Tang Zhao knew that what was broken was his three views and his unlimited imagination of swordsmen.
The fat old man Ping Jiangqiu raised his head and said: "I am a swordsman, so of course I have a sword. It's just in the shape of a jar. You look very strange."
Tang Zhao asked carefully: "Swordsman...is a swordsman?"
The fat old man said proudly: "What is a swordsman? A swordsman is a swordsman, a transcendent swordsman. Have you ever heard of a swordsman in the world, a swordsman in the world? Swordsmen can still walk in the world, but swordsmen are all masters in the world and have disappeared from the world."
Tang Zhao understood that the swordsman was a realm above the swordsman. For him, the swordsman was already an unattainable ideal, and the swordsman had never thought about it. Then facing the fat old man, he still had some doubts and said: "Then
Are you awesome?"
Are you still so cowardly?
Pingjiang Qiu said: "Of course, I think back then my name would make people frightened, and it would stop children from crying at night. If I hadn't retired early, you should have thought of my reputation as soon as you saw me, and paid homage to me."
Tang Zhao still didn't believe it and asked: "What is your reputation? I heard that swordsmen take swords as their nickname. Is your nickname Gu Guo Sword?"
The fat old man was furious, jumped up from his chair, and cursed: "Get out! You ignorant fool, you know nothing! Go and find out, who knows the name of my 'Sumi Sword'? Who doesn't know it? Can."
Jar sword...jar your head!"
Tang Zhao was not annoyed at all, he just felt that the way he "broke the defense" seemed to have been called "Gu Gu Gu Sword", so he said: "This is what you said. If you ask me to ask, I will go and ask."
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The fat old man was a little panicked, so he held him back and said, "I didn't let you go! Who said you were allowed to go? You are not allowed to go, and you are not allowed to tell anyone, no, no!"
He was messing around like a child. Tang Zhao was just funny and not very angry.
He thought for a moment, then buried a way out, and said: "Don't be nervous, I won't talk nonsense, and who should I ask? You are a person from hundreds of years ago. But if I disappear out of thin air, what will happen outside?
Maybe someone will investigate. When they find you, you really can't hide it anymore. For example, the judge yesterday knew that there was something wrong with your jar, and I happened to be missing, so he would definitely dig it inside out.
Towards the sky.”
Yesterday, the jar was left in the hands of the judge all day long. Ping Jiangqiu must not have come out, otherwise he would not have come out like this today. Since he refused to come out, even if he did not dare, the fat old man would not be as strong as the judge.
Should you be afraid?
Ping Jiangqiu tugged on his beard and said: "Judge? You said that boy yesterday? He is a piece of shit? I just don't like to talk to him. You want him to try it one-on-one?"
Tang Zhao was doubtful. He didn't know if this old man was trying to make a fool of himself, so he said: "There is also the District Procuratorate. In fact, I was recruited by the District Procuratorate..."
Hearing the words "District Inspector", Ping Jiangqiu's face muscles twitched a few times, and his beard also trembled, saying: "District Inspector? They recruited you? To train you, right? That's nothing.
They recruit not only 1,000 but also 800 people a year. What does it matter if you have one more and one less than you?"
Tang Zhaodao: "This is not an ordinary call. I am asked to go to the battlefield in half a month. Let alone half a month, it will be three or two days. If I go missing, they will find me."
Ping Jiangqiu said angrily: "That's nonsense! We ask you to go to the battlefield? How old are you? What skills do you have? How many times have you practiced internally and externally? Have you learned Xuan Gong? Can you hold a sword? Where is the magic weapon? Why?
Asking you to go to the battlefield? Why don’t you find any excuse to lie to me?"
He asked a series of questions and became very excited. Tang Zhao's heart suddenly moved and he thought: Doesn't this old man even know what dynasty we are in now? How come he understands "Jian Di Si" again? The Jian Di Si was passed down from the previous dynasty.
Is that so? Or is he just bragging? Is he hundreds of years old?
He said sternly: "Senior Ping, I have never lied to others. It is true that I have never practiced martial arts. At most, I have only been practicing for half a month. But the District Procuratorate did recruit me..." He hesitated, and finally decided
Terumi said, "Because there is a sword that only I can hold."
He didn't know if it was a secret, but Xingji didn't ask him to keep it secret anyway. Furthermore, he had only held that sword once, and he still had many questions. Maybe the swordsman could answer him.
Ping Jiangqiu still didn't believe it and said: "I know you have the talent of inspiration and you can find me? So what? Even if there is a 'Dragon Sword' made by heaven and earth for you, from the moment you learn the sword to the heart of the sword, it will be like gold and stone."
How long does it take to awaken the sword elephant, develop sword skills, and become a true swordsman? Even a genius is measured in years, right? You won't be able to go to the battlefield in less than five or six years."
Tang Zhaodao: "Isn't it right? Isn't the sword useful as long as it is picked up? After picking it up, the power surges up, as if it is reborn..."
Ping Jiangqiu opened his mouth wide and said for a long time: "What's going on?"
He jumped up and walked around on the ground with his bare feet, completely ignoring the debris on the ground. The ceramic and glass fragments were shattered like snack dregs on the soles of his feet. Tang Zhao watched and secretly rubbed the soles of his shoes.
Suddenly, Ping Jiangqiu turned around and said, "So they have a power sword?"
Tang Zhao asked: "Quan Jian?"
Pingjiang Qiudao: "It is a sword that anyone can pick up if the conditions are met. It cannot be said to be a sword, but it should be said to be the remains of the sword."
Tang Zhao's heart moved, and Ping Jiangqiu had already added some explanation: "Actually, you have to know that the sword is alive."
This sentence was so unexpected that Tang Zhao said "ah" and Pingjiang Qiu said: "A sword has a sword image and a sword intention. The sword image is its body and the sword intention is its thought. The sword already has a thought when it is conceived.
, choose your own swordsman through sword intention, and then the swordsman awakens the sword elephant. It is truly born, falling to the ground like a baby, and grows up with the swordsman."
Tang Zhao asked tentatively: "Is your sword like a jar?"
Ping Jiangqiu said angrily: "It's a Xumi... jar."
Tang Zhao said: "The Xumi Can is also alive?"
Pingjiang Qiudao: "Of course, I have a close connection with it. It went through fire and water for me. Why isn't it alive? I am also alive. But we can all die. A swordsman dies more easily than a sword. Which sword can't kill ten or eight swordsmen?"
After death, the sword will disappear and wait for a new swordsman. The sword may also die, the sword's will will disappear, the sword's image will be annihilated, and it may even be killed by other swords."
Ping Jiangqiu sobbed: "That's why I don't want to go out. If I die, what will happen to my baby Xumi? It is so loyal, it will be sad. What will I do if it dies?"
Tang Zhaoqi said: "Loyalty? Didn't it say that the sword will be replaced by ten or eight swordsmen?"
Pingjiang Qiu felt a little embarrassed, then said plausibly: "Just be loyal when we get along. A sword and a swordsman are like a husband and wife. When they are alive, they can be devoted to each other. How can they stop someone from remarrying after they die? What's more, a swordsman is a swordsman to a swordsman.
They are all short-lived ghosts, and they will be young when they die. If you have the ability to become a swordsman, won't you be able to grow old together?"
"But couples also have grudges, and some even turn against each other. If things are fine at the beginning, the swordsman withdraws the sword, and the sword looks for another swordsman. But there are those swordsmen and swordsmen who already have the same mind but hurt each other, and finally die together, forming the sword of power. This
The swordsman is dead at that time, but his spirit, soul and obsession will be entangled with the sword. Obsession is the key to awakening the power. And the sword is also dead, and only the image of the sword and the sword's will are left.
Memories and visions may seem vivid, but they can never grow."
Tang Zhao felt disappointed and said: "So that's it. I thought I was the one chosen by that sword."
Ping Jiangqiu curled his lips and said: "You are thinking too much. Even a sword can be fought over in the inspection department. Only people wait for the sword, there is no sword waiting for people. You were just recruited, it is so easy to get a sword.
?At most, the conditions for the Quan Sword are harsh, so you can use it temporarily."
Tang Zhao sighed and said, "You are right."
Ping Jiangqiu paused and said: "Actually, the Quan Sword is very strong. Those who can form the Quan Sword are strong swordsmen or even swordsmen. Everything in life is completely sealed in it. The body must be able to bear it and even master it.
That swordsman had all the power back then, but the conditions for selecting a swordsman were less strict. Many sects and aristocratic families have powerful swords of power to control their sects, and even the ancestors of some families will deliberately turn them into swords of power and leave them to their descendants before they die."
"But, the Quan Sword has a heavy burden. How many hours can you use it for a little while? If the prosecutor has no conscience, he can make you wear him to death. Don't listen to their promises, what kind of future, what kind of future does a dead person have?
?They may not have deceived many ignorant young people with this trick. Otherwise, where would their former sword wielder Quan Sword be?"
He stared at Tang Zhao and said, "Do you want to escape from this damn mission? Here -" he pointed around, "I can hide you perfectly. I don't need you to stay with me for the rest of your life, it only takes a year and a half.
Once things calm down outside, you can go out and feel safe."
Ping Jiangqiu stared at Tang Zhao with great expectation. Apparently he had always wanted Tang Zhao to stay, but this time he asked Tang Zhao to ask for help from him.
Tang Zhao wavered for a moment, seriously thought about Ping Jiangqiu's suggestion, then shook his head and said: "This can't be done."
Ping Jiangqiu was stunned and said: "Why?"
Tang Zhao explained: "We made an agreement before. Regardless of whether I am now a member of the Jiandi Division, the Jiandi Division cultivated me and I will fight for them. Now I have learned martial arts and swordsmanship, and all kinds of resources are in place.
.People keep their word, how can I break my promise? Everything I have said has not been ignored."
Ping Jiangqiu sneered: "What are you cultivating? Can the benefits they give you buy your life?"
Tang Zhao said: "You can buy it."
Ping Jiangqiu was stunned, and Tang Zhao said: "I thought about it, I shouldn't be worth that much at the market price. Even at the highest price, their tens of thousands taels are enough to buy dozens of me."
In the blink of an eye, it was Ping Jiangqiu's turn to look at Tang Zhao as if he were a fool, and said in a strange tone: "It's worth the market price, but is it worth it to you?"
Tang Zhao smiled and said: "It's worth it. Do you think a meal is worth a life? How much is a bowl of rice worth? But without this bowl of rice, wouldn't my life be gone? I was desperate at that time, and Master Xing took me in.
, this alone is worth it, right? Subjectively, I was favored by him for taking him in, and objectively, I spent a hundred times as much resources as I did. In every aspect, it’s worth going through fire and water, right? You can’t be ashamed of your heart and others.
Bar?"
Ping Jiangqiu was silent for a moment and said: "So you can buy your life. If others can buy it, can I buy it too?"
Tang Zhao smiled and said: "Not necessarily. There is a price but no market. Besides, it is still being traded, so you have to be on a first-come, first-served basis. If this transaction loses money, my store will be completely closed."
Pingjiang Qiudao: "When will your transaction be settled?"
Tang Zhao knew that he was asking about the coming of the devil's cave, so he calculated and said, "Fifteen or six days before and after?"
Ping Jiangqiu sneered slightly and said, "How long have you been studying?"
Tang Zhao said: "Fourteen days."
Ping Jiangqiu sneered and said: "You have learned like this in fourteen days, and you have spent a hundred times the resources? I think this business will definitely lose money. I think I can't buy your life."
Tang Zhao didn't know whether he was telling the truth or being sarcastic, so he asked, "Really? I think I'm not bad at all."
Pingjiang Qiudao: "You have never been into the devil's cave, so you don't know what horror is. Alas, who told me to buy from you? Do you know what my sword intention 'storage' means?"
Tang Zhao said: "Storage..." Is this a new harvest for Wenjian?
Pingjiang Qiudao: "In the jar, everything is collected. I want you to take a look at my collection."
He snapped his fingers.
Above the hall, a hole opened out of thin air, and a jar fell down.
An ordinary clay pot, like a pickle jar.
Ping Jiangqiu pulled the jar and said: "Collect everything, for example - six hours."