The Chen family has a daughter to marry

Chapter 73:

The south of the sand sea is the south, and the north of the sand sea is the north, separated by a vast sandy plain. Since ancient times, the north-south boundary has been this insurmountable natural gap. Rumor has it that in the era when emperors and generals were still prevalent in the world, there were The great country "Wei" has the power to dominate the world by devouring all the small northern countries, but it was destroyed by a sandstorm during the expedition to the southern capital. Since then, the north and the south have been separated by the sand sea.

Northerners are rough and despise southerners for being soft and weak, and joked that "there are no men in the southern capital, they are all daughters' families", while the gentlemen of the south look down on the unruly nature of the northerners. There was a southern writer who openly called the northerners "barbarians", and there was a gap between the two places. It can be seen.

Fortunately, with the collapse of the dynasty, warriors and merchants emerged in the world, crossing the sea of ​​sand and walking the Soviet Canal, the merchants spared no effort to bring about exchanges between the north and the south, and the alienated and indifferent relationship between the north and the south finally eased.

Chen Xiaobaa went out of Suzhou City via Luotuo Town, instead of taking the Su Canal to cross the sea of ​​sand, intending to use this harsh natural danger to block the pursuers of the "flowers, red willows and green", but she never thought that she would have an "indissoluble bond" with the Xie Wang Sect. Then he had to deviate from the planned route and travel northwest to Shen's house.

But in fact, Chen Xiaobaa's original plan was to travel along the Shahai Commercial Road to Chongwu City in the northeast, then take the main road through Dacheng and finally reach the Extreme North Beihan.

Both Chongwu City and Luotuo Town are close to the sandy sea, and they suffer from the oppression of bandits and evil kings. Fortunately, compared to Luotuo Town, which has no room to fight back and can be easily destroyed by destroying the city, Chongwu City has three major sects for protection. There is also an old fairy Wang Shiquan who almost pierced through a thin layer of paper and almost achieved the Grandmaster Realm sits in the city. As long as Mo Youchou, who claims to have stepped into the Grandmaster Realm, does not come, he can keep the city safe.

Wang Shiquan, the owner of the "Whistling Gate", is a white-bearded old man over [-] years old. He is dressed in a clean white robe. Every time he goes out to clean up the villains who cause trouble in the city, they are like immortals. , and the other two sects also convinced themselves that "Wu Xiaomen" was the number one sect in Chongwu City and did not dare to make mistakes.

But only Wang Shiquan knows in his own heart that his martial arts realm is nothing more than a pile of experience in the world and a lot of years, and it is difficult to get to the next level. If you don't get enlightenment, you may never be able to climb to the master realm that martial arts people dream of in this life.

What made the old immortal even more heartbroken was that some time ago, it was rumored that the "Third Miss Shen Xiaobaa" who came out of nowhere from the Shen family was browsing the Shen family's arsenal, and walked in when the strange and terrifying blind assassin assassinated his father Shen Lifang. Immortals have achieved the realm of masters at a young age-there is a kind of pain called "the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead".

Wang Shiquan, who was reserved and reserved, visited Shen's house and begged for a copy or two of secret books. At this moment, Wang Shiquan was retreating in his room. Although he heard that the relationship between the North and the South has become more tense recently, and there is a tendency to explode, the wise and resolute Wang Laoxian remained calm Ziruo told the uneasy people in Chongwu City: "Even if the southerners really go to war, they will go along the Su Canal. Not to mention that the sand sea is the territory of the evil king sect, even the bad weather is enough for the southerners to drink a pot." That’s right, the defeat of the Northern Wei Emperor is the best lesson, how dare those soft and weak southerners walk across the sea of ​​sand and attack Chongwu?”

Wang Shiquan's conclusions are not inexperienced, and he immediately reassured the people of Chongwu City, believing that Chongwu City, which is far away from the Su Canal, will be a paradise for avoiding war. The demon casts his supernatural powers, and the blue sky and the daylight rain down five thunderbolts, which is a great ominous omen.

The three major sects gathered at one place and hadn't discussed any results yet, when they heard that the scouts reported in a panic that a group of no less than a thousand soldiers was approaching Chongwu from the Shahai Commercial Road.

The gates of the city were already closed without an order, and the cavalry in the distance came ahead like a flood of beasts. If it weren't for the fluttering flags, the momentum of this unhurried posture should not be underestimated. The people of Chongwu City would have Be optimistic and treat these black knights as ordinary businessmen who come here to do business.

"It's actually Chongguitang?!" Someone in the Chongwu city tower immediately exclaimed when they noticed the clothes of the visitor. There was an explosion on the tower, and they all wondered what the "first sect" in the world is today. Since then.

The soldiers lined up neatly and solemnly, and the cavalry separated from the center. Then a luxurious carriage drove to the front, and an extremely beautiful woman with luxurious brocade came out. Although she spoke in a delicate voice, it was not difficult to hear that "woman" "It's actually a quirk of men disguised as women!

The "female" squinted at the top of the city, and laughed loudly: "Kaicheng surrenders, or slaughters the city."

The simple words made Chongwu City fall into despair. The man who likes to pretend to be a woman is probably Wu Maner, one of the disciples of Zuo Weng, the master of Chongguitang, but why—why did he come to Chongguitang?Why is this place belonging to the west, and it should belong to the Chongguitang in the north, but it turned to the southerners?

Wang Shiquan strode out, stood at the head of the city, cupped his hands with a shy old face, and said politely: "It's really an honor for the Great Protector to come to Chongwu City in person, but I don't know what misunderstanding there is, why did it come to the point of meeting in arms?"

Wu Man'er was not in a hurry to respond to the old fairy Wang, but took out a mirror from her arms and combed her hair. The woman's posture was obvious, but it was clearly the man's body that really complicated the viewer's heart.

While dressing up, Wu Man'er replied: "I just obey the master's order, and I don't have to ask too much about other things as a disciple. Wang Shiquan, you are only a martial artist who has left the world. I advise you to be more sensible. This is a good word. This kind of thing is worthless compared to human life, do you think this is the truth?"

Wang Shiquan was struggling in his heart. If Kaesong surrendered, he might not have a foothold in the world since then, and he would probably die without peace if he was scolded by his compatriots in the north.

But if you stick to the city, can you hold on to Chongwu without losing it?Once the city gate is broken, the three major sects in the city will have to bite the bullet and fight Chongguitang head-on. Not to mention the number of people is at a disadvantage, but the force of force is far inferior to the Chongguitang of the big sect, and they will be defeated at the first touch It is already a definite number, how to choose now is really a difficult problem.

Seeing Wang Shiquan's hesitation, Wu Man'er pursed her lips into a smile and said leisurely, "If you don't surrender, once you enter the city, my brothers will have a bad temper, and I'm afraid they can't help but slaughter the people in the city. How can you bear it?"

A flash of joy flashed in Wang Shiquan's eyes, obviously he noticed that Wu Man'er came slowly and was not in a hurry to start a battle, and he was definitely unwilling to fight to the death, if he gave enough face to give a step, he would become a ignorant idiot if he didn't appreciate it.

After all, Wang Shiquan is a man in the rivers and lakes, not an unyielding general who was ordered by the emperor to die. If he can save his own life and reputation, this business is a fool.

After pretentious hesitation and sighing, Wang Shiquan threw his sleeves and said "That's it" several times, and ordered to open the city gate and surrender in the name of protecting the people. Chongguitang entered the city without a single soldier. A howl came from outside the city.

The onlookers were puzzled, but Wu Man'er's relaxed expression was full of astonishment. Following the eyes of the crowd, she saw a woman in red with disheveled hair rushing into the city, crying like a madman while running.

Wang Shiquan, who was afraid of offending the nobles of Chongguitang, became furious and ordered more than a dozen disciples to subdue the lunatic. The disciples of the sect who were usually regarded as outstanding martial arts by the people were full of anger and had nowhere to vent their anger. He ruthlessly grabbed the woman's arm, but before touching the skin of the woman in red, he screamed in horror, and inexplicably twisted the bones of his hand in mid-air!

Seeing the horrifying scene, more than a dozen knights gathered around the red-clothed man, unable to move, his skin gradually shriveled amidst the horrified screams, and finally turned into a man and fell to the ground!

Wang Shiquan has been walking in the rivers and lakes for many years, but he has never seen such a strange thing. He retreated involuntarily, and turned his suspicious eyes to Wu Man'er tremblingly.

Wu Man'er's eyes were red, and she jumped out of the carriage, quickly ran to the side of the unknown red-clothed woman, stretched her arms into her arms and patted her on the back, it seemed that they were acquaintances.

The red-clothed woman lowered her head so she couldn't see her face clearly, then leaned close to Wu Man'er's ear and whispered something, Wu Man'er's expression was shocked, apparently hesitating, and then she made up her mind and said with a grim face: "Slaughter the city on the spot, leave no one behind!"

Shouts of killing, howling, shattering, and piercing sounds, the woman in red whose name had been forgotten at about the moment her head was severed looked at the blood and flames in the city and was still weeping unceasingly, looking up at the sky, her expression suddenly became gentle, her fingers bursting into tears into a smile The madman scolded: "Little guy, do you think you can just die?"

My close friend Wu Maner shook her head and smiled wryly. Just now Liu Hongyan whispered in her ear just now—if 10 heads were used to pay homage to Bai Xianchen...would she have no peace in her eyes or peace? in the heart?

On that day, Chongguitang and various sects headed by Nandu "Huahongliulu" joined forces to swindle the gates of Chongwu City and slaughtered the whole city by treachery, which kicked off the bloody prelude to the troubled times in the north and south.

The thousand-year-old temple on Songshan Mountain, walking along the Shipu Mountain Road to the front of the gate with the big plaque engraved with the words "Shaolin Temple" in gold, a young monk is diligently cleaning the fallen leaves on the ground with a broom.

The autumn wind was bleak, and the young man dressed in white fluttering like a fairy did not seem to have a trace of sweat after walking the narrow and long mountain road. He brought a woman with a sword who was panting for a visit, and bowed respectfully and politely to the little monk: "Little master Please inform Abbot Xuansheng that Cheng Qufeng, the abandoned disciple of Wudang, has an important meeting with him, which is a matter of life and death in the world without delay."

The little monk made eleven prostrations, turned around and ran into the temple, and after a while he returned to the mountain gate to bow and salute, and "Cheng Shaoxia" and "Wang Nvxia" were invited to enter.

Maybe the Jianghu people still remember, maybe the Jianghu people have forgotten.

With the sudden collapse of the "No. [-] sect in the world" Wudang Sect, it seems that all Taoist knights have gone to a stranger.

In the chaotic rivers and lakes where justice is becoming less and less clear, people probably can't remember how many heaven's favored men in Wudang possessed peerless martial arts at a young age.

After the defeat of Wudang, some Daoist real people who survived the catastrophe became a mess and looked for a way out, or retreated to the mountains and forests disheartened, or hid in the secular world, or hid in the dark and waited for an opportunity.

The day before, Wang Danxia, ​​who was heading north, was furious to assassinate the leader Wu Man'er after hearing about the inhumane animal behavior of Chongguitang, but was stopped by a handsome man on the way.

Master Chen Xianshi, the suzerain of Wudang, sat down. There were ten people with outstanding martial arts known as "Ten Heroes". Among them, the man surnamed Cheng with outstanding lightness martial arts was named "Cheng Qufeng". In terms of seniority, Wang Danxia should call him "Senior Brother".

On this schedule, Qu Feng brought Wang Danxia to visit the Shaolin Temple, and called on the scattered Wudang sects to return. Together with the major sects of the Northland, they gathered to form the largest rebel army in the history of the North, and launched the first such battle in the world since the dynasty fell Massive campaign.

To everyone's surprise, the Beihan Sword God Pavilion and the Shen family and merchants, who had long been secretly competing with the "Flowers, Willows and Greens" in the southern capital, remained unmoved and did not respond to the southern army's invasion of the north for a long time.

The northern cold wind and snow are piercing, and the vast expanse of white is still deserted. In the Sword God Pavilion, the Bishan Sword God closed his eyes and knelt beside Bai Xianchen, whose soul had disappeared. Heartbroken, or angry and resentful, but no joy, anger, sorrow or joy can be seen.

A silver-white phoenix-patterned sword beside the couch trembled, Jun Yiran pressed the middle two fingers of the sword with his right hand, suppressing the terrifying hostility in it—wait, wait, soon you will be able to cut Take that man's head, he is the one who killed our little master.

Jun Yiran repeated in his heart that the phoenix-patterned sword was called "White Phoenix", and it was the sword of the white-haired fairy in the previous life. At this moment, it was like a wild bull trying to break free from the cage. A blind woman staggering north along the river!

The rags and tattered clothes look like a beggar. The blind woman clenched a fist in one hand and used a cracked wooden stick as a crutch in the other, but was kicked into the river by the vicious rogue in the village.

The big and small boys on the bank with the big ruffians burst out laughing, but saw the blind beggar floating down the river, not panicking or yelling at all, and lost interest in watching, and gathered together Let's continue to talk about the new things in the world from the storyteller in the teahouse.

"Do you know what kind of character Shen Xiaobaa, the third Miss of the Shen family is?"

"She ascended to the realm of a god-like master at a young age. As for the reason... Hehe, this matter has not been widely circulated yet, but I think everyone will know it soon."

After the children's quarrels, the big ruffian talked about the fairy deeds of "Shen Xiaobaa" in a decent manner.

It is said that she traveled northward from the southern capital of Sioux City for the man she loved, and she was the number one infatuated person in the ages.

It is said that she caused the sky thunder in the sand sea, frightened the evil king and taught the bandits to piss off, and protected the camel town well.

It is said that she fought with the powerful assassins sent by the "Flowers, Willows and Greens" in the southern capital in the Shen family, and finally became a sword-controlling immortal in a dangerous situation.

She said that she heard that the people of Mocheng were held hostage by the devil, and they went to Mocheng to fight in person, and finally at Luoyan Pass, they were driven by the sky thunder to blow up the devil's bones.

At the end of the day, Miss Shen San, who has become a fairy, won the beauty back, and slept with the man she loved. Since then, she has never cared about the affairs of the world.

……

The children yearn for it, and they are talking about becoming a hero and god like the third miss of the Shen family, as if as long as they become that kind of person, they will be able to escape the thousands of troubles in the world of mortals.

As the river drifted, the children's conversation gradually faded away. Chen Xiaobaa held the golden core tightly with her left hand and remained motionless as if she was a floating corpse. After an unknown amount of time, she was finally dragged ashore by troublemakers.

"Look, head of the bodyguard, I said she is the boss, but you still don't believe me."

Hearing the voice, it was the Qianlong Escort that Chen Xiaobaa had hired.

Gu Wumei, the little escort who had been favored by Chen Xiaobai's good wine, had a sad expression on his face. He looked at what was going on in front of him, but Chen Xiaobaa, who was blind and had a broken index finger, was speechless. After a long time, he said: "Boss, why do you..."

Chen Xiaobaa's voice was hoarse, her tone was as calm as that of a dead person, and she said, "I don't have any money to give you...you go back..."

The escorts had different expressions, and finally all looked at the little leader Gu Wumei.

There is no need for many battles between heaven and man, Gu Wumei, who took her brother as the first, decisively issued instructions: "The boss has spoken, let's go."

Abandoning the goods and the poor Chen Xiaobaa, Gu Wumei sighed long and hard, and led the bodyguards to drive away cruelly.

Chen Xiaobaa supported the unmanned carriage and tried to get up, but was caught by a big hand.

"Boss, after thinking about it, I think it's better to go with you."

The man's voice was honest and honest. Chen Xiaobaa should not have been surprised after going through the storm, but she was beyond shocked by these words, and said the man's name in surprise: "Wang Tieniu, hurry up, I have no money to hire you."

The simple and honest man named Wang Tieniu scratched his scalp and obviously hesitated for a while, but in the end he helped Chen Xiaobaa to sit in the carriage, jumped onto the coachman's seat and drove the horse forward, with Chen Xiaobaa slightly on his back. She explained shyly: "Boss, don't drive me away, I have clearly seen your distress, if I leave, I will have a bad conscience for the rest of my life."

"conscience?--"

Chen Xiaobaa did not say a word for a long time, but a cold heart that had seen people's hearts repeated in Mocheng, repaying kindness with resentment felt a little bit of warmth in this simple and ordinary words, biting her lip and lowering her head, Chen Xiaobaa seemed to have something hard in her chest The cold thing was slowly melting away, and another warm tear fell from the corner of the eye along the curvature of the cheek.