beg for chivalry

As soon as this name came out, not to mention the porters around, the storytellers and listeners in the tea shop, and the passers-by strolling on Xijing Street, even Wang Xiaoyuan himself was stunned, as if struck by five thunders.

The tip of the knife in Yanxin's hand pointed at him, Wang Xiaoyuan took a step to the left with an unbelievable mood, and the tip of the knife immediately went to the left; he didn't believe it, and took a step to the right, and the knife stuck to him Move to the right.So he finally became sure that the person who broke the monk's finger was himself, not others.

Wang Xiaoyuan said with a guilty smile: "Master, don't make fun of me."

Yan Xin laughed and said, "Monks don't tell lies."

"Since you are a monk who broke the precepts, it's okay to say some lies..."

"Not telling lies is not a precept, and naturally there is no such thing as breaking the precept, so what Xia Yu said is absolutely not a single lie." Yan Xin said, "Yubai Three Sabers, there is only one family in the world, how can Xia Yu admit his mistake?"

But Wang Xiaoyuan shook his head desperately, "You only saw the first knife, why haven't you seen the second and third knife after this, how can you say it's the Yubai sword technique?" He suddenly felt flustered for no reason. A heart pounded in his chest.

The strange monk's small soybean-like eyes burst into light: "Your saber technique... is only three swords like Yubai's saber technique?"

Missed out.

For some reason, this was the first sentence that flashed through his mind.Wang Xiaoyuan covered his mouth nervously and looked around with blinking eyes.He suddenly felt a sense of uneasiness that something bad happened, that the disaster came from his mouth, and he wished he could slap himself a few times.

But at the same time, he was very puzzled: Why did he resist the words of the monk who broke the precepts so much?Isn't it an honor and pleasure to be recognized as the number one Yubai swordsman in the world?

The husbands and servants stared blankly, looking left and right, they didn't realize that the two people in front of them were the famous Yubai swordsman and monk who broke the precepts on the Jianghu list. The little servant who went up to be dumbfounded didn't have the slightest appearance of the carefree and unrestrained knight in the storyteller's mouth.If the two of them hadn't really used real swords and swords just now, I'm afraid Yan Xin's remarks would have been regarded as nonsense and reviled by the porters.

Wang Xiaoyuan thought to himself: It's clearly a misunderstanding, but we can't let them believe what the monk who broke the precepts said just now.

He closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and suddenly thought of a way.

So Wang Xiaoyuan simply puffed up his chest, cleared his throat, and pretended to be complacent: "That's right, I'm going to be Tianshan Gate Jade Qiu. For the sake of being number one in the world..."

The cooks looked at him suspiciously.

Wang Xiaoyuan sneered and said: "...Big brothers have money to give money, but don't have money to join in the show. If you give [-] Wen, you can perform a knife, and [-] Wen will perform a complete set."

Everyone was already very suspicious, but at this moment they were even more furious: "What are you asking for flaws in the Tianshan Gate? You are a charlatan! Look at your nonsense and deceitful words, it is much more dignified to beg for food!" The voice whispered: "Hey, do you think the two of them will be together, and you want to show us a good show together?" "Are there any tricks to extort money these days?"

So all the cooks rolled their eyes, gulped down the tea in the porcelain bowl, then cussed and walked away.Sitting on the sill, Wang Xiaoyuan watched helplessly as they set up sweat towels again to untie the hemp ropes tied to the horses on the stone piles, and they scattered in all directions after a while, leaving only soup, tea juice and orange peels on the ground.

The people who were still able to chat peacefully together before, but now they all turned their faces and left angrily.Thinking of this, Wang Xiaoyuan couldn't help laughing bitterly, patted his clothes and stood up, found a bench in the tea shop and sat down.When he was slowly peeling oranges, the ugly monk followed him and sat down beside him.

Yan Xin asked the host for a big-eared pottery pot and two tea bowls, poured a bowl of tea for Wang Xiaoyuan, and Wang Xiaoyuan hurriedly thanked her.The two of them sat in the tea shop silently for a while, Yan Xin suddenly smiled and said, "Benefactor Yu, I never thought you would need to hide your name, so you were so foolish and hasty."

Wang Xiaoyuan shook his head. "…My name is Wong."

Yan Xin saw that he seemed to be busy breaking off the orange petals, but there was a look of worry in his brows, so he also lowered his eyes and smiled: "Now there are only you and Xiayu here, and there is no need for the king's benefactor. You and I don't know how to speak. passed to the ears of the third person."

Wang Xiaoyuan said: "I can trust the master, but I'm afraid that the walls have ears. Besides, I'm really not the Yubai swordsman you mentioned, and I can't afford this title."

Yanxin looked at him with interest. "There are countless people in the world who want to be related to Tianshan Gate. Even if they are not interested in profit, they still have admiration for Tianshan Gate. From this point of view, Wang Benefactor is an outlier."

Wang Xiaoyuan sighed with a wry smile.

With a mandarin petal in his mouth, he murmured while looking at the blood-red sunset glow reflected on the four outer tiles. "I recognize the current master of the Tianshan Gate, who respects the Yubai swordsman very much. If someone like me who ran away from battle and risked his life could be recognized as Yuqiu, he would definitely be furious."

Wang Xiaoyuan bit the fruit petal and said in a low voice. "...I don't want to feel sorry for him."

He didn't want to feel sorry for Yu Jiachen.

At this time, he was still thinking about the night when he met the Raksha in black at the Qianjiazhuang Qunying Meeting. At that time, seeing that the situation was not good, he had persuaded Yu Jiachen to run away.Yu Jiachen's gaze was full of sadness, loss and regret, as if he was asking wordlessly: Can this person who is retiring, greedy for life and afraid of death be a senior brother?

Every time he thinks about this, Wang Xiaoyuan feels ashamed.He wanted to help others in the name of Yubai Swordsman, but that night he failed to act as a chivalrous and warm-hearted Yubai Swordsman, which disappointed Yujiachen.

So after Yu Jiachen left, he took off his white robe and the hat on his head, and hung them on the branches of the pear tree.Looking at the fluttering snow-white corners of his clothes, he suddenly thought in a daze: I really can't bear the title of Yubai swordsman.

Yan Xin put his palms together and said: "It's not shameful to steal your life. As long as you live in this world, who is not on the way?" He held up the gold chain wrapped around his hand and showed it to Wang Xiaoyuan, "Please look at it, Wang benefactor, do you know this?" What is it?"

Wang Xiaoyuan replied. "Three hundred knives for food."

"No." Yan Xin shook his head, "Now there are only two hundred knives left." He shook the gold chain, and the sound of the knives colliding became much less.

"Why...why?" Wang Xiaoyuan's face changed in horror.It is world-renowned to eat three hundred dollars, why is it that one hundred dollars is missing out of thin air at this time?

Yan Xin said: "Because I'm stupid... I exchanged a hundred knives for money."

Wang Xiaoyuan was stunned when he heard that.

The bergamot and the food knife wrapped around the gold chain were originally ritual utensils offered in front of the Buddha, and they were plated with a thin layer of gold, so they were worth a few dollars.

Yan Xin laughed and said: "So Xia Yu said that it is not shameful to steal one's life, because although 'life' is the most humble thing in the world, it is the most difficult to win. Xia Yu roams the rivers and lakes, looks cool to others, but You have to succumb to the pain of food and clothing, you have to eat full and think about hunger."

"Isn't this..." Wang Xiaoyuan felt a little stuffy in his heart, but he couldn't sigh when he wanted to.

"Benefactor Wang, does it mean that this is a desolate thing?" Yan Xin smiled and shook her head, "That's not the case, this is the norm in the world. Even if Xia Yu has the title of tenth in the Jianghu, he is still an ordinary person who suffers from hunger and poverty. Sometimes embarrassed, sometimes embarrassing. Who is not like this? Even if you have experienced swords, swords, life and death, you still have to take care of daily necessities."

But Wang Xiaoyuan said: "If the master has the heart, it will still be three hundred knives."

Yan Xin just smiled: "One hundred knives less, how can it be three hundred knives?"

"Two hundred knives are based on the hand, and one hundred knives are based on the heart. The total is three hundred knives." Wang Xiaoyuan said seriously.

What he said sounded absurd, but he was extremely serious.When he spoke, his eyes were so clear that the monk who broke the precepts couldn't help being moved.

Yan Xin chewed his words carefully in her heart, and finally raised the corner of her mouth again, "The same is true for Wang Benefactor."

"What's the same?"

"Even if you don't have the Yubai Saber, as long as you have a jade heart, you are still a 'Yubai Swordsman'." The monk said.

Since the two of them sat down, they said some strange things like playing charades, which attracted the owner and tea drinkers to look sideways.In addition, when they talk, they always include some words of sword and sword, and they always mention the name of Yubai Swordsman, so no one can't help but worry that they are rough people who come to seek revenge at Tianshan Gate and love to do things at will. .

Wang Xiaoyuan said with a smile: "The master is joking again." This time he was not in a hurry to deny it, and reached out to pick up the leftover taro cakes from the cookers.

"Whether it's a joke or not, the benefactor knows best." Yan Xin said to Amitabha, put his hands together and lowered his head.

Hearing this, Wang Xiaoyuan moved his elbow and accidentally knocked down the tangerine fruit on the table.He bent down to pick up the tangerines that fell on the ground, but at this time another cloth bag fell from his arms.The plain white belt tied with the cloth bag came loose, revealing a few vines with yellow flowers in the bag, which was the "Snake Sky Tea" he bought from Ah Yao just now.

When the monk who broke the precepts saw the medicinal herb, his eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.His eyes are no more than the size of pea grains, and when he squints at this time, it is even more impossible to see where his eyeballs are born.

"Benefactor Wang, let me have a look at this medicinal herb." Yan Xin reached out and picked up the vine leaves with yellow flowers first.He furrowed his brows tightly, looked over and over again, and suddenly showed a meaningful smile.

The strange monk wrapped the yellow flower vine back in cloth, handed it to Wang Xiaoyuan, and nodded again. "Excuse me, recently there was a girl who often came to the temple to help the wounded. The medicine she was looking for was quite similar to the herb in the hands of the benefactor, so Xia Yu just made a fuss."

Wang Xiaoyuan tilted his head and asked: "Is it the same medicine?" He thought that if the girl was in a hurry to save her life, at worst he would give up this "Snake Sky Tea" by himself.

He saw that Jinwu looked very energetic, and he reckoned that he didn't suffer from any serious illness. With Sanniang's medical skills, he should be treated with other medicines.Wang Xiaoyuan thought to himself: I'm sorry, young master.Human life is important, I can't let you play me.

Yan Xin smiled and shook his head: "It's not the same kind." He suddenly said, "Have you ever heard of the Wang benefactor—there is a Taoist temple in Qiongyang, and Mengxia doesn't exist, and it comes out when the water is dry. There is a unicorn jade box in the temple. There is only one elixir in it, but it is the thing that people in the whole world are most jealous of and want to get it."

Wang Xiaoyuan knew a lot about the rumors in Jianghu, so he replied immediately. "The master is talking about 'returning the elixir'? I heard that the elixir can life and death, flesh and bones, and the golden body is immortal. It is indeed an enviable thing."

But he didn't believe it in his heart. Taoist alchemists practiced golden elixir for thousands of years, and he had never heard of anyone who could really live forever, or who could be brought back to life after taking the elixir.Speaking of which, most of these words are to fool the emperor and his elders. He has long been used to the complicated deceptions in the world.

Yan Xin said: "When it comes to finding medicine, Xiayu can't help but think of this 'returning pills'. There is only this medicine in the world that can be called 'one medicine cures all diseases', and it is the only medicine that can be used as a cure for serious illnesses. thoughts."

"But thinking about it is thinking about it after all." Wang Xiaoyuan closed his eyes and smiled, "If there is such a elixir, the world will definitely be in chaos. It's hard to say whether it's a blessing or a curse."

The strange monk laughed loudly: "The benefactor Wang thought too deeply! It is really short-sighted to be so foolish, because the woman who came to the Arhat Temple to help was frowning and wanted to find this medicine."

Wang Xiaoyuan couldn't help being a little stunned: Zuo Sanniang's worried and admonishing face suddenly appeared before his eyes when he went out. If he really found Huan Dan, would the worry on her brows be relieved?

Yan Xin stood up, put her palms together and said to him: "It's getting late, and it's inconvenient for Xia Yu to delay the benefactor's trip. If there is a destiny, I will definitely meet the benefactor again next time."

Wang Xiaoyuan jumped up and saluted him back, embarrassed. "It was I who delayed the master. It is my luck to have the master's guidance for a while."

The monk who broke the precepts suddenly gave him a meaningful look, looked at the cloth bag wrapped in yellow flower vines in his hand and said: "Although it may be a foolish talker..."

"Master, please speak."

"Xiaoyu is also a person who breaks the precepts, so it's not easy to talk about it." Yan Xin said, "But the king's benefactor, indulging in lust and sex can easily destroy people's minds, and I hope that the benefactor will be more restrained in sex, so as not to fall into excessive debauchery. "

Wang Xiaoyuan was completely confused.He looked at Yanxin, and then at the "Snake Sky Tea" in his hand, thinking hard about the purpose of these words.

When he raised his head to ask Yan Xin for clarification, the strange monk with a swollen head had already gone far.On the bluestone slabs there is only a patch of desolate wood and peach blossoms, the fiery red sunset burns from the sky to the roof of the shed in the distance, and the narrow alley glows with a warm but empty sunset.

So Wang Xiaoyuan thought: Never mind him.

He put away the enchanting morningweed as a treasure of snake tea, and walked to the inn where he was staying.