Sword comes

The hooded girl ignored the brocade-clothed boy who walked towards her, looked over the shoulders of the boy, and looked at the tall old man who was following suit, she said with a gloomy expression: "Just now you will kill if you disagree, although you have your reasons, but I think so wrong."

The brocade-clothed boy stopped seven or eight steps away from the stern girl, his eyes sincerely said: "My name is Gao Zhen, I am from Yiyang County, Da Sui. If Grandpa Wu has offended me, I am willing to apologize and make amends to the girl. ."

Standing behind the young man in brocade clothes, the tall old man was in a complicated mood.The so-called descendants of the Gao family in Yiyang County in the Great Sui Dynasty is actually just an implicit statement.In the 200th year of the Sui Dynasty, the people who sat on the dragon chair were all surnamed Gao, and the emperor Taizu was Long Xing in Yiyang County.

The girl was indifferent to this, raised her hands to tie the bandages, and said to the old man, "If I were outside, facing a great master of martial arts who most likely has 'roamed far away', I am definitely not an opponent. But at this moment , as long as I use the guise of a flying sword, you will surely die."

The tall old man sneered: "As long as the assassin knows your trump card in advance, with his physique of the peak of the little master, as long as he protects the key points, how about you pierce ten swords? He is still like this, not to mention that I am taller than him. There are two realms, and one of the thresholds is also regarded as the martial arts. Little girl, I don't know where you got the confidence, so you can 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 quarreling with people. Otherwise, let's try to see if it's true or not? Whoever wins is justified, how?"

The old man, who rarely gets the chance to be threatened, is a little annoyed.If it weren't for being in this treacherous place that gods hate and ghosts hate, with a young girl's cultivation base, no matter how talented she is, the old man can crush and kill ten people with one hand.Taking a step back, if it is not an important task, you need to take care of His Highness the young man who has been placed in high hopes by the whole country of the Great Sui Dynasty. Even if the old man is seriously injured by the repression of the road that circulates by itself, he must teach the girl who does not know the heights of the sky well. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. , courage is commendable, that's all, it doesn't mean that the tiger will not eat the calf completely.

The brocade-clothed boy who claimed to be Gao Zhen hurriedly said, "If the girl must be held accountable, I am willing to take this thing as compensation."

Gao Zhen lowered his head and opened the cloth bag around his waist, took out the Fang Yuxi seal, held it with one hand, and handed it to the girl with the hat in the distance, "As a sign of sincerity, I just ask the girl not to pursue the previous unintentional offense of Grandpa Wu, he is after all. It is out of loyalty, and it has no intention of harming anyone.”

The tall old eunuch with white brows and hair was instantly horrified, knelt down on one knee, and said in a panic, "Your Highness! What a pickled old servant, this Fang Yuxi is the chance for Your Highness, it is a rare pure treasure in the world, and it can even carry folks Incense, how can the two be compared, Your Highness is trying to force the old slave to death!"

The boy surnamed Gao, who was born in the noble family of Tianhuang, had a stiff face.

The girl seemed a little impatient, and laughed sarcastically: "The frog at the bottom of the well, but everyone likes to treasure it. Take that Fang Yuxi back. I have always liked the saying that a gentleman does not take people's favor."

The girl acted neatly, turned around and left.

The brocade-clothed young man was relieved, "Get up, Grandpa Wu, it's a shame to kneel. I, the twelve Da Diao Temple of the Great Sui Dynasty, only kneel on emperors. If this is seen by the officials of the Sixth Division or the Ministry of Rites, they will come out and talk about it. , both of us are going to be unlucky. Come on, this trip to the small town, thanks to the protection of my ancestors, has been successfully completed, we will not have any troubles, leave this place quickly, and after we meet our own people outside, we must not take it lightly. I know that there are six pillar states in the Dali Dynasty, of which Yuan and Cao are opposing camps, but it is very unfortunate that these two pillars of the Dali Dynasty have an inseparable hatred with our Da Sui Gao clan. Grandpa, you have an accident here and your combat power is damaged, it is difficult for me to return to Da Sui safe and sound."

The old man nodded and stood up slowly, "Old slave knows the seriousness of the matter, and it is urgent."

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

There was a breeze blowing around the brocade-clothed youth, and the hair on the temples and the sleeves of the brocade-clothed robe were blown away.

It turned out that the old man who was in power in the Great Sui Dynasty by his side never let go of the girl's mind at all. At this time, he had already rushed away, and the first three steps stepped heavily on the ground in the alley. , At the fourth step, the old man had already jumped high and punched the girl's back vest.

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

The tall old man slaughtered with the force of the top, and slammed a punch on the blade. The back of his hand was only cut with a bloodstain by the sharp edge. After the old eunuch slammed his feet to the ground, he continued to charge forward, pushing until The girl with the knife kept going backwards, and the old man immediately stretched out a palm, seemingly slowly and calmly, but in fact it was pushed against the girl's forehead like lightning. He moved his footsteps, his body shifted a foot laterally, and with a thud, he looked down and saw that a sharp weapon penetrated his right chest from the back, the tip of a sword.

The old man's expression remained the same, his fingers clasped the tip of the sword and pushed it back.

The sharp flying sword that came here following the girl's intention was pushed out of his chest abruptly.

Because of being blocked by the flying sword, the old eunuch not only failed to smash the girl's head with one palm, but the girl whose body flew out and fell in the alley took this opportunity to breathe, and after getting up, she was as vigorous as a civet cat, and quickly went from one to the other. Alleys and forks disappeared.

The young man's face was terrifyingly gloomy, his fists were clenched, his aura was full of anger, and he said with anger: "The imperial eunuch is in charge of the imperial horse, Wu Yue and Wu Diao Temple! Why don't you listen to my suggestion and insist on being so partial to the executive? In a small town, Wu Diao Temple is the most invincible in the world? Obviously we made mistakes first, and she was not aggressive afterward, and she was already willing to settle things down, why are you so vicious, it is simply deceiving people too much!"

The old eunuch looked away from the direction where the girl escaped from the alley, turned around and walked back, with a straight waist, making him more and more imposing.The old man slowly walked back step by step, as if stepping heavily on his heart.

The young man felt the suffocating power and was oppressed by a minion. He was even more angry, his eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Wu Diao Temple, Royal Horse Supervisor, you are a capital crime!"

The old eunuch said indifferently: "His Royal Highness, the death penalty must be decided by Your Majesty. From our family's point of view, the safety of His Highness is the most important thing in the mountains, and it is placed in the most important position, and the existence of the small town girl itself is in our family. It seems that it has become a pressing need, so if we really want everything to be fine, we can only feel at ease when we kill her, and when she dies."

Seeing the uncontrollable anger in the young man's eyes, the old eunuch sighed and said softly, "After serving in the imperial palace for more than [-] years, our family has seen too many intrigue, bloody, non-sticky ones. Bloody, countless, our family really doesn’t have the slightest confidence in people’s hearts. Just the assassination incidents on the way to escort, big or small, our family can’t solve more than [-] cases with our own hands. Your Highness, the insidious cunning of those assassins , is absolutely beyond imagination, especially some mad dead soldiers, it is simply unreasonable, just take the masked killer and the girl with the hood..."

The young man in brocade clothes pointed at the indifferent old eunuch, angrily accused: "Shut up! You old eunuch! I don't want to listen to your nonsense! I am only sure that you have ruined my meticulous wooing. Know how talented and amazing the girl who can control the flying sword is! Even if she is placed among the practitioners on the mountain, she is also the top 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 20 years, and she can become the most powerful assassin in the shadow behind me! You are a land fairy, a martial arts master! Grandmaster, what is it?! The result? I am Gao Zhen, the future prince of the Sui Dynasty! I am the master of you, the old eunuch Wu!"

It is very strange that the old eunuch who has experienced vicissitudes of life, not only was not annoyed by the "old eunuch", but his eyes became more and more relieved. When the boy finished venting, he finally stopped scolding the street. The old man looked at the breathless boy and said with a smile: "Your Highness, Although you may have never experienced some things personally, so you don't know the world is treacherous and people are sinister, but Your Highness has done something very well, and you have the style of His Majesty back then."

The atmosphere is awkward.

After Gao Zhen calmed down, he should have realized that he was very wrong. Before he was appointed as the prince, he was so disrespectful to an old man who was the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse and one of the three gatekeepers of the Great Sui Palace. And the key point is that this person has won the trust of the father, the queen and the queen, so the prince Gao Zhen opened his mouth, but saw the powerful eunuch who was scolded by him as an old eunuch, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, remember one thing, don't talk to me. It's not necessary for the servant to say sorry casually, and he has violated his identity in vain, and the servant may not appreciate it. Even if you feel guilty, you should bury it deep in your heart. Tianxian's Ninth Five-Year Honor..."

Gao Zhen said, "Grandpa Wu, in my current capacity, it's too early to say this."

The old eunuch's body suddenly became tense, as if facing a big enemy, he pulled the young man in brocade clothes behind him, and the old man looked at the corpse of the masked killer.

A slender middle-aged scholar suddenly appeared at the end of the alley, walked in slowly, came to the killer's corpse, crouched down, took off his hijab, and saw only a strange face, without eyebrows, cut off. Nose, face lettering.

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

The Confucian scholar was silent, and as expected, he had planned it a long time ago. I am afraid that this plan should start from the Confucian Temple.

Gao Zhen's eyes were fiery, he walked out from behind the old eunuch, bent down and bowed, no matter how he saluted, then raised his head and asked respectfully, "Is it Mr. Qi from Shanya Academy?"

The scholar stood up and said to Gao Zhen, "If you hadn't taken the lead in taking a big chance, the two of you wouldn't be able to leave so easily today."

Outsiders fight each other in the small 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 small town, they will inevitably be expelled. There is an obvious "loophole" that allows people to make up for it. The reason why the three groups including Gao Zhen all carry a "retainer" is precisely because of this, they have prepared for the worst, so that they can be launched at a critical moment to be a scapegoat. , otherwise it is just a quota, it will consume half of the savings of the Emperor Gao's internal treasury, or at least it is the private money of a grand emperor and His Majesty. , so who is willing to be such a big head for no reason?

In fact, the popular point is to spend money to eliminate disasters.

It's just that the expenses here can't be described as emptying a mountain of gold and silver. The so-called big money in the secular market is simply child's play.

Gao Zhen, who was ordered to be expelled, continued to say to himself: "Mr. Qi, if there is a chance in the future, can you come to my Da Sui Academy to give lectures? My Da Sui is willing to specially serve the gentleman and hold the 'national teacher' in vacant position!"

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

If he can really persuade this scholar to make suggestions for the Da Sui Gao clan in the future, the Da Sui Emperor will definitely be happy.

The Confucian smiled, but did not answer.

The old eunuch treated the girl in the veiled hat who met by chance, killing decisively and ruthlessly, at this time facing this Dinghai Shenzhen

Mr. Qi from the Cliff Academy showed another extreme posture, bowed his head and clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Qi, you are bothering me so much, I still look at Haihan. It is really helpless to attack a junior just now. I hope you will understand our family's actions." The painstaking efforts of the servants of the Gao family."

Qi Jingchun waved his sleeves, "Leave quickly."

Gao Zhen and the old eunuch had to say goodbye and leave, just taking the route of the girl with the veil to retreat.

The boy asked in a low voice, "She died?"

The old eunuch shook his head and said, "I'm sure her life won't be long. Feijian is just letting her live a little longer, but it won't help."

The young man hesitated for a moment, and asked curiously, "When did Grandpa Wu see that she controls the flying sword, in fact, it is far less relaxed and comfortable than it seems on the surface?"

The old man said, "It's too late, her early wisdom has been missed."

The young man was surprised.

The old eunuch took the boy out of the original alley and said softly, "My family asks Your Highness a question. After seeing the rare objects of the world's rich, noble and luxurious, His Highness will still be interested in ordinary porcelain in the town?"

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

The old eunuch nodded and said, "That's the reason. When Yu Jian killed the girl, her heart was as calm as water, and she was extremely calm and calm, just like... ordinary people eat, drink and Lazar. And after realizing my true martial arts cultivation, she was decisive. Give up the idea of ​​fighting, especially because I am afraid that I will see through her sternness and deliberately take the initiative to provoke us. Her real intention is to find a step for each side, and she is afraid that our family has murderous intentions and would rather kill by mistake. She is willing to be misplaced and eradicate her roots, so she has to break the game. Of course, it turns out that she did not do well. But in the end, it is not easy to have such a mind at a young age. But the more so, once the tiger returns to the mountain, Let it thrive, the greater the threat to His Royal Highness in the future."

The old man sighed: "Young girls are in high spirits. If they kill people with blood, or die generously, it's not surprising to our family, but after thinking about it slowly, it's not surprising to die calmly, or to kill Hu Ripple who can't afford the slightest bit of heart. , it is very abnormal. It can even be said that this temperament can only be honed by experience, and it has nothing to do with a person's talent or aptitude. Whether it is a monk or a warrior, many geniuses die young because of their short temperament. The board is too obvious, and it is easy to do bad things when there are ups and downs.”

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

The old eunuch joked half-truth: "His Royal Highness, if such a person's life or death, he has to sigh once, then when His Highness really stands on the top of the mountain, he should be very busy."

The boy smiled and said, "I don't believe it."

The old eunuch said suddenly: "I wonder if it's an illusion, our family feels that Mr. Qi, who is full of cultivation, seems to have a big problem."

The prince of the Great Sui Dynasty said indifferently: "Anyway, as long as you can get this 'Dragon Gate' seal, you will be done. How can you think that this valuable seal has become a small addition to a big business? So it's time for us to accept it when we see it. When I talk about that golden carp, I can't help but think of the boy with straw sandals..."

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, the only sound is the sound of the wheels.

There is a young Taoist priest with a lotus crown on his head. He stopped doing business early this morning. He was pushing a cart. After returning to his residence, he thought about tidying up and hurriedly returning to his home. Whoever gets involved in this mess will go to the stove.

A slender man in black suddenly walked out from the fork of the east-west alley. Finally, he leaned his back against the wall and moved slowly. He crossed the hood with one hand to reveal the veil, covered his mouth with force, and pointed with the other hand. Young Taoist.

The young Taoist hurriedly bowed his head and said silently: "I can't see... I can't see me... Taishang Laojun is in a hurry... Forget it, it's still the Buddha's blessing, and the Bodhisattva manifests..."

When a Taoist priest comes to an end, he does not ask the ancestors of the Three Purities, but instead asks the Buddha to worship the Bodhisattva, which is really outrageous.

Sure enough, the Buddha and Bodhisattva did not seem to be willing to pay attention to the disciples and grandchildren of other disciples. The girl in the hood did not know where the last bit of strength emerged, and she staggered and rushed towards the Taoist. Daoist's ankle.

The young Taoist held his head in his hands, with a miserable look on his face, as if he was looking up and asking the sky: "Such a big karma hit, doesn't it mean that the poor Taoist will engrave the words 'wish for death' on his forehead? Dao has been traveling all over the world these years, eating and sleeping in the open air, trekking through mountains and rivers, and often being bitten by dogs while walking on the street... It's hard work, okay! The Da Sui Gao who fucked your mother, and the old dog surnamed Wu, you wait for the poor, This account has not been 500 years old, so I can't figure it out at all... The poor Taoist cultivation base is so shallow, I really can't afford any heavy burden..."

The young Taoist who had been incoherent lowered his head, only to have no tears streaming down his face, "Little girl, please show mercy and let Pindao go, and when you turn back to Pindao, I will help you find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, with excellent feng shui. There will definitely be a son of Fuze... oh no, the girl is still a big girl, then..."

The girl had completely fainted.

Seeing that no one was around, the young Taoist crouched down and quietly opened the girl's five fingers.

Swish.

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 let go of his hand without showing any signs of expression, his face full of pity, and righteousness said: "If a person is not a plant, how can he not have a heart of compassion? Pindao's life has been beautiful, how can he be the kind of person who sees death and does not save?!"

The young Taoist sat cross-legged, his handsome face almost crumpled into a ball, "Where to send it next, it's also troublesome."

The flying sword, which had been three inches from the center of the Taoist's eyebrows, swiftly moved forward one inch.

The Taoist explained patiently: "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 hang her breath for her first. The owner of the house is a bit special. Pindao doesn’t want to save people indiscriminately in order to save people, and then she accidentally delays her cultivation future. This new cause and effect... and the motherfucker makes Pindao want to die for a hundred times..."

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

The Taoist said angrily: "Go one minute early, and your master will be able to walk back one step earlier from the gate of hell. If you go late, everyone will be finished!"

Feijian disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The Taoist whispered angrily: "Lang Youqing and concubine have intentions to become a good man and a beautiful family. You Qi Jingchun, Mr. Qi Da, are better, mess up the mandarin ducks, and don't wipe your butt when you poop!"

The young Taoist held his cheek in one hand, and pinched his fingers in the other to fortune-telling, "Rong Pindao, let's do the math and send you to a small town where you can survive, and the other party won't be destroyed. Let's start with the Lu family... Lu's family. No, it's similar to the Zhao family, and the opportunity is already there, so what about the Song family?"

The Taoist in the alley here has not finished speaking.

All the door gods posted on the doors and gates of the Song family on Fulu Street lost their spirits in an instant, dimmed, and wisps of blue smoke that were invisible to the naked eye rose.

In the depths of the courtyard, a barefoot old man with vicissitudes pushed out the door, stood in the courtyard and jumped his feet and cursed angrily: "Which bastard is murdering my Song family's foundation?! Stand up and fight!"

The young Taoist coughed and said to himself: "The Liu family in Fulu Street looks like a master who can handle things, try it?"

The plaque of the Liu family's family hall, which has been passed down for thousands of years, shattered, and there were shocking cracks.

There was an old woman with a strong voice, hitting the ground heavily with the crutches with a dragon head, "Where is the holy place, can you come out and see?!"

The young Taoist pretended that nothing had happened, "Then what about the Wei family in Taoye Lane? Seeing that your family has accumulated good deeds and virtues, they must be able to bear the cause and effect."

Soon there was an old man who transmitted a voice through a secret technique and roared at the school: "Qi Jingchun! You don't care?! If you can't control it, or don't dare to control it, then get out of the way and give up the position to Ruan Qiong! He's here to clean up this sneaky guy! Or is it all because you, Qi Jingchun, are venting your personal grudges?"

A man was leading people to dig a well by the small stream south of the covered bridge in the town. Standing straight behind, his lips moved slightly towards the north.

It sounded like a thunderous sound, rolling over Fulu Street and Taoye Alley, "Enough! Don't disrespect Mr. Qi, and I, Ruan, will never get involved in town affairs before the Spring Equinox!"

For a time, the world was lonely, and the world was silent.

And the culprit sitting next to the cart in the alley was grabbing the hand of the black-clothed girl, and then threw the emerald locust leaf brought by the flying sword onto her bloody palm.

After the locust leaf touched the wound on the girl's palm, it melted like ice and snow and dissipated in an instant.

The young Taoist sighed with emotion: "Every time I see this situation, I have to feel for this heaven and earth creation..."

After brewing for a long time, the Taoist couldn't come up with words that he was satisfied with.

The young Taoist finally bowed his head and looked at the girl with a slightly radiant complexion, a little embarrassed, "Since the amount of gas you are involved is greater than what the poor Daoist imagined, you can only do the opposite. Above the town, Six hundred families are intertwined, and the atmosphere of this secret realm has been imbued for generations. You have to say that it is easy for a poor man to find a guy who has a lot of spirit, but it is harder to find a poor man than to go to the sky. This is like It is in the hall of the court, looking for a high official, easy, looking for a beggar, how do you ask the poor to find it?"

The young Taoist snorted.

Really found such a poor bastard.

Instead of being surprised at all, he was horrified, closed his eyes, and asked himself.

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

In the end, he folded his hands like a monk and said, "Bless the Buddha, and the Bodhisattva manifests itself. We must let the poor pass through this calamity."

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In Mud Bottle Alley.

The young Taoist bent over and pushed a two-wheeled vehicle, stopped outside a courtyard gate, knocked on the door, and asked, "Is Chen Ping An there?"

On the cart, in the corner, there was a long sword with a snow-white sheath and a flying sword in the sheath.