is indeed a difficult person to understand!" Hua Manlou said: "How long have you known him?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "It's been almost four years. Four years ago Yan Tieshan went to Mount Tai to watch the sunrise, and he went with him. That day I happened to make an appointment with a thief to compete somersaults on the top of Mount Tai." Hua Manlou said, "How much do you know about him?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "A little bit." Hua Manlou said: "You said that although he is young, his seniority is very high?"

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Have you ever heard of 'Tian Song Yun He, Shang Shan Erlao'?" Hua Manlou said: "Shangshan Erlao has long been respected as Taishan Beidou in the martial arts, even if I am deaf, I should have heard of it." Lu Xiaofeng said: "It is said that he is the junior brother of the second elder in Shangshan." Hua Manlou was moved and said: "Even if the two elders of Shangshan are still alive, they should be seventy or eighty years old. Huo Tianqing is less than thirty at most. Why is there such a huge difference in age between their seniors?"

Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "There are couples with a difference of forty or fifty years, let alone brothers and sisters?" Hua Manlou said: "Thus, although the 'Hero of Guanzhong' Shanxi Yan has been famous for forty years, he is still his nephew in terms of seniority!" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Not bad at all." Hua Manlou said: "Old man Tianqin was powerful in all directions in the past, but he only accepted two apprentices in his life, the second elder Shangshan. How could there be another Huo Tianqing?" Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "The Hua family originally only had six children, why did you suddenly have one more?"

Parents give birth to a son, and the master wants to take in apprentices, this kind of thing is really beyond anyone's control. But Huamanlou showed worry on his face, and said: "Although I have never seen Shanxiyan, I know his lightness kung fu and palm technique, he is known as the best in Guanzhong, but I don't know how Huo Tianqing compares to him?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "I have never seen Huo Tianqing make a move, but seeing him carry a person as heavy as Yan Tieshan, and he can perform the lightness kung fu of swallowing water three times, with this skill alone, there are few people in the world who can match it!"

Hua Manlou said, "What about you?" Lu Xiaofeng didn't answer this question, he never wanted to answer this kind of question.In fact, apart from himself, almost no one in the world knows how his martial arts are? But this time Huamanlou seemed to have decided to ask the question, and asked again: "Are you sure you can beat him?" Lu Xiaofeng still didn't answer, just poured a glass of wine and drank it slowly. Hua Manlou suddenly sighed and said, "You are not sure, so you don't even dare to drink too much wine." Lu Xiaofeng did not usually drink like this.

Since arriving here, Princess Danfeng has also become very obedient. She has been sitting by the side, listening quietly, and suddenly asked: "You just said that you were at the top of Mount Tai, and you made an appointment with a thief to do somersaults." , who is the thief?" Lu Xiaofeng smiled, and said: "He is the king of stealing kings, he has stolen all the invincible hands in the world, but those who have been stolen by him will not only not be angry, but also feel very honored." Princess Danfeng said: "Why?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Because there are not many people who are qualified to be stolen by him, and he never steals anything of real value. He steals only because he is betting with others."

He smiled again, and continued: "Once someone bet him that he must have a way to steal the toilet used by the wife of Chen Fuzhou, the No. 1 miser in Tianzi." Princess Danfeng couldn't help but smile sweetly, and said, "What's the result?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "In the end he won." Princess Danfeng said: "Why do you want to compete somersaults with him?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Because I know I can't steal him, but I want to win back the fifty jars of old wine he just won from someone else!" Princess Danfeng said sweetly: "That's right. This is called using your own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses. Why can't you use this method to deal with Huo Tianqing? You don't necessarily have to fight him desperately."

But Lu Xiaofeng sighed, and said: "There is a kind of person in this world that no matter what tricks you use to deal with him, it will be useless. Ximen Chuuxue is such a person, and so is Huo Tianqing." Princess Danfeng said: "Do you think he really wants to fight you to the death?" Lu Xiaofeng's emotions were very heavy, and he said: "Yan Tieshan treated him as a national scholar, he must repay this kind of kindness, he already did not hesitate to die." Princess Danfeng said: "But you don't have to be like him!" Lu Xiaofeng smiled, as if he didn't want to discuss this matter anymore, he stood up and walked slowly to the window.

The window was originally set up, and he suddenly found that at some point, an old man in a long robe and a cap moved a stool and sat in the patio outside, smoking a pipe. It was very late at night, but the old man didn't even intend to sleep at all, he just sat there leisurely, as if he was going to sit until dawn. Lu Xiaofeng suddenly laughed and said: "It's windy and dew cold, if the old man is in the mood, why not come and have a drink with us to end the long night." The old man didn't even pay attention, like a deaf man who didn't hear him at all.Lu Xiaofeng could only smile wryly.

Princess Danfeng got angry, and said with a sneer, "He kindly invites you to drink, but you can't do without it." She suddenly rushed to the window again, and with a wave of her hand, the glass of wine in her hand flew towards the old man, so fast and steady, that the wine in the glass didn't even spill out. The old man suddenly sneered, and with a wave of his hand, he caught the wine glass and poured all the wine on the ground at once, but he crushed the empty wine glass piece by piece and swallowed it in his stomach, just like eating broad beans. Gordon" sound. Princess Danfeng was stunned, and couldn't help but said: "Is there something wrong with this old man? Instead of drinking wine, he eats wine glasses instead." Lu Xiaofeng's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile, "Maybe it's because I bought the wine, but not the glass." At this moment, another person came in from outside the yard, it was a peddler selling meat buns. It's so late at night, does he still want to come here to do business? Princess Danfeng blinked and said, "Hey, do you sell your meat buns?" The peddler said: "As long as you have money, of course you can sell it!" Princess Danfeng said: "How much is it?" The peddler said: "It's very cheap, 10,000 taels of silver a piece, not even a penny less." Princess Danfeng's complexion changed, she sneered and said, "Okay, I'll buy two meat buns for your 10,000 taels of silver each, and you send them here!" The peddler said, "Okay." He had just picked up two buns when suddenly a yellow dog rushed out from the corner and barked at him. The peddler glared and said, "Could it be that you, like that girl, also want to buy my meat buns? Do you know that meat buns are originally used to beat dogs?" He really hit the dog with the meat bun, the yellow dog stopped barking immediately, picked up the meat bun, took two bites, suddenly barked cruelly, rolled on the ground, and the live dog turned into a dead dog. Princess Danfeng changed color and said, "Is there poison in your bun?" The peddler smiled and said leisurely, "Not only is it poisonous, but it's also made of human flesh." Princess Danfeng said angrily: "How dare you sell this kind of buns?" The peddler rolled his eyes and said coldly: "I'll sell mine, you can buy it or not, it's up to you, and I didn't force you to buy it." Princess Danfeng was so angry that her face turned red, and she almost couldn't help but wanted to rush out and give this person a few slaps. However, Lu Xiaofeng quietly held her hand, at this moment, he suddenly heard someone chanting, "Such a star and such a night, for whom should we stand at midnight?" A poor scholar with a sour body, with his hands behind his back, Shi Shiran walked into the yard, suddenly smiled at the bun vendor, and said, "How many people did you poison to death today?" The peddler rolled his eyes and said, "My steamed stuffed bun can only be poisoned to death if a dog eats it. It won't kill a person. If you don't believe me, try it?" He threw a steamed stuffed bun over, but the poor scholar actually caught it and ate it, rubbed his stomach and said with a smile: "It seems that your steamed stuffed bun not only won't kill people with poison, but can also cure diseases!" Only one person outside the wall said: "What disease?" The poor scholar said: "Hunger disease." The man outside the wall said: "I also have this disease, and it's very serious, quickly get a steamed stuffed bun to cure it." The peddler said, "Okay." He picked up a bun and threw it against the wall, suddenly there was a beggar with disheveled hair on the wall, he opened his mouth and happened to bite the bun, and when he closed his mouth again, the bun was swallowed whole by him. The peddler kept throwing seven or eight buns with both hands. He threw them fast, and the beggar swallowed them fast. Suddenly, the seven or eight buns disappeared, and they were all swallowed by the thin and small beggar. The poor scholar smiled and said: "It seems that your hunger disease should be cured now, right?" The beggar said with a bitter face, "I fell for you. Although this bun can't kill people with poison, it can swell people to death." Someone outside the yard actually laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if you die from swelling. I have medicine and doctors for those who die from swelling, starvation, and anger from their wives." A doctor who sold wild medicine limped in with a medicine box on his back and a medicine bell, but he turned out to be a lame man. The deserted yard seemed like someone was going to a market, and it suddenly became lively, and then even the sellers of pollen and vegetable vendors came. Princess Danfeng stared straight at her eyes. Although she didn't have much experience in the world, she has now seen that these people are all coming for them. The strange thing is that these people are all crowded in the yard and have no intention of coming in to trouble them. She couldn't help asking quietly: "Do you think these people are here to avenge Yan Tieshan?" Lu Xiaofeng shook his head, and said with a smile, "How could Boss Yan have such a friend!" Princess Danfeng said: "But I don't think they are real peddlers, they seem to have kung fu." Lu Xiaofeng said indifferently: "The market is a place where dragons and tigers are hidden, as long as they don't come to us, we don't have to meddle in other people's business." Hua Manlou suddenly smiled and said, "Since when did you become a person who doesn't care about other people's business?" Lu Xiaofeng also smiled, and said, "It just changed." When the watch drum came, the third watch had passed. The old man smoking a pipe suddenly stood up, stretched his waist, and said: "The person who asked us to come, why didn't he come by himself?" It turned out that he was neither deaf nor dumb. But Princess Danfeng is even more strange, who invited these people to come?Why invite them? The poor scholar said: "The long night is coming to an end, he must be coming soon." The steamed bun vendor said, "Let me take a look." Suddenly, without stopping, he threw out all the steamed buns in the basket. Dozens of steamed stuffed buns were stacked one on top of the other, with a straight stack of seven or eight feet high. As soon as the peddler jumped up, he actually stood on the stack of meat buns in a golden rooster stand-alone style. Not only are his hands fast and steady, but his lightness kung fu can already be regarded as a first-class master in the arena. Princess Danfeng sighed, and murmured: "It seems that it is indeed not easy to break into the rivers and lakes, I finally understand." Hua Manlou smiled and said, "It's always good to understand." Suddenly the peddler yelled, "Here we come!" With the cry of "Come", everyone seemed to be refreshed, even Princess Danfeng's heart beat quickened, she really wanted to see who this person was for a long time. But when she saw this person, she was a little disappointed. Girls' fantasies are always beautiful. In her imagination, even if the person who came was not a handsome young knight, at least he should be a majestic hero with unique skills. Unexpectedly, the one who came was a bald old man with a miserable yellow face, wearing a gray coarse cloth clothes, whether long or short, just covering his knees, wearing white cloth socks and gray cloth shoes He happened to look like an old man who came from the countryside to go to the market. But his eyes are bright, piercing and majestic. The strange thing is that these people in the yard were obviously waiting for him, but after he came, no one went to greet him, but silently made way for him. The bald old man looked around and suddenly walked towards Lu Xiaofeng's room with big strides. He didn't seem to be walking fast, but suddenly he crossed the courtyard and entered the door. The door was already open, he didn't knock on the door, and he didn't greet others, so he sat down opposite Lu Xiaofeng, picked up the wine jar on the ground, sniffed it, and said, "Good wine." Lu Xiaofeng nodded and said, "It's really good wine." The bald old man said: "Half for one person?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Okay." The bald old man didn't say anything anymore, he picked up the wine jar, put it to his mouth, and poured it into his mouth with a gurgle. In an instant, half a jar of wine had been drunk, his miserable yellow face suddenly became flushed, and his whole body seemed to be refreshed, he stretched out his sleeve to wipe his mouth, and said: "That's so damn good!" .” Lu Xiaofeng didn't say anything, just took the wine jar and drank it, never slower than him, never slower than anyone else. When the jar of wine was finished, the bald old man laughed suddenly and said, "Okay, the wine is strong enough, and the people are strong enough." Lu Xiaofeng also stretched out his sleeve to wipe his mouth, saying: "If you are strong enough, the wine is strong enough." The bald old man looked at him and said, "I haven't seen you for three years, but you still haven't died from drinking." Lu Xiaofeng said: "A good person doesn't live long, and a disaster lasts for a thousand years. I only worry about you, you are a good person." The bald old man stared and said, "Who says I'm a good person?" Lu Xiaofeng smiled, and said: "Who doesn't say that Shanxi geese have breeds and enough friends, they are his mother's first good person." The bald old man laughed and said, "You are a big disaster, I am a good person, this is so fucking interesting." Princess Danfeng looked at him, hardly believing her eyes. She never imagined that this bald, rusty old man full of foul language was actually Shanxi Yan, a hero who has been famous for thirty years and might shake the pass with a pair of iron palms. No matter what, it is not easy for a person to be called a "hero". But this old man really doesn't even have the appearance of a hero—could this be his success?Princess Danfeng couldn't figure it out. She suddenly found that there seemed to be more and more things she couldn't figure out. Shanxi Yan's laughter had stopped, his eyes were piercing, he stared at Lu Xiaofeng, and said: "I'm afraid you never thought that I would come to you?" Lu Xiaofeng admitted: "I can't think of it." Shanxi Yan said: "Actually, I already knew about you as soon as you arrived in Taiyuan." Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "It's not surprising, it would be strange if you didn't even know I'm here." Shanxi Yan said: "But I didn't come to you until now!" Lu Xiaofeng said: "You are a busy person." Shanxi Yan said: "I'm not busy at all. I didn't come because you are my uncle's guest. Since I can't compete with him, I have no choice but to pretend I don't know." Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "I thought that after I shaved my beard, even my old friends wouldn't recognize me." Shanxi Yan laughed again and said, "I thought your fluffy beard looked annoying." Lu Xiaofeng said: "It doesn't matter if you hate it, some people don't hate it." Shanxi Yan's laughter paused: "Huo Tianqing is my uncle. There are many people in the world who don't believe it, but you should know." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I know." Shanxi Yan said: "The old monster smoking dry tobacco outside, his surname is Fan, his name is Fan E, do you recognize him?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Could it be Mr. Fan Da who used to go to the Feiyu pond alone, wiped out the Bada villages, and used a dry pipe to hit the thirty-six major acupoints and seventy-two minor acupoints on the body?" Shanxi Yan said, "That's him." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Northwest Shuangxiu, Fan Jian is equally famous, that poor scholar must be the only successor of the 'flick of the fingers', Mr. Jian Er." Shanxi Yan nodded, and said: "The poor beggar, the doctor of wild medicine, the seller of steamed buns and vegetables, the seller of pollen, plus the shopkeeper of this place, and Fatty Wang who is still selling noodles at the door, seven people They were originally sworn brothers, so they are called the 'Seven Heroes of the Market', and some people call them Shanxi Qiyi." Lu Xiaofeng smiled lightly: "These famous chivalrous men are really in a good mood today, they all crowded into this small courtyard to enjoy the shade." Shanxi Yan said: "You really don't know what they are here for?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "I don't know." Shanxi Yan said: "They are also my fellow disciples. In terms of seniority, some are even Huo Tianqing's disciples." Lu Xiaofeng laughed again, and said: "This man is really lucky!" Shanxi Yan said: "Sixty years ago, the patriarch founded the 'Tianqinmen'. The first great commandment is to respect the teacher and respect the way. This generation and rules are absolutely unmissable." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Of course it can't be wrong." Shanxi Yan said: "The patriarch devoted all his life to martial arts, and only in his later years did he think of a family." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Old man Tianqin also married a wife and had a son?" Shanxi Yan said: "It is true that very few people in the Jianghu know about this matter. The patriarch only had a descendant when he was seventy-seven years old." Lu Xiaofeng said: "His offspring is Huo Tianqing?" Shanxi Yan said: "Exactly." Lu Xiaofeng sighed, and said: "I finally understand why he is so young, but his seniority is frighteningly high." Shanxi Yan said: "So the burden on his shoulders is also terrible." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Oh?" Shanxi Yan's expression suddenly became very serious, and he said: "Not only does he continue the ancestor's incense lamp blood, he is also the only one who can inherit the tradition of the 'Heavenly Bird Gate'. You can't let him have a little surprise, you should understand this truth." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I understand." Shanxi Yanchang sighed, and said: "So if he dies at sunrise tomorrow morning, none of the hundreds of disciples from our 'Tian Qin Sect' will be able to survive." Lu Xiaofeng frowned and said, "How could he die?" Shanxi Yan said: "If he is defeated by you, even if you don't kill him, he will never live again." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I also know that he has a very strong personality, but he is not guaranteed to lose!" Shanxi Yan said: "Of course not." Lu Xiaofeng said indifferently: "If he wins against me, wouldn't your 'Tian Qin Sect' have hundreds of disciples, wouldn't it be very embarrassing?" Shanxi Yan said: "You are my friend, and I don't want you to be defeated by him and hurt each other's friendship." Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "You are really a good person." Shanxi Yan's face seemed to be a little red again, and he smiled wryly: "As long as you fight each other, no matter who wins or loses, the consequences will be unimaginable. Uncle Huo and you are also moral friends, so why bother?" Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "Now I finally understand what you mean, you want me to leave here before sunrise, so that he can't find me." Shanxi Yan actually stopped talking, which means acquiescing. Princess Danfeng sneered suddenly, and said: "Now I also understand what you mean. You invited so many people here just to force him to leave and let Huo Tianqing win without a fight. Otherwise, you will deal with him. It is now a day away It hasn't been long since he came out, even if he can repel you, when the sun rises, he will have no strength to fight Huo Tianqing." With a livid face, she sneered and said: "This method is really good, I'm afraid it's only you Such a hero can figure it out!" Shanxi Yan's face turned blue, then turned pale, and suddenly he looked up and laughed wildly, and said: "Okay, good scolding, but although I, Shanxi Yan, am worthless, I still can't do this kind of thing!" Princess Danfeng said: "Since you can't do that kind of thing, if he doesn't want to leave, what will you do?" Shanxi Yan suddenly stood up and strode out. The people in the courtyard were all silent. His bright eyes swept over the faces of these people one by one, and suddenly said: "If he doesn't leave, what will you do?" The bun seller rolled his eyes and said coldly, "That's not easy. If he doesn't leave, I will." Shanxi Yan smiled again, as if there was an indescribable sense of misery in the smile, nodded slowly, and said: "Okay, you go, I will go, everyone go." The steamed stuffed bun vendor said, "Since that's the case, why should I go first?" With a flip of his hand, he had already drawn out the sharp wrist-removing knife, and suddenly stabbed himself in the throat with a backhand. His shot is not only steady, but also fast, very fast.But there are people faster than him. Suddenly there was a sound of "Dang", sparks flew everywhere, the knife in his hand was broken in two, and something fell to the ground with the broken tip of the knife, it turned out to be half of Lu Xiaofeng's chopsticks. The remaining half of the chopsticks are still in his hand, the knife is a steel knife, but the chopsticks are tooth chopsticks. There are not many people in the world who can break steel knives with chopsticks. Princess Danfeng suddenly understood why Shanxi Yan did this, Huo Tianqing was not Lu Xiaofeng's opponent at all, although others didn't know, Shanxi Yan knew it very well. The steamed stuffed bun vendor looked at the half-cut knife in his hand in surprise, he was stunned for a long time, then suddenly stomped his feet resentfully, looked up at Lu Xiaofeng, and said sharply: "What do you mean?" Lu Xiaofeng smiled, and said lightly: "I don't mean anything else, but I have something to ask you!" The peddler selling steamed stuffed buns asked, "What are you talking about?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "When did I say I won't leave?" The bun seller was stunned. Lu Xiaofeng sighed lazily, and said: "Fighting is an exhausting and exhausting thing. I'd better find a place to sleep. Why do I have to wait for others to fight?" The steamed stuffed bun vendor stared at him with an expression on his face that looked like he was going to cry or laugh, and suddenly said loudly: "Okay, Lu Xiaofeng is indeed Lu Xiaofeng, from today onwards, no matter what you want from me, if I frown , I am your grandson." Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "I don't want a grandson like you either. As long as I buy steamed stuffed buns next time, you can be a little cheaper, and that's enough of a friend." He casually grabbed the red cloak hanging by the bed, drank a glass of wine, and said, "Who will come with me to another village outside the city to eat a bowl of dog meat stewed by Zhao Mazi?" Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Me." Mr. Fan Da suddenly tapped his pipe and said, "There is me." Mr. Jian Er said: "If there is him, there will be me. We have always been inseparable." The steamed bun vendor immediately said loudly, "I'm going too." Mr. Jian Er said: "You specialize in meat buns for beating dogs, and you dare to eat dog meat. Are you not afraid that the evil spirits of those big and small dogs will make trouble in your stomach?" The steamed stuffed bun vendor rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not even afraid of death, so why should I be afraid?" Shanxi Yan laughed loudly and said, "Okay, you have a sense, everyone, go eat his mother's dog meat together, whoever doesn't go will be his mother's grandson!" Hua Manlou smiled and said slowly: "It seems that good people can still do it." Lu Xiaofeng said: "It's okay to do it once in a while, but not doing it often." Hua Manlou couldn't help asking, "Why?" Lu Xiaofeng said with a straight face, "Good people don't live long, haven't you heard of this saying?" Although he had a straight face, there seemed to be tears in his eyes. Princess Danfeng looked at them, suddenly sighed softly, and muttered softly to herself: "Whoever says a good person can't do it is his mother's grandson."