[Xianjian + Ancient Sword Colleague] Being a master is also a kind of practice

In the evening, he arrived at a small city in the north of Huangshan Mountain. Xuan Zhen decided to stay overnight in the city and landed in front of the city gate.Unexpectedly, when he first entered the city, he was startled, but he saw lights and festoons everywhere, crowds of people gathered, and the sound of discussion came from all directions, and he could even faintly hear drum music playing.

Xuan Zhen has never seen such a lively scene since he came down the mountain, and thought: Could it be that some festival happened, and the whole city went out to celebrate?

At this time, the roads in the city were already blocked by a sea of ​​people. After walking a few steps, Xuan Zhen wanted to let the people in front pass by. Finally, he squeezed to the intersection, and was about to pull a passerby to ask the direction of the inn, when he heard several people shouting loudly in front of him. : "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

Xuan Zhen raised his head and saw that several tall and strong men came running from the other side of the street. They were all dressed as yamen servants, and they all looked very mighty.The people on the street avoided the side of the road one after another, all stretched their necks to look, they didn't seem to be afraid of these yamen servants, but they seemed to be waiting to see something rare.

The few yamen servants passed by shouting all the way, and it didn't take long before they heard the sound of gongs and drums, and a burst of suona and horns came out from the corner of the street, and there were children among the onlookers shouting happily: "Come on!" Come!" The visitors were very ostentatious, a long line of chariots and horses and many young men and women came from a distance, like a group of red clouds exuding joy.

The people on the side of the street rushed to see it, and after a while, the chariots and horses came in front of them. The first one was a tall horse. He was actually a chubby young man, only in his early twenties, with small eyes and light brows, and a rather benevolent appearance. His face was grinning with joy, but there were a lot of fat on his cheeks and belly, which not only squeezed the joy into the center of his face, but he felt wronged and wrinkled. In a ball, the red dress of the groom's official was stretched so tight that it seemed that a big hole would be ripped at any moment.

Followed by a sedan chair, the body of the sedan chair is wrapped in a layer of bright red silk, and the silk curtain in front is embroidered with delicate patterns of mandarin ducks and lotuses with gold threads. A long string of golden bells jingled continuously as they swayed in the wind.The bearers were also very festively dressed, and they were all handsome, young and strong young men. Although the sedan chair was being carried, it was very stable, as if they were afraid of bumping into the person in the sedan chair, but on the contrary, the person in the sedan chair was very delicate.

Xuan Zhen knew at this time that it was not a festival, but a time for prominent people in the city to get married.A few old ladies beside him started to murmur: "This county magistrate Liu is young and a scholar. Unexpectedly, there are so many well-matched girls who look down on him, but he married an old lady from the Ruan family."

The other person was stretching his neck and looking enviously at the dowry passing by in front of him, and said with some envy, "Isn't that right. Who said that the Ruan family's wealth is so powerful, and it's the richest man in our Shouyang City!"

"Hey, I heard that the old girl from the Ruan family wasn't unacceptable back then. When the suitors came to the door, she didn't like her, so she refused!" The old woman smacked her lips and muttered, " The daughter of an ordinary family has become a mother at the age of fifteen or sixteen, but she is picky and picky, and she didn't come out of the cabinet until she was twenty. This time, it was the master of the Ruan family who saw the newly appointed magistrate Liu. I promised my daughter to others!"

"Only rich ladies like this can afford it." Another person sighed, "Although our Shouyang City is not big, there are quite a few men who are worthy of Miss Ruan in appearance and family background. This is the first time I've seen a girl with such high vision!"

The bridal sedan chair went straight to a high-ranking family in front of it smoothly, and the people behind knew that there was still a lot of fun to see, or it was really strange that the old girl from the richest family could get married, so they had already caught up with them quickly.Xuan Zhen squeezed in the crowd and couldn't help himself, and was pushed to that side step by step.

It was only when he got to the front that he could see clearly that there was a gold-edged plaque on the vermilion gate, with the words "Liufu" on the forehead, obviously it was the mansion of the county magistrate Liu.A few steps up, the corner door of the main entrance was fully opened, the fat groom in front of the door had already stood still, he seemed to be so happy that he took a few more steps, forgetting that his beautiful wife was supposed to be waiting for him at the bottom of the steps. yes.

The sedan chair was put down steadily at the front of the steps, and the four servants carrying the sedan chair lowered their hands to avoid it.The chubby bridegroom ran down the steps in a hurry, as if he couldn't wait, he just ran to the sedan chair, he didn't care about welcoming the bride, he opened his mouth and couldn't hold his breath.

Still the servant girl accompanying the sedan chair was clever, and hastily pushed the bridegroom officer lightly, and lifted the curtain smoothly.Only then did the County Magistrate Liu straighten his body, shaking the flesh on his stomach, and stretched out his hand into the sedan chair, only to see a slender hand come out of the sedan chair, and gently landed on the fat palm of County Magistrate Liu, making his fingers look like onions. , skin like curd.Then I saw a slender and beautiful figure coming out of the sedan chair. Although the face was covered by the veil and couldn't be seen, but only by the soft hand and the graceful figure, it can be seen that Miss Ruan must be a rare person. Everyone is a lady.

At this time, among the common people surrounding the gate of the mansion, a few children suddenly emerged, standing in the front clapping their hands and laughing in unison: "Ride a big horse, welcome a sedan chair, and have a fat baby in the coming year!" Yan Wuji, but it happened to be very suitable for the occasion, even Xuan Zhen couldn't help smiling when he heard this, and looked at the fat groom's pile of fat a few more times, not to mention the common people who joined in the fun, immediately burst into laughter laugh.

The bride was walking up the steps with the support of the groom's officer, her feet trembled when she heard this, she almost fell over, the fat groom was quite considerate, he was busy protecting her carefully.It's just that the hijab also embroidered with the pattern of mandarin ducks playing with lotuses shook slightly, revealing half of the face below. Xuan Zhen's eyes were like lightning, and he had already caught a glimpse of the pointed jaw, jade face and vermilion lips. He couldn't help being a little dazed, and before he could think about it, a sudden sharp pain came from his head, like a sledgehammer hitting his head heavily.

"Brother Shen!"

A very crisp voice seemed to float into my ears from nowhere, it seemed familiar, as if I had heard it many times before, but I couldn't think of the appearance of the owner of the voice.Xuan Zhen looked around feebly with one hand on his forehead, all he could see were smiling and unfamiliar faces, no one glanced at him, and the voice just now was even gone.

Who is it?Who is brother Shen?Why is this voice so familiar, but its owner can't remember the slightest bit?Why does this cry seem to have been heard many times, but once I think about it carefully, there is only a needle-like pain and a blank space in my head?And why... at this moment, I feel so sad in my heart?

Unknowingly, the sound of the drum music gradually faded away, Xuan Zhen recovered a little bit of sanity, and found that he was half leaning against a brick wall in an alley, and the hand that was holding his forehead was now tightly grasping his chest.His knuckles had already turned white, and his clothes were wrinkled. Even when he was fighting monsters, he had never been so embarrassed. In the Qionghua Sect, he had always shown himself as a steady senior brother, but at this moment It was a trance in my mind.

With a bang, a brilliant light flashed in the dark alley.Xuan Zhen almost slid on the ground, clutching the bright spring water in front of him with both hands, staring blankly at the face reflected on the sword.But seeing that his face was as white as paper, his eyes were blank, and the black hair that was neatly bundled in the jade crown was messy and strewn across a few strands, how could he still have half the demeanor of the past?

After an unknown period of time, the sound of human voices, drums and music outside had disappeared, and the sky above was completely dark.Xuan Zhen opened his eyes, only felt his hands and feet were numb, and there was a long strip on his chest. He slowly raised his upper body and lowered his head to look, and found that it was the Chunshui Sword lying across his arms.

What's wrong with me?Xuan Zhen held the hilt of the sword in his hand in a daze, and slowly stood up while leaning on the brick wall. Fang straightened his back and felt dizzy and painful. This is the first time he has experienced this kind of pain since he practiced with his master. Xuan Zhen only felt uncomfortable for a while, but he didn't know where this feeling came from, whether it was in his body or in his heart.

"Ah, that's right... looking for an inn..." He muttered to himself, slowly retracted the sword into its sheath, walked slowly towards the outside of the alley, gently patted the clothes on his body, and waited until he was gone. When he returned to the street, he became the always stable and generous senior brother of Qionghua School of Kunlun Mountain.

The night was dark, and a cold wind blew over from the other side of the street with a few broken lanterns. The crumpled red paper rolled in front of the Liu Mansion for several weeks, just hitting the toe of Xuan Zhen's boot. The standing young Taoist priest was only a little startled, and looked sideways at the closed door of the mansion, his eyes swept over the big red happy letter on the door without realizing it, then shook his head, and continued to walk slowly towards the door. Walking forward, not knowing if I... missed something.