Fire Captain

On the way up the mountain, Bai Ziyang took Chu Qiao to introduce Langya Mountain to her. Fei Liu couldn't wait for them and ran up the mountain first.

Langya Mountain has beautiful scenery. On the top of the mountain is a magnificent and elegant manor with pavilions, towers, and beautiful women and servants. When they saw Bai Ziyang, they all said in unison: "Second Young Master!"

"The Second Young Master is back!"

Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "Yeah, go do whatever you need to do."

Everyone looked at Chu Qiao without being rude. There were countless people coming to Langya Mountain every day. If everyone was curious, wouldn't it make people talk about the discipline problem of Langya Pavilion?

Chu Qiao asked curiously, "Why do they all call you the Second Young Master?"

Bai Ziyang grinned and said, "Langya Pavilion belongs to my father, and now it is managed by my eldest brother... My eldest brother is called Lin Chen, and my real name is Lin Yang, but I use the name Bai Ziyang when I travel around the world, so most people who know me call me Bai Ziyang, and few people know that I am actually from Langya Pavilion... Hehe!"

Chu Qiao looked at Bai Ziyang with suspicion and asked, "Then you are the first on the Langya Divine Doctor List?"

Bai Ziyang said with a wandering look in his eyes: "I just took a little backdoor...but I stayed there because of my own ability!"

“Tsk!” Chu Qiao rolled her eyes at him and continued walking inside.

As soon as she stepped through the gate, she saw two people sitting opposite each other in a room not far away, seemingly taking someone's pulse. They turned around when they heard footsteps. Although both of them were elegant and handsome, Chu Qiao recognized the person sitting next to Fei Liu at a glance. He must be the legendary Mei Changsu.

Although he looked sickly, he could not hide his deep eyes or the clear and gentle breeze around him. The man was wearing a scholar's shirt and was just sitting there leisurely. When he noticed Chu Qiao's gaze, he turned around and smiled slightly, which suddenly made Chu Qiao feel as if she was in the clear and gentle breeze.

On the contrary, the man sitting opposite him was a romantic and unrestrained man. When he saw Bai Ziyang, he immediately stood up and said, "You're back. I'm going to return your poor patient to you. He was so disobedient that I almost got mad to death." He walked to Bai Ziyang and pulled him towards the house. After just two steps, Bai Ziyang was about to speak, but unexpectedly, the man let Bai Ziyang go first, walked up to Chu Qiao, and asked with a smile on his face, "What's your name, young lady? Just for your beauty, come to my Langya Pavilion and I'll give you a 10% discount no matter what your problem is." There was no need to ask, he must have learned such ridiculous words from Bai Ziyang.

"Get out of the way!" Bai Ziyang pushed Lin Chen away with a slap, put his arm around Chu Qiao's shoulders and said, "She is with me. Let me introduce her to you. This girl is called Chu Qiao. Please call her Miss Chu!"

After saying that, he turned to Chu Qiao and said, "Qiao Qiao, let me introduce you..." When Chu Qiao heard Bai Ziyang address her, her forehead couldn't help but throb wildly. She put her elbow under Bai Ziyang's ribs. Bai Ziyang paused for a moment, and then continued, "This is my seemingly frivolous elder brother, Lin Chen!"

Chu Qiao smiled politely and said, "Greetings, Pavilion Master Lin!"

Before Chu Qiao could continue, Bai Ziyang pulled her towards Mei Changsu. Chu Qiao staggered because of him and she really wanted to slap him against the wall.

"Qiao Qiao, let me introduce you formally!" Bai Ziyang stood beside Mei Changsu and said, "This is the Mei Changsu I told you about on the way! The number one on the Langya Talent List, the real deal, definitely no backdoor!"

Chu Qiao rolled her eyes at him helplessly. She really didn't want to lose face on someone today, so she had to avoid looking at him and said to Mei Changsu, "Hello, Sect Master Mei. Although Chu Qiao has never met Sect Master Mei, her name is well-known. My brother and sister are also very grateful to the Langzhou Jiangzuo League for their care. Chu Qiao would like to express her gratitude!"

Facing Chu Qiao's greeting, Mei Changsu stood up and said, "Miss Chu, you are too polite. Ziyang's friends are naturally Changsu's friends. It's just a trivial matter, so why bother about it!"

Bai Ziyang watched them being polite to each other and said, "Qiao Qiao, you don't have to be polite. We are not strangers, right? Just call him Su Su. That's what I call him anyway."

Mei Changsu was good-tempered. He treated Bai Ziyang more like an elder brother than Lin Chen. He smiled dotingly and saw Chu Qiao's confusion and said, "It's just a name. It doesn't matter if you call me Sui Ziyang or anything else. Miss Chu, don't take it too seriously."

Chu Qiao smiled and said, "Mr. Su! You can call me Chu Qiao or Ah Chu, and you don't have to be so polite as to call me Miss Chu!"

Mei Changsu shouted, "Ah Chu!"

Lin Chen had been left out for a long time, so he popped up to join in the fun and said, "Then I'll call you A-Chu too. Did A-Chu come from Western Wei with my disappointing brother?"

Chu Qiao said: "Yes, I was injured and fainted on the side of the road, and it was thanks to Bai Ziyang who saved me."

Lin Chen looked at Bai Ziyang angrily and said, "You are so good that you can save a beauty when you save someone, but I am so good that I saved Fei Liu, a playful guy, and I have no conscience! Fei Liu! Come and play with Brother Lin Chen."

Fei Liu stuck to Mei Changsu, poked his head out, made a face at Lin Chen and said, "No!"

Lin Chen glared and said, "Hey, you little heartless guy."

Bai Ziyang took Chu Qiao's hand and said, "You must be tired after walking all the way. I will take you back to your room to rest. When we get to Langya Pavilion, I will tell you it will be like being at home. You can do whatever you want and go wherever you want. The sky is high and birds are flying, the water is deep and fish are swimming! We have 'silver' in both the black and white worlds. If you ask me, I can do anything. Even if I poke a hole in the sky, it won't be a problem..." Then he took Chu Qiao out.

Mei Changsu had never seen the usually steady Bai Ziyang looking at him with such curiosity like this.

Lin Chen walked directly to Bai Ziyang and glanced him up and down, then said to Mei Changsu: "Is this kid a fool?"

Bai Ziyang rolled his eyes at him and pulled Chu Qiao out.

Chu Qiao followed Bai Ziyang all the way back to the room. Along the way, she heard Bai Ziyang's worried mumbling. She didn't feel annoyed at all. Instead, she felt a warm feeling from the bottom of her heart, as if the sky was falling and someone was holding it up for her. Chu Qiao felt that Bai Ziyang was like a child now, desperately showing her all his toys, and then giving them all to her at once, with a kind of pure selflessness.

Chu Qiao lay in bed at night thinking, will tomorrow really be like what Bai Ziyang said, with the sky high for birds to fly and the sea wide for fish to leap?

In the next few days, the main thing Bai Ziyang did with Chu Qiao was to have fun. They visited every corner of Langya Mountain. During this period, Chu Qiao finally understood why Fei Liu was so afraid of Lin Chen. As long as Lin Chen had nothing to do, he would not stop until he made Fei Liu jump up and down. Every time, Mei Changsu had to come out to stop him.

After playing enough and resting enough, Bai Ziyang brought Chu Qiao to the cliff platform where they usually practiced martial arts and said: "From today on, forget all the mediocre kung fu that Yuwen Yue taught you. I will teach you the real stuff!" Bai Ziyang had actually thought about it a long time ago. Chu Qiao's memory has not recovered yet, and it is unknown when it will be restored. During this period, there is no guarantee that she will fight with others. Think about the moves Chu Qiao used in the later period. It is impossible that every time she fights with others, she will stab the throat, dig the eyes, and pull the hair. How can he stand by and watch this? After thinking about it, he found two secret books he had collected before.

There are two major schools of martial arts that are famous for their graceful movements, one is Huang Yaoshi's Peach Blossom Island, and the other is the Xiaoyao School, so this time I looked through his collection and took out a book on the Falling Flower Sword Palm and a book on the Orchid Point Brushing Hand. That's enough, quality is more important than quantity...

Bai Ziyang taught Chu Qiao two sets of martial arts. Chu Qiao practiced diligently for several days and devoted herself to it for a long time. Then she found that Langya Pavilion seemed to be much quieter.

When he met Bai Ziyang after coming back from practice in the evening, he asked, "Why haven't I seen Brother Lin come to play with Fei Liu these past two days?"

Bai Ziyang said: "Fei Liu and Brother Su have returned to Langzhou."

Chu Qiao thought of the plan that Bai Ziyang had told her about after Mei Changsu would start, and couldn't help asking, "Is it going to start?"

Bai Ziyang nodded and said, "Yes, it's time."

Chu Qiao asked, "Why didn't you go?"

Bai Ziyang said: "I won't go with him, so that people won't think that I am in cahoots with him. I have to be invited to go..."

Sure enough, a few days later, Chu Qiao was practicing martial arts on the edge of a cliff, and Bai Ziyang was sitting beside her giving instructions. A carrier pigeon landed in front of Bai Ziyang. After Chu Qiao finished her practice, she walked to Bai Ziyang and saw a note saying that she wanted to invite Bai Ziyang to Jinling to treat a patient.

Chu Qiao asked: "When do we set off?"

Bai Ziyang was stunned and asked, "Do you want to go with me?"

Chu Qiao asked, "What else? Am I going to stay in Langya Pavilion alone?"

Bai Ziyang said: "You can..."

Chu Qiao didn't wait for him to finish and continued, "Fortunately, I went to see the fun."

Bai Ziyang said, "You're just being stubborn. You're just worried about him... Eh? That's not right. You've only known him for a few days?... Qiao Qiao...?"

Chu Qiao ignored Bai Ziyang who was muttering to himself behind her and went back to her room with her sword in hand.

After packing up their things, Bai Ziyang and Chu Qiao went down the mountain the next day. This time they did not take a carriage, but each rode a fast horse and headed straight for Jinling.

The person who wrote to Bai Ziyang was none other than Xiao Jingrui. They met by chance when Bai Ziyang was traveling around the world, but it was really a coincidence that Bai Ziyang bumped into him on purpose. If Bai Ziyang wanted to make friends with someone, wouldn't it be easy to get Xiao Jingrui? Isn't this the letter, asking Bai Ziyang to stay in Jinling for a while, and to treat a "friend" of his.

Bai Ziyang and Chu Qiao rode at full speed all the way to the outskirts of Jinling City. From a distance, they saw two people waiting in the pavilion outside the city. When they saw Bai Ziyang coming, they were the first to greet him.

"Brother Bai!" The man walking in front looked so handsome and elegant. He bowed and said after seeing Bai Ziyang.

Bai Ziyang jumped off his horse and returned the greeting: "Jingrui! Long time no see."

Following behind Xiao Jingrui was his good friend Yan Yujin. As long as Xiao Jingrui was in Jinling, he and Yan Yujin were inseparable. At this moment, he came forward and said with a smile: "Hello, Doctor Bai! I've heard Jingrui mention you a long time ago. Since you are Jingrui's friend, you will also be my, Yan Yujin's, friend in the future!"

Bai Ziyang liked his straightforwardness and smiled when he heard it, "Okay, I'm determined to make friends with Master Yan... Besides, Master Yan's name is also well-known to me!"

Xiao Jingrui was a little embarrassed by Yan Yujin's unreserved personality, so he clasped his fists and said, "Brother Bai must have rushed here without stopping after receiving my pigeon message. Brother Bai is so kind, if you need me, Xiao Jingrui, in the future, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

Bai Ziyang said, "We have known each other for many years and I still don't know you. Don't even bother being polite... Come, I'll introduce someone to you."

Chu Qiao had been sitting on her horse and watching them. When she saw Bai Ziyang waving at her, she got off her horse and walked to Bai Ziyang. Bai Ziyang took Chu Qiao's hand and said, "This is Chu Qiao, Miss Chu, my friend."

Xiao Jingrui bowed, and Yan Yujin smiled widely.

Bai Ziyang suddenly smiled at Chu Qiao and said, "Ah Chu, let me introduce you formally. This is Xiao Jingrui, the runner-up of the Langya Young Master List. His father is the Ningguo Marquis, and his mother is the Liyang Princess and the Zhuo couple from Tianquan Villa. Jingrui's essays are so impressive that they can shock the Hanlin Academy, and his martial arts are so impressive that he can draw a sword in the martial arts world! This is Yan Yujin, his father is the Yan Marquis, and the Yan family has produced three generations of imperial tutors, two queens, and two prime ministers. It is a true family of scholars." Bai Ziyang excitedly gestured up and down with his hands and said, "This is the correct way to introduce a young master from a marquisate, okay!"

Seeing Bai Ziyang's air of boasting that came from nowhere, Chu Qiao couldn't help but smile, and saluted to the two of them, "Master Xiao, Master Yan!"

Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin were a little embarrassed by Bai Ziyang's sudden compliment. They were stunned for a moment and quickly returned the compliment: "Miss Chu!"

After the two sides met, they mounted their horses and slowly headed towards Jinling City. Bai Ziyang said, "You don't know, I just went to Western Wei. I don't know what's wrong with those noble sons over there. Not only are they extravagant, but they are also sinister and vicious. I feel sick. I came to see you to cleanse your eyes."