After Waking up Beside the Villain

North out of Langguguan is Beimo.

It was summer and autumn in the Central Plains, but the wind was already blowing in the plug, and sporadic snow gradually drifted between the thick pale yellow boundless land and the vast lake blue sky.

The strong wind twisted the gravel and swept it in all directions.Looking at the bright sun in the sky, it is all dusty and dim, desolate and solidified.

In the vast flat sand, under the yellow sky, a caravan of dozens of people is marching forward like a row of tiny ants against the strong wind and fine snow.

"Uncle Chu, Daddy said we are going to Pingyuan Town soon!"

In a carriage in the middle of the caravan, a gap was opened in the door, and a corner of the thick felt curtain was raised. A little girl wrapped in fluff and wearing a tiger hat slipped into the carriage, excitedly saying: .

It was dark inside the car.

A ray of light leaked in from the felt curtain vaguely outlines the many sundries placed around, and the upright figure sitting against the wall of the carriage alongside the sundries.

"Uncle Chu, have you ever been to Pingyuan Town?"

Like a lively cub, the little girl nimbly bypassed the sundries, lay down on the soft long-haired cushion next to the figure, and muttered curiously: "Xiaoqiuer heard Uncle Wen say that here There are so many delicious foods in the town, and there are strange people with golden hair but green eyes...Uncle Chu, have you ever seen such strange people?"

Hearing the movement from around him, Chu Yun, who was meditating cross-legged to recuperate his internal injuries, exhaled and closed his energy, and opened his eyes.

At this time, he is completely different from the cold beauty who disguised himself as a woman when he went to the capital, and the miserable dog on Yanxia Mountain.

He got rid of his shrunken bones and disguised appearance, and returned to his original appearance. He wore dark blue linen clothes, two knives on his waist, and hair tied with wooden branches. With outstanding looks, thrown into the crowd, it is inconspicuous, like water entering the sea.

"Blonde hair and blue eyes, Xiao Qiu'er is talking about people from the Western Regions, Uncle Chu has never seen it before."

Chu Yunsheng looked at the little girl, and said calmly: "Pingyuan Town is the last market town outside the Langgu Pass that Daxia leads to the foreign regions in the northwest. They are all different, and Xiaoqiuer can take a good look at them when the time comes."

The little girl pursed her lips and laughed, dreaming longingly for a while, with a longing expression on her face.

But then, her expression suddenly darkened again, and she became a little sad.

After hesitating for a long time, she whispered, "Uncle Chu, yesterday at Langgu Pass, I heard Uncle Xie and my dad say...that you will be separated from us when you arrive in Pingyuan Town, this...is this true? Really?"

Chu Yunsheng could see the strong reluctance from the little girl's expression.

He sighed slightly in his heart, raised his hand and touched her little head which was tightly covered by the tiger head hat, nodded and said: "It's true. There is always a banquet in the world. If there is a destiny, we will meet each other in the future."

The little girl opened her eyes wide, and there seemed to be water flashing in her eyes, but nothing fell in the end.

She nodded sullenly, pressed her tiger hat, and quickly crawled over the sundries, and got out of the car without a word.

Chu Yunsheng lowered his eyes, and took out two small pendants carved from wood, a short knife and a long sword, from his sleeves.

He raised his hand and hung the pendant on the wooden lattice on the wall of the carriage, counting it as a small gift for the little girl.

Calculating carefully, from the time he and Xie Chengyun were rescued by Qiu's caravan at the foot of Yanxia Mountain, to the time when he and Xie Chengyun entered the northwest with the caravan and came to Lang Guguan, the border area between Daxia and Beimo, he had already spent enough money. More than half a month.

When they were first rescued, Qiu's caravan saw that the two men were armed with sharp weapons, they seemed to have extraordinary martial arts skills, and they were seriously injured. They jumped into the river to survive.

Some people objected to taking the two of them in, fearing that they would cause disputes for no reason, while others felt that judging from the clothes of the two of them, there was nothing extravagant and expensive.

In the end, it was Qiu Changtian, the leader of the Qiu family caravan, who made the decision and temporarily took them in and rescued them.

Walking in the rivers and lakes, if you don't talk about drawing swords to help, don't talk about morality and goodness, but only be kind to yourself and selfish, then you will be no different from evil ways and evil sects.

Afterwards, Xie Chengyun woke up first, and after inquiring about outside news, he had a secret conversation with Qiu Changtian, revealed his identity, and thanked Qiu Changtian for saving his life with a lot of money. Only then did he find a temporary place to stay .

According to Xie Chengyun's plan, the original plan was to leave the caravan and go to Shangjing when the caravan passed near northern Shaanxi.

But in the middle of the journey, the Xie family's Tianying brought news that the Jinling sword furnace was exposed, the government and the public were shocked, and the martial arts was shocked. Wu did the opposite.

However, there was a rumor in the palace that Big Dipper Li Youzhen was going to break out on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month on the Double Ninth Day.

For a time, the undercurrent in Beijing was raging, the attitudes of all parties were vague, and the situation was unclear.

Xie's family advised Xie Chengyun to stay away temporarily and never show up in Beijing.As one of the reasons for detonating this matter, it is definitely not a good thing for him to fall into this vortex at will.

That being the case, Xie Chengyun simply left in no hurry. He and Chu Yunsheng kept their names and followed the caravan all the way north, far away from the Central Plains, and went directly to Beimo.

Sleeping in the mountains at night, meeting horse bandits on the road, sleeping in the wind and the open, and fighting side by side together, after more than half a month of getting along, Chu Yunsheng and Xie Chengyun finally became familiar with everyone in the caravan , Became friends in the rivers and lakes called brothers and sisters.

When resting in Langgu Pass two days ago, although Qiu Changtian didn't reveal it, the people in the Qiu family caravan seemed to have a premonition of the coming of parting.

So before leaving last night, a group of people in the caravan dragged Chu Yunsheng and Xie Chengyun into the busiest tavern in Langguguan.Dozens of plates of big meat were served, hundreds of altars of good wine were opened, boxing and martial arts, laughing and cursing, and the quarrel did not stop until the moon was in the middle of the sky.

When the wine was in full swing, Uncle Wen, whom the little girl was talking about, held Chu Yunsheng and Xie Chengyun for a drink.

The wind and sand were violent outside, the moon was starry and cold, but the small tavern was very lively.

Those who shook their heads thoughtfully, sighed and laughed lightly, those who knocked on wine bowls and jars and booed loudly, those who didn’t know how to applaud and did not forget to persuade them to drink, and those who sneaked their chopsticks into the wine to taste it, and wrinkled their faces after taking a sip Xiaoqiuer.

Pairs of eyes stared at each other, smiling faces lit up, rising heat, rough pottery bowls, Chu Yunsheng and Xie Chengyun were pressed together, ears to ears, sideburns brushing sideburns, shoulders and necks intersecting, arms Wrap around, and swallow the three-money hot wine.

It was just a sip of wine, but when we parted, we were already covered in sweat.

Uncle Wen shouted in a rough voice: "Master, what's the matter with drinking a toast, don't be coy! Little monkey, you and your brother Wang will have one too!"

"Come one! Come one!"

The booing sound broke out again.

Xie Chengyun also knocked on the wine jar, laughed and went to pull the little monkey.

Chu Yunsheng sat down again, feeling the lively atmosphere, raised his hand and poured Xie Chengyun a bowl of wine.

The rivers and lakes are precarious, and you will meet all kinds of people. If you have like-minded people and similar temperaments, you will come along with your nature and become friends together.

And all roads have an end. When this section of the river and lake road comes to an end, it will be the day when we part ways.

Late at night, the tavern closed, and the men with shoulders and backs, and the women who seemed drunk and sober walked out together.

Someone looked up at the full moon in the sky, hummed a low tune with a hoarse voice.

The people behind sang along, and the voices merged into a river. Under the boundless night sky, in the Langgu Pass that was bright all night, there was a lot of sorrow and pride.

When you pass the pass, you can see far away, the desert is solitary, and the frontier fortress is full of wind.

The sky and the earth are big, the human body is small, the mood is momentary and the mood is momentary, the moon is bright now and the moon is clear in ancient times.

They are all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes. After drinking wine and eating meat, they will no longer make all kinds of nostalgia.

It’s just that Xiao Qiu’er is cheerful, good at martial arts, and admires handsome and literary people, so she was very curious about Chu Yunsheng and Xie Chengyun at the beginning. Literacy, practicing some fists, she became closer to the two of them, and she already regarded them as her elders.

Children are the least fond of separation.

Now that parting is approaching, Xiao Qiu'er can hardly accept it.But the rivers and lakes are far away, and it is a hard-won fate to be able to walk together, no matter how much it is, it is unpredictable.

A moment later, the door of the carriage opened again, and Xie Chengyun, who was wearing a black cloak, stooped in, sat cross-legged, and stretched out his hand towards Chu Yunsheng.

Chu Yunsheng turned his wrist over and placed it in Xie Chengyun's palm, allowing him to input his true energy, and check his internal energy sea dantian and meridians all over his body.

In Xie Chengyun's eyes, checking how Chu Yunsheng's injury is recovering has almost become a daily routine like practicing swords.

"The set of exercises you have made yourself is really strange."

Xie Chengyun pressed Chu Yun's pulse door to investigate, and said: "This true energy is mysterious and mysterious, and it has the essence of yin and yang. If it is not for it, you will be injured so badly, no matter how good you recover, eat it and eat it again." The panacea, at best, can only move freely like ordinary people, and I'm afraid it will be useless with all martial arts."

"But right now, except for some hard-to-heal internal injuries, it's almost healed."

After finishing speaking, Xie Chengyun raised his eyes to look at Chu Yunsheng, and loosened his fingers that were pressing on Chu Yunsheng's pulse door. He leaned forward and leaned on Chu Yunsheng's shoulder. The skirt of Chu Yunsheng's side.

Seeing this, Chu Yunsheng helped Xie Chengyun's back and let him lean over. He found a piece of flesh on his shoulder and bit it bitterly.

During this period of time, he has become accustomed to this.

Xie Chengyun's anger and anger often came along with his concern for his injuries.

According to Xie Chengyun's words, just looking at his injuries once, he remembered the palm that he cut off his clothes when he fell off the cliff and swung at him.

He didn't want to get angry and quarrel with Chu Yunsheng, and he didn't want to be so depressed, so every time he came to check on the injury, he would bite Chu Yunsheng to vent his anger, and also left a mark for Chu Yunsheng to improve his memory. To prevent him from doing such dishonest things in the future.

But it was said that it was a hard bite and a long memory, but because of Xie Chengyun's mercy, Chu Yunsheng's shoulders and arms were already bitten all over, but there was still not a single mark left.

There was a brief stabbing pain in the shoulder.

Xie Chengyun's warm, clear and shallow breath was lingering in his ears, ups and downs, lingering and moving.

Chu Yunsheng lowered his eyes to look at him, like looking at a small beast. He became impatient and rushed over to bite his deceitful master, but he was afraid that the master would be seriously injured, so he held his fangs, and carefully touched and rubbed him. Rubbing, at the end, I still felt that it was not enough, so I stuck out a little bit of the tip of my tongue to soothe the bright red scars left by myself.

The waist under the palm seemed to have lost a little more. Chu Yunsheng caressed Xie Chengyun's back, and said in a low voice: "I was wrong. Mr. Xie is very generous, please forgive me."

Xie Chengyun raised his head, pulled Chu Yunsheng's skirts together, shook his head and sighed: "Chu Chu was a cold beauty who only had a cold face and was taciturn, but after getting along with Brother Wen and the others these days, she has become glib."

Suddenly, from the corner of Xie Chengyun's eyes, he saw the small wooden pendant of swords and swords hanging on the wall of the carriage, he paused, and said: "Xiao Qiuer guessed that we are leaving?"

Chu Yunsheng nodded slightly.

Xie Chengyun said in a low voice: "He is a smart and good boy with a good foundation. If there is peace, any sect will have a bright future. But now that the dragon's veins have been cut off, the news of the recasting of the Son of Heaven sword has spread all over the world, shaking the world. , The centuries-old peace of Jianghu has been broken, and the future is really hard to predict."

Speaking of this, Xie Chengyun seemed to think of something again, and said: "By the way, the news brought by Tianying just now, Ningguan and Lin Ce both appeared on the crazy beach thirty miles north of Pingyuan Town three days ago. Fighting, using life and death battles to help the opponent break through the last shackle of Hanshen, and achieve Dingdan."

"Furthermore, Kuangsha Beach is not far from Beimo Sword Tomb. I used to travel around the world, and the only pilgrimage place for swordsmen I have never been to is Beimo Sword Tomb."

"It is said that there is the place where ten thousand swords stand proudly, second only to the sword cave. All swordsmen without sects and sects in the world will come to the sword mound before they die, and bury their swords and kendo together in the sword mound. middle."

"What is different from the sword cave that hides countless famous swords in the world is that the hidden swords in the sword mound not only contain the swords and kendo of these masters, but also many other swords and other ways. Whether it is silent in the small town The nameless blacksmith who has been a blacksmith all his life, still carries a wooden sword on his back, and has never stepped into the threshold of martial arts all his life. He can only chop firewood and hunt day and night. The hunter who lives a mediocre life, as long as you are willing, as long as you can step on that mountain step by step. Sword Tomb, where you can bury your sword."

Chu Yunsheng looked at the yearning look in Xie Chengyun's eyes, and said, "It's not the tomb of famous swords, but the tomb of swords in the world."

Xie Chengyun nodded in agreement: "Yes. That's why the relationship between Daxia and Beimo is extremely bad. Every year in the Central Plains, there are still countless swordsmen who step out of Langgu Pass, go to the Sword Tomb to watch and learn about swords."

Chu Yunsheng said again: "Then Mr. Xie went to Kuangsha Beach to watch his friends fight and congratulate the two of them for their breakthrough, or to go to the Sword Tomb to watch and learn about swords?"

Xie Chengyun raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Needless to say, it's natural to watch the sword and understand the sword. Who wants to watch those two idiots fight?"

Burning Xie Chengyun's radiant look into his eyes, a smile could not help but overflow from Chu Yunsheng's lips.

This appearance is the world-famous Fuxue sword Xie Chengyun. All the frustrations, all kinds of despair and pain in the Yanxia Mountain should be the cluster of fire at the time of Nirvana.

At sunset, the sunset glow gathers thousands of golden lights and sinks into the sea of ​​sand.

The Qiu family caravan also arrived in Pingyuan Town. After resting here for a night, they will officially head north and go straight into the depths of Beimo.

Chu Yunsheng and Xie Chengyun parted ways with Qiu's caravan at the entrance of Pingyuan Town. The two bought two fast horses, and took advantage of the last light of the setting sun to rush to Kuangsha Beach.

Because Kuangsha Beach is not far from Beimo Sword Tomb, and there is also the famous Wugou Villa in the east near Daxia, so there are a lot of people from the rivers and lakes.

Beidi people are bold and hot-tempered. Chu Yunsheng rode a horse all the way, and saw countless swords and swords. The tea stalls on the roadside were always on the scene. When they competed, the tea stall owners and buddies were also used to it. Usually, as soon as the rag is put on the shoulders, you will start to stretch your neck to watch with relish, and the guests will not be startled away, but instead ask the waiter to serve an extra plate of peanuts, and applaud while eating.

This can be regarded as a unique scenery of the crazy beach.

Nearly five miles to Kuangsha Beach, you can already see many small market towns nearby, and a little further away, taking advantage of the half-light before nightfall, you can also see the mighty Kuangsha River flowing along an open and boundless wasteland.

At the end of the wilderness, there are continuous snow-capped mountains and long clouds. The tallest mountain is called Xuesha Mountain.

On the hillside of this mountain is the Beimo Sword Tomb that Xie Chengyun and countless swordsmen in the world miss.

"Let's find a place to settle down first, and look for someone tomorrow."

Xie Chengyun reined in his horse and looked around at the low, old houses that had been destroyed by the wind and sand. He said in a low voice, "The Kuangsha Beach is only this big. If Ningguan doesn't go back to Wugou Villa, just ask someone. turn up."

Chu Yunsheng nodded and had no objection to this.

Ningguan is the owner of Wugou Villa, and the disciple of Pei Xinfang, the second-ranked Youxian "Judge" on the Immortal List. Wugou Villa is located at the junction of Daxia and Beimo, only two kilometers away from Langguguan and Kuangshasha. It's a three-day journey, so this place can be called Ningguan's territory. If you ask any local person, they have seen Ningguan more than once.

Since they planned to rest today and not go looking for anyone, the two asked for directions and went to the only inn in Kuangsha Beach, pushing all their schedules until tomorrow.

However, when the two arrived at the gate of the inn, they just got off their horses and were about to step into the inn when they heard a loud and familiar shout from the half-open door of the inn.

"Ningguan, stop for me!"

Chu Yunsheng and Xie Chengyun paused, looked at each other, and raised their brows slightly.

The next moment, the closed door of the inn was knocked open with a bang, and a handsome young man in red rushed out as if fleeing for his life. Can stop a silver gun shadow rushing out.

"Miss Yan, Sister Yan, Grandma Yan! Don't hit me, don't hit me, there are so many people watching, the sons and daughters of the world don't care about trifles!"

The young man in red kept begging for mercy while running, but his tone was not very sincere, on the contrary, the more he listened, the more he needed to be beaten.

After running a few steps, the young man in red bumped into Chu Yunsheng and Xie Chengyun head-on.

"Brother Ning is very elegant."

Xie Chengyun held his sword and looked at Ningguan who was scurrying away with his head in his arms, with a smile that was not a smile.

Ningguan paused when he was about to perform lightness kung fu, and the playful smile on his face turned into astonishment. He stared at Xie Chengyun carefully as if he was looking at some novel character: "Oh, isn't this the one who controls the world?" Mr. Xie who caused a mess!"

He looked at Chu Yunsheng at the side again: "This is Miss Chuchu? Is she disguised as a man?"

Chu Yunsheng said bluntly: "In the past, men disguised themselves as women."

Ning Guan choked, and before he could widen his eyes, Yan Xuanji, who was holding a silver gun in the inn, also chased him out, and followed Ning Guan's figure to see Xie Chengyun and Chu Yunsheng at a glance.

"Brother Xie, Miss Chu?"