In Zhong Xihou's palace, Yan Xiao had just had lunch. He was sitting alone in a pavilion in the courtyard wearing single clothes. Suddenly the wind blew loudly, and a figure flashed past. The leaves just fell, and the man came to his side.
Yan Xiao made a gesture of invitation, but the visitor did not move, and still stood there upright.
"You, you, are still so rigid."
"I thought Master had just retired and stopped caring about worldly affairs." The voice of the visitor was really unpleasant. It was as harsh as fingernails scraping against an iron pot.
"Why don't you think about it, if my master retires, what will happen to you guys?"
The visitor laughed loudly, and the laughter made his ears hurt and his head hurt. Then he said: "I brought something, do you really want to give it to that yellow-haired kid?"
Yan Xiao turned his head, looked at the face he had known for many years, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter? We, the best swordsmen in the world, can't bear to part with each other?"
The man also laughed and replied: "If you are willing to give it up, how can you not give it up? If it were not for the immortal realm, my disciple would no longer need to wear a sword. But this sword is already rusty, so keeping it is just for decoration."
"I understand your worries, but if it takes a long time to figure out this thing, then the child is useless."
"Is it Marquis Zhongxi?"
"No."
"That's my junior brother."
Yan Xiao also shook his head and sighed: "I think Baiyun is also a swordsman of the generation, a female chivalrous person. Although Ru Ge has inherited the mantle, being a swordsman has nothing to do with him."
The visitor frowned and wondered, if Yan Xiao refused to go back to seclusion and was so secretive and unwilling to stir up trouble again, besides his disciples, what else would make him miss him? Looking back, he was right, Zhong Xihou was famous for his sword dance and the Yu sword.
, Ru Ge, that kid is even more amazing, hiding a whole room of famous swords.
I had a headache after thinking too much, so I had to take off the sword box I was carrying, put it on the stone table, and said softly: "I brought the sword, so I will go back. Master, please listen to the disciple and leave. If master is in trouble,
, the three of us brothers and sisters did not frown even though we were breaking bones and raising ashes."
Yan Xiao burst out laughing, then suddenly choked up, his face turned red, and he stopped for a long time. He took a sip of tea and said, "I never thought that if I didn't have that person's help, my brothers would have died on the battlefield in the past."
.Second brother, do you understand?"
The visitor sighed, with regret in his words, and said: "Master, my disciple respects your promise to your old friend. In recent years, the younger generation, General Han, has been just like the man in the past, not hesitating his reputation and risking his life.
If this is not the case, I am afraid that there will be no more justice in this world. Forget it, I will send this sword to his descendants on your behalf."
"No, just send the sword to Ru Ge first. By the way, Ru Ge is a little injured. You might as well try his current skills first. If you feel that there is no difference, then let him go. If you feel that he is ordinary, you must
Capture him."
The visitor nodded, put the sword box on his back, walked a few steps, and stopped.
"Second brother, do you have any doubts?"
The visitor still nodded, hesitated again and again, and asked: "Master, is this life related to Master's great path?"
Yan Xiao nodded, and the visitor didn't look back, but seemed to have gotten the answer and strode away.
The wind roared and came and went without a trace. The visitor felt a little depressed. How should I judge the mediocrity of my junior brother? Even if I am one-tenth of my strength, the prosperous junior brother is no match for me. I really don’t know what the master’s words mean.
What's the meaning.
There was a message in the wind, "Let me tell my junior brother that I am waiting for him at the Nanhai Guanyin Sect."
After the talent left, Bai Lu quietly walked out from nowhere, still wearing a red scarf and silver armor, as if she had returned from the battlefield. But her knife was no longer the tiger-headed silver knife without a scabbard, but a different one.
The narrow knife on the waist is similar to the Tang Dynasty knife.
"Let me tell you, why do I always feel weird? The security of the city lord's palace in Xiaoxi seems to be very ordinary." Yan Xiaoyan said with a smile.
Bai Lu walked to his side, expressionless, and said softly: "I'm here to say goodbye."
Yan Xiao looked at her with interest and asked, "Then where are you going this time? Are you ready to go back to Taohua Temple?"
"Peach Blossom Temple?"
"The Fairy only has a few of you children. If you really want to go back, she will only scold you a few times and face the wall for a few days."
Bai Lu shook her head, knelt down in front of Yan Xiao, bowed a few times, stood up, and said softly: "If you have time, I hope you can go to Taohua Temple again. Fairy, she misses you very much."
Bai Lu turned and left, Yan Xiao was a little surprised, but soon calmed down, with a calm expression, he said behind her: "There are too many grievances in the world, if you can let it go, let it go as soon as possible. Don't go too far and look back in the fog.
That’s when you really can’t go back.”
Bai Lu was approaching the wall when she suddenly felt a strong gust of wind. She instinctively leaned back and turned around to look. Only a few palms away, there was an arrow. Follow the arrow and shoot it.
In the direction from which he came, a burly man with red beard and hair was wearing black pants and his upper body was bare, standing in the distance with a bow. His body was covered with muscles like rocks, and these rocks were covered with wounds from swords.
The marks of the past are clearly visible. Behind this barbarian, stood a row of black-armored soldiers holding half-moon halberds and wearing scimitars on their waists.
Then the barbarian man shouted: "Who is sneaking here? Could it be that he doesn't know this is the city lord's palace!"
Bai Lu frowned and glared, snorted coldly: "Hitting someone in the dark is shameless."
The barbarian stretched out his hand, and the black-armored soldier on the side handed over a scimitar. The barbarian laughed loudly and said, "I knew you were an expert and that's why I shot that arrow. Even if it hit
It's not strong enough to penetrate the breastplate." He just held the knife and slowly approached Bai Lu, swung the scimitar in his hand and threw out beautiful sword flowers, and the row of black-armored soldiers behind him lost their original majesty.
They all started to make noise like ruffians watching a theater.
Yan Xiao frowned. The reason why he frowned was not because Bai Lu was going to fight with Zhong Xihou's general Qu Tianao. He was surprised that he clearly heard that this group of soldiers was still a hundred steps away from his side. Why did he suddenly
They were right in front of them in the blink of an eye. With such heavy black armor, it was impossible to hide the sound and lurk, and there was no reason for them to lurk.
"Commander Qu, what does this mean?"
Qu Tianao laughed at Yan Xiao, continued to wave the knife in his hand, stopped, pointed at the long knife on Bai Lu's waist, and said: "I know that this little girl is Mr.'s guest, but you can see
I can't bear this knife at once, sir, don't panic, you won't hurt this little girl."
Yan Xiao frowned and sighed, and put his hand on his forehead. Bai Lu snorted coldly and was about to leave when he was stopped by the shouts of the Black Armored Army. Yan Xiao couldn't help it anymore, grabbed the teacup and threw it towards Qu Tianao.
Wait. Qu Tianao didn't expect that he would block it with his knife, and his vision returned to normal. He saw a flaming phoenix with wings as long as a man flying over.
"Sir, what is this for?"
"If you rough guys really do take action, if you get injured, your city lord won't blame you, but I can't explain it either."
When the black-armored soldiers heard this, they all burst into laughter, and some even squatted on the ground, almost convulsing.
Qu Tianao stood up straight, picked up the machete, and put his left hand on his lower back, saying: "That's it, I'm afraid people will say I bullied you, you bitch, one hand, one hand is enough."
Amidst the shouting, these soldiers didn't look like soldiers at all, they were just a bunch of ruffians.
Bai Lu curled her lips slightly, and Yan Xiao also understood the meaning. With a wave of his hand, the burning phoenix turned into a red feather and put it back in his sleeve. He sat back on the stone chair and stopped talking.
Bai Lu looked at Yan Xiao, as if asking him a question. Yan Xiao hesitated for a while, then nodded, with a look in his eyes that seemed to make Bai Lu show mercy. Bai Lu understood, and took a step forward, ready to draw a sword at any time.
Fight against.
Qu Tianao saw that Bai Lu hadn't moved for a long time, and couldn't hold it back. He rushed over with his knife, and cut it off with a single blow. Bai Lu's eyes flashed, and he drew the knife as fast as lightning, sparks flew everywhere, and the two knives collided.
In terms of strength, Bai Lu was clearly at a disadvantage and was deadlocked. She turned sideways and slid the blade of the knife over. Qu Tianao's center of gravity was unstable and he almost fell over. As expected of a veteran on the battlefield, he turned somersaults with one hand on the ground without any movement.
During the gap, he turned around and slashed with his knife.
The two of them kept advancing and retreating, attacking and defending, seemingly equally matched.
At this moment, Bai Lu put the sword back into its sheath. Not only did the soldiers feel a little sad, but Qu Tianao also thought that Bai Lu was ready to give up and stop fighting. How could everyone expect this seemingly weak weapon?
The girl, expressionless, lowered her body and rushed over, holding the scabbard tightly with her left hand and pressing her right hand firmly on the handle.
As he got closer, Qu Tianao shouted loudly and swung his knife. He saw that the air seemed to have been cut open by his knife. For that moment, the things in front of him had a visual error like refraction on the water's surface.
Bai Lu still didn't take it seriously. She jumped slightly, pulled out the long sword with a slightly curved blade in the mid-air, and swung it several times in succession. After that, she landed firmly on the ground and slowly returned the sword to its sheath.
Turning around, he asked coldly: "Are you convinced?"
All the black armored soldiers were dumbfounded. They stayed like this for a while. One of the black armored soldiers started to clap and applaud, and everyone in the group started to applaud and applaud. Bai Lu and Yan Xiao, it was their turn to be dumbfounded.
Zhang Er is like a monk. Qu Tianao cursed a few times and shouted: "Why are you standing there in such a daze? My arm was just injured and I can't move now. Why don't you come and help me."
While the two soldiers were teasing their general, one came up to take the sword, and the other slowly put back Qu Tianao's open arm. They heard a painful roar, followed by a few broken words.
scold.
After the matter was over, Qu Tianao's arms also relaxed, and he couldn't help but clapped his hands and applauded,
He kept clapping his hands and said in a rough voice: "Young ladies, your swordsmanship is excellent. I, Qu Tianao, am convinced. I am convinced..."
Another soldier smiled and echoed: "It seems that our commander-in-chief's seventh wife has been found."
"Believe it or not, I will go back and tie the horns for you."
Everyone saw Bai Lu and Yan Xiao standing there dumbfounded. Qu Tianao walked over and reached out to pat Bai Lu on the shoulder. Bai Lu was quite alert and ducked sideways. Qu Tianao laughed and didn't feel embarrassed at all.
Watching him move his arms and twist his shoulders, soon, various fine lines appeared on his arms, and blood flowed out. Bai Lu was even more confused and frowned. Although she had just said that she was lenient according to Yan Xiao's wishes,
However, the strength was also used at 5,566, so it shouldn't be a problem for this brute man to not be able to use his arms for a month or two. However, this brute man actually moved a few times, and the blood was released as if nothing was wrong.
Yan Xiao suddenly laughed. He understood that it was not that he overestimated Bai Lu, but that he underestimated Zhong Xihou.
Although Qu Tianao was born and raised in the Evernight City, this rough guy was still considered a prominent figure in the Evernight City. He was the general who helped Zhong Xihou to lead thousands of armies. He really had no ability to be able to command the three armies.
"That's because Commander Qu has shown mercy."
Qu Tianao, a silly man, giggled and said: "Thank you, I agreed to use one hand, but I just turned it upside down and used the other hand."
Still the same playful and smiling soldier, he added: "If Miss Bai lost just now, she should marry him like the six wives before him."
"Why do you talk so much, you idiot?"
Bai Lu saw this group of soldiers laughing and joking, showing no military appearance at all, and she couldn't help but laugh, with a clear and sweet voice.
Neither Qu Tianao nor the playful soldier noticed that the girl in silver armor and red scarf looked as beautiful as the rumored Jiangnan girl in spring when she smiled.
Yan Xiao was slightly surprised when he saw Bai Lu smiling. He also raised the corner of his mouth and smiled. Then he heard him say in a low voice: "The commander-in-chief is very lucky today. Bai Lu is used to using that silver knife."
, I am a bit uncomfortable with using this long sword today, you two will discuss and learn from each other in the future."
When Qu Tianao heard this, he realized that this little girl not only had restrained her strength, but also had something else hidden, and was even more interested. She repeatedly said, "Definitely, definitely." A soldier patted Qu Tianao's back gently.
Qu Tian'ao ignored it, and the man patted him again, but still ignored him, and the man continued. Qu Tian'ao got annoyed and turned around, ready to curse a few words.
When he turned around, he was stunned. At some point, Zhong Xihou stood a few feet away behind him, looking at this place with an expressionless face. Qu Tianao coughed a few times, drank a few times, and then led the group with a serious expression and pace.
Unity left.
Zhong Xihou walked away slowly, glanced at Bai Lu, and guessed that this girl was probably the girl who cried at night with the famous sword on her back that Yan Xiao occasionally mentioned.
Zhong Xihou said softly: "Tian Ao is a rough man and has offended many people. Don't take it to heart, girl."
Bai Lu didn't say anything. After bowing, she walked towards the wall, jumped lightly, stepped on the wall a few times, and then climbed over the wall easily and left.
Zhong Xihou asked: "Master, can you recognize that sword?"
Yan Xiao pretended not to understand and asked: "What kind of knife?"
"The knife on the little girl's waist."
Yan Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, a knife of this style really shouldn't be too showy."
Zhong Xihou shook his head and said: "So what? A knife is a knife. Whether it is a knife made by China or Penglai, its uses are not the same."
When Yan Xiao was about to leave, Zhong Xihou called to him and asked: "On the day when the master accepted the disciple as his disciple, if the disciple remembers correctly, the silver knife behind the master's back may be a tiger's head."
Yan Xiao did not deny it, but waited for Zhong Xihou's next words, and heard Zhong Xihou continue: "There are too many famous swords in the world, and although there are not as many famous swords as there are famous swords, there are still many. It is said that the Peach Blossom Fairy has three famous swords.
, gods cry, ghosts cry, and night cries. If that tiger-headed silver sword is called night cry, then this little girl is probably not just a ranger or a mercenary."
"Yes, how could she be a mercenary? She is just a poor child whose parents are still here and neither of them wants to acknowledge her."
Zhong Xihou frowned and asked, "Then, is Master her father?"
When Yan Xiao heard this, he was stunned for a long time, then continued to laugh and said: "It's interesting, it's interesting. If I can have such a daughter, how lucky I am, how lucky I am."
After saying that, he ignored Marquis Zhong Xi and left alone.
The corners of Zhong Xihou's expressionless face were slightly raised. Yes, although he didn't know Yan Xiao's age, his adoptive father once joked that Yan Xiao was his grandfather's grandfather, so at his own age,