Chapter 653 Father and Son (Part )
"Guo'er, your father has an important matter to attend to. He must go to the Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain, but he cannot take you with him. So, you should go back to Wuxi City and find your Third Uncle Duan. They are going to Luoyang. I will meet you in Luoyang after I finish my business in Songshan Mountain. What do you think?"

Chai Xin knew that he could not delay any longer, so he spoke to Yang Guo.

Yang Guo was shocked. He really didn’t want to be separated from his adoptive father. After all, they just became father and son today.

But he also understood that since his adoptive father said so, it must be something extremely urgent, otherwise he could just go to the north with them slowly.

So he said without much hesitation, "Dad, don't worry. Guo'er is now able to protect himself, and with Second Uncle taking care of him, I think he will definitely not be in danger."

"Well, the world is so vast, you have to make your own way in the end. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the Kung Fu your father teaches you, you will never be able to become an eagle soaring in the sky."

Chai Xin patted Yang Guo's shoulder encouragingly.

"Go back to Wuxi City by yourself. Remember, you must be extra careful when you are alone. Don't trust others easily, and don't do things that go against your conscience. Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because your skills have greatly increased. You must know that there are always people better than you. Even as your father, I dare not say that I am invincible."

With Yang Guo's current skills, plus the blessing of "Daoxuan Gong", even if he lacks practical experience, he can fight against a first-rate master. Even if it is a top-notch figure, he can protect himself.

Otherwise, Chai Xin would not feel comfortable letting him go back to Wuxi alone.

Yang Guo felt warm in his heart after hearing this, and he didn’t feel that his foster father was nagging him at all. He nodded vigorously and said, “Don’t worry, Dad. I’ll remember this.”

"Okay, go back to Wuxi immediately." Chai Xin smiled and nodded.

"My son bids farewell to his father!"

Yang Guo knelt down and kowtowed, then resolutely turned around and headed towards Wuxi.

Chai Xin walked out of the yard, and waited until Yang Guo's back disappeared at the end of the horizon. Then he jumped up, turned over and headed north.

In fact, it might be too late for him to rush to Songshan now.

After all, Qiao Feng's adoptive parents, Qiao Sanhuai and his wife, lived at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain in Songshan Mountain, and the real murderer who killed the couple in the original novel was Xiao Yuanshan who was lurking in Shaolin Temple.

Shaolin Temple is located in Shaoshi Mountain.

In other words, if Xiao Yuanshan had intended to kill Qiao Sanhuai and his wife, perhaps they would have died long ago.

However, judging from the situation in the original novel, Xiao Yuanshan, a guy who had been driven crazy by hatred, seemed to deliberately wait until Qiao Feng was about to arrive at his former residence in order to frame his own son and make him the public enemy of the Song Dynasty martial arts world, and then he killed Qiao Sanhuai and his wife.

According to the description in the original novel, when Qiao Feng rushed home, the bodies of his adoptive parents were still warm, so it was estimated that they had been dead for no more than an hour.

Therefore, what Chai Xin has to do now is not to arrive at Qiao Sanhuai and his wife’s house before Xiao Yuanshan, but to arrive before Qiao Feng!

As long as he could arrive before Qiao Feng, he might have a chance to save the dying Qiao Sanhuai and his wife from the already maddened Xiao Yuanshan.

It has only been two or three hours since Qiao Feng left the Xingzilin. Although his Qinggong is quite good, there is still an immeasurable gap between him and Chai Xin today.

Therefore, although Chai Xin set out a few hours later than the other party, he was still very confident that he could arrive at Shaoshi Mountain before the other party.

This time, in order to save his second brother's adoptive parents and to prevent him from bearing too much innocent blame, Chai Xin tried his best.

With a light tap of his feet, he covered a distance of more than ten feet. He continued to travel without stopping for about two hours. Then, he saw a familiar figure on the road.

It was none other than Qiao Feng.

When Qiao Feng suddenly learned the truth about his life in the apricot forest, he was actually very confused and at a loss. He just rushed north based on instinct, but he did not decide to go back to his hometown to visit his parents right away, so his speed was not very fast.

Chai Xin did not greet him, but continued on his way quietly, constantly asking for directions and making corrections along the way. After another seven or eight hours, he finally saw a mountain range standing above the plain.

Although Mount Song was in sight, he did not relax at all. Instead, he increased his speed a bit.

Soon, he arrived at the foot of Mount Shaoshi and asked several farmers, and finally found out the residence of Qiao Sanhuai and his wife.

When Chai Xin reached a hillside on the south side of Shaoshi Mountain, he saw a large jujube tree and a small vegetable garden next to it.

Not far from the vegetable garden are three small earthen houses, which is a very common farm scene.

In the vegetable garden, a thin figure was bending over to weed. He was wearing patched coarse cloth clothes and looked to be an old man in his sixties.

When the old man heard the footsteps, he stood up and looked over. When he saw Chai Xin, who was wearing a black robe but looked weather-beaten, a look of panic flashed across his face, and he was at a loss as to what to do.

These days, how many people dressed elegantly would have the time to come to this remote place?
Most of the wealthy people who come here are not good people.

But at this moment, Chai Xin hurriedly walked forward, clasped his fists and bowed, and asked politely: "Excuse me, sir, are you Mr. Qiao, the father of Qiao Feng, the leader of the Qiao Gang?"

Seeing that he spoke softly and politely, the old man could not help but relax a little and hurriedly returned the greeting, "I am not worthy of being called Master. I am Qiao Sanhuai, and my son is Qiao Feng. I wonder what bad things my son did outside to offend you, Master?"

Of course he knew what his son was doing outside. Although he was often proud of it, he was also worried all day long, fearing that his son would go against the Mongolian and Liao court and lose his life one day.

"Uncle Qiao, I am Chai Xin, Qiao Feng's sworn brother. Today I have come to Shaolin Temple to pay a visit to several high monks. I know that your uncle and aunt are here, so I took the liberty to come and visit you. If there is anything inconvenient, I hope you will forgive me."

Chai Xin's face was full of smiles.

Although his actual age is much older than the old man in front of him, since he has sworn brotherhood with Qiao Feng, things like seniority have nothing to do with age.

Since Qiao Sanhuai and his wife are Qiao Feng's adoptive parents, he should call them uncle, which is also reasonable.

The gray-haired old man was startled at first, then he said in astonishment: "Young Master is my son's sworn brother? Are you kidding me? From my perspective, you are almost ten years younger than my son!"

Although he was old and his eyes and ears were not very good, his mind was not confused. He thought that the young man in front of him, who looked no more than twenty years old, must be making fun of him.

Chai Xin had expected this, so he took out a folding fan from his bosom and said, "This is the gift that my second brother and I exchanged when we became sworn brothers that day. I think uncle should recognize it."

But what he said was a lie. When the three of them became sworn brothers that day, they didn't give each other any gifts at all.

This folding fan was not given to him by Qiao Feng, but was taken from Kang Min!
On that day in the apricot forest, Bai Shijing and Quan Guan had planned everything early in the morning. They wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to expose Qiao Feng's life experience in order to frame Qiao Feng for Ma Dayuan's death.

And Ma Dayuan's wife Kang Min, as described in the original book, had already been waiting outside the apricot forest.

In addition, it is also the same as the original novel. Kang Min stole Qiao Feng's folding fan without knowing when, where, or how. Then he planned to use this folding fan to smear Qiao Feng, saying that it was left in Ma's house by "a thief" in order to steal some important item of Ma Dayuan.

Since Chai Xin was planning to relieve some of the pressure on Qiao Feng, why wouldn't he take the crucial folding fan from Kang Min before leaving?

With his skills, let alone Kang Min, even if it was Qiao Feng himself, as long as he wanted to take something from the other person, it would be easy to do so without any difficulty.

When he took the folding fan from Kang Min, the other party was completely unaware.

"This...this fan. I remember Feng'er once said that it was a gift from old Gang Leader Wang for his 25th birthday!"

Qiao Sanhuai was startled at first, then a look of delight appeared on his face, and he looked at Chai Xin intently.

"Young Master...are you really Feng'er's sworn brother?"

Although Qiao Feng usually does not wear any accessories, Qiao Sanhuai is naturally well aware of the importance of this folding fan in his heart.

Now that this young man has received the gift from his son's most valued mentor, he must be someone his son values ​​very much - this is the simple old man's instinctive reaction.

"My nephew may look young, but he is actually thirty-two years old. By the way, my second brother went to Wuxi the day before yesterday and said he would come back to visit us in the next two days, so I plan to wait for him here for a few days."

Chai Xin said with a smile.

Hearing him say this, Qiao Sanhuai couldn't help but believe it a little more.

Besides, considering how Chai Xin was dressed, it was obvious that he was not short of money, so why would he try to deceive an old country man?

Even if it was an enemy that Qiao Feng had offended outside, there was no need to be so polite to him. He even treated him as his nephew and could have directly killed or kidnapped him, which would naturally save a lot of trouble.

At this moment, a somewhat hunched figure walked out of the mud house and shouted slowly, "Boss, who is it?"

Chai Xin looked in the direction of the voice and saw an old woman with the same gray hair but a very kind face.

Needless to say, this must be Qiao Feng's adoptive mother.

He immediately bowed again and said politely, "My nephew Chai Xin, I greet my aunt!"

"My child's mother is Feng'er's sworn brother. She has come to see us!" Qiao Sanhuai answered loudly and cheerfully.

As he spoke, he enthusiastically invited Chai Xin to sit on the bamboo stool in front of the house, and explained Chai Xin's identity and origins to Qiao's mother.

The old lady was a bit more enthusiastic and straightforward than Qiao Sanhuai. When she heard that this was a friend Qiao Feng met outside and also a sworn brother, she was extremely happy and got up to kill a chicken.

Chai Xin refused again and again, but the two old men refused to listen and went to prepare the meal happily.

"Well, since the two elders are so kind, I will not refuse. However, I can't just sit here and wait for dinner."

So he told Qiao Sanhuai that he wanted to go for a walk in the surrounding mountains. Qiao Sanhuai wanted to accompany him, but he declined politely, saying that he would just take a walk and come back soon.

In fact, he didn't walk far. He only strolled two miles on the hillside behind the Qiao family's house, and then came back carrying two rabbits and three pheasants.

They were all alive and well, without even a trace of blood on their bodies.

"Uncle, I was wandering in the mountains and I got lucky." Chai Xin put all the wild animals in front of the door with a smile, and a bit of embarrassment appeared on his face. "This visit was also a sudden impulse, and I didn't prepare any gifts. These wild animals will just be a gift of greeting. I hope uncle will not despise them."

The claws or wings of several wild animals were tied tightly with straw ropes, so they could only flap their legs but could not escape.

Qiao Sanhuai was about to wave his hand to refuse, but after hearing what he said, he naturally had no choice but to accept it.

"Well, the farm doesn't have much to offer to entertain the guests, so I'll ask your aunt to use the wild animals you caught to make you a dinner."

The old man stopped being polite, picked up a few wild animals, and went to the kitchen, never forgetting to look back and smile.

"Last time Fenger came back, he brought me a few jars of old wine. Let's drink a few cups together later!"

Chai Xin smiled and nodded when he heard this: "Of course that's good."

By sunset, the food was on the table. Chai Xin and Qiao Sanhuai began to clink glasses, while the old lady sat beside them and watched with a smile.

The old couple told many interesting stories about Qiao Feng's childhood, even some "ugly things", which made Chai Xin happy to listen to them. Both sides can be said to have a great time.

It has to be said that Qiao Feng himself was never particular about food and drink. Even though he loved drinking, he never cared about the quality of the wine, as long as it could satisfy his craving for alcohol.

But the jars of wine he left for his old father were all top-notch wine. Although they were packed in the most ordinary wine jars, the aroma of the wine filled the air after they were opened, and the flavor was even more lingering after taking a sip.

Obviously, he deliberately searched for some fine wine for his old father.

He was also worried that Qiao Sanhuai would complain that he bought too expensive wine or would refuse to accept it, so he deliberately packed the good wine in the most ordinary wine jars.

However, as Qiao Feng's adoptive father, Qiao Sanhuai is naturally a wine lover. How could he not be able to tell the quality of wine from bad?

But it was too bad that he could not bear to be a parent. In the past two years, he was reluctant to drink any of the jars of good wine that Qiao Feng brought him, and he was even reluctant to open them!
Therefore, it was not until today, when he actually opened the seal of a jar of wine in order to entertain Chai Xin, that he truly realized how rare and fine the "ordinary wine" his son sent him was.

By the end of the drink, Qiao Sanhuai's face was full of pride and satisfaction, but he was still mumbling stubbornly: "This brat, who has been the leader of beggars for several years, has become so picky that he actually drinks such good wine! When he comes back, I will punish him..."

"You old man, you talk nonsense as soon as you drink a little wine, go back to your room and rest! You are embarrassing yourself in front of the children..."

Mother Qiao gave Chai Xin an embarrassed smile and dragged the half-asleep Qiao Sanhuai into the house.

"Child, eat and drink while I prepare a bed for you."

"Aunt, my nephew is a martial artist and meditates every night to practice. There's no need to be so troublesome." Chai Xin hurriedly advised.

"That won't do. You've been drinking, so you need to get some sleep. You don't need another day to practice, so get some rest tonight!"

(End of this chapter)