Sealing Sword

In July, there is fire and fallen leaves are flying.

There are many water villages in the south, but the season has passed, and the grand scene of lotus leaves touching the sky is now full of dilapidated sights. Yedu has always been depressed, but today there are visitors for the first time.

The guest was wearing a black cloak, with a hood covering most of his face. Under his feet was a small boat that he got from nowhere, without even a straw shed.

He had been standing here for nearly three hours, from sunset to mid-moon, his feet seemed to have taken root, and he did not move.After a while, a cool wind blew, accompanied by the sound of fallen leaves being trampled on, a man in night clothes walked the grassy path from far to near.

Before he got close, he bowed first and saluted: "The subordinate is late, please wait for a long time, my lord."

"The battle at Jinghanguan is over, and the journey is far away, it's not your fault." The cloaked man waved his hand to signal him to come forward, his voice a little hoarse: "However, it is a big mistake to bring a tail."

The night traveler was shocked when he heard the words. He was inevitably relaxed all the way, but he didn't know when he was followed here.As soon as his mind turned, his internal energy gathered in his ears and eyes, and he heard the sound of no less than ten people sneaking in the wild forest behind him.

"Subordinates should die, please lord..."

"They want to do something. I guess I'll have to send someone into the dog's stomach to find your bones." The cloaked man sneered and turned his head to look, only to see a small boat approaching from far to near, with two people standing on it. One person in a gray robe with hair behind respectfully waits behind, and the other person in white clothes and a jade crown stands on the bow of the boat.

The man in white was holding a long brocade box in both hands, his face was like jade, and his smile was like a breeze: "Xi Wei, I haven't seen you for ten years. Your stature has grown and your temper has grown."

"It's been so many years since a daughter-in-law has become a wife, who hasn't had the time to be unreasonable?" The cloaked man waved his sleeves, and the boat silently paddled across the water. Before the ripples had cleared twice, he had already landed behind the man in white, and pressed his hand back. The gray-robed man was wearing a knife at his waist, and said sarcastically, "Don't use a big knife in front of Guan Gong, or you may hit your own foot."

The gray-robed man shrank his pupils, caught a glimpse of the displeased eyes of the man in white, and slowly let go, his whole body still tense.

"The skills are not bad, but the reaction is not good. He has been with you for so many years, and he has trained such a group..." The cloaker paused, and changed a more euphemistic word: "Embroidered pillow."

The white-clothed man coughed lightly: "Liao Yingwei is mostly a beginner with art, and the commander is only in charge of tasks and punishments. What you said really wronged him."

"Brother Ziyu, you have a lot of things to do every day, so why waste time talking too much?" A gust of wind blew by, and the cool air pierced your bones, which made the voice of the cloaked man even have a hint of chill, "What are you looking for me for?"

"The Lve Shadow Guard found your subordinate at Jinghan Pass, and thought he was the eyes and ears of the remnants of the enemy army." The man in white was not moved by his murderous aura, and explained the ins and outs lightly: "After some follow-up and investigation, I found out that this person is for Commander Lve Ying came here... Although Lve Yingwei is famous all over the world, everyone's identity is secret, let alone the commander? After thinking about it, the only person in this world who can know his identity and pay so much attention to him is you .”

The corner of the mouth under the hood twitched slightly: "Is it disappointing to know that I am still alive and well?"

The man in white shook his head, and stroked the engraved flying heron on the brocade box with his palm: "Maybe it used to be like this, but now...Xiwei, I am very happy to know that you are alive, at least I won't dream of him being angry at me. "

The cloaked man froze, his eyes fell on the brocade box, and his voice became hoarse: "... What do you mean?"

"A month ago, the northern barbarians invaded Jinghan Pass. You must have known about it. Otherwise, you would not have sent people to investigate." The man in white glanced at the night walker surrounded by his subordinates on the pier, and his tone gradually became low. "Jinghan The pass is an important place in the northern border, once the pass is broken, it will be the same as the opening of the country, but the barbarians have planned for a long time, this time..."

"Chu Ziyu, answer my question!" With a wave of his robe sleeves, the hood was lifted by the strong wind, and the cloaked man's true face was exposed in the moonlight. He looked only in his early twenties, with slender eyebrows and almond eyes, and hair like splashed ink. A pair of flamboyant good looks.But he pursed his thin lips into a line, his brows and eyes were slightly narrowed, and he looked like he was about to show his sharpness, extremely aggressive.

The royal family of Great Chu takes the country as their surname. Today, the young man ascends the throne, reforms and reforms, and reorganizes the military, government and people's livelihood.The new law has been gradually implemented, some of the common people scolded and praised it, but even a child with a yellow mouth knows that the emperor who dared to change his ancestor's patriarchal law was surnamed Chu Mingxun, and his style name was Ziyu.

Interrupted by the rudeness, the emperor was neither angry nor angry, and just continued: "The guard died in battle, the battle is urgent, and there are old and unrepentant ministers in the court who wrestled with me, so I ordered Lve Yingwei to go to Jinghan Pass first, ready Do it cheap."

There is a clear distinction between the rivers and lakes and the ruling and opposition parties, the government still keeps a front line on martial arts matters, and chivalrous men do not use martial arts to violate the law, so the delicate relationship between the imperial court and martial arts has been maintained over the years.

But Lve Shadow Guard is an exception.

Since ancient times, dynasties have changed, and there have been countless changes in the country.Da Chu has been passed down for only three generations. Gao Zu started from the army and knew the affairs of the people in detail. After he established the country and ascended the throne, he secretly recruited martial arts masters to form a secret guard and named him "Lie Ying". It has been more than sixty years so far.

The first emperor was soft by nature and was dissatisfied with Lve Yingwei's methods, so he abolished it and abandoned it for a time.But the first thing Jinshang did after ascension to the throne was to restore Lve Ying, recruit spies and killers again, and forge the sharpest knife for himself.

A knife that hangs over his enemy's neck, ready to fall at any moment.

No one knows how many there are, where they are hiding, and no one knows... who they are.

Chu Xun's hand stroking the brocade box became slower and slower, and he said softly: "I asked them to guard the Jinghan Pass regardless of the cost, but I didn't expect the price...

"The barbarians are powerful, and there are spies in the pass secretly passed the song, 170 and eight Lueying guards, and more than half of them were lost in ten days... Finally, when the soldiers approached the city three days ago, he sneaked into the back tent of the barbarians and assassinated the leader Hutar."

Where the heavy army is located, lurking is already extremely thrilling, let alone after assassinating the enemy's commander-in-chief, he was exposed to thousands of troops?

The cold wind rushed into his back like a poisonous snake, and he heard Chu Xun's voice getting softer and softer: "After the war, the Lve Shadow Guards searched every corpse, but unfortunately most of them were too damaged to be recognized..."

"To shut up……"

"In the end, they finally found him. He was nailed to the mountain wall by thousands of arrows. No part of his body was intact, except for the Jinghong knife tightly held in his hand."

"I told you to shut up—"

With a loud shout, the cloaked man slammed his palm at Chu Xun's face, and the gray-robed man hurriedly raised his knife to meet him. The palm collided with the blade, not only was his skin intact, but also made a sharp sound of gold and stone colliding. With his palm down, the four-finger-wide long knife was split in two by his flesh and blood!

The blade was broken, and the palm was still in motion. The Cloaked Man's hand was like an egret splashing water, and he grasped a severed blade between his fingers. But it just landed.

The gray-robed man's eyes froze, and he waved his hand to signal his subordinates on the shore to surround him, but Chu Xun smiled slightly: "Good work, the attainment of this style of 'picking flowers' is no worse than that of Master."

The cloaked man twitched the corner of his mouth: "I don't believe a word you said."

"Yeah, he's always said what he says, but it's a pity...how can you compare with God?" Chu Xun slowly pushed the blade away, raised his hand and threw the brocade box into his arms, "He once said that he would The head on the item is reserved for you to pick it up, but now it has been pierced by thousands of arrows, and the bones were cremated and buried on the spot, leaving only this scarf...I will bring it to you for him.

"Chu Xiwei, all kinds of grievances and grievances in the past are now...all settled."

After saying that, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Chu Xiwei's big acupoint in front of Ru Fengji. Chu Xiwei was in a state of confusion, and was caught off guard by his finger on the shoulder, as if an internal force exploded between the flesh and blood. His face turned pale, and he retreated back to the swaying boat, his fingers holding the brocade box creaked, and his tone was cold, "Thunder."

"You and I come from the same school. I have been with Master day and night for the past ten years. There is no reason why I can't compare to you." Chu Xun stood with his hands behind his back, his face still looking like a gentleman, "The night will be bright, it's time for me to return to the palace I hope that from now on, mountains and rivers will never meet again."

The water splashed and shimmered, the boat went away as silently as when it came, and the hidden guards on the pier disappeared without a trace. The men in night suits flew to one end of the boat and knelt down on one knee, regardless of checking the injuries: I am not good at doing things, please respect the Lord and punish me!"

Chu Xiwei ignored him, holding the brocade box with her left hand, and touched the brass lock with her right hand.His body, which was always as stable as a rock, shook slightly, and his hands were shaking badly. It took him a long time to open the small clasp, and he didn't regain his composure until he saw the black sheathed long knife inside. .

The three-foot-long knife is as wide as two fingers, and the scabbard is black. It is engraved with a swan geese flapping its wings, so lifelike, it seems that it will break free from the copper and iron and fall into the eyes in the next moment.But the blade is as bright as autumn water, as clear as white dew and reeds, and a face as pale as paper is reflected by the moonlight.

Silently, tears streamed down my face.

"I'm crying..." He belatedly wiped his wet face, "I'm actually... still crying."

The tears were roughly wiped away by him, and he pulled the corners of his mouth to laugh, but unfortunately the smile was uglier than crying.

He picked up the knife and laughed softly: "How can you... die? You clearly said that you would save your life for me to fetch... I won't allow it, how dare you die?"

After laughing for a while, he choked again, coughed several times, and murmured: "Master...how are you, are you going to die?"

His subordinates knelt behind him, and naturally they couldn't see what kind of expression their lord was looking at now.

At a loss, like a child who can't find a home.