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No matter, anyone would think that, if someone said that my sister is there, I would also think that." Liu Shichen smiled faintly.

"I'll look for it for you in the future, and you can always find it." Chu Jiangqiu looked at Liu Shichen and nodded.

"Maybe, it's been 12 years, maybe she's no longer alive." Liu Shichen lowered his head and sighed, then raised his head and said to Chu Jiangqiu, "Thank you, Brother Chu."

The author says:

The sword dance mentioned in this article is the sword dance in my imagination. For the actual situation, please refer to Du Fu's "Watching Gongsun Da Niang's Disciple Dance Sword Dance and Preface"

7. Black market

◎Ever since Liu Shichen visited Fengming Pavilion last time, he has basically never gone out, and has been reading a sword manual. Chu Jiangqiu has one or two intentions, but is afraid of this...◎

Since Liu Shichen visited Fengming Pavilion last time, he has basically never gone out, and has been reading a sword manual. Chu Jiangqiu has one or two observations, but he is afraid that this is a unique secret book of the Tianshan School and cannot be passed on to the outside world.

"Bored?" Liu Shichen asked after seeing Chu Jiangqiu wiping his knife for the third time.

"Hmm..." Chu Jiangqiu had to practice a set of saber techniques every day on Mount Qingcheng, but he hadn't had the chance recently, and he always felt itchy all over his body.

"Then come and take a look at the martial arts cheats I bought." Liu Shichen shook the book in his hand, the title "One Sword in the World" on it was particularly eye-catching.

"You bought it? Where?" Chu Jiangqiu was startled.

"At the market yesterday" Liu Shichen's voice came slowly.

"That's unnecessary, you can see for yourself." Kong was overjoyed, and Chu Jiangqiu lowered his head and wiped the knife again.

Chu Jiangqiu saber is the Qinglang Dao. It is said that this sword hides the soul of the wolf king in the prehistoric period. The ancient gods and men used this sword to command a hundred wolves, so it is named Qinglang Dao. Dominate the martial arts with a sword, and sit on the position of the leader of the martial arts.And when Chu Jiangqiu crowned the sword, Chu Jiangqiu's master passed it on to Chu Jiangqiu.

"This knife is good." Liu Shichen glanced at the knife in Chu Jiangqiu's hand, and said lightly.

"That's for sure, this is my teacher..." I had no one to control my mouth, and almost slipped my mouth again, "My family begged a lot of money from a master for this."

"The sword is a good sword, and the person who wields it will definitely be good. I want to see Brother Chu's demeanor some other day." Liu Shichen closed the book in his hand.

"Don't worry, brother, I'll cover you." Chu Jiangqiu put the knife back into its sheath, walked up to Liu Shichen and patted Liu Shichen on the shoulder heavily.

Liu Shichen coughed violently, Chu Jiangqiu's eyes widened, "Isn't it, Brother Liu, are you so weak?"

Liu Shichen's face turned pale, and he said with a sad smile, "It's not strong anyway."

"Then I have to cover you. You are so weak, what if you are beaten, I will give you some internal strength." Chu Jiangqiu said, pulling Liu Shichen up to the bed.

Liu Shichen shook his head and said: "No need, all things that are not oneself can exist for a while, but cannot exist forever, and the gap will only increase."

Chu Jiangqiu thought about it too. After all, this is giving a man a fish. He asked, "Then what are you going to do tonight? I heard that the black market is full of fish and dragons, and it's not peaceful."

Liu Shichen sat back on the chair again, slowly raised his eyes and said, "Brother Chu, don't worry, my senior brother will come here to look for me later, I'll just go with him."

"That's okay, no, you mean you want to separate from us?" Chu Jiangqiu suddenly realized the problem.

"There is always a banquet in the world. Thanks to Brother Chu's care these few days, I have prepared the rent for you. We are destined to see you again." Liu Shichen smiled faintly.

The relationship between Liu Shichen and Hongrui is still unclear, how can he let him go, Chu Jiangqiu had an idea, and saw the peach blossom wine on the table.

"Brother Liu, do you want to take this altar of peach blossom wine?" Chu Jiangqiu raised his eyebrows.

"This altar of wine is not heavy, I can still carry this little thing, not to mention my brother," Liu Shichen said.

"If you don't get this wine until you come back, I will send someone to take care of it for you. The black market is very chaotic. This jar of wine is too eye-catching. If something goes wrong, you can't explain it to your master." Chu Jiangqiu said Searching for all kinds of rhetoric in his stomach, his eyes rolled quickly.

"Okay then, thank you Brother Chu, I will also give you the storage fee later." Liu Shichen let out his frown and let out a sigh of relief.

"No, it's a trivial matter." Chu Jiangqiu laughed.

"Brother Chu, you are truly a righteous man, with a heroic demeanor," Liu Shichen smiled.

When Chu Jiangqiu heard this, he thought to himself: It's over, I'm going to float away again, and why does this person smile so beautifully, not too flamboyant but not vulgar.He didn't dare to stare at Liu Shichen any more, and hurriedly turned his face away.

Liu Shichen glanced at the sky outside, the dark clouds were dark, and the dusk was all around. He turned his head and said to Chu Jiangqiu: "Brother Chu, my senior brother should be arriving soon. I will go ahead and see you in the ghost market."

"Okay." Chu Jiangqiu made a clasping ceremony.

midnight.

"My lord, I want to go with you too," Qiao Mu said in a deep voice while holding the sword.

"No, as long as Qiao Song is with me, you are in charge of taking care of this jar of wine. If there is something wrong with this jar of wine, I will ask you." Chu Jiangqiu waved his hand.

"But the prince sent me to protect you." Qiao Mu stared at Chu Jiangqiu.

"No, with your three-legged cat's kung fu, maybe I'll have to save you then." For the first time, Chu Jiangqiu felt that the servant that the third brother assigned to him was a little troublesome.

"But..." Qiao Mu's eyes were unclear.

"No but, you are my bodyguard now so you have to listen to me." Chu Jiangqiu finally showed a stern look.

"Xiao Mu, you just listen to the young master. I am here, and the young master will be fine." Qiao Song nodded.

Chu Jiangqiu's head was full of black lines: Why do I have to be protected by someone? I'm not Liu Shichen, but I'm a tyrant on Qingcheng Mountain, although I can't be considered a leader.

"Alright then." Qiao Mu finally let go.

"Qiao Song, take all the money with you, let's go." Chu Jiangqiu and Qiao Song put on their bamboo hats and veils and rushed towards Liuli Street in Wubenfang West Market.

Chu Jiangqiu had been here during the day, and the whole street was empty, with no one living in the two rows of houses, the doors and windows were damaged, the wind blew, the paper on the windows made crackling noises, and the door panels were blown away Creak, there are only a few people walking on the street, really worthy of Ghost Street.

But at midnight, it was a different story.From a distance, ten miles away, the lights are brightly lit and the sky is full of noise.

When the day came in, there was no obstacle, but at this moment, two solitary lanterns were lit on both sides of the red gate, swaying in the wind, reflecting the three characters "Life and Death Gate" on the gate. bright.Below, an old woman with a mask stood behind a black counter. There was only one candle on the counter.

"If you want to cross this road, leave the money to buy the road," the old woman kept chanting.

"How much?" Chu Jiangqiu clenched the knife in his hand and walked over.

"One person all the way, ten taels of silver each," the old woman's voice remained unchanged.

Chu Jiangqiu turned his head and nodded towards Qiao Song. Qiao Song stepped forward and threw two ingots of silver on the counter.

"The door of life and death is open, each walk will have its own fate," the old woman said after collecting the money.

Chu Jiangqiu didn't pay attention to the old woman any more. This place was really weird, and he couldn't tell why it was weird, so he quickly bought some medicine and left.

"You said the tickets cost ten taels of silver, and ordinary people can't get in. How can beggars get in?" Chu Jiangqiu said to Qiao Song while walking.

"Ordinary people have three pennies, but beggars don't want money." Qiao Song glanced at Chu Jiangqiu and said slowly.

"Then we..." Chu Jiangqiu immediately stopped, wanting to go back to settle accounts with the old woman.

"Tickets to the ghost market have never been priced, and vary from person to person. There is only a ceiling price of twelve taels," Qiao Song said.

"Then does this old woman see where we come from?" Chu Jiangqiu was covered in cold sweat.

"The ticket is not determined by status, but by what you want." Qiao Song smiled lightly.

"She already knows what we are going to buy?" Another cold sweat broke out, and Chu Jiangqiu felt that his clothes could wring out water.

"Maybe, maybe not." Qiao Song lowered his eyes.

"By the way, how do you know so much?" Chu Jiangqiu looked Qiao Song up and down.

"Young master is on the mountain all year round. It's understandable for you not to know about the affairs in this village, but if we don't know, it would be dereliction of duty." Qiao Song always smiled warmly.

"Then where are we going next?" Chu Jiangqiu looked at Qiao Song.

"I don't know," Qiao Song said after a pause.

"Aren't you the same as me?" Chu Jiangqiu rolled his eyes and Qiao Song walked forward.

As soon as he entered the ghost market, Chu Jiangqiu was dumbfounded, and Qiao Song beside him was also stunned.

I saw that all the houses on both sides were lit up, the moon was covered with frost, the long street was brightly lit, there were many stalls on both sides of the street, and the crowd was bustling, but everyone on the street was wearing masks or veils.

Looking around, there were many Liu Shichens at once. Thinking of this, Chu Jiangqiu burst out laughing.

"My lord, what's the matter with you?" Qiao Song glanced at Chu Jiangqiu.

"It's okay, what do you think so many people are doing in this ghost market? If I'm not wrong, ghost markets are forbidden by the law." Chu Jiangqiu looked at the crowd on both sides.

"The world is bustling, all for profit, all for profit." Before Qiao Song finished speaking, Chu Jiangqiu had disappeared.Qiao Song turned his head and found Chu Jiangqiu at a mask stand. He sighed slightly.

"Master" Qiao Song walked over and patted Chu Jiangqiu on the shoulder.

"Look, how about this mask?" Chu Jiangqiu took a mask and played with it.

"You have bought several masks during the day," Qiao Song said helplessly.

"I know, but I've never bought the style of this ghost mask before. It's so novel, I'm sure my sister will like it," Chu Jiangqiu said with a smile.

"We have business to do, son, don't be playful." Qiao Song lowered his voice.

"I know, I just asked this old man about it, and I made everything clear, and I will leave in a while." Chu Jiangqiu looked at the old man with a smile.

Qiao Song thought he was dazzled, so he rubbed it hard.