Northern River Sword

At night, the moon and stars are rare.

This was the second night that everyone gathered in Qiujiazhuang.The secret whistle has been strengthened in the villa. Although it looks calm on the outside, it is actually heavily guarded.Once an outsider breaks in, he will fall into the net of heaven and earth.

The moonlight is like water, and the courtyard is quiet.Qiu Guangcheng burned a burner of incense and played a song "Tamping Clothes" under the moon.Accidents happened one after another in the villa, but Qiu Guangcheng was still able to calm down and play the piano. There was no sign of anxiety in the sound of the piano, and his calm demeanor was really admirable.

After he finished playing a song, someone outside praised him: "Excellent piano skills! I heard that Mr. Qiu is a hermit among celebrities and a villain among gentlemen. Your Excellency specially set up an empty city plan tonight, and it really looks a bit superior!"

Qiu Guangcheng was shocked, and shouted: "Who is it?" He opened the door and went out, and saw a person standing in the shadow under the wall.

The man was dressed in black with a mask on his face.He let go of his hand and pushed a dark whistle out.The dark whistle fell limply to the ground, already knocked unconscious.Several secret sentries outside the wall fell to the ground unconscious.The man smiled and said: "There are nails everywhere in Qiujiazhuang. It took me a little effort to get in, and the owner of Qiuzhuang has been waiting for a long time."

The man's voice was rough and hoarse, very strange.Qiu Guangcheng wanted to call someone, but the man said in a low voice, "I know everything you did back then. If you want to preserve your reputation, follow me. If you dare to be bold, I will announce your good deeds to the public and let you His reputation was ruined and he was cast aside by thousands of people!"

When Qiu Guangcheng was stunned, the man had already walked over the wall.Qiu Guangcheng thought: "Last night, Chief Xue was lured out by such a method, and he came to repeat the same trick tonight. Should I go or not?"

He had changed his mind a few times in an instant, and thought: "Xue Hongliao is young and has very little experience in dealing with enemies, how can he be compared with me. I might as well go meet this thief for a while, and capture him with my own hands. Let Xie Biao and his ilk look at me with admiration."

He grabbed his sword and ran after the man.The figure was ghostly and erratic, floating in front of him like a kite.During Qiu Guangcheng's pursuit, the night wind blew on his face, and doubts gradually arose in his heart: "The defense in the villa was arranged by me personally, and it is extremely tight. Even if this person is very skilled in martial arts, it is difficult for him to get to my residence without disturbing someone." Unless this person is very familiar with the layout of my villa and the placement of secret posts, is this person not an outside thief, but an inside ghost?"

He suddenly shivered, and suddenly realized that the person in front of him might not be the same person who assassinated Xue Hongliao last night.The man in black rushed out of the villa for several miles, and got into a mess of graves.Qiu Guangcheng was on guard in his heart, and secretly said: "If it's an insider, it's probably the person who drugged Xie's family during the day. He's intertwined with each other, and the arrangements are meticulous. If I chase here rashly, I'm afraid I've fallen into his trap!"

When he thought of this, he immediately turned around, only to hear a whistle, and suddenly a dozen people jumped out from all directions.Under the moonlight, everyone's faces were pale and miserable, as if they were ghosts who had just crawled out of the grave.

The crowd surrounded Qiu Guangcheng with swords in their hands, and zombies slowly gathered from all directions.Everyone behaved stiffly and strangely, as if infected with the eerie aura of Luan Graves.The man in black came out and said with a grinning smile, "It's already here, why do you want to leave again?"

Qiu Guangcheng glanced around the crowd and said in his heart: "They pretend to be gods and ghosts like this, they may not be very good at it, so don't be afraid." He clenched his long sword tightly and said, "Who are you, why don't you show your true face?"

The man sneered and said, "The dead don't need to know so much. Now that you have arrived at the mass grave, you can go on your way with peace of mind!"

Everyone screamed and rushed forward.Qiu Guangcheng drew out his Qiushui sword and struck mercilessly.The moonlight was bleak, and the light of the sword also shone coldly.

Qiu Guangcheng's swordsmanship was extremely fast, and the sword light passed by, and the crowd had no room to parry, and they all fell to the ground screaming in pain.Someone saw his fierce swordsmanship, felt fear in his heart, couldn't help but backed away, and said in a trembling voice: "Shaoyang swordsmanship!"

Qiu Guangcheng's long sword suddenly protruded from the back of the man's heart, blood spattered everywhere, making people shudder.

In the blink of an eye, there were more than a dozen corpses in the cemetery.The person who took the lead was shocked, his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, and he couldn't move half a step for a long time.He said in a low voice: "What a ruthless swordsmanship, what a ruthless person... You really have mastered the Shaoyang swordsmanship!"

As soon as he said this, his voice was no longer disguised.Qiu Guangcheng's heart skipped a beat, and he raised his hand to grab the man's face.The man dodged and dodged, Qiu Guangcheng expected so, he cut back with his sword.The sword edge brushed across the mask, and the man leaned back suddenly, kicked his foot, and retreated a foot away.

Qiu Guangcheng turned around and stood with his hands behind his back.As soon as the man stood still, he heard a crack like ice, the mask suddenly split from the middle and fell to the ground, the man's face was revealed, it was Xie Biao!

Qiu Guangcheng sneered and said, "I should have known it was you. What enmity do I have with you? Why are you trying to make things difficult for me?"

Xie Biao said coldly: "You should ask yourself, why do you always have trouble with me!"

Qiu Guangcheng didn't understand what he meant, Xie Biao said angrily: "People like you are not worthy to be called brothers and sisters with me, but now people in the world laugh at my Xie family for falling into your disadvantage. Are you happy?"

Qiu Guangcheng gradually understood what he meant, and Xie Biao said: "I think back when the Xie family was in its prime, I spent a lot of money and was flattered wherever I went. Your family business is an empty shell, you have no money, and your martial arts are commonplace. They are all laughing at you behind your back for being poor. You relied on me to make friends with a lot of status in the Qiying League. Now that you have gained status by relying on a little despicable means, you are proud of yourself. You think you can beat my Xie family The limelight? You are just a foil, my foil for a day, and the foil for the rest of your life!"

At this point, both of them are already dead in the eyes of each other, and they have no scruples about speaking.The years of resentment in my heart are like a raging tide, I wish I could pull the other party into the vortex and drown him alive in the hatred.

Qiu Guangcheng remembered the past and didn't speak for a while.Xie Biao said: "After killing Meng Shuhe, your swordsmanship has improved by leaps and bounds. I suspect that you have swallowed the sword manual all by yourself. Your wealth and status all these years have come from this swordsmanship. Are you not guilty? "

Qiu Guangcheng didn't hide anymore when he reached this point, and said with a smile: "So what, you have nothing to do and just watch others get rich. The more you hate, the more you will be tortured."

Xie Biao said: "I hate you? A joke! You are nothing but a clown in my eyes! If you hadn't blocked my way of making money, I wouldn't bother to deal with you. Escorts are not a good business, and the two of us in the border of Henan I can only live as a family, so I have to wrong you to die."

Qiu Guangcheng thought quickly, and said: "Before killing me, clear yourself of the suspicion first. Xie Laosi, it seems that you have already started to kill. You were the one who poisoned me during the day, right? To kill me, you even kissed me." My son is willing to do it, he is really cruel and ruthless!"

Xie Biao did not deny it, and said frankly: "Since he is my son, he should make some sacrifices for me. After watching the scene during the day, others will naturally think that Xie's family is also a victim. Even if you die tonight, Others will think that the assassin killed you, but they will definitely not suspect me."

Qiu Guangcheng said with a sneer: "The enemy kills everyone and everyone is at risk, but you take advantage of the fire to rob and even blame the enemy. There are so many people in the villa, how did you poison it?"

Xie Biao said: "What's so difficult about this? After talking to Su Ti, Bei Han rushed to the kitchen. One was to ask Su Ti to prove that Bei Han didn't have time to go to the kitchen. The other was to confirm that Su Ti was in Qiujiazhuang, so that after the poisoning He was able to rescue quickly. Ban Dang tricked the cook out to talk, and Bei Han took the opportunity to go in and dispense the medicine. Then Ban Dang went back to kill the cook, but Cook Li was fatally stabbed. He was struggling to call for help, but Ban Dang slashed him on the neck again. , disguised as suicide."

Qiu Guangcheng said: "The cook didn't offend you, aren't you afraid of retribution for killing innocent people like this?"

Xie Biao laughed loudly, pointed at the corpses on the ground and said, "You killed these people, and your sword is still stained with their blood, isn't it too hypocritical for you to say that!"

He suddenly lowered his voice, as if he was listening to something.The bleak wind howled in the mass grave, and the sound of the wind was like a ghost crying.Xie Biao said hoarsely: "Listen, there is a voice saying Qiu Guangcheng...Qiu Guangcheng, you have caused me so much suffering. You killed me, took away my sword manual, and ruined my family. Take your life now... Take your life!"

While he was speaking, there was a clang, and the long sword came out of its sheath, and stabbed at Qiu Guangcheng with it.Qiu Guangcheng had long been on guard against his surprise attack, and Qiu Shuijian stretched out immediately, blocking the move.The two swords met, and Qiu Guangcheng's swordsmanship was swift and fierce, like thunder and lightning.Xie Biao tried his best, but he couldn't resist.In the blink of an eye, the two of them had gone through eighteen moves, and Xie Biao was covered with sword wounds of different depths and lengths, and blood kept oozing out.

Qiu Guangcheng stabbed with his sword, Xie Biao couldn't dodge it, he staggered and fell to the ground.The long sword in Qiu Guangcheng's hand glowed with a cold light, pointing at Xie Biao's throat.Xie Biao was covered in blood and his forehead was covered with cold sweat, but he sneered when he looked at Qiu Guangcheng.He said: "I still underestimated you, you really saved a hand in the competition with me that day, this is your true ability!"

Qiu Guangcheng laughed and said: "You are too clever, do you think I can't really beat you? That day in front of many people, I naturally wouldn't use my real skills. I asked you to do a few tricks, and you thought that with your little bit Can I compete with my skills? I don’t care about you, and you still bring people to trouble me, isn’t it a dead end! I used the Shaoyang swordsmanship just now, and now I don’t have to hide it from you anymore. Because you are already dead."

Xie Biao was in pain all over his body, and his eyes were cold, as if he had accepted his fate.He gasped and said, "I fell into your hands, so there is nothing to say. If you still miss our friendship that we drank blood wine, let me kill myself, and save you from the retribution of betraying your alliance."

After all, Qiu Guangcheng still had some humanity. After a moment of silence, he took a step back, tacitly allowing Xie Biao to do it himself.

Xie Biao thanked him, picked up the long sword, and slowly stood up.He raised his long sword across his neck, and suddenly the sword light flashed, stabbing at Qiu Guangcheng.

Qiu Guangcheng didn't expect Xie Biao to play tricks when he was about to die. He was taken aback, and when he dodged, he was half a step too late. He only felt a pain in his right shoulder and was hit by Xie Biao's sword.The sword pierced so deeply and hard that Qiu Guangcheng's flesh was torn and he was in great pain.Xie Biao succeeded in the sneak attack, laughed loudly, drew out his long sword and said, "If you want to kill me, it's not certain who will die!"

Qiu Guangcheng slapped it out reluctantly, Xie Biao shrank back a few feet, he didn't dare to fight with Qiu Guangcheng again, turned his head and ran quickly.Qiu Guangcheng chased after him with his sword, and pierced Xie Biao's back with a move of meteor chasing the moon.Xie Biao heard the wind coming suddenly, he turned back his sword to block.Qiu Guangcheng's swordsmanship is like a god, he saw the flaw at a glance, broke his sword move, and the long sword suddenly pierced Xie Biao's chest.

Xie Biao shuddered and covered his wound, as if he couldn't believe that Qiu Guangcheng had killed him.There was a gurgling sound in his throat, and he grabbed Qiu Guangcheng tightly with one hand. His hands were covered with blood, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Even if I die... I won't let you go!"

Qiu Guangcheng drew his sword and threw Xie Biao away with a disgusted expression.He said coldly: "You deserve this reward. You are so vicious, you are not a good ghost after death, just wait for reincarnation and enter the animal realm!"

His right shoulder was badly injured by Xie Biao, bleeding profusely.He took out the golden sore medicine from his pocket and was about to apply it, when he suddenly heard the sound of light breathing coming from behind him.