Chapter 8: Night Snow Guazhou Ferry, Autumn Wind Disperses Pass
At this moment, the bell for lunch in Songyang Sword Mansion rang. Bai Yunqi shook his eyes at Long Qingyun and stood up from the stone bench, and walked out of the hexagonal pavilion with his hands behind his back.
Bai Yunqi said as he walked: "Qingyun, time is tight. After lunch, come to my study and guide you to your martial arts."
"Okay, Master." Long Qingyun followed him, and the two quickly walked to the lakeside.
Through the lake embankment hanging around the tender willows and looking south, two cypress trees at the entrance of the Daotong Temple are tall and straight, and they penetrate into the sky. The entire sword mansion is built along the mountain, with all corridors and veranda, which is simple and elegant.
On both sides of the corridor, there are lush trees. After passing the Daotong Temple, you will come to the place to eat. This is a house with a civil and stone structure, with a hip-mounted roof, and two large characters of "teaching hall" at the door are rushing towards you. Long Qingyun can't help but be hungry.
The two stepped into the dining room. Bai Yunqi signaled Long Qingyun with his eyes, and then went straight to the private room on the left side of the door. The tall Mo Tianyu sat opposite the door. Seeing Bai Yunqi enter the door, he said aloud: "Junior Brother Bai, you are here, please come in quickly."
This is a spacious room. Although it is a place for dining, it is also decorated in a simple and elegant manner. As soon as Bai Yunqi sat next to Mo Tianyu, he said casually: "The students' quality this year is good, such as Wang Gao, Niu Ben, and Junior Sister Leng's apprentice Tuoba Xi, are all very good."
Cen Ruohan and Leng Zhuqing nodded slightly, deeply agreeing. Mo Tianyu suddenly said with a worried look on his face: "Yunqi, the admissions exam was over shortly after you left just now. But at this time, Luo Ziqian, the son of Luo Shaoyuan, the Minister of Works, came to the martial arts stage."
"Next, I will accept Luo Ziqian as my apprentice." Qin Kuobai next to him said coldly, his eyes wide open, full of helplessness.
Bai Yunqi couldn't help but wonder, "This Minister of Works Luo Shaoyuan is a hard-core 'peacemaker'. Which one did you sing?"
Gu Jianqiu is a famous swordsman of a generation and one of the top ten masters of the Nanyong Kingdom. He likes to be alone, is withdrawn and looks down on the powerful. But somehow, he suddenly recruited two disciples a few years ago and caused a sensation in Lin'an City. One is Gu Baiyu, son of prime minister Gu Jingxiu, and the other is Luo Ziqian, son of Luo Shaoyuan, the minister of the Ministry of Works.
Just now, Guo Kuobai tried Luo Ziqian's skills in the martial arts arena. He is really extraordinary and deserves to be the best among the children of Lin'an City officials.
Luo Ziqian has extremely talented sword skills, his sword wind is fast and ruthless, and he is already known for his quick and ruthless swordsmanship. It is said that the young swordsmen in Lin'an who were looking for him to compete in swords were defeated by his "Thirteen Styles of Chasing Wind", but they were all defeated with one sword. I don't know if the person who asked him to compete in swords was too bad, or the swordsmanship of Luo Ziqian was too mysterious, or the legend was wrong.
But the result was that Luo Ziqian, who was twenty years old, made a nickname of "Chasing the Wind with One Sword" in the world, resounding throughout Lin'an City.
After Long Qingyun and his master Bai Yunqi stepped into the door and separated, they rushed straight to Niu Run, and saw Niu Ben sitting alone in the left corner for dining.
Long Qingyun rushed forward and patted Niu Ben's shoulder slightly. Niu Ben shouted, "Qingyun." He didn't turn around. Playmates who have been playing for so many years knew that it was Long Qingyun from the strength of patting his shoulders.
Long Qingyun went to the restaurant window to serve two dishes and a large bowl of rice, and sat directly opposite Niu Ben. Niu Ben immediately stretched his head over, leaned close to Long Qingyun's ear, and said mysteriously: "At the end of the enrollment, a heroic and upright young man came, as if he was named Luo Ziqian. His sword technique was so amazing. The sword shadow flashed thirteen times. Teacher Guo was so dangerous that he avoided this series of attacks and accepted him as his apprentice." The cheers and cheers at that time were thunderous, and even his limelight was snatched away by him.
As they were talking, there was a scream outside the dining hall. The two hurriedly ran out. It turned out that under a pine and cypress opposite the dining hall, a blue-robed disciple crawled in front of a young man in white. A sword wound was faintly wounded on his left shoulder, and there were blood spots on his clothes around the wound.
The young man in white robe, tall and handsome, had a very arrogant look, but said with a very arrogant look: "Don't say it's you, even your master, Mr. Cen, I'm not afraid of him." Although he didn't call Cen Ruohan's name directly, it would be disrespectful to not call Uncle Master.
Long Qingyun was about to step forward to stop the young man in white robe, but suddenly a silver bell-like voice sounded: "Stop talking, you are so impolite." His voice was crisp and pleasant, but his tone also had a faint sense of irresistible majesty.
Luo Ziqian was slightly stunned and was about to get angry, but turned his face to look at the voice. He was a pretty girl with a charming and elegant look, looking at him with an angrily eyes.
Seeing such a beautiful woman, Luo Ziqian's face was about to be angry when suddenly she said as bright as the sunlight after the rain: "I tell you who is it? It turns out to be the junior sister." Seeing that Tuoba Xi was not wearing blue disciple costumes, Luo Ziqian believed that she was the new female disciple today.
Luo Ziqian bowed to Tuoba Xi: "Luo Ziqian, Teacher Qin's newly accepted apprentice, the young master of the Minister of Works, just disturbed my junior sister, and I'm sorry to you." His words were appropriate, his face was smiling, and he was unspeakable and handsome, and his jade tree was in the wind.
Seeing Luo Ziqian like this, Tuoba Xi was embarrassed to get angry, but the other party's eyes were aimed at him with malicious intentions, which made him feel very uncomfortable, so he angrily said: "Apologize to this senior brother."
Everyone was quite surprised. Luo Ziqian, who was arrogant and domineering just now, immediately went over to help his senior brother up on the ground and said, "I'm sorry."
Seeing this, everyone scattered. The injured young man in blue robe also left angrily with the help of another young man in blue robe. He didn't say anything. There was nothing to say. He couldn't tell the master such a thing, so he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.
Cen Ruohan, who was standing in the distance, saw this scene and shook his head: "My disciple is not weak in martial arts. I was knocked down by Luo Ziqian in just a few seconds. There was a hole in his clothes, hey..."
Mo Tianyu and Bai Yunqi next to him also looked calm. Although the two of them were among the top ten masters of the Nanyong Kingdom with Gu Jianqiu, they had never fought each other. This person's disciples were so powerful, so you can imagine Gu Jianqiu's sword skills.
Although "One Sword Shocking Feng" is a bit exaggerated, there was no more than ten moves to knock down the blue robe disciple just now. Could it be that the disciples taught by my great Songyang Sword Mansion are so much worse than Gu Jianqiu's disciples of "Thirteen Swords of Chasing Wind"? No wonder Luo Ziqian's tone was very disrespectful to Cen Ruohan when he spoke just now.
Cen Ruohan's face, who was graceful, also felt a numb. Even if he wanted to suppress Luo Ziqian's "Thirteen Styles of Chasing the Wind", it would take some effort.
After Luo Ziqian completed this series of polite actions, he came over to Tuoba Xi: "May I ask about the name of my junior sister?"
Although Luo Ziqian is tall and handsome, he has a frivolous manner and a sinister look. Tuoba Xi has a natural sense of resistance.
Even so, when he saw Xiao Shuxuan standing next to him, Tuoba Xi deliberately smiled and said, "My name is Tuoba Xi, Teacher Leng's apprentice." Luo Ziqian arrived at Songyang Sword Mansion, which was about to end the exam, so he didn't know Tuoba Xi's name.
Seeing this, Long Qingyun looked calm and said hello to Niu Ben and turned away. But Tuoba Xi was different. The more Long Qingyun was like this, the more Zhenran became, and the cold and cold feeling made Tuoba Xi even more crazy.
Tuoba Xi's smile on her face suddenly became cold as ice after Long Qingyun left. The girl's thoughts were really hard to figure out. The sunny summer just now, and suddenly the cold winter with snowflakes floating.
Tuoba Xi stomped her feet and left with a cold face. Luo Ziqian, who was under the pine and cypress trees, looked at Tuoba Xi's beautiful figure in disappointment, stood on the spot, completely gone from the elegance and madness he had just now.
At this time, Mo Tianyu and the other two had separated. Qin Kuobai, who was standing in the distance, looked at Luo Ziqian, frowned slightly, and had a strange expression on his face.
"Which girl doesn't have spring, that boy is not passionate." Seeing Tuoba Xi's hot eyes, Long Qingyun was also excited, and he felt that the rhythm of his heart was changing, and he felt a thrilling feeling.
However, after seeing the endgame of Luo Ziqian's sword picking the blue robe, Long Qingyun knew that his martial arts skills were just a first glimpse of the way. Luo Ziqian had reached the point of perfection, and he was still far from Luo Ziqian, so he returned to his mind and came to Bai Yunqi's study.
After passing through the building with all corridors and walking through a corridor to a simple and elegant gate, Long Qingyun knocked on the door. "Please come in." Bai Yunqi's thick voice came from it.
Long Qingyun pushed the door open and saw a large pear blossom desk next to the window of the room, with several manuscripts and calligraphy on the table, several treasure inkstones, two black pen holders, and a few wolf hairs inside the pen holder.
Bai Yunqi sat upright in front of the desk, stroked his right hand on the book, and raised his index finger slightly. He signaled Long Qingyun to close the door. Bai Yunqi pointed to a pear blossom wooden chair next to it, and there happened to be a cup of freshly brewed tea on the wooden chair.
Long Qingyun bowed to Bai Yunqi to show respect. He turned around and sat down. Bai Yunqi said leisurely: "Qingyun, you saw it just now. Luo Ziqian was so powerful. He defeated the disciple of Songyang Sword Mansion on the first day of his entry. Moreover, this disciple had no power to fight back at all. It can be seen that Luo Ziqian's sword skills have reached the point of perfection."
While Bai Yunqi was speaking, he slowly stood up and paced back and forth in the room. Looking at the old man in front of him, his hair and beard were all white. Although his eyes were bright and bright, he still could not hide the worry in his eyes.
Bai Yunqi's body, walking back and forth, stopped opposite him, and stood in front of a painting hanging on the wall. He looked solemn and stood silent for a long time.
Long Qingyun couldn't help but be curious, stood up and walked to the opposite side. What suddenly caught his eye was a "Border Geometric Map", with mountains, rivers, countries, and towns appearing on paper.
The north and northeast are Donghan, the northwest is Xiqi, the west is Xiqiang, the west is Tubo tribes, and the west is Dali. The Qinling Mountains, Huaihe River, and the south of Dasan Pass are the Nanyong Kingdom.
The two characters "Nanyong" are larger than the other characters, so they are particularly eye-catching. The two characters "Lin'an" in Kyoto are also powerful and more dazzling.
Standing in front of the picture, Bai Yunqi looked solemn and said loudly:
Chapter completed!