Sword of Coming

The girl in the curtain hat ignored the young man in brocade clothes who was walking towards her. She looked over the young man's shoulder and looked at the tall old man who was following suit. She said with a gloomy expression: "Just now you wanted to kill people because of your disagreement. Although you have your reasons, I think this is the case." wrong."

The boy in brocade clothes stopped seven or eight steps away from the stern girl, and said sincerely, "My name is Gao Zhen, and I am from Yiyang County in the Sui Dynasty. If Grandpa Wu has offended me in any way, I am willing to apologize and compensate the girl." .”

The tall old man stood behind the young man in brocade clothes with mixed emotions. The so-called descendants of the Gao family in Yiyang County of the Great Sui Dynasty are actually just an implicit statement. During the 1,200th year of the reign of Emperor Zuo of the Sui Dynasty, the people who sat on the Dragon Throne all had the surname Gao. Emperor Taizu was the Dragon Xing in Yiyang County.

The girl was indifferent to this, raised her hands to tie the bandage tightly, and said to the old man: "If I were to face a martial arts master outside who was most likely to have traveled far away in the wind, I would definitely not be my opponent. But at this moment , I just need to use the flying sword, and you will definitely die."

The tall old man sneered: "As long as that assassin knows your trump card in advance, with his peak body of a little master, as long as he protects the vital points, what if you can pierce ten swords? He is like this, not to mention that I am taller than him There are two realms, and one of the thresholds is regarded as a natural chasm in martial arts. Little girl, I don’t know where you got the confidence to say the words ‘certain death’.”

The girl frowned and quietly held the handle of the knife with one hand, "I'm a person who is very afraid of trouble, and I hate quarrels with others. How about we give it a try and see what's true? Who wins and who makes sense? How about that?"

The old man, who rarely had the chance to be threatened, was a little annoyed. If we weren't in this weird place where gods and ghosts hated us, with the girl's level of cultivation, no matter how talented she was, the old man could crush and kill ten of them with one hand. To take a step back, if it were not for the heavy responsibility of taking care of His Highness, a young man who had high hopes from the whole country of the Sui Dynasty, even if the old man was seriously injured by the self-circulating avenue here, he would still have to teach the young girl who does not know the heights of the world a lesson. A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. , The courage is commendable, that’s all, but it doesn’t mean that the tiger will not eat the calf completely.

The young man in Jinyi who called himself Gao Zhen quickly smoothed things over and said, "If the girl must pursue the case, I am willing to take out this thing as compensation."

Gao Zhen lowered his head and opened the cloth bag at his waist, took out the square jade seal, held it with one hand, and handed it to the girl in the curtain hat in the distance, "To show my sincerity, I just ask the girl not to pursue Grandpa Wu's unintentional offense before. After all, he It was out of loyalty and had no intention of harming anyone.”

The tall old eunuch with white eyebrows suddenly became horrified. He knelt down on one knee and said in fear: "No, Your Highness! How dirty this old slave is, but this square jade seal is your Highness' chance. It is a rare pure treasure in the world, and it can even carry the power of the people." Incense, how can the two be compared? Your Highness is going to force this old slave to death!"

The young man surnamed Gao, who was born in a noble family in Tianhuang, had a stiff face.

The girl seemed a little impatient, and said with a sarcastic smile: "I am a frog in a corner, but everyone likes to cherish their brooms. Take that square jade seal back. I have always liked a saying, a gentleman should not take away what others like."

The girl acted crisply and neatly, turned around and left.

The young man in gilded clothes was relieved, "Get up, Grandpa Wu, it's outrageous to kneel down. I, the twelve Great Diao Temples of the Sui Dynasty, have always only knelt down to the emperor. If this is seen by the Liu Ke Yan Guan or the people from the Ministry of Etiquette, they will make a complaint." , both of us will be unlucky. Okay, this trip to the small town, thanks to the protection of my ancestors, has been completed successfully. Let’s not create any complications and leave this place quickly. Moreover, after meeting with our own people outside, we must not take it lightly. We must We know that among the six pillar states of the Great Li Dynasty, the Yuan and Cao families are in opposing camps, but unfortunately, these two pillars of the Great Li Dynasty have a sworn feud with our Sui Gao family. Once Wu Grandpa, you had an accident here and your combat power was damaged. It will be difficult for me to return to Sui Dynasty unharmed."

The old man nodded and stood up slowly, "I know the seriousness and urgency of the matter."

When the old man said the word "urgent", the girl in the curtain hat had already walked out more than twenty steps.

A breeze blew past the young man in brocade clothes, causing the hair on his temples and the sleeves of his brocade robe to flutter.

It turned out that the old man next to him, who was very powerful in the Sui Dynasty, had not let go of the girl at all. At this time, he had already rushed away. The first three steps were heavily stepped on the ground of the alley. The sound was dull and penetrated more than a foot into the ground. , on the fourth step, the old man jumped up high and punched the girl's back vest.

The girl in the curtain hat suddenly twisted her waist, using the toes of her left foot as a support point, she drew the sword out of its sheath with her right hand, and a snow-white light that was more dazzling than the sun appeared in the alley.

The tall old man came at him with overwhelming force, and punched the blade directly. The back of his hand was only cut with a bloody mark by the sharp blade. After the old eunuch's feet landed with a bang, he continued to rush forward, pushing until he could hold on. The girl with the knife kept retreating backwards, and the old man immediately stretched out a palm. It seemed to be slow and calm, but in fact it was like lightning. He moved his steps, moved one foot sideways, made a squeaking sound, looked down, and saw that the sharp weapon penetrated the right side of his chest from the back, and it was the tip of the sword.

The old man's expression remained unchanged, he clamped the tip of the sword with his fingers together and pushed it back.

He pushed the sharp flying sword that followed the girl's will out of his chest.

Because of the obstruction of the flying sword, not only was the old eunuch unable to crush the girl's head with one palm, the girl's body flew backwards and fell into the alley. Taking this opportunity to breathe, she stood up and was as strong as a civet cat, and quickly jumped out of a The side streets disappeared.

The young man's face was terrifyingly gloomy, his fists were clenched, and he was furious. He said with an angry look on his face: "The eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor, Wu Yue and Wu Diao Temple! Why don't you listen to my hints and insist on acting so paranoid? Do you really think that this is the case?" You, Wu Diao Temple, are the most invincible in this small town? It was obviously our mistake first, and she was not aggressive afterward, and was willing to settle the matter, so why are you still so vicious, you are just going too far!"

The old eunuch looked away from the direction of the girl's escape in the alley, turned around and walked back, his waist straight and looking even more majestic. The old man walked back slowly step by step, as if stepping heavily on his heart.

The young man felt the suffocating power and was oppressed by a slave. He was filled with anger, his eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Yu Ma Jian Wu Diao Si, you are committing a capital crime!"

The old eunuch said calmly: "Your Highness, your Majesty needs to decide whether you are guilty of death or alive. From the perspective of our family, your Highness's safety is the most important thing in the world. The existence of a small town girl is of utmost importance to our family. It seems that it has become an urgent matter, so if we really want everything to go well, the only way is to kill her. If she dies, our family can feel at ease."

Seeing the almost uncontrollable raging anger in the young man's eyes, the old eunuch sighed and said softly: "Having served in the palace for more than sixty years, our family has seen too many intrigues, bloody, and non-stick. There is countless blood. Our family really has no confidence in the hearts of the people. Just for the assassinations on the way to escort, our family has personally solved no less than thirty cases. Your Highness, the insidiousness and cunning of those assassins and killers , absolutely beyond imagination, especially some of the crazy dead soldiers, which are completely unreasonable, just take the masked killer and the girl in the veil as an example..."

The young man in brocade stretched out his finger, pointed at the cold-faced old eunuch, and angrily accused: "Shut up! You old eunuch! I don't want to listen to your nonsense! I'm only sure that you ruined my careful efforts, and you are just a blind man, too. I know how talented and amazing the girl who can control the flying sword is! Even among the practitioners on the mountain, she is the most outstanding genius! Such a character, let alone Da Sui or Da Li , even in the entire East Aquarius Continent, she is also a rare existence! I only need to train her for ten years, at most twenty years, and she can become the most powerful assassin in the shadow behind me! You can be a land god or a martial artist. Grand Master, what does it matter?! What’s the result? I am Gao Zhen, the future prince of the Sui Dynasty! I am the master of you, the old eunuch Wu!"

Strangely, the old eunuch who had experienced many vicissitudes of life, instead of being annoyed by the "old eunuch", his eyes became more and more pleased. When the young man finished venting, he finally stopped cursing. The old man looked at the panting young man and said with a smile: "Your Highness, Although you may not have experienced some things personally, so you don’t know the treacherous ways of the world and the sinister nature of people’s hearts, but there is something your Highness has done very well, which is very much like His Majesty’s demeanor back then.”

The atmosphere was awkward.

After Gao Zhen calmed down, he probably realized that he was completely wrong. Before he was appointed as the crown prince, he was so disrespectful to an old man who was an eunuch and one of the three gatekeepers of the Sui Palace. And the key point is that this person has won the trust of his father, the queen, and his mother. So the prince Gao Zhen opened his mouth, but when he saw the powerful eunuch whom he called an old eunuch, he smiled and said: "Your Highness, remember this, don't follow The servant may say sorry casually, it is unnecessary, and he has violated his status in vain, and the servant may not appreciate it. Even if he feels guilty, he should bury it deeply in his heart. It is important to know that the emperor and king, who is known as the real dragon in the world, is the one who speaks. Tianxian’s Ninth Five-Year Plan..."

Gao Zhen said: "Grandpa Wu, with my current status, it is too early to say this."

The old eunuch suddenly tensed up, as if facing a formidable enemy, and pulled the young man in brocade clothes behind him. The old eunuch looked towards the body of the masked killer.

A slender middle-aged Confucian scholar suddenly appeared at the end of the alley, walked in slowly, and came to the corpse of the killer. After squatting down, he took off his mask and saw only a strange face with no eyebrows and had been shaved off. Nose, face engraved.

There is no doubt that this man was once a prisoner in his life.

The Confucian scholar was silent. He had indeed planned it for a long time. I am afraid that this plan will start from the Confucian Temple.

Gao Zhen's eyes were blazing. He walked out from behind the old eunuch and bowed. No matter what, he saluted first before speaking. Then he raised his head and asked respectfully, "May I ask if you are Mr. Qi from Shanya Academy?"

The Confucian scholar stood up and said to Gao Zhen: "If you hadn't taken the lead in seizing a great opportunity, the two of you would not have been able to leave so easily today."

Outsiders fight each other in the town. According to the rules established by the first four saints, the punishment is not heavy, but it cannot be considered light. Compared with the indiscriminate killing of ordinary people in the town who will inevitably be expelled, the fight between outsiders is just There is an obvious "loophole" that allows people to remedy the situation. The reason why three groups of people, including Gao Zhen, all carry a "retinue" is precisely because of this, they have prepared for the worst, so that they can be used as scapegoats at critical moments. , otherwise just one quota would cost half of the inner savings of the Emperor Gao of the Sui Dynasty. At any rate, it was the private money of His Majesty the Emperor, a full half of the family's wealth. It is conceivable that the amount was huge. , so who would be willing to be taken advantage of for no reason?

In fact, to put it simply, it is just spending money to eliminate disasters.

It's just that the expenses here can be described as emptying out a mountain of gold and silver. The so-called lavish spending in the secular market is simply child's play in comparison.

Gao Zhen, who was ordered to be expelled as a guest, continued to mind his own business and said: "Mr. Qi, if you have the opportunity in the future, can you come to our Sui Academy to give lectures? I, the Sui Dynasty, are willing to use the position of 'National Master' specially for you!"

The old eunuch thought for a while, but still did not stop the young man's arrogant remarks.

If he could really convince this scholar to make suggestions for the Gao family in the Sui Dynasty in the future, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty would definitely be delighted with Long Yan.

The Confucian scholar smiled and did not reply.

The old eunuch treated the girl in the curtain hat who met by chance with a decisive and cruel attack. At this time, facing the Dinghai Shenzhen who was sitting here, Mr. Qi from the Cliff Academy showed another extreme attitude. He lowered his head and cupped his fists and said: "Mr. Qi, I'm sorry for bothering you so much, but I hope Haihan will do it. It's really a helpless move to take action against a junior just now. I hope you, sir, will understand our painstaking efforts as a slave of the Gao family."

Qi Jingchun waved her sleeves and said, "Leave quickly."

Gao Zhen and the old eunuch had no choice but to say goodbye and leave, taking the retreating route of the girl in the curtain hat.

The young man asked in a low voice: "She is dead?"

The old eunuch shook his head and said: "I'm sure she will die soon. The flying sword is just to let her live a little longer, and it will not help."

The young man hesitated for a moment and asked curiously: "When did Grandpa Wu realize that her control of the flying sword was actually far less relaxed and comfortable than it seemed on the surface?"

The old man said: "Too much is not enough, her precocious wisdom let it slip."

The young man was surprised and puzzled.

The old eunuch led the young man out of the original alley and said softly: "We have a question for Your Highness. After seeing so many rich and luxurious rare objects in the world, will Your Highness still be interested in ordinary porcelain from a small town?"

The young man patted his waist pocket and said with a smile: "Of course not. Only this Fang Yuxi, or something similar to it, can make me happy."

The old eunuch nodded and said: "That's exactly what it is. When that girl was wielding a sword to kill someone, her heart was as calm as water, and she was extremely calm and calm, just like... an ordinary person eating, drinking, and having sex. And after realizing my true martial arts cultivation afterwards, she acted decisively She gave up the idea of ​​fighting, especially because she was afraid that I would see through her evil demeanor and deliberately provoke us. Her true intention was to find a place for both parties to get off. She was afraid that our family had murderous intentions and would rather kill someone by mistake. She was willing to misplace and eradicate her, so she had to break the situation. Of course, the facts proved that she did not do well. But in the end, it is not easy to have such thoughts at a young age. But the more so, once the tiger returns to the mountain, If it is allowed to thrive, the threat to His Highness will become greater in the future."

The old man said with emotion: "Young girls, when they are in high spirits, would not be surprised if they kill with passion or die generously, but after thinking about it slowly, they die calmly or kill people who can't afford a ripple in their hearts." , it’s very abnormal. It can even be said that this temperament can only be tempered by experience, and has little to do with a person’s talent or qualifications. Regardless of monks or warriors, many geniuses died young because of short temperament. The board is too obvious, and it is easy for bad things to happen when things get rough.”

Gao Zhen lamented: "No matter what, it's a pity."

The old eunuch joked half-truthfully: "Your Highness, if the life and death of such a character requires a sigh, then Your Highness will be very busy when he actually stands on the top of the mountain."

The young man laughed and said, "I don't believe it."

The old eunuch suddenly said: "I don't know if it's an illusion, but our family feels that Mr. Qi, who has a great level of cultivation, seems to have a big problem."

The Prince of the Sui Dynasty said with an indifferent expression: "Anyway, as long as we can get this 'Longmen' seal, we will be successful. Who would have thought that this priceless seal would become a small addition to a big deal?" So it’s time for us to get over it as soon as we get along. When I talk about that golden carp, I can’t help but think of that straw-shoe boy..."

The old eunuch smiled and said: "Your Highness is thinking of finding an opportunity in the future to thank this young man?"

The young man shook his head and said, "Where is it? I feel sorry for that bag of copper coins."

The old man laughed dumbly.

Maybe there will be a diligent and thrifty emperor in the Sui Dynasty in the future?

A secluded alley running north-south, with only the sound of rumbling cars.

There is a young Taoist priest with a lotus crown on his head. He has stopped doing business early today and is pushing a cart. He wants to clean up and go home after returning to his residence. Whoever is meddling in this mess will ruin it.

A slender man in black suddenly staggered out from the fork of the east-west alley. Finally, he leaned his back against the wall and moved slowly. He reached over the curtain with one hand to reveal the gauze, covered his mouth hard, and pointed with the other hand. Young Taoist.

The young Taoist quickly lowered his head and muttered silently: "You can't see me... You can't see me... Taishang Laojun is as anxious as the law... Forget it, Buddha will bless you and Bodhisattva will appear..."

It is really outrageous for a Taoist priest to go to the Buddha and Bodhisattva instead of praying to the Patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty when a crisis comes.

Sure enough, the Buddha and Bodhisattva seemed unwilling to pay attention to the disciples and disciples of other sects. The girl in the curtain hat came out of nowhere and staggered towards the Taoist with the last bit of strength. She fell heavily with a plop, but she held on tightly with one hand in the end. It hit the Taoist's ankle.

The young Taoist held his head in both hands, with a miserable look on his face, as if he was looking up to the sky: "With such a big cause and effect coming, doesn't it mean that the poor Taoist should carve the words 'Wants Death' on his forehead?" Dao has traveled all over the world in these years, eating and sleeping in the open, traveling across mountains and rivers, and often being bitten by dogs while walking on the street... It's been very hard, okay! Fuck your mother, the Sui Gao family, and the old dog named Wu, you just wait for me, Dao, This account does not last for five hundred years, so it is not clear at all... The poor Taoist's Taoist cultivation is so shallow, he really can't bear any heavy burden..."

The young Taoist who was already incoherent lowered his head, but he was just shy of tears. "Little girl, please show mercy and let Pindao go. When you come back, Pindao will help you find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. The feng shui is excellent." It will definitely bless the heirs... Oh no, the girl is still a young lady, then..."

The girl had completely fainted.

Seeing no one around, the young Taoist knelt down and quietly opened the girl's fingers.

Whoosh.

The flying sword hovered in the air, and the tip of the sword was only three inches away from the young Taoist's eyebrows.

The young Taoist silently let go of his hand, his face full of pity, and said with awe and dignity: "Human beings are not grass and trees, how can we not have compassion? This poor Taoist has had a glorious life, how can he be the kind of person who refuses to save anyone?!"

The young Taoist sat cross-legged, his handsome face almost wrinkled, "Where to send him next, it will be troublesome."

The flying sword that had been three inches away from the Taoist's eyebrows quickly moved forward an inch.

The Taoist patiently explained: "If you want your master to survive, Pindao still needs a helper. By the way, you go to the old locust tree and poke a locust leaf over there. Pindao will help her hold on to this breath of vitality first. You The master of the house is a bit special, and Pindao doesn’t want to save people randomly just to save others, and accidentally delay her cultivation future. This new cause and effect... makes Pindao want to die for a hundred times..."

Feijian seemed to be hesitating, the tip of the sword trembling slightly.

The Taoist said angrily: "If you go a little earlier, your master will be able to come back from the gate of hell a little earlier. If you go too late, everyone will die together!"

Feijian disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The Taoist said angrily in a low voice: "Only when a man loves a concubine and cares about it can he become a good man and a beautiful wife. You, Mr. Qi Jingchun and Qi Da, are better off. You mess around with mandarin ducks and don't even wipe your butt when you poop!"

The young Taoist held his chin in one hand and pinched his fingers with the other to tell fortunes, "Rong Pindao is here to figure out which family to send you to in the town. You can survive and the other person's family will not be ruined. Let's start with the Lu family... The Lu family No, it’s similar to the Zhao family. We already have the opportunity, so what about the Song family?”

The Taoist in the alley here has not yet finished speaking.

In the Song family's gate on Fulu Street, all the door gods posted on the large and small door leaves instantly lost their spirit and became dim, and there were also wisps of green smoke invisible to the naked eye rising.

Deep in the courtyard, a barefooted old man pushed out the door, stood in the courtyard and yelled angrily: "Which bastard is plotting against my Song family's foundation?! Stand up and fight!"

The young Taoist coughed and said to himself: "The Liu family on Fulu Street, looking at the prosperity, looks like a master who can handle things. Let's give it a try?"

The Liu family's family hall plaque that had been passed down for thousands of years suddenly shattered, with shocking cracks appearing.

There was an old woman with a deep voice, and she hit the ground heavily with her dragon-headed walking stick, "Who is this sacred person? Can you come out and see me?!"

The young Taoist pretended that nothing happened, "What about the Wei family on Taoye Lane? It seems that your family has accumulated good deeds and must be able to withstand this cause and effect."

Soon, an old man used a secret technique to transmit his voice and shouted angrily at the school: "Qi Jingchun! You don't care?! If you can't or don't dare to care, get out and give up your position to Ruan Qiong! Let's go!" He's here to deal with this sneaky guy! Or is this all just you, Qi Jingchun, venting your personal grudges? "

There was a man on the bank of the creek south of the covered bridge in the town. He was leading people to dig a well. He stood up straight and moved his lips slightly to the north.

Like spring thunder, it rolled over Fulu Street and Taoye Lane, "That's enough! You are not allowed to disrespect Mr. Qi, and I, Mr. Ruan, will never get involved in town affairs before the Spring Equinox!"

For a time, the heaven and earth were lonely, and everything was silent.

The culprit sitting next to the cart in the alley was grabbing the hand of the girl in black, and then dropped the green locust leaf brought by the flying sword onto her blood-stained palm.

After the locust leaf touched the wound on the girl's palm, it disappeared instantly like ice and snow melting.

The young Taoist said with emotion: "Every time I see this scene, I feel that this is the contribution of heaven and earth to creation..."

After brewing for a long time, the Taoist could not come up with words that he was satisfied with.

The young Taoist finally lowered his head and looked at the girl who was slightly radiant. He felt a little embarrassed and said, "Since the energy involved in you is greater than I imagined, I can only go against the grain. Above the small town, Six hundred families, intertwined with each other, have been immersed in the atmosphere of this secret place for generations. You want to say that it is easy for a poor man to find a guy with the spirit to linger, but it is harder to find a pauper than to climb to the sky. This is like It's in the court hall. It's easy to find a high official, but how can you find a beggar?"

The young Taoist sighed.

I really found such a poor guy.

He was not surprised at all, but horrified. He closed his eyes and asked himself.

The young Taoist sighed, "No matter what, let's see how you choose first. Pindao will never force you. If you don't want to, Pindao will take care of the cause and effect himself."

Finally, he imitated the monks and clasped his hands together, "Buddha bless and Bodhisattva appear. We must let this poor man survive this calamity."

In Mud Bottle Alley.

The young Taoist bent down and pushed a two-wheeled cart and stopped outside a courtyard. After knocking on the door, he asked, "Is Chen Ping'an here?"

On the cart, in a corner and crevice, there was a long sword with a snow-white sheath. The sword was flying in the sheath. It looked sickly, as if it was disgusting for the young Taoist to find such a poor place to settle down.