Chapter 168: Bead Curtain, Iron Armor (1)(1/2)
After dawn, Yu Dilong and Lu Yunchang left the small inn on Lulu Street and came to the gate of the courtyard, squatting on the left and right, like two door gods.
Waiting for someone was really boring, Lu Yun yawned, reached out to pat his mouth gently, and asked casually: "Yu Cizhu, do you know the top priority after the spring start this year?"
Yu Dilong was thinking about whether his junior sister Wang Sheng was accustomed to living by the white fox face. Has he found a brand-new famous sword or two in Beimang, and whether he had fought with people. He didn't hear anything Lu Yunchang, a guy who often claims to be a little trumpet in the world, was saying anything. Anyway, Lu Yunchang couldn't spit out ivory in his mouth. This sentence was said by Wang Sheng, and Yu Dilong never understood what it means. Lu Yunchang was also used to Yu Dilong's absent-mindedness and said to himself: "In the past, there were seven comments in the civil and military reviews, generals and rouge reviews, and they would take the martial reviews as the finale show at the end. First, use rouge reviews to attract people's appetite. This time, the 'Xiangfu reviews' jointly commented by Nalan Youci and Xie Guanying is different. It seems that he attaches great importance to the three comments of literary reviews and generals and rouge reviews, and actually put the martial reviews at the forefront."
Yu Dilong said oh.
Lu Yunchang asked curiously: "Are you not curious about which one our master ranks in the martial arts rating?"
Yu Dilong said carelessly: "Then no one is kind to you. Do this when your master is seriously injured. If your master is not ranked well, when Beiliang defeats the Beimang barbarians, I will also learn martial arts and go and cause trouble for them."
Lu Yun rolled his eyes and said, "This year, there were 14 people on the list of martial arts reviews, and the four great masters have been re-proposed, plus the top ten masters. Master, Tuoba Bodhisattva, Deng Tai'a, and Cao Changqing are known as the four great masters in the world. Next are the top ten masters, and it is said that there is no distinction between high and low. On Liyang, there are Chen Zhibao, Xu Yanbing, Gu Jiantang, Xuanyuan Qingfeng from Huishan, and the head of the Wu family's sword tomb. On Beimang, there are Huyan Daguan, Luoyang, Hong Jingyan, Murong Baoding, and Deng Mao."
Yu Dilong frowned, "What's the white fox face, the tall leader of Guanyin Sect and the old white-browed man who likes to eat swords, are not on the list? I think they are all very powerful."
Lu Yunchang joked: "In the future, you will find Xie Guanying and Nalan Youci and ask them yourself, how can I know why."
Yu Dilong nodded seriously.
Lu Yunchang said in surprise: "You really go?"
Yu Dilong turned his head to look at him and asked, "Do you know what Aunt Pei mentioned about Siheyuan?"
Lu Yunchang nodded and said, "There are many such courtyards in the Central Plains, divided into several places. Many of the rich mansions are all courtyards."
Yu Dilong asked in a low voice, "That's a lot of money, right?"
Lu Yunchang curled his lips and said, "In Bishan, which is just a Lulu Street in this county town, I can spend a few silver and I can take it down if I die for forty or fifty taels."
Yu Dilong said angrily: "Forty-five taels are still too little?"
Lu Yunchang, who was carrying the big frost and long sword, took out his earwax, "You are just a shallow eye socket. As our master's disciple, it's not a matter of just one word for you and your master to have a yard in the Qingliangshan Palace? That place is valuable and you can't buy a 10,000 taels of gold! Look at how many officials and generals in Beiliang are the only deputy commander Song Dongming, who can have a residence in Qingliangshan?"
Yu Dilong sneered: "You know nothing!"
Lu Yunchang competed against each other, "You don't even know what's wrong."
Yu Dilong reached out to touch the handle of the cold knife, and Lu Yunchang also suddenly stood up, "Yu Dilong, you really think I am afraid of you. My big frost long sword has been hungry and thirsty!"
At this moment, Xu Fengnian held his waist with one hand and opened the wood door with the other. Seeing the two apprentices at the door being tense, he said angrily: "If you want to fight, go away and fight."
Yu Dilong looked at his master's complexion and was both guilty and shocked, "Master, why are you injured again? Could it be that there was a Beimang Assassin last night?"
Xu Fengnian's face was strange, and Lu Yun's smile became even more strange. This guy said with a diligent and flattering voice: "Master, I will help you get on the horse later, so don't flash your waist anymore."
Xu Fengnian kicked Lu Yunchang away from the steps at the door, "Take the horse and set off for Liangzhou Protectorate."
Yu Dilong asked carefully: "Master, is it really okay?"
Xu Fengnian said seriously: "Some defeats are lost, and you can't find the place after losing. The older a man is, the more he is."
Yu Dilong thought carefully, "Master is already the four great masters. It seems that the enemy is very powerful. By the way, Master, Aunt Pei is fine, right?"
Xu Fengnian was about to speak, but Lu Yunchang opened his throat and shouted: "Aunt Pei, we are leaving with the master. Master's waist is no longer good! It's difficult to get on the horse!"
Lu Yunchang turned over and galloped away quickly.
Xu Fengnian and Yu Dilong got on the horse one after another. Xu Fengnian smiled and said without a smile: "Yu Dilong, go and beat your junior brother."
Yu Dilong held his right fist with his left hand and rubbed it hard, with a "killing intention" on his face. Then the child asked, "Master, what's the reason?"
Xu Fengnian asked back: "There is still a reason for the elder brother to beat the younger brother?"
Yu Dilong rode his horse and ran wildly, chasing Lu Yunchang.
Xu Fengnian looked at the child's back and chuckled softly: "Just like you are worried about Wang Sheng, there is no need for any reason."
Xu Fengnian took a deep breath, looked back at the courtyard, and said, "Let's go."
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The word "love" means not knowing where it originates or where it lives. It means not knowing what it is, not knowing what it is understood. It means not knowing where it is, not knowing where it is ending.
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From the family where Zhong Ming Ding Shi, to the Xiangfan City of Qingzhou, to Beiliang, which is higher than the sky in the Central Plains, living on the shore of Tingchao Lake in Qingliang Mountain, and finally to the barren county of Yanzhi County.
Like a weak reed without roots, from Princess Li Yang who was named as the Rouge to a woman who became increasingly struggling after losing her "husband" and her life became increasingly difficult. She deals with food and food every day, but Pei Nanwei has never been so at ease.
After she got up lazy, she started to cook breakfast as usual. Last New Year's Eve dinner, she had been busy for the whole afternoon, and made eight or nine dishes full of a table, and then she placed two pairs of bowls and chopsticks on the table. She sat at the table, thinking about when the vegetable garden at the corner of the wall and the slightly larger vegetable garden behind the yard would have a harvest. After eating, she would have to open the chicken coop and see if there would be any surprises. She thought about the more than 20 taels of silver she had asked for from the county government last night, plus the previous savings
The thirty taels of taels were built at the price of the bricklayers and carpenters in Bishan County, and how could they build a well-deserved small courtyard house? Unfortunately, the world in Youzhou is not peaceful now. If it were last year, she could save more money. Pei Nanwei looked around and bought New Year's goods at the end of last year and bought a lot of items for the house. Afterwards, he felt distressed and secretly complained that he shouldn't be too big. As a result, the price has increased, which made her feel more and more that she actually... she is very good at managing the family.
Pei Nanwei packed up the dishes and said to himself: "It doesn't matter if you don't come often, it's good if you can, so don't die."
Her pretty face suddenly turned red and her mouth was slightly broken, "What is the best in the world? Isn't it just rubbing my waist..."
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In the hinterland of Beimang Baoping Prefecture, the ice and snow melted, and everything grew green. One rider galloped along the hillside to the top of the mountain. One rider followed a running girl. In addition to carrying the huge sword box, she also tied many swords with hemp ropes behind her. This posture was like a scam who sold his sword to cheat people.
The character sitting high on the horse's back is an extremely moving "woman". It was the leader of Nangong Pushe, who was named Yanzhi, and Chen Yu, the second-hand man, only got the four-character comment "not inferior to Nangong". Xiangfu's new comment in the second year, compared with the 14 martial reviews, there were only four people in the Yanzhi review. This guy who was nicknamed "White Fox Face" by His Royal Highness back then was still on the list. The other three were Chen Yu, who was about to be appointed by the emperor to marry Zhao Wu, the new vassal king of Liaodong, Jiang Ni, and a woman who was not known in the boudoir, named Huyan Guanyin. According to Yanzhi review Yinhui, he should have been a woman in the Beimang grassland, and finally robbed him of the King of Beiliang Xu Fengnian and hid the charm of the golden house.
After Wang Sheng entered Beimang, he kept following Mr. Nangong. Many times he stopped and was asked to keep running his energy. The girl had fainted seven or eight times in the middle. Just like a smart child, he met the most harsh private school teacher, and he wanted his child to recite the classics in his sleep, regardless of whether he could pull out the seedlings to grow. You should know that except for the red sandalwood sword box where the sword energy was converging, the other famous swords had only sword sheaths that could hide the sword energy slightly. Whenever there were few
When the girl is exhausted and chaotic, those unruly famous swords of all generations will come out to add fuel to the fire, the thin sword "swallow fish", the three-inch edge "dogwood" forged by the Confucian Saint of the Old Northern Han, the Taoist talisman "yellow crane", the "carrying bead" that pierces the belly of the Emperor of Dongyue in the past, the "little dizzy" of the sword tip exhales like a spring thunder, the "young wandering" that best conflicts with other famous swords, and the "goose yellow" with a spirit like a lively girl, the sword box and these seven swords make the queen look like a slippery one
The ridiculous hedgehog. She and Mr. Nangong went north, and there were many experts from Beimang who were aware of people and wanted to kill and rob. Mr. Nangong never cared about whether the girl could deal with it or not, and always stood by. Unless Wang Sheng was injured by the sword energy like a flood during the battle, he would save the girl. Then he followed those extremely lucky Beimang warriors not far away or near. Every time the girl woke up leisurely, he would be thrown into the battlefield by Mr. Nangong and repeated this, until Wang Sheng successfully killed someone. Before that, in the east
In Jinzhou, the two even encountered a Beimang cavalry with more than a thousand people. Mr. Nangong threw her in directly. Wang Sheng, who had driven three or four swords to the enemy, finally got red in his eyes. All seven swords were out, killing more than 300 cavalry, between the lines of life and death. When she was about to sacrifice the swords in the sword box, Mr. Nangong broke into the battlefield and knocked her out. When Wang Sheng woke up, he found that the Beimang barbarians were dead and were still as clean as new as a new one, standing among the corpses everywhere.
On the top of the mountain, the white fox held the horse with his face and looked into the distance, and asked, "Do you know why the masters in the world are always inferior to swords?"
Wang Sheng shook his head. If his master wanted her to practice swords, then practice swords. The master once said that he was the best "sword embryo" in the world, and it would be a pity not to practice swords. In fact, Wang Sheng felt a little regretful. Although his master often used swords, his martial arts journey began with swords practice, so Wang Sheng occasionally envied the smooth-mouthed Lu Yunchang. Especially when he heard that Mr. Nangong, who wore a waist and embroidered the double swords of Dong, had once given a knife and borrowed a knife to his master who had traveled to the world twice, which made the girl even more difficult to talk to.
Bai Hu'er touched Wang Sheng's head with a face and said softly: "People are afraid of being serious, but things are afraid of being serious. Wang Sheng, if you don't want to be just an optional apprentice for him for the rest of your life, then think about this issue carefully."
Although Wang Sheng didn't understand, he still nodded in habit.
Bai Hu'er smiled and said, "There are millions of swords in the world, and there is a person with the common ruler. As long as you can beat her in the future, your master will look at you with admiration. There has never been a woman in this world who has become the number one person in the world."
Wang Sheng said in surprise and said timidly: "Mr. Nangong said that Princess of the Destroyed Western Chu country named Jiang? But she could fly with the sword early. I can't beat her, right? And... and I heard that she is really pretty..."
Bai Hu'er sighed and said, "You silly girl."
Wang Sheng stood on tiptoe, tied the slightly loose famous swords tightly, then looked up and smiled at Mr. Nangong, "Sir, if Master is not the best in the world in the future, you can just be the one."
Bai Hu'er touched the girl's head with her face and said helplessly: "You are so stupid."
Wang Sheng hesitated for a moment, and finally plucked up the courage to ask, "Sir, can I ask a question?"
Bai Hu'er said softly with a face: "I want to ask why he came to Beimang?"
Wang Sheng nodded gently.
The most beautiful woman in the world raised her head slightly and laughed loudly, "Wang Sheng, do you know what realm I am? She just stopped at the mysterious point. When she left the Tingchao Pavilion, she was not unable to reach the celestial realm, nor could she become the next martial arts master. But for me, as long as she was not the best in the world, there was no meaning at all!"
The white fox loosened the reins on the hilt of Chunlei and Xiudong with his hands, and took a step forward, "It's only one step away."
This is the first time that the young girl Wang Sheng saw Mr. Nangong’s unconcealed spirit.
It looks really good.
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There are countless carvings of sword pools in the East Yue Dynasty. Among them, the ancient seal script of Daqin "Sword Pool" and the most charming one written by the Dafeng Dynasty Cursive Saint, "The water is deep and the mountains are high and the sword energy is long" written by the Dafeng Dynasty.
The mountains and rocks are piled up by the sword pool, the water is green and quiet, the water surface is rising and falling, and the heights are different year round. However, the strange thing about the sword pool is that when it rains in spring and summer, the water in the sword pool is clear and declining. The seven cursive characters "The water is deep and the mountains are high and the sword energy is long" can be seen. The word "sword" from top to bottom is seen. The second half of the autumn and winter youth "rootless sky water" was high. The water was high but the word "deep" was left, leaving only a lonely word "water" in the eyes. The Song family of Jianchi has been around for more than 600 years, and it has grown a lot more than the fate of the Dongyue Kingdom. However, since the appearance of the Wu family's sword tomb, the sword pool has been in sight.
This sword forest holy land that is famous all over the world has the sigh of "Song He has given birth to Wu" in the eyes of many people. Unlike the Wu family's sword tomb that advocates ancient swords, the Song family has always adhered to the sword principle of "people are not as good as old, but swords are not as good as new" in the past 100 years. Before leaving the sword pool and going to the world to the world, the Song family's swordsman has to throw the old sword into the sword pool and go to the sword furnace to make a new sword. Outsiders have always been puzzled by this, thinking that it is probably the best wish of "the great atmosphere of the old swords of the new swords".
After Song Nianqing's death, Chai Qingshan, who was once the guest of Guangling King Zhao Yi, was expelled and returned to the sword pool. The master of swordsmanship who had never had any disciples finally accepted two disciples "later". The young man was a stunning and brilliant student of the Song family, and the girl was a foreign disciple with a piece of uncensored jade covering the dust. The three masters and apprentices stood on a huge stone of Chunshen Lake with the three regular characters "Ten Thousand People Enemies". The big stone was like a small hill, square and majestic. The old man without a sword looked down at the deep and ancient pool of spring water, his voice hoarse, and said:
"My senior brother was defeated by Li Chungang, but he did not die by suicide or injury. The head of the family Song Nianqing died in the world outside the sword pool last year, and it was not a death. But after the fourteen new swords were released, he even sacrificed a sword in the land fairy realm at the cost of his life, but was still killed openly. Let me tell you these two things, I hope you understand one truth. In addition to the Wu Family Sword Tomb, which is the world's sword learning, there are many sword-users in the world who can not take the sword pool seriously, which is much more than you think."
Chai Qingshan probably felt that this truth was still too cruel for the two children. He smiled and said self-deprecatingly: "The sword pool is not only a bad old man like me, but also a famous person in the world. You should also call him Li Yibai, the senior brother. He has no hope of reaching the top of the sword path in his life. Compared with the sword tomb Wu Liuding, the sword at the sword tomb, the sword at the same time, the gap is not only in the sword tricks, but also in the sword tricks, but also in a much worse mind. So you are the last seeds of the sword pool. Let's talk about it, do you have to surpass who you practice sword?"
The young man with a jade-like face jumped out of his temper and smiled brightly: "First, Senior Brother Li Yibai, then Master, then go to the Wu Family Sword Tomb, and then go to Tai Ah Deng. If you can't find it, go to Beiliang..."
Speaking of this, the boy pointed to the girl beside him and "reported" and said, "Master, the junior sister is just like many women in our sword pool. She is very envious of the Northern Liang King Xu Fengnian. Every time she gets together and talks about that guy, they are like the water in the pool under our feet, green and shiny! Master, this is too inappropriate. The person named Xu is the life-and-death enemy of our sword pool. Anyway, no one in the men in the sword pool want to kill Xu Fengnian with a sword."
The girl's delicate little face turned red, and she was angry and shouted angrily: "Song Tinglu, shut up her mouth, no one regards you as a mute!"
Then the girl looked at the master guiltily, for fear of causing his master's displeasure.
Chai Qingshan laughed and said with emotion: "It's not a bad thing for children to have a long love and a sword. Xu Fengnian, has he become the Li Chungang in the minds of my generation?"
At this time, an old woman with vicissitudes of life was coming.
Chai Qingshan and the young girl walked down the huge rock "enemies of ten thousand people". The young man ran over to support the elderly man, and smiled and shouted, "Grandma, take advantage of the sun, are you here to enjoy the scenery?"
The old woman touched the boy's head kindly with her eyes, "Tinglu, remember to learn swords from her master and be careful. As for whether she can practice it, she can follow the situation. Remember, if you go out to walk in the future, you must go home."
Chai Qingshan nodded in greeting, and the old woman nodded with a smile.
After the master and apprentice left, the old woman sat by the pool with a peaceful manner and smiled and said, "Nianqing, I used to wait for you, and I have been waiting for you many years and many times. No matter how long it takes, I will always wait for you to go home in the end."
She folded her skinny hands on her knees, and Hongzhuang was gradually turning white back then. Throughout her life, she was used to staring at his back and the words between husband and wife, perhaps even less than that of her husband and her disciples who taught swordsmanship.
Every time he leaves the sword pool, he returns to the sword pool.
She would stand at the entrance of the sword pool.
He never looked at her.
To be continued...