The small temple in Shengtong is twenty-five miles outside the city. It is indeed a remote and shabby little place. There are only two shabby courtyards at the front and back. The golden body of the Buddha on the small hall is already dilapidated. Even if someone wants to burn incense and worship Buddha, he will not
Will come here.
People always think that those with a bright appearance must be good and beautiful, but if you gather together all the Buddha statues in the world and peel off their skins, you will see that they are all just mud without any difference.
The guest room in the backyard is damp and dark. The place is not very narrow, but there is only one bed, one table, and one stool. The walls look even more desolate, empty and lonely, and it also makes the lone lamp even more dim. The accumulation on the wall
The dust has not been removed, and there are cobwebs on the roof of the house. The broken scriptures beside the lone lamp have not been read for a long time.
What kind of desolate and lonely years have the people living here lived?
Ye Gucheng was lying on the cold and hard wooden bed. Although he already felt very tired, he tossed and turned and could not fall asleep.
He had been accustomed to loneliness for a long time. A swordsman like him was destined to be isolated from the world. Just like an ascetic monk, he had no chance to enjoy all the joys in the world.
Before Ximen Chuixue experienced the battle with Gong Jiu, he no longer mentioned the word "dao of swords". After that battle, he didn't even talk about the word "dao".
Perhaps in his heart, everything is Tao, and everything is not Tao. The word Tao does not need to be forced, and it nurtures everything in the world.
After Ye Gucheng experienced that battle, he became more convinced of the way of swordsmanship. He believed that "the way" can only be understood in loneliness and hardship.
The same goes for Kendo. He has no family, no friends, no wife, no children, no relatives of any kind. In his life, loneliness has been his only companion.
Which of these two understandings of Tao is right?
Maybe there is no right or wrong. Even if he is the winner of the decisive battle, it can only mean that his martial arts is better, but it is not absolutely correct.
The wind blew in from the window, and the broken windows made a sound like falling leaves. The house still had a stench that could not be blown away by the wind. He knew that his wound had completely festered, like rotten meat infested with maggots.
He was originally an aloof and noble man. But now he is hiding in this dark hole like a wounded wild dog.
The Tang Sect's hidden weapons have been famous for hundreds of years, and their fame is definitely not in vain.
There was wind outside the window, and there were footsteps in the wind.
The sword was on the table, but he did not draw it because he could draw it at any time even if he was injured.
In the face of danger, some people will immediately become nervous like a stinging cat and pull out their swords. Such people's martial arts are generally not too high. On the contrary, if a person's martial arts reaches a certain level, he will not easily
He took action because he believed that he could take action at any time if he wanted to. Once he took action, someone would definitely die.
Su Yang and Lu Xiaofeng were smiling, looking at him and saying, "You didn't expect us to come?"
Ye Gucheng didn't say anything, turned around and sat down on the only stool, and then said slowly: "You shouldn't have come, there is no wine here!"
Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "But there are friends here."
Friends! These two words are like wine. A cup full of hot wine flows into Ye Gucheng's throat and into his chest.
He suddenly felt that the blood in his chest was hot, and he even wanted to say something.
But he still didn't say it, because he was used to a life without friends and relatives.
"We're not here to force you to say anything. We just heard that a friend was injured, so we came to visit." Su Yang said, for people like Ye Gucheng, if what he doesn't want to say is true, you can just chop off his head.
, and he can’t say a word.
Ye Gucheng nodded and said two blunt words: "Thank you."
The meaning of thank you is not only to express gratitude to Su Yang and Lu Xiaofeng for sending him a little warmth in his loneliness, but also to admit that he does know some inside information, but he cannot tell it.
Lu Xiaofeng sighed and said: "Before the decisive battle, you shouldn't have fought with someone like Tang Tianyi. You should know that the Tang Sect's hidden weapons are indeed incurable."
Ye Gucheng closed his mouth again and remained silent for a longer time before slowly saying: "I really didn't want to fight him!"
Lu Xiaofeng said: "But you"
Ye Gucheng interrupted him and said: "But he came to me and insisted on forcing me to draw my sword. He said that I took advantage of his absence to molest his wife!"
Su Yang said: "Of course you didn't. Tang Tianyi's mind is too small to believe such a thing."
Ye Gucheng sneered.
Lu Xiaofeng said: "Since there is no such thing, why don't you explain it?"
Ye Gucheng said: "If you were me, would you explain it?" Some people would cry out for injustice or even swear to God when encountering such a thing, but Ye Gucheng would never do it. He would definitely not explain it, because
This kind of thing is not worthy of his explanation at all, and it is actually impossible to explain it.
Lu Xiaofeng said: "But you still don't understand. With your sword skills, Tang Tianyi shouldn't have the chance to hurt you!"
Ye Gucheng clenched his hands tightly, and after a long time, he said: "I didn't want to talk about this at first. Just when I was about to draw my sword, I suddenly heard a faint sound of a flute, and then I found a poisonous snake."
In a life-and-death battle, anyone who discovers a venomous snake that can kill people at any time will inevitably be a little distracted. What's more, Tang Tianrong is the best poison user in the world. The current top master of the Tang Sect, Ye Gucheng, is here
Under such circumstances, it is rare to still be able to kill a master of the Tang family with one sword.
But if you don’t say something you can’t say, does it mean that what you say must be true?
Su Yang said: "It is said that many people have placed heavy bets on me, betting that I will win! The odds of betting on you to win are seven to one!"
Ye Gucheng said with a pensive look in his eyes: "Of course there are some who bet on Ximen Chuixue to win. If I lose, those who bet on Ximen Chuixue to win can reap huge profits."
"So the person who framed you was the one who bet on Ximen Chuixue's victory?"
Ye Gucheng said: "You think not?"
"Poisonous snake?" Lu Xiaofeng's expression was not very good all the way to find Li Yanbei.
Ye Gucheng, the dignified Lord of Baiyun City, was seriously injured by a poisonous snake?
Even Li Yanbei didn't dare to believe it, but when Lu Xiaofeng took out the white cloth with blood on it, Li Yanbei had to believe it. Although he was not an expert in using poison, he had been wandering around in the world for so many years.
You can also tell whether it is poisonous or non-toxic.
"This news is only known to the three of us!" Su Yang said to Li Yanbei: "If it is revealed, I'm afraid you will be the next one the four guards come to see!"
Of course Li Yanbei would not reveal it, only a fool would reveal it. Now everyone thinks that Ye Gucheng will win. The stakes for betting on Ye Gucheng are getting bigger and bigger. The fewer people who know about Ye Gucheng's injury, the more money he will make in the future.
many.
Li Yanbei suddenly felt that his passionate impulse at that time seemed to be correct and very worth it.
"How are your men doing?" Su Yang asked.
Li Yanbei nodded: "Don't worry, but I can't control Lao Du in Nancheng."
"I'll go to Lao Du's place." After Su Yang finished speaking, he was about to leave. Before he could take a step forward, Li Yanbei suddenly grabbed him and hesitated. The great man of the world actually looked a little shy.
"Well, my bet is so big, so I want to see it with my own eyes, but people like me can't enter the Forbidden City. I heard that you have some silk ribbons on your hands." Li Yanbei has already learned that the silk ribbon is the entrance to the Forbidden City.
News about the Forbidden City token, of course I won’t miss this opportunity.
Lu Xiaofeng slapped her head and said with a smile: "We almost forgot about this!"
Six silks and satins, one for Mu Daoren, one for Li Yanbei, and four silks left.
Li Yanbei likes to drink, and Chen and Lao Du like to drink tea the most. Lao Du likes to be called a bachelor, so the teahouse is the place where he goes most often.
It's afternoon now, and there are already many people in the teahouse, but Lao Du hasn't come yet.
Su Yang and Lu Xiaofeng had already had several fights with others. Strictly speaking, it was Lu Xiaofeng who had a fight with others. After the fight, no one came to fight with them again.
This fight was with Bu Juwei, the leader of the thirty-six gangs of thieves in the Chuanxiang area of "Opening Heaven Palm" Bu Juwei! Usually he would kill someone with a twitch in the corner of his eye.
He also wanted silk, but Su Yang didn't want to give it, so Lu Xiaofeng had no choice but to beat him.
The second person is Tang Tianzong, Tang Tianrong, Tang Tianyi's younger brother, and the third best man in the Tang family today. One of his two brothers is dead and the other is disabled, so he has to go to the palace to take a look, even though he knows that he can't kill Ye Gucheng.
He also wanted to see with his own eyes the fate of this great enemy, so he got one.
There are three left.
Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "It's very fast to deliver it, half of it was delivered in a blink of an eye."
Just then, a man walked into the teahouse. He was very tall, very thin, very well-dressed, very elegant, with spotted temples and a thin face. He was wearing a sapphire blue robe with elegant material and color. He was indeed an old man.
Du, Du Tongxuan.
"Are you waiting for me?" Lao Du is a very smart man and has many subordinates. Of course he knows what happened in the teahouse.
"This place is bordered by Li Yanbei's territory. You are really brave if you dare to come alone." Su Yang said.
"If you wanted to kill me, you wouldn't have brought me here. Since you don't want to kill me, who can kill me as long as you are here?" Lao Du said leisurely.
Lu Xiaofeng laughed: "Do you know what we want from you?"
Lao Du's martial arts skills are not good, and his power is not as great as that of Li Yanbei, but there is a reason why he has been able to survive in the capital to this day without being annexed by Li Yanbei.
He knows the current affairs.
"If Li Yanbei doesn't move, neither will I." Lao Du said with a bitter smile: "Even if I want to move, if Li Yanbei doesn't move, I can't move anything."
"Gu Qingfeng has a good relationship with you?" Su Yang asked again.
"For people like us, there is no right or wrong relationship, only benefits." Lao Du said: "Since Gu Qingfeng is dead, I have no relationship with him."
"I'll give you a ribbon." Su Yang thrust the ribbon into Lao Du's hand.
The silk and satin that others coveted for a lot of money, but Lao Du held it in his hand like a talisman and said with a grimace: "Can I not want it?"
"What do you think? Not only do you have to accept it, you also have to go when the time comes. If I can't see you then." Su Yang smiled and did not continue.
If Lao Du and Li Yanbei were both in the Forbidden City during the duel, under the control of Su Yang and Lu Xiaofeng, then they were two hostages. No matter what they thought in their hearts, the capital would not be in chaos.
