Several carriages were already waiting outside the Ma family's house.
"In-laws, now that you are gone, my daughter's marriage..."
Chen Yuanwai looked at Ma Qi with a sad face.
Originally, the two families had agreed that they would get married on just one auspicious zodiac day, but now the Ma family is moving to Wuxi. This incident has made the Chen family unhappy.
Although Ma Qi is a fool, he is still very particular about his work. Hearing this, he took Yuan Wai Chen's hand and said:
"Don't worry, in-laws. Ma will not break his promise. However, Ma does not dare to disobey the emperor's decree. When we settle down in Wuxi, he will send someone to marry Miss Chen."
After speaking, he took out a document he had written long ago and handed it to Chen Yuanwai.
The document not only guarantees the relationship between the two families, but also states that the Ma family will never let down the Chen family at any time.
Although Chen was very reluctant to see this, he also knew that this matter could not be stopped, so he could only reluctantly agree.
He also didn't forget to take out the 30,000 taels of silver notes he had prepared early to see off Ma Qi.
Xu Tong stood aside and took out a small tool bag from the props book and handed it to Chen Yuanwai.
"It's a long way to go. I give this gift to my lady. I wish her peace and health."
There is a small charm in the bag given by Xu Tong.
This amulet was given to each of their group by Fu Anning when they were at Lianshan Temple.
It could drive away evil spirits, but it was of no use to him, so Xu Tong gave it to Miss Chen.
Speaking of which, if it weren't for Chen Yuanwai's strong support, he would not have been able to break through the shackles of Mingyan Qimen so smoothly.
So no matter what, I have to thank Mr. Chen very much.
In addition to this amulet, he also gave Mr. Chen a portion of Wurou Lingzhi Ointment.
Hmm... Actually, Jixiang has been having diarrhea recently.
But the thing is a good thing, the sword can recover quickly from internal injuries, and it is also a life-saving thing at critical moments.
Then the family got into the carriage, and under the watchful eye of Mr. Chen, the carriage drove out of the capital gate.
"Dad, you go to Wuxi first. I plan to go out for a walk."
On the carriage, Xu Tong said to Ma Qi.
Ma Qi was naturally not happy. He still had a lot of things that he didn't have time to ask this boy about.
"Dad, not long ago I met the Immortal by chance. The Immortal said that my bones were amazing. It was the first time in a hundred years that I met a Taoist wizard. I also agreed to him. After finishing the matter in the capital, I would go with the Immortal to practice for a while. Besides, I have no idea.
Now that I'm old, you should let me go out and see the world."
"No, you kid is causing trouble. What should I do if I go out and get into trouble?"
Ma Qi shook his head and decisively rejected Xu Tong, saying that he would take this boy with him no matter what.
Xu Tong could only persuade patiently: "But you have seen what I am capable of now. If I don't pay attention, I will leave. But leaving without saying goodbye is not what the Son of Man did. The person who will be injured will still be my mother."
Heart."
Ma Qi couldn't deny this. His son's martial arts skills were not inferior to his own back then. He couldn't handle this bastard's willful temper and leave without saying goodbye. There was no way he could tie him up.
On the body.
"Don't worry, I just went out for a walk to see how a man can hide at home and live an ignoble life. Please tell my mother about this matter. My mother can still accept it. When you are settled in Wuxi, I will
Go find you."
Xu Tong tried his best to persuade Ma Qi to avoid the difficulty and nodded.
But Ma Qi suddenly grabbed Xu Tong's wrist and stared at Xu Tong: "Son, daddy wants to ask you something."
Ma Qi suddenly became so serious, which made Xu Tong instinctively want to cover his head. This may be Ma Hongwen's psychological reaction to Ma Qi's fear in his bones.
Seeing this little gesture, Ma Qi smiled instead and actually let go of Xu Tong's wrist: "Forget it, don't ask, let's go, get out of here, remember that you will go home in two years at the latest, your mother and I will be there.
I’m waiting for you at home.”
Xu Tong was startled, and vaguely saw the tears in the corners of Ma Qi's eyes. He felt a little uncomfortable for a moment: "Dad, take care!"
After saying "take care", Xu Tong jumped out of the carriage with a quick step. Gao Zhuo was sitting in the car behind him. When he saw Xu Tong getting off the carriage, he jumped down too.
The motorcade drove slowly towards Wangzhuang. Xu Tong couldn't help but sigh. He took out a mirror from the props book, pointed at Ma Hongwen in the mirror and said: "You, you are so enviable. Apart from being indifferent, you are nothing like me."
Not as strong as you."
"Boss, are we ready to go back now?"
Gao Zhuo was still thinking about going home early and studying how to kill the physical body of Taoist Xunlong.
"You should go back first, I still have something to do."
Xu Tong indicated that Gao Zhuo could go back first, although strictly speaking, everything on his side was over.
But there is still a little tail left here.
When singing an opera, you should have a beginning and an end, leaving a tail that will make you feel uncomfortable when you think about it later.
"Then I'll wait a little longer. Anyway, it won't be too late. I can still help you if you need it."
When Gao Zhuo heard this, he said he could stay.
"No, for this kind of thing, it would be better if there are fewer people."
Xu Tong smiled and patted Gao Zhuo on the shoulder; "Anyway, if you go back now and go back with us, there will be almost no difference in time in reality."
Gao Zhuo thought so and stopped being polite: "Okay, I'll go back first."
After speaking, Gao Zhuo took a step back, silently chanting "Return" in his heart, and his figure gradually disappeared from Xu Tong's sight.
Watching Gao Zhuo leave, Xu Tong took out the Jack mask and put it on his face. After changing his appearance, he turned around and ran straight towards the ferry.
The pier is the place that best reflects the prosperity of a city. The bustling streets are crowded with snack vendors.
You can see some workers carrying goods back and forth to the ship.
Xu Tong came to the dock early and waited.
I sat casually in front of a stall and didn't order anything to eat or drink. I just threw my money on the table. The owner of the vendor naturally welcomed me warmly.
Just such a piece of broken silver is enough for him to live a prosperous year this year.
After sitting down, Xu Tong shook his palms, and two paper figures quietly appeared beside him and quickly left with the crowd.
Then he activated the Life Eye Qimen and tried to calculate carefully to see when this little tail would come to the door.
At the same time, I was thinking about how I should end Ma Hongwen's sinful life.
At this time, I heard the chatter of several businessmen behind me.
"I heard that there is going to be trouble in the south again."
Several businessmen at the table behind sat together and drank a bowl of hot mutton soup to warm themselves up, while talking sadly about some things in the south.
The latest reformist commotion is said to be caused by the Xinxue group.
And there are places in Shanghai where there is no gender equality movement, but it is a mess anyway.
Xu Tong sat in front and listened with great interest. He knew that these actions that were not favored at the moment might also set off a wave of the times in the future.
"Hey, have you heard? It is said that the fifth sword king is dead."
At this time, Xu Tong was stunned by a piece of news.
Several businessmen also sighed after hearing this. It is said that they were trying to protect a few students of the new school. They were finally surrounded and killed. Unfortunately, their heads were hung on the city wall. It seemed that an expert could not see it at night, so they quietly
Wang Wu's head was retrieved.
"It's a pity. From now on, the world has lost another hero. It's a pity, but it's respectable."
"For our cup, we might as well toast this hero. May the spirit of the hero in heaven protect my China."
After speaking, several businessmen raised their wine glasses above their heads and silently sprinkled them on the ground.
After drinking for three rounds, several people were about to get up and leave. The boss came over and said, "Someone just settled the bill."
"oh……"
Several businessmen looked at each other, and someone asked: "Who is it?"
"I don't recognize him. He paid the bill and left in a hurry."
The boss recalled the strange man just now, casually dropped another piece of silver, said he had paid the bill for them, and hurriedly disappeared into the crowd without waiting for change.
"He must be a good man. After hearing what we said, he helped us settle the bill."
"It's a pity. It would be nice to make some friends."
Several people saw this and said, but Xu Tong had no chance to make friends with them. He left in a hurry because he had found the figure of the little tail...
"Wow!!"
Beside the bank of Gushui, a man quietly poked his head out of the water. When he looked around and saw no one, he immediately walked out along the reeds.
It was very cold in winter, but this man was shirtless and seemed not to be afraid of the cold at all. After limping out of the water, he found his familiar clothes in the grass.
However, after searching around, I couldn't find it.
"Are you looking for this?"
At this time, a hand suddenly reached out and presented a set of clothes in front of him.
"who!"
Wu Guodong looked up and saw Xu Tong's face.
"why you!!"
After seeing Xu Tong, Wu Guodong's expression changed and he couldn't help being surprised. Then he looked around with alert eyes. After confirming that Xu Tong was the only one around, he couldn't help but lower his head slightly and put a hand behind his back.
"Of course it's me. I remember I really wanted to promise you that I would let you meet my mother."
Xu Tong ignored Wu Guodong's little move and said thoughtfully.
After hearing this, Wu Guodong's expression suddenly changed: "Did you write that letter??"
"Otherwise, who else but me would know so clearly, even my father would take that boat??"
"Where's Wang Zheng?"
"Oh, he's dead. Don't look at me like that. I didn't kill him."
Xu Tong said and motioned to Wu Guodong to put on his clothes and follow him.
Although Wu Guodong was suspicious, he also wanted to know what kind of medicine this kid sold in the gourd.
So he hurriedly put on his clothes and followed.
The two came to the small slope on the other side of the pier, where there was a pavilion called Songqing Pavilion.
This small pavilion stands there alone, and few people come here.
It is said that the name of the pavilion is Songqing Pavilion, which is actually the homophonic pronunciation of the word "send off relatives" because the pavilion faces the dock, and passing ships pass under the pavilion. You can stand here to watch your loved ones go.
This was originally the place Wu Guodong had chosen, but he didn't expect that Ma Hongwen actually knew about this place.
It seems that his plan has been exposed.
"What did you bring me here for?"
Wu Guodong asked tentatively.
"See my mother!"
Xu Tong blinked and answered innocently.
Wu Guodong glanced around with his peripheral vision, and there was a powerful crossbow hidden behind him.
The crossbow was slowly raised and aimed at Xu Tong's back, but Xu Tong seemed not to notice it at all, looking at the boat approaching in the distance: "Look, it's coming!"
Hearing this, Wu Guodong raised his eyebrows slightly and stepped forward to take a look. Sure enough, he saw a familiar merchant ship going down the river.
The merchant ship was not big, but its speed was very fast. However, at this moment, the ship suddenly became restless. It turned out that the ship had just left the dock, and water had already started to seep from the bottom of the ship.
Now things are getting into trouble. Fortunately, we have just left the dock, so it is not a big deal. We can just ask the dock to call in another boat for support.
At this time, all the passengers in the boat came to the deck one after another.
Wu Guodong took a closer look and saw the figure of his eldest grandmother. Although many years had passed, the girl next door had now become richer and richer over the years.
But Wu Guodong still recognized her at a glance.
"Magnolia!!"
Wu Guodong opened his mouth and wanted to call out the eldest grandma's name, but before he could say it out, another person behind the eldest grandma had already walked over and put his hand on her waist in a very familiar way.
Seeing the figure of the man, Wu Guodong's eyes turned red, and he slowly raised the crossbow in his hand.
Just pull the trigger in your hand, this distance is enough to kill the man with one blow.
Everything was exactly as he originally planned, except...
Seeing Yulan leaning affectionately in the man's arms, Wu Guodong's face turned red for a moment, and even the hand holding the crossbow began to tremble.
"Actually, you know very well that even if you kill my father, you can't get my mother. Because of your current appearance, you don't even dare to appear in front of my mother."
On the pavilion, Xu Tong held a water pipe and smoked slowly.
Seeing only the misty clouds, drifting away in the breeze, Xu Tong looked at Wu Guodong in front of him with a relaxed expression: "Actually, you still have a way to get revenge."
Upon hearing this, Wu Guodong looked at Xu Tong, and at the same time he pointed the crossbow arrow at Xu Tong's head: "Yes, I can't kill Ma Qi, but I can kill you bastard."
Facing the crossbow arrow pointed at his forehead, Xu Tong nodded, seeming to agree with this plan:
"Of course, it's best to send my head to my father quietly. I believe my father will feel guilty for the rest of his life. The best thing is that he doesn't dare to tell my mother the news, so he can only hide it from her and live in this world for the rest of his life.
I feel the same guilt and pain as you."
"you!!"
Hearing this, Wu Guodong was stunned for a moment: "What on earth are you going to do!!"
"Wish to die!"
Xu Tong smoked a hookah and shook his head after saying: "No, after you kill me, you can give part of my body to my father every other month.
Think about it, my father just buried my head, then buried my legs, and the next day he buried my arms, going back and forth like this, digging up my grave and burying it, and burying it and digging it again,
Torture this old thing to death."
At this point, Xu Tong slowly raised his head and said with a half-smile on his face: "You see, living is actually a kind of torture, isn't it?"
Wu Guodong's face froze. Hearing such horrifying thoughts, he thought that Ma Hongwen in front of him was crazy. This was the first time he saw such a filial son. He was immediately frightened and almost even dropped the crossbow in his hand.
Throw them together on the ground.
"Why, why are you so scared now? I've already sent it to you myself, and you still don't do anything??"
Looking at the crossbow arrows that fell on the ground, Xu Tong looked unhappy.
"I have a grudge against March, but I will not kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
Wu Guodong took two steps back and argued for himself.
"If you don't kill me, I will. If Ma Hongwen is innocent, there will be no innocent people in the world."
Xu Tong couldn't help being disappointed when he saw this. He was unhappy that Wu Guodong gave in so quickly. He had already planned Ma Hongwen's ending, but he didn't expect that he would have to do it himself in the end.
I saw him putting away the hookah pipe in his hand and casually holding the heavy and big stone on the ground in his arms.
"What are you going to do!!"
Seeing Xu Tong walking to the river holding the stone, Wu Guodong's expression changed, and he stepped forward to pull him, but before he could reach out his hand, Xu Tong suddenly turned around and smiled evilly at him, then jumped up
Jump into the river.
"madman!"
Wu Guodong looked at Xu Tong who disappeared on the water with a dull expression, his face turned as white as paper for a moment: "Madman, madman, you madman, your whole family is madman, you are all madman."
After saying that, Wu Guodong ran away, cursing in his mouth: "Crazy people, they are all crazy people."
"oops!"
In the cabin, the grandmother suddenly frowned.
Lerou hurriedly put down her work and stepped forward to take a look. She saw that the grandmother had pricked her finger.
Seeing this, Lerou quickly took out her handkerchief and wiped it a few times and said: "Grandma, this boat is on the water, so don't be busy. I didn't see you resting last night."
After hearing this, the eldest grandma sighed and put down the clothes in her hands: "This was originally made for Hongwen's wedding, but with the child... it's not easy to worry about."
"Young master Ji Ren has his own destiny. He will come back after two years of playing out. Don't worry too much."
Lerou comforted the eldest grandma.
Hearing this, the grandma relaxed a lot and just said angrily: "It's all your fault, sir. I just said, walk from Gushui Pier and take this brat directly to Wuxi. He has to get on the boat from Jinhe Ferry.
, now it’s too late to find that brat.”
After saying this, the eldest grandma inevitably scolded Ma Qi.
After scolding her, the eldest grandma looked at Lerou in the candlelight and sighed: "My son is just a sinner. When I arrived in Wuxi, no one recognized you. I said you are my goddaughter. Find a good family for you."
."
"No!"
Hearing this, Lerou rejected the eldest lady without a second thought: "I'll wait for the young master to come back."
Upon seeing this, the eldest grandma sighed, caressed Lerou's forehead and said, "Who knows when that child will come back? If he doesn't come back for ten or eight years, you will be delayed."
Lerou looked out the door, her black and white eyes showing a sense of expectation: "Then I will wait for him for ten or eight years, until he comes back..."