Sword of Coming

The straw-shoe boy often delivers letters home to Taoye Lane on Fulu Street these days. Almost every doorman knows this messenger, so it doesn't seem out of the ordinary. In addition, the boy looks calm and trots along the bluestone street as usual, even if Pedestrians wouldn't take it seriously if they saw it. Chen Ping'an was approaching the door of a house. There was a stone gandan in front of the door to suppress evil. It was half a man tall and looked like a military general. Chen Ping'an knew that this was the mansion of the Li family. On Fulu Street, where there was great wealth, almost Every household has different ways to ward off evil spirits. Even the door gods posted on the door are divided into civil and military ones, so it is easy to tell them apart.

He quickly looked around and continued to move forward. Beyond the Song family was the Song family. After the Song family was the kiln supervision office. On the outer wall of the junction of the adjacent mansions of the Li and Song families, there was a locust tree growing. The dry branches and luxuriant leaves are not as good as the vicissitudes of the old locust tree in the small town, but it is still impressive at first sight.

According to the older generation, this locust tree and the towering old locust tree in the center of the town are said to be of the same origin. That one is called the ancestral locust tree, and the one in front of the young man is called the descendant locust tree.

The reason why Chen Ping'an came to the Li family, rather than the Lu family where the head of the town where Lu Zhengchun lived was because when the boy left the government office, the old steward who was seeing him off on his way had a conversation about the quarrels between the parents, why Zhao Zhao on this street. The scholar in the family, Zhao Yao, has left the town and is destined to become a high-ranking official in the future. There is a young lady from the Song family next door. When she reaches the age of marriage, she can't even be a female celebrity. She only likes to wield swords and guns. , how does it look like a wealthy lady? Do you think it’s funny or not? The old man told a lot of trivial anecdotes, mixed with a trivial piece of news. A distinguished guest had just arrived at the Li family residence. The little girl was as beautiful as a piece of royal porcelain. From now on, only other girls She must be a handsome beauty, and I don’t know which family will be lucky enough to have such a daughter-in-law in the future.

On the way out of the back hall of the Yamen Office, the young man who did not listen at first walked very slowly, intentionally or unintentionally, and was always carefully observing the architectural layout of the Yamen Office. In the end, he occasionally asked one or two off-topic questions, like a pauper. Curious about the wealth of those wealthy families, the old steward knew everything and talked endlessly. He used the Song family next door and the Li family farther away as examples to tell the young man about the layout of the courtyards and various rules of the wealthy families.

The young man knew the real intention of the steward.

It's just that Chen Ping'an never wanted to act according to their wishes from beginning to end.

At this time, Chen Pingan was jogging slowly along the street. When he saw no one around, he suddenly exerted his strength and quickened his pace. He ran straight towards the old locust tree, jumped up, and stepped up on the trunk of the tree. After four steps, there were no signs of falling. However, at that time, the strong young man had reached out enough to grab a branch of the locust tree. In an instant, the young man as nimble as an ape in the mountains sat on the branch. Then he stood up steadily and continued to climb forward. In the blink of an eye, Chen Ping'an was squatting on a sloping locust tree branch, which was as high as the two-foot-high courtyard wall. The young man's body was hidden among the lush locust leaves. After that, he held his breath and squinted his eyes, not in any hurry to sneak in.

On the way back to the town from the covered bridge with Ning Yao, Chen Pingan asked many questions.

For example, how fast can that old ape from Zhengyang Mountain run and how high can he jump under normal circumstances on the boundary of a small town? How tough is his body? What kind of iron-clad body is he? If I hit him with a punch, it would be like scratching an old ape's itch. Then if I use a slingshot or a wooden bow, how much damage would it cause at a distance of twenty steps and forty steps respectively? Does the so-called "immortal" like the old ape from Zhengyang Mountain have fatal flaws, such as his eyes, crotch, and throat? If my opponent tries his best to kill even though he is injured, will I definitely die?

At that time, Ning Yao was almost asked by the boy and only wished that he was not deaf and mute.

According to the girl in black, whether you are a Qi practitioner or a pure martial artist, the more advanced a practitioner is, the greater the pressure you will be under here, just like an iron cavalry knocking at a pass and can only hold on, relying on one continuous breath. With absolutely no support, once you open your mouth, you will be hurt like seawater pouring in. Imagine facing a strong flood, and then you try to open a small opening in the embankment?

But in the end, Ning Yao's conclusion was that if the young man and the old ape from Zhengyang Mountain were to fight against each other, Chen Ping'an would not have the slightest chance of winning.

In the shade of the locust tree, the young man had firm eyes and a cold face, and muttered silently: "Don't let the old ape get closer than ten steps. Ten steps, at least keep this distance."

Ning Yao said that as long as the old ape doesn't jump over the wall in a hurry, he has a chance to survive.

But Chen Pingan replied that he just wanted to force the old ape to kill him, otherwise it would be meaningless.

The old ape of Zhengyang Mountain must be forced to get angry and make the old ape use the true energy in his body, so that he can truly destroy the cultivation he has accumulated over thousands of years. Perhaps the old ape thinks that small town people like him and Liu Xianyang, Life is not valuable at all, but Chen Ping'an wants to know if the old ape will feel distressed when he sees those disappearing cultivation practices, and whether he still thinks it is worth anything.

Of course, the premise of everything is that you don't want to be punched to death by someone who meets you.

The young man looked down at the people in the mansion passing through the corridors and murmured: "Even if you can't run away, you must take a few more punches."

Chen Ping'an never thought about killing the old ape, let alone that he could survive.

In the Li family mansion, the little girl from Zhengyang Mountain, as the granddaughter of the ancestor of the Tao family, was worshiped as a Bodhisattva by the Li family. In addition to arranging a number of first- and second-class maids in other courtyards, these people as The girl who gave birth to a child in the family has clean hands and feet. The most important thing is that she knows her roots well and has a clean life experience. She may have been loyal to the Li family since her ancestors.

This villa is centrally located and not adjacent to Fulu Street.

The little girl's name is Tao Zi, nicknamed Taozi, and she is the pistachio of the ancestors of the sword immortals in Zhengyang Mountain. Of course, it is not because of her innocent and cute appearance, but because of her future swordsmanship, she is qualified to let Zhengyang Mountain not hesitate. Investing massive resources at a low cost.

Over the past five hundred years, Tao Zi's foundation, talent, temperament and luck have been among the best among the ancestors of the major peaks of Zhengyang Mountain in the past. To put it simply, the little girl Tao Zi will be a long-term The board is very long without any shortcomings.

This is truly a once-in-a-century event, not just a polite compliment.

The little girl is now without the mountain-moving ape by her side, and is alone in a completely unfamiliar place. It is not to say that she is afraid of strangers or has stage fright, but is just a little bored and a little regretful. From what Grandpa Ape said, it seems that there is no way to move from here. Walked up a mountain. This made the little girl very discouraged. When she entered the fifth level of middle school, Sister Su from Zhengyang Mountain was given a mountain peak as a gift by her ancestor, which became Sister Su’s private territory. That mountain peak was none other than Grandpa Ape. After traveling thousands of miles, he personally carried it back to Zhengyang Mountain and placed it in the northeast of Zhengyang Mountain. Although it was not big, the little girl had always been envious of it.

She felt that the study was a little stuffy, so she walked to the main hall, put her hands behind her back, and looked up at the plaque for a long time in an old-fashioned way.

The little girl was always followed by two delicate maids. One of them was discovered by the Li family to have a good talent since she was a child, so she was specially trained to become a martial arts practitioner and achieved some success. In fact, for the direct descendants of the Li family, this kind of behavior is no different from raising flowers, birds, fish and insects. It is not that they hope that the girl will become a martial arts master in the future. Within the high walls of a large household, it is not uncommon for slaves to bully their masters, not to mention the fact that the slaves and servants have too high a vision and have too much potential, which may not be a good thing for the inheritance of the next generation of the family.

The little girl walked to the gate and jumped around in the yard. She didn't leave the yard without authorization and make things difficult for her servants. Grandpa Yuan had reminded her that people from Fenglei Garden had also arrived in the town, and she should not leave the compound until he settled things. Although the little girl is young, she has been exposed to the treacherous and dangerous clouds of the mountains since she was a child, and her upbringing is extremely strict, so she is not the kind of naughty child who makes her elders worry.

The bored little girl finally lay down on the stone table. There was a birdcage on the table, which contained a bird that seemed to be called a snake eagle. It had its head drooped, sickly, and its feathers were gray and not at all. It looked good. No matter how much the little girl teased her, the snake-catching eagle ignored her before, so she found it boring. Now she just had nothing to do, so she whistled at the flat-haired beast.

Inside the cage are two porcelain bird food jars privately made by Li Jialong Kiln. They are small and exquisite. One is plain and elegant for water, and the other is bright for food.

It's just that after the snake eagle was captured, it has been almost two days without water or rice.

In small towns, snake eagles are rarely caught. Occasionally, whether they are young chicks or adult snake eagles, they all starve to death without exception.

There is no way to feed it, let alone to survive as a falcon for people to drive.

When the little girl who whistled saw that the snake eagle still didn't respond, she finally lost her patience, stood up, turned around and left.

Loud bang.

A bird feed jar inside the bird cage shattered violently.

The little girl was stunned for a moment, and then almost instinctively grabbed a tall maid and asked her to stand in front of her.

The tall and plump maid felt as if her wrists were tightly tightened by iron wires, and she almost screamed in pain.

But the shorter maid, with sharp eyes, immediately stood in front of the little girl and quickly looked around.

The second bird food can in the cage exploded again, like firecrackers on the table.

"There is an assassin, on the roof of Qingxinyuan!" The maid, who was accomplished in martial arts, finally captured the figure this time. There was a half-crouching figure on the roof of the next courtyard.

The maid started to run. The wall of the other courtyard was not high. She stepped on it. After grabbing the edge of the wall with both hands, she quickly climbed up the wall with her outstanding physical strength.

For a moment, she was in trouble. This villa was not far from Qingxinyuan across the street, but the assassin was on the roof of the main building of Qingxinyuan, and Qingxinyuan was close to Fulu Street. The man could easily climb out of the wall. So she made a decision almost instantly. Instead of jumping off the wall and running towards the Qingxin Courtyard, she ran along the wall and jumped onto the roof of her own courtyard. During this period, the maid always paid attention to the assassin's sneak attack.

Strangely, the assassin neither hindered her steps nor had any intention of retreating immediately.

There is about three feet of distance between the eaves of the two courtyards.

While staring at the assassin's movements, the maid quietly retreated on the eaves. Finally, she took a deep breath quickly and prepared to run.

The maidservant was shocked. The assassin confronting her was actually a thin young man wearing shabby clothes? !

There were two small bags tied around the young man's waist. There was no murder weapon in his hand, so it must have been hidden. The maid thought it was most likely a slingshot.

She was also very confused. If it hit her head, she wouldn't dare to say that she would be killed on the spot, but the injury would definitely be serious. With the boy's almost terrifying accuracy, he deliberately smashed the bird food cans twice. It really couldn't hit herself or that person. A little girl from Zhengyang Mountain?

In the yard, the little girl said angrily: "Idiot! Be careful of the plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain! Come back quickly!"

It is of course important to catch the assassin and torture him to extract a confession, but it is even more important to save his life in case of an unexpected incident.

After the little girl let go of the tall maid's arm, she raised her palm and slapped the scared girl awake. "And you, hurry up and report the news! Do you know that if I die, this house of yours will be destroyed?" Everyone inside will die!"

The maid on the roof did not jump into the courtyard immediately, but shouted loudly, "There is an assassin!"

Then she started running wildly, jumping off the edge of the eaves, and then she began to leap towards the ridge of the Qingxinyuan opposite.

Based on the maid's series of climbing and running movements, the assassin boy roughly judged her arm strength, leg strength and strength. He squatted down and picked up two tiles. He threw out his right hand and hit the girl's head. The girl who was still in the air subconsciously moved her arms He staggered in front of her head, and then hit her with two bangs, which caused the maid a bone-piercing pain. The force was far beyond the maid's imagination. Her forward momentum was suddenly severely hindered. Just when she regretted that she was so brave. occasion.

The maid who had barely landed on the eaves of the opposite house was punched in the abdomen, causing her to fall backwards.

However, the assassin grabbed one of his ankles for no apparent reason. After a slight pause, the young man let go.

The maid did not land safely, but at least she was not seriously injured.

Her whole head was a mess.

The young man kept looking at his surroundings from the corner of his eye. When he noticed black spots appearing around him, he turned around and ran away.

The speed is fast, the steps are big, the rhythm is good, especially when combined with the right breaths and exhalations. If the maid could see it, she would definitely feel that the young man is just like her. He has been practicing martial arts for many years and has been immersed in it for a long time. It is definitely not the case. What a layman.

The figure of the young man on the roof quickly disappeared, like a light bird, a snake-catching eagle emerging from its cage.

About a stick of incense later, the burly old man hurried back to the Li family mansion, full of murderous intent.

From Li Hong, the head of the Li family, to the maids in other courtyards, everyone did not dare to breathe, especially the martial arts maid, who was kneeling on the ground, with both sides of her cheeks severely red and swollen. The maid said nothing and did not dare to show any resentment. .

When the little girl, who was already in a calm mood, saw the old man, she sighed, shook her head and lectured: "Grandpa Yuan, the people of the Li family seem to be a bunch of trash. How dare you entrust me to them?"

The mountain-moving ape knelt down on one knee, still taller than the little girl. The white-haired old man said guiltily: "Miss, this old slave is wrong."

The old man turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Li Hong!"

The head of the Li family in the small town was well versed in the orthodox elegance of East Aquarius Island, and it happened that the monks from Zhengyang Mountain spoke like this. This man who was a man of his word in the family could only apologize with a wry smile: "This time it is indeed my Li family's. The fault cannot be shied away from. According to the information we have received so far, it is a young man who is probably not a practitioner. The government office has not given any useful information for the time being. They only said that they will send more capable people to guard the house day and night. "

Tao Zi thought for a moment and said, "It's not like that assassin came to kill me."

Then he added, "At least not today."

The head of the Li family's heart, which was about to drop, immediately settled in his throat again.

Bai Yuan frowned and asked: "Is that young man thin and dark-skinned? He is only about this height. Well, does he also wear straw sandals?"

The maidservant kneeling on the ground nodded vigorously.

Bai Yuan grinned and said with sinister eyes, "Good guy! It turns out this is a demonstration and provocation!"

He waved his hand and said, "Don't get involved in this matter. I know the identity of the assassin. He is an ordinary boy from Mud Bottle Alley."

The little girl whispered: "Grandpa Ape, don't take it lightly."

The mountain-moving ape hesitated for a moment, then stood up and told the head of the Li family: "Then let the government office take out a household file and send it to the Li family's house to find out all the details of the eighteen generations of the boy's ancestors, and then As for the manpower guarding this courtyard, it’s easier to have fewer people than to be more miscellaneous!”

The old man quietly increased his tone and said with a sneer: "Li Hong, I advise you to invite your Dinghai Shenzhen to come out as well. Don't take things seriously. If my young lady really gets into trouble here, even in your eyes Even the old beast can't carry it, how can you, a partial member of the Li family, carry it?"

The head of the Li family quickly bowed and apologized, and said in fear: "Ancestor Yuan, this is destroying the Li family."

The mountain guard of Zhengyang Mountain fell into deep thought and murmured: "Is it the boy from Fengleiyuan who took the opportunity to provoke? Or is it the plan of Song Changjing from the government office?"

The old man finally shook his head, thinking it was ridiculous, "No matter who instigated him to die, you don't know how to find a better pawn to cross the river. A little grasshopper with only a few ounces of meat stuck between his teeth? That’s fine, I’m worried that I don’t have a chance to kill anyone, so this is a good reason, just kill the dirtbag from Mud Bottle Alley first, and then deal with you, the little bastard from Fenglei Garden.”

The old man smiled at the little girl and said, "Miss, I will definitely help you clean up the mess this time. There will definitely be no more accidents."

The little girl smiled brightly and raised her fist to boost the morale of the Zhengyang Mountain guardian ape.

Before leaving, the old man looked at the head of the Li family. The latter smiled bitterly and said, "I will go and invite my ancestors to come out and serve as Miss Tao's personal bodyguard myself."

The old man nodded and strode away.

The old man bit the bait carelessly and followed the fishing line straight to Mud Bottle Alley.

It's clear that I've taken the bait, so you can kill me.

If outside the small town, this Zhengyang Mountain Mountain Monkey would not dare to be so arrogant, but in this world, all magical powers and magic weapons are prohibited, so he has a huge advantage. This is why Zhengyang Mountain did not dispatch a single person. The reason for the Sword Immortal Ancestor.

The old ape walked all the way and approached the Mud Bottle Alley. The old ape realized something, "Isn't the boy in the alley simply seeking revenge for his friends?"

Before this, Lao Yuan had been thinking deeply about the conspiracy involving the Thousand Miles of Caohui Line. Now that he suddenly realized this possibility, he felt it was particularly absurd.

The old ape smiled and quickly figured out the reason, "If that's the case, it makes sense, and it's right. I'm not a cultivator, but I'm not so afraid of death. It's just a cheap life anyway."

However, for the sake of caution, the old ape still did not walk into the Mud Bottle Alley from this end.

No matter what, this trip is destined to not be in vain. The little bastard who is valued by Fengleiyuan is just living a little longer than the little mud-legged guy in Mud Bottle Alley.

After going around in a big circle, the old ape walked into Mu Ping Alley from the corner of the alley near Gu Can's house.

In fact, Lao Yuan doubted whether the young assassin had the guts to stay in his ancestral home and wait for death.

If you were smarter and more timid, you could die after the young people from Fengleiyuan.

The old ape grinned.

Then the smile suddenly stiffened.

In Mud Bottle Alley at dusk, the path already looked dark and blurry.

The burly old man suddenly raised his head.

A skinny young man somehow stood on a high place in front of the alley, his feet stepping on the newly dug holes in the walls on both sides, which was just the right amount of strength.

The young man carried a quiver on his back and held a fully drawn wooden bow. The tip of the arrow pointed directly at one of the old ape's eyes.

The young man was completely silent, drawing his bow like a full moon, as if even the smallest breath seemed to have disappeared.

So much so that the mountain protector of Zhengyang Mountain could only detect the existence of the boy above him with his keen sense of danger.

Don't give the old ape any more chance to react.

The arrow shot out, whistling into the wind, with great force.

After shooting an arrow, the young man didn't make a second choice at all. He shrunk his neck and quickly hung the wooden bow on his shoulder. Using his toes, he staggered on the walls on both sides and used the force to move up to the eaves. It was gone in a blink of an eye.

The old ape retracted the palm that was covering his forehead, and saw that the arrow was nailed into the palm of his hand, not deep, and a vague wound could be seen.

But the old ape was afraid for a while.

If he was shot in the eye with an arrow from a short distance away in a small town, it would be a tragedy that would cause the sky to respond and the earth to fail.

He casually pulled out the arrow, broke it, and dropped it in the clay bottle alley.

The old man clenched his fists and looked up at the sky in the alley. His face was livid, his throat was beating, and he made a low and suppressed sound, like an extremely angry ancient beast.

The old man used his hands and feet to climb to the roof in an instant. But as soon as he appeared, a second arrow arrived instantly.

The old man who was already on guard just lifted it up casually, letting it pierce his arm a little, and strode forward with a grin on his face.

The young man put away his wooden bow again and ran away.

A series of shattering sounds were heard from the continuous eaves on one side of Mud Bottle Alley.

After all, the old man's pace was much longer than that of the young man, and he gradually closed the distance. As expected, he would soon catch up with the thin young man, whose figure was actually flexible enough.

The old man instantly exerted his strength, soared into the air, and rushed forward. A giant hand as big as a cattail fan stretched out towards the young man's head.

The boy seemed to have eyes behind him. At the critical moment, he twisted his waist, bent his whole body, and then turned and jumped to the roof on the opposite side of the alley.

After landing gently, he continued to run wildly.

The old ape's movements were also extremely agile and swift, and he also turned abruptly to the roof on the other side of Mud Bottle Alley on the right.

The young man stopped suddenly.

When the old ape realized something was wrong, it was already too late.

It turned out that the roof was uninhabited, had been in disrepair for a long time, and was dilapidated. It could not withstand the weight of the old ape's jump of more than 200 kilograms.

Crash, people and tiles fell into the house together.

The old ape landed with a crash, held the ground with one hand, and twisted his head to avoid the cunning and insidious arrow.

The arrow penetrated directly into the ground.

It can be seen that it is not that the young man is not strong enough physically, but that the old ape is too thick-skinned.

The young man stood on the edge of the big hole in the roof, skillfully put away his wooden bow, raised his middle finger to the old ape, and cursed: "Old beast! Fuck your mother!"

The young man's face suddenly became strange, and he slapped himself suddenly, muttering: "It's not like you're at a disadvantage!"

The old ape stood up suddenly, and the young man was gone again.