seven relics

Lian Jiangyue waited for Ma Zun to take a few steps forward, glanced behind him, and said, "You're the only one today?"

Ma Zun's right hand was clasped on a cloth belt tied obliquely to his body, and he spat out in a bad tone: "I'm enough alone!"

Qian Baisui recognized him at this time, thinking of Lian Jiangyue fighting against four in the noodle shop, he looked at Ma Zun and said, "Brother, listen to the old man's advice, I'm afraid you can't hurt this guy with your skills. I pity my brother a little bit."

Ma Zun glanced at the past, and said to Qian Baisui: "Old man, please go and stay outside, swords have no eyes."

But Qian Baisui sat down by the stone trough, looking like he was watching a good show, and persuaded him: "A sword has no eyes, but a person has a measure. This is someone else's house, and we are all working here. It's not good to kill someone."

Ma Zun sneered, and said coldly, "I want him to go back and make amends. I won't kill him. If I wanted to kill him, he would have died earlier."

Qian Baisui scratched his cheek, and said with a little embarrassment: "This is not for you." He aimed at Lian Jiangyue.Lian Jiangyue nodded again and again, laughing, Ma Zun was a little embarrassed, blushed, untied the cloth belt, held the handle of the big knife behind him with his backhand, flicked his fingers lightly, and the big knife turned 180 degrees Suddenly, the wind was rustling, and the tip of the knife pointed straight at the ground.Ma Zun raised his chest, raised his head and glared at Lian Jiangyue: "I heard that your broken right hand can still grow back, I want to see it!"

After saying that, he swung his broadsword and slashed at Lian Jiangyue's right arm.With YUタXI.

Ma Zunshi's knife Lian Jiangyue had seen it in Bian's workshop. The handle of the knife was much longer than that of ordinary steel knives. It was about as long as an arm of a human being. It was as thin as a long stick. There are nine golden rings, one is for the sake of beauty, and the other is to show the skill of the swordsman - when the peerless swordsman wields the golden ring sword, the golden rings will move with it, but they will not collide with each other. Make any noise.Ma Zun had specially asked Bian Rugou to strike this knife in order to perform horse-riding sword skills at the horse race meeting held in his hometown. He is good at fast fists, and his hands are strong and sharp. This light and light sword can make him as fast as lightning His boxing skills are integrated into the knife skills.

Lian Jiangyue still remembered that when Ma Zun tried the knife in the bamboo forest dojo, there were only silver snakes flying around in front of him, and his naked eyes couldn't catch the knife in Ma Zun's hand at all.But now, Lian Jiangyue saw Ma Zun's every move and his big knife very clearly. Although Ma Zun said he wanted to cut off his right arm, he really ran towards him with dazzling knife skills. The right hand came, but the knife reached half an inch in front of Lian Jiangyue, but the golden rings on the knife were all tilted to the left, indicating that the person using the knife was secretly pulling his strength and was ready to change the direction of the blade at any time. To chop off his left side.Seeing Ma Zun's scheming, Lian Jiangyue deliberately teased him, and stretched her right hand to her left chest. Ma Zun's knife landed on this position, and when she heard a "bang", Ma Zun's big knife slashed. On Lian Jiangyue's right arm.Lian Jiangyue's coat was torn open, and black sparks splashed everywhere.Ma Zun was amazed and surprised, Lian Jiangyue's right hand looked ordinary, as if he was wearing a black glove, and his big knife was a peerless weapon, with this knife, let alone human flesh and blood, the steel bars were all gone It can be cut in half, but his right hand is intact!Not even a cut mark can be seen.

Ma Zun was overwhelmed with doubts, and the movements of his hands stopped for a moment.Lian Jiangyue pushed his knife away with a smile and said: "Don't you want to try my right hand? Have you seen it now? My right hand is not the right hand of ordinary people. It was indeed broken. It became like this."

Ma Zun received the saber, but did not withdraw it. He twisted his wrist and slashed towards Lian Jiangyue's right hand, saying, "Where did you get the body armor? Or did you put on some prosthetic limb? Where's your sword? Why don't you show your sword!"

This Ma Zun was full of murderous aura, and drew out Lian Jiangyue's killing intent a little bit. He glanced at his own shadow on the wall and thought: Since he wants me to get out of the sheath, then I should get out of the sheath, and kill him as a piece of armor. Keep!In the past few days, I was worried that I didn't have time to try the sword, but he was lucky and sent it to my door.

Thinking of this, his shadow held a black sword again.Lian Jiangyue was very happy, she touched the black sword on the wall, and the black sword was unsheathed, overflowing with hostility.Qian Baisui rubbed his palms beside him, and said in a daze, "I've never seen it before, I've never seen it before!"

Ma Zun rubbed his eyes vigorously, at first he really didn't see any sword hanging on the wall, could it be that he pulled it out from the shadow?How can this be!

But he couldn't find a better explanation, it was really weird, and there was a chilling and chilling aura in this weirdness——when the black sword was unsheathed, the scorching winery instantly became like an ice cellar, a dark place That might be the case with the underworld.Ma Zun realized that in this battle, he might die. Thinking of this, he shuddered and couldn't help but clenched the handle of the knife. He was a little scared, who wouldn't be afraid of death?But if he wants to throw away his armor and take off his armor, he can't do it, so he can only go up against it!And he also wanted to see what Lian Jiangyue's right hand was and what it could do.He rushed towards Lian Jiangyue again, this time, he really wanted to cut off his right hand.

Lian Jiangyue's horizontal sword blocked, pulled out another sword flower, and opened the big sword.Although he had never practiced swordsmanship, he often watched sword dances in the mountains at Bian's house, and saw many swordsmen practice swords in the bamboo forest dojo.And Ma Zun obviously came running towards his right hand, his purpose was too clear, so it was very easy to defend and counterattack.After a few rounds, Lian Jiangyue pressed Ma Zun's knife under the sword. He became a little bored, and glanced at the bowl of mutton in Qian Baisui's hand from the corner of his eyes, and said, "I'm hungry, and I really want to eat supper. , you can't beat me, you go."

This remark sounded contemptuous to Ma Zun. He was neither convinced nor full of doubts. Lian Jiangyue had been weak since she was a child, how did she achieve her current abilities?Could it be that the stories he told He Xiaoshu were true?A very powerful master is lurking in his shadow right now?

How is this possible?It is already a fantasy that a sword is hidden in the shadow of a person, but there is still a person hiding?This is absolutely impossible, there must be some kind of cover-up!He insisted on studying Lian Jiangyue's swordsmanship and martial arts today!Ma Zun gritted his teeth, determined to fight bloody to the end, let go of his sword, and threw himself at Lian Jiangyue with his bare hands.Lian Jiangyue raised her eyebrows, threw the black sword into the wall, and just used her hand to catch his punch.As soon as his right hand touched Ma Zun's arm, a punch poured in. He habitually wanted to expel this punch, so he wanted to touch the wall behind him with his left hand, but when the punch was passed by his left hand , Lian Jiangyue thought about it, in the past it was his body that couldn't bear the consumption of internal energy, but now he is no longer what he used to be, why not try to punch out all the punching power that has entered his body?

So, he clenched his left hand into a fist, aimed at Ma Zun's right waist, and punched out.The punch was so fast that Ma Zun couldn't dodge in time, and fell to the ground.His right hand trembled, his eyes lost focus for a moment, he covered his waist, he couldn't believe it, and muttered: "This right hand is so cold...it's not like a human hand, it's like a stone, like a stone..."

At this time, sister Qiu's voice came from outside: "What kind of voice is this?"

Ma Zun turned his head and saw this unfamiliar woman about to come in. He heard her footsteps were heavy and her breath was turbid. She didn't look like a martial arts practitioner. In addition, if he continued to entangle with Lian Jiangyue, maybe he would wait a while I really want to leave but I can't.He just dodged out and disappeared without a trace.

Sister Qiu entered the winery, looked around and said, "Did someone run out just now?"

Qian Baisui and Lian Jiangyue squatted in front of the stone trough, looked at the wheat in the stone trough, and shook their heads.Lian Jiangyue held the bowl of mutton, ate it with relish, and said, "It's a wild cat, it smells like meat."

Thousands of years also agreed.Sister Qiu walked up to the two dubiously, and looked at Lian Jiangyue's coat: "Why is your clothes torn?"

Lian Jiangyue said: "I was caught by a cat."

Sister Qiu pulled the sleeve that seemed to have been cut open by a sharp weapon, and said, "This cat is really wild," she frowned, "It's already cold, don't eat it, I'll warm it up for you."

Lian Jiangyue handed over the bowl. Sister Qiu wrinkled her nose, looked around, and said, "Why does it have a smell? Did you smell it?"

"It smells like burning wood." Qian Baisui said.

Sister Qiu blinked her eyes and went out without asking any more questions.Until she could no longer hear her footsteps, Qian Baisui asked Lian Jiangyue: "Little brother, can I touch your right hand?"

Lian Jiangyue nodded and stretched out her hand.Qian Baisui touched his dark right hand, frowned, but smiled, and said with a strange expression: "I thought you were wearing some kind of armor like that wild cat, but I didn't expect it to be your real armor." Hand, it feels cool to the touch, like a stone, but..." Qian Baisui put his palm on Lian Jiangyue's right arm, raised his eyes with sharp eyes, looked at him and said, "But there is a faint warmth Feel."

Lian Jiangyue said: "Mr., you are an old man, have you seen such a thing?"

Qian Baisui laughed twice and slapped his trouser leg: "Go! I'll show you a place."

The two of them sneaked out of Bao's house, sprinted through the village, and entered the Fuxi Temple in the east of the village.

The temple is not big, with only two courtyards. There is a main hall in the front yard and a small two-story building in the back yard.At this time, there were three or four lights in the building, the hall was dark, the door was closed, and a wild cat was sitting under the orange tree in the front yard licking its paws.Qian Baisui and Lian Jiangyue tiptoed open the door of the palace, and walked in with a stoop.

The night inside the hall was darker than the night outside, and the moonlight was filtered through the window paper to show a dim blue-gray. Lian Jiangyue could only vaguely discern a wooden statue enshrined in the hall, and a long altar was placed at the foot of the statue. There are two plastic red candles and some flowers and fruits.Digitally printed legends and stories were posted on the walls on the left and right sides of the statue. He saw some words such as "Fuxi", "Gossip", "Network", and "Benefiting the people".

But Qian Baisui didn't want to bring Lian Jiangyue to see Fuxi, who is benefiting the people, he went straight to the back of Fuxi's statue, called Lian Jiangyue over, and said, "Come and see."

Lian Jiangyue passed away.He saw that there was another statue behind the statue of Fuxi, the whole body was pitch black, and because of the thin light, there was no enshrining tablet in front of the statue.He couldn't see clearly, and he didn't know which Da Luo god it was.Qian Baisui said, "Touch it."

Lian Jiangyue stretched out her hand to touch it, and found that the statue was cold, delicate and smooth to the touch, but when the palm of her hand was pressed against it for a little longer, there was a faint warmth coming from the inside of the statue.He retracted his hand, touched his right hand, compared the luster of the statue and his right hand in the dark, and looked at Qian Baisui in surprise: "It and my right hand..."

Qian Baisui said: "Earlier when I saw you fighting with that person, he always raised your right hand, so I kept a close eye on it, and felt like I'd seen the same thing somewhere."

Lian Jiangyue raised her head, chasing the dim light, trying to see the statue more clearly: "What is carved here?"

Qian Baisui opened the back door of the main hall, the moonlight poured in, and the statue's face suddenly became extremely clear.

Lian Jiangyue blurted out: "Pity my hatred."

He always thought that he couldn't remember how Lianwuhan was when he was young, but now he realized—maybe his memory deceived him, or maybe it was because 25 years of separation had formed a thick layer of fog in his mind , blurring the appearance of Lianwuhen - he remembered this young adoptive father.He remembered that he flew over from the grass and brought him a kitten. He remembered that he carried him to pick a persimmon on the treetop. wind.He remembered that he was sitting in a small boat and said to him: "You don't even have a name. Today's moonlight is so beautiful, and the river is so beautiful. If you take my surname, I will call you Lian Jiangyue."

He also said: "From now on, the two of us are no longer without relatives. We have care and companionship in this world. This is a rare fate."

Two lines of hot tears flowed down Lian Jiangyue's face.He wiped his face, not knowing why he was crying, not knowing what he was crying about.He just felt empty, with no hatred in his heart, no regrets about his previous life, and he lost interest in the future life, and everything in the world seemed to have no meaning of existence.His body was empty for a while, and he kept coughing.

At this moment, Qian Baisui patted his back lightly, and asked in a low voice: "Do you know this person?"

He said: "This is the Bacchus statue donated by Bao Wanxiang to the temple."

Lian Jiangyue slowed down and asked, "Who carved this statue? Where did you find the black stone used for the statue? Is this a stone?"

Qian Baisui said: "Bao Wanxiang said that one day a dumb monk came to his house with such a stone. He didn't know where the monk moved it. The stone was so heavy that the monk looked weak. Without wind, the monk wrote on the ground and asked him if he had seen such a person. Bao Wanxiang said that this person found the wine that could make him drunk, and he drank it for ten days and ten nights. He left. The monk listened and was about to leave. Bao Wanxiang stopped him and asked him, what should we do with this stone statue? The monk wrote on the ground. It has been killed, so let it stay here. After writing, a gust of wind blows over , the word is gone, and the monk is also gone.”

Could this monk be the monk of Queer?He once came to Minshi to look for pity and hatred?

"When did this happen?"

"It happened in [-] or [-]. I was out of town at that time, and I came back a few years ago to visit the temple and listen to what others said."

Lian Jiangyue looked up at the statue again. The statue was about two or three meters high, which was about the same height as the pagodas erected in the Que Que Temple.The man on the statue is dressed in commoner clothes, in a standing posture, with a gourd hanging around his waist, and a long sword behind his back. His face is handsome with sword eyebrows and starry eyes.There is vitality in his eyes and a smile on the corner of his mouth. Although it is just a stone statue that does not move, it seems that he can leave at any time with a sword and wander in the world.The unrestrained and unrestrained posture is vivid.

Lian Jiangyue said: "This is my father. I left him for 25 years. When I saw him again, he was almost old and died within a few days."

Qian Baisui took an orange from the altar and handed it to Lian Jiangyue: "Eat it."

He took one himself, peeled it in his hand, ate it, and said with a smile: "The oranges from the orange tree in the temple are sweet."

Lian Jiangyue took the orange and nodded.The two of them ate two oranges in front of the image of pity and hatred, buried the cores under the orange tree, and left.