Tianjie is as moist as a light rain

The rivers and lakes are always very lively, even in the era of the decline of martial arts, there are always many Shuying heroes among the storytellers.

Traveling the world with a sword, willingly obliterating grievances and enmity, young people probably have such a dream in their hearts.As Xuan Tie Ling reappeared in the Jianghu once in a few years, those hesitant and full of ambitions finally ushered in their chance.

Gusu City, the ninth day of September, the martial arts conference.

The Xuantie Token is the token of the leader of the martial arts alliance. Once this order is issued, all sects in the alliance must respond to the order.The last Black Tie Order was five years ago, when the Five Poisons Sect made trouble in the southwest, the leader summoned hundreds of masters from sixteen sects to go to the southwest, fought fiercely for more than a month and defeated the Five Poisons Sect, in addition to killing the leader, he also captured a A blood jade knife, and the purpose of this martial arts conference is to determine the ownership of this knife.

The knife was carved from a whole piece of blood jade, and it was priceless, but the purpose of all the sects coming out was not because of the rareness of the knife, but because of its hidden meaning.

The martial arts leader was injured in a duel with the leader of the Five Poison Sect five years ago. It is said that his health is not as good as before. This martial arts conference, this martial arts conference, is to decide the ownership of the sword, but in fact it is looking for the successor of the leader.

As for the result, the world seems to have reached a conclusion—that precious sword will definitely fall into the hands of the Yanyun faction.

This kind of speculation is not arbitrary. Five years ago, two male and female disciples of the Yanyun Sect fought against Elder Zuo of the Five Poisons Sect, and together they beheaded him under the sword. They were only 15 years old at that time.The previously unknown Yanyun Sect became famous in one fell swoop, and those two disciples even won the reputation of dragons and phoenixes among the people.

But this does not prevent each school from sending out their most proud disciples. Even if they cannot become the leader of the martial arts, this martial arts conference is a good opportunity for the younger generation to make a name for themselves.

Jiangnan, the land of fish and rice, the land of fireworks.There was good wine, good food, and a mournful misty rain.

The rain in the south of the Yangtze River seems to gather the worries of girls. It is as light as smoke and as light as fog, but it seems to have no end and will never stop.

Not too big, the rain thinner than ox hair is like a thin layer of gauze, it will be blown away by the wind, it would be a waste of energy to hold an umbrella; but it is not too small, and after a while, Xiang Yue I felt a few strands of hair stuck to my neck, which was cold, and even squeezed into my collar as I walked.

Before she had time to appreciate the beauty of Jiangnan, she was entangled in the rain and cast a haze on her heart.

After all, the Overlord of Western Chu failed to cross the river, but she actually set foot on the land of Jiangnan, bearing the name of Overlord Villa.

Bawang Villa is located in Taiyuan. It has experienced hundreds of years of ups and downs. It is rumored that it was built by Xiang Yu's descendants. She always has doubts about Xiang Yu, thinking that it must be used by her ancestors to deceive people. The name is too vulgar.

It sounds very much like one of the three teachings and nine streams that the storyteller said was casually crushed by heroes and only showed his name.

But in fact, Bawang Mountain Villa has always been one of the best in martial arts, and the family's Huifeng sword technique is even more difficult to find an opponent in the world.And this is why Xiang Yue feels that she has nothing to do with the Overlord of Western Chu. If her family's martial art is called Overlord's Spear Technique, instead of the flexible and somewhat literary knife technique, she will probably believe more .

Regardless of whether it has anything to do with the Overlord of Western Chu, the successors of Bawang Villa have never insulted this name. There have been five martial arts leaders in total, and the most recent one is Xiang Yue's grandfather, and most of the other children are first-class masters , has accumulated a solid foundation for hundreds of years, even if Bawang Villa does not participate in any martial arts event, it will always show its face.

For the heir of a martial arts family, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity to exercise and accumulate contacts, but it is a kind of torture for Xiang Yue.

Because as the descendant of this century-old martial arts family, she has neither the interest nor the talent to learn martial arts, but she is the only descendant of Bawang Villa. Her father was poisoned and died in the battle five years ago, leaving no other children. , she could have spent her life leisurely and peacefully, so she was pushed to the position of the young master.

This is the first time for her to travel the rivers and lakes as the young master of the Bawang Villa. The old master has refused to accept guests since the death of his son, and his disciples rarely walk around the rivers and lakes. She, the young master, is even more mysterious.

The news that the young owner of Bawang Villa led the elite of his family to the martial arts conference caused a lot of quarrels, and even caused her to be assassinated.

Others said that Bawang Villa came back out of the rivers and lakes this time for the position of martial arts leader, and of course the fewer competitors, the better.

Xiang Yue just wanted to roll her eyes, but no one would believe her even if she told the truth, most likely it would be regarded as a deliberate concealment of her strength, so she and Xiang Ji pretended to be brothers and sisters of merchants for the rest of the journey, while the others pretended to be porters, Concealed his identity all the way over.

Xiang Ji was an orphan adopted by the old owner. His original surname was Fan, but he changed his surname only when he entered the Xiang family. At first, he was embarrassed for a long time because of the collision with the so-called ancestor.Although he is only one year older than Xiang Yue, he is her uncle in terms of seniority.Unlike Xiang Yue, he has excellent bones, and he has already learned the essence of the Xiang family's Huifeng sword technique before he was a weak crown. If he hadn't been guarded by him, Xiang Yue might not be able to walk ten miles away from the villa.

The old man often praised him for being able to carry forward the Huifeng knife technique, and it was he who was going to participate in the martial arts conference this time. Xiang Yue was just kicked out by her grandfather to learn more.

"It would be even better if I could choose a grandson-in-law who is extremely talented." Before leaving, the old man warned so fiercely. Thinking of this, Xiang Yue felt very wronged.

——If you want to pick your grandson-in-law, can't you hold a contest to recruit relatives?

Of course, she only dared to think about this in her heart, fearing that her grandfather would really start to do it after she said it, and she would still want to find a chance to go out and travel after the next year, but she didn't want to be trapped at home so early.

Crossing this hill is Gusu City. The mountain road is narrow, and it is impossible to walk in a carriage. In addition to the rain, she can only walk obediently if she is spoiled. Xiang Yu, who was closely behind her, leaned forward immediately after she opened those few strands of hair.

"Master Shao, do you want to hold an umbrella?"

Xiang Ji has a loyal personality, and he always calls Xiang Yue the owner of the young master honestly, and only calls her name when he is in a hurry.

"No need!" Xiang Yue put down her hands, straightened her back more and more as if to prove something, leaving deeper mud marks where she stepped, "It's just drizzle!"

Xiang Ji sighed and retreated with a sad face. If he hadn't been so honest, he would have cursed the fortune teller who was in the way before leaving the city.

In fact, the fortune teller did nothing wrong. Before Xiang Yue left the city, he happened to meet the gentleman who set up a stall, so he lost the divination money and asked him to calculate his own fortune, but he really figured out something.

——Fearing catastrophe, you need to prepare enough rain gear to avoid it.

The fortune teller stroked his beard and said this under the scorching sun, and Xiang Yue immediately concluded that the old man was talking nonsense.

As a result, it really started to rain halfway, but Xiang Yue refused to hold an umbrella. The twenty or so people in the company were all skilled in martial arts. Not to mention the light rain, even if it was a flood, they would not care too much, so no one said What.

Only Xiang Yu, who grew up with her, was worried about her body, and tried to persuade her from time to time, but the young master had already made up his mind, and he would not be moved by whatever he said.

Xiang Ji thought she was losing face, so he could only ask his ancestors to bless his young owner from catching the cold. How could he know that Xiang Yue was wishing that he would fall ill, and it would be best to be in a coma for ten or a half days, and wait until the martial arts conference was over. Wake up again.

Although she succumbed to the majesty of the old man, she was always unwilling. If she had the chance, she would have run away long ago.

Unknowingly, the soles of the shoes have been rubbed with a thick layer of mud, and the insides of the shoes are soaked in water. It seems that water can be squeezed out every step of the way. Xiang Yue's mood becomes more and more gloomy. God seems to feel her mood. The time was much longer, and it was pouring rain in an instant.

Now she finally began to regret it, the pouring raindrops hit her eyes hard, the wet clothes were tightly attached to her body, and even her steps became a lot heavier.

Then she sneezed.

Xiang Ji finally couldn't take it anymore, and showed the dignity of his elders, and ordered the group to find a place to shelter from the rain. The others had deep inner strength, and he knew how much his young owner weighed. Not to hold him accountable.

So Xiang Yue could only let himself be taken away from the original road. The rain was so heavy that he couldn't even walk steadily, and he had a feeling of difficulty breathing.

The suspension bridge that can go down the mountain just got farther and farther away from her.

If she listened to the fortune teller and held up her umbrella properly, she would probably have crossed the bridge and would be able to reach Gusu City in a short time.

In a daze, she didn't know how long she had been dragged. When she woke up, she found herself in a cave, and she didn't know how Xiang Ji and the others found it.

The inside was not very big, barely enough for everyone to squeeze in, and a fire was lit in the middle, which just happened to keep a group of people, mainly their Young Master, from the cold.

The luggage was wrapped in oilcloth, so it didn't get wet. Xiang Ji took out one of them and handed it to Xiang Yue, who was drenched and shivering, and motioned her to change clothes.

He was planning to get everyone else out to leave the space for Xiang Yue, but he was stopped.

Xiang Yue pointed to the back. It turned out that the cave was not as big as they had seen, and there was still some space in the second half, but it was blocked by a huge rock, leaving a gap just enough for one person to enter and exit. It was in the innermost part of the cave, and the light It's hard to spot in the dark, and Xiang Yue accidentally caught a glimpse when he was walking around in large numbers.

"You guys just rest here." She ordered and squeezed sideways behind the boulder.

The sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes don't stick to trifles, even if they are blocked by stones, they will not be out of order.

The inside was bigger than Xiang Yue imagined, and there were some vines and weeds piled up, but the smell was not very good, probably because of poor ventilation, and there was a stench. She quickly changed her clothes by taking advantage of the weak light from outside. , After taking off the wet clothes, she became much more relaxed. She flicked her sleeves and was about to go out, but kicked something when she lifted her foot.

A little squishy, ​​not like a stone, not like a plant.

She lowered her head, squinted her eyes and looked around her feet. When her eyes got used to the darkness, she finally saw what she had kicked.

That's a pair of feet.

The next moment, Xiang Yu, who was guarding the entrance, heard a scream.

Earth-shattering and deafening.

Xiang Yue went to the capital with his parents when he was young, and he acquired a lot of elegant temperament there. For example, his hair is always neat and tidy. With a dignified posture, even when it was raining just now, it didn't look indecent at all.

This is not common in a martial arts family, only the lady of the official family is like this, but this time she escaped from behind the rocks by rolling and crawling. Trembling for a long time speechless.

"What's the matter?" Xiang Ji supported her to stand up with one hand, and drew out the knife with the other hand, and the other subordinates did the same. The bright light of the knife instantly cast a chill in the cave.

Feeling the coldness of the blade, Xiang Yue seemed to calm down a little. She took a deep breath and stabilized her finger pointing behind the gap.

"There seems to be someone inside..." After squeezing out these words, she took a deep breath, and then said two words softly, "Dead."

She has never been in contact with beatings and killings in the Jianghu. The most serious injury she has ever seen is just a bruise and sprain caused by a disciple in the sect during practice. Although she has experienced an assassination, Xiang Ji took care of the killer before she knew it. .

Seeing a pair of lifeless feet suddenly in the dark cave, it is no wonder that she panicked.

Xiang Ji comforted her in a low voice, asked the two best martial arts men to protect her, and then carefully squeezed behind the rock with a knife.

Afterwards, after a moment of silence, there was the sound of rustling grass and trees, and then Xiang Ji dragged a corpse out.

Seeing this, Xiang Yue quickly hid at the farthest point, but couldn't help but glanced there curiously, only seeing the hem of the plain fabric and the pair of feet she had kicked earlier.

Those feet were not wearing shoes, they didn't look enough, they were smaller than hers, they were undoubtedly a woman, just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard Xiang Ji's slightly surprised voice.

"She's still alive."

Xiang Yue squeezed over immediately, since she was still alive, she was not afraid.

It was indeed a woman, and she was very young, with no blood on her face.Xiang Yue plucked up the courage to probe her breath, and finally felt relieved after feeling the breath. Although it was very weak, she was indeed alive.

The cloth on her shoulders was a little dark red, which should be blood. Among the accompanying people was Cao Yafu, a physician from the village, who was taking her pulse. He frowned and pondered for a moment, then signaled Xiang Yu to turn her over .

The two bloodstains on the left shoulder and right waist were exposed to everyone's eyes. The disciples of Bawang Villa have always been known for their fortitude, and at this moment they also showed a lot of unbearable color.

Even if you don't understand medical principles, you can see how ruthless the killer is.

"Sword wound, and poisoned." Cao Yafu only took a look at the wound and came to a conclusion.

There was not much bleeding, and the wound was black and blue, which were indeed the symptoms he said.

"Can Mr. Cao cure her?" Xiang Yue was a little nervous, and there was a tremor in her voice. She had heard a lot about Jianghu, but she was still at a loss when she encountered it.

"I can't guarantee it, so I can only give her medicine first, and then I have to find a medical clinic to make a careful diagnosis." Cao Yafu has been practicing medicine for many years and is experienced. He found the medicine bag in his luggage while talking, but he hesitated when choosing the medicine After a while, he looked at Xiang Yue questioningly.

Xiang Yue glanced at him, then at the eye drops, and immediately realized.

"Use the best."

The old owner of the villa is strict, but after all he wants to protect the younger generation. Considering that she and Xiang Ji are still fledglings, even with the protection of the seniors in the village, accidents will inevitably happen, so I prepared a lot of luggage for them. Good medicine, among them is a bottle of plaster that was given to the old village owner by an expert in the Western Regions as a birthday gift many years ago. It is said that it has a good effect on most poisons in the world.

Hearing what the young master said, Cao Yafu immediately took out the bottle of medicine quickly.

Xiang Yue watched nervously as the old doctor cut the girl's back with a knife, and suddenly remembered something and looked at his subordinates.

As expected, everyone stared blankly.

"Turn around!" Although the young owner is not good at martial arts, the occasional burst of momentum is quite true to the old owner. Before she could say it a second time, those guys turned their backs in unison, and then She glared at Xiang Ji again, "Close your eyes too!"

Xiang Ji supported the girl, and he would naturally stare at the wound on her back. He didn't intend to take advantage of the girl, but when he heard what Xiang Yue said, he immediately realized something was wrong, and quickly closed his eyes with a blushing face. The sneering from the other people didn't even bother to reprimand.

After taking the medicine, Xiang Yue found a new set of clothes for the girl to wrap around, and then asked people to continue on their way immediately.

At this time, she was suddenly stopped by Cao Yafu.

"Young master, do you remember what the fortune teller said earlier?" Cao Yafu was careful, and he was much older than them. He had been in the world for a while in his early years. Obviously, the old master sent him not only to be a doctor .

Xiang Yue thought of the words "may there be a catastrophe", and hesitated for a while, after all, the fortune teller did say that the rain was right, and she did come here to avoid the rain because she didn't use rain gear.

She glanced at the doctor who watched her grow up, and saw that his expression was peaceful, and he didn't mean to blame, but there seemed to be a little encouragement in his brows, and the hesitation in her heart disappeared immediately.

"I can't just leave it alone." She said it a little coyly at first, but then she seemed to let go and said with a smile, "I'm not good at martial arts, if I lose my chivalry again, grandpa will really beat me to death."

Bawang Villa has stood for hundreds of years, not only because of martial arts, she was educated like this since she was a child, but being a hero is too far away for her, so she has never had much real sense of it, and now she really understands this truth— — But it’s all about human reasoning.

A group of people braved the rain and arrived at Gusu City before dark. After entering the city, they split into two groups. Xiang Ji and Cao Yafu took the girl to the medical clinic, while Xiang Yue and the rest found an inn to stay.

Xiang Yue originally wanted to follow, but Cao Yafu gave up the idea because she said that she had to rest early to avoid the cold after being drenched in the rain.

Many sects have already arrived in Gusu City, among which Wudang Kongtong's sect has close contacts with Bawang Villa, and no one would be stupid enough to attack her again, so she swaggered to the best inn and felt comfortable. Take a rest overnight.

There is still more than a month before the martial arts conference, which means that she can have fun for a while, but she has no interest for the time being, and runs to the medical clinic every day.

It's the first time saving someone, so the owner of the young village inevitably pays more attention.

On the third day, after wandering around the city, she went to the medical clinic as usual, distributed the snacks she brought to the disciples who were taking care of her, and then sat down on the bedside.

The girl had been sleeping all the time, but her complexion looked much better than before. Cao Yafu also said that she was fine, thanks to the bottle of wound medicine, if it was later, the poison would have killed her.

The venom is snake venom, and the knife wound is from a martial arts practitioner. It is smooth and sharp, and there is almost no difference between the two incisions. It takes more than ten years of skill to use these two knives, but the two knives are actually used to deceive people and kill people. The injury was a palm in the vest.

But it was also because of this palm that the girl's blood was blocked under the serious injury, so the snake venom on the wound did not spread quickly.

Xiang Yue didn't quite understand the reason when he first heard it, and he didn't understand why it was so troublesome. After Cao Yafu explained it, he understood.

——To confuse the public and deceive the public.

Afterwards, she asked a lot of questions in detail, such as the type of knife, the shape of the knife, and what school of martial arts the palm that hurt her came from.

Cao Yafu guessed the first two questions very well.

The snake venom comes from hot and humid areas, and the knife is a plain knife that can be bought in ordinary blacksmith shops.

He is not too clear about the third question. He can only speculate that it is probably pure yang to rigid internal force, but he cannot say exactly who it is or what sect it is.

It seems that we can only wait for the girl to wake up before asking.

Xiang Yue frowned. The matter was much more complicated than she thought. She originally thought it was an ordinary robber who committed the crime, but judging from the current clues, the murderer has strong martial arts and deep internal strength. He is not like a simple person. The meeting was related, and she suddenly hoped that grandpa would be by her side at this time.

——The old man must know something.

At this time, Cao Yafu leaned close to her ear and said a few words, she frowned, thought for a moment and gave the order, and after Cao Yafu left, she continued to look at the girl again.

With a melon-seeded face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and a slightly raised nose, she looks very docile, and because of the injury, she looks very weak and not at all threatening.

If it weren't for the calluses on her hands and the true energy that Cao Yafu said after repeatedly feeling the pulse, she would really regard the other party as a girl from an ordinary family.

She is also a member of the martial arts, and her martial arts are largely superior to her own.After realizing this point, Xiang Yue suddenly felt a little frustrated, and felt that everyone he met when he went out was better than himself.

Just as she was feeling sorry for herself, she suddenly saw the eyelashes of the person on the bed tremble, and then slowly opened his eyes.

She woke up.