Cold Sword Perched Peach Blossom

After Dajing's work is over, it's time to leave.

Early the next morning, Xuan Qing came to say goodbye to Lin Rufei.Lin Rufei asked him where he was going, and he replied that there was no specific place to go, and he would probably walk around. After all, Yaoguang Continent is so vast, and there are many scenery that he has never seen before.

Although she liked this monk quite a lot, Lin Rufei didn't insist that there was always a banquet in the world, but when Xuan Qing was about to leave, she took out an ingot of gold from her pocket and handed it to Xuan Qing.

Seeing Jin Zi, Xuan Qing reflexively took a step back, as if seeing a beast of prey, and said, "Mr. Lin, what do you mean by that?"

Lin Rufei smiled and said, "I remember that on Xiliang Mountain, the monk gave me a bead, so... this gold is also what I owe the monk, right?"

Xuan Qing wanted to say something else.

But Lin Rufei waved his hand and interrupted what he was about to say: "If the monk doesn't accept me, I won't force it, but this kind of politeness seems a little strange to you and me before. If the monk really treats me as a friend, he will be generous. accept it."

Having said all this, it seemed unreasonable for Xuan Qing to refuse again, he sighed, and took the gold with his hand.Seeing this scene, Lin Rufei felt a little relieved.No matter how powerful Xuan Qing is, she is still a human being, and as a human being, she needs food, clothing, housing and transportation.Although he lives in the temple and can get by with alms, there is always a place for money.Lin Rufei hoped that at least the monk would occasionally have two spare cash to buy a candy to eat.

Speaking of the sugar man, Lin Rufei recalled what happened last night again, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. Xuan Qing didn't understand what Lin Rufei's expression meant, and only thought that he was feeling sorry for parting.So he clasped his hands together and bowed to Lin Rufei, saying that if there was a destiny, the two would see each other again.

Lin Rufei sent Xuan Qing to the door of the inn, and originally wanted to send him out of the city, but Xuan Qing refused, so Lin Rufei stood there and watched Xuan Qing turn away, his back just like when Lin Rufei first saw him Free and easy.

What an interesting monk, Lin Rufei thought so.

As for Lin Rufei, after asking Fu Hua, she decided to have lunch before leaving, and Fu Hua took advantage of this time to take care of the carriage.

For lunch on weekdays, there is Xuan Qing's Vegetarian Restaurant, but today there is no such thing, Lin Rufei is not used to it.He picked up a piece of tofu and was about to put it in his mouth, but there was a rush of horseshoes at the door, and then a panicked figure broke in from the door.

"Where is Monk Xuanqing?" The visitor breathed heavily, with a layer of sweat floating on his forehead. It was the other protagonist that Lin Rufei saw in the alley yesterday, Prince Dajing Bai Rui.

"Leaving." Lin Rufei replied, "I left in the morning."

"Gone?" Bai Rui didn't believe it, "Didn't he go to the palace to ask my brother to resign?"

"I don't know." Lin Rufei shook her head.

During the day, Rui cursed, turned around and left, Lin Rufei could see some embarrassment from his back.Yurui and the others didn't know the situation of these two people, so they asked the prince in a low voice if he had a grudge against Monk Xuanqing, otherwise why would he look so ferocious.

"Probably because of hatred." Lin Rufei said perfunctorily.

"The monk should be more careful." Yurui said, "This prince looks so fierce..."

Lin Rufei also showed some smiles, this Bai Rui, known as the smiling tiger, was like a different person when he met Xuan Qing.But looking at it this way, it is quite interesting.

After lunch, Lin Rufei got into the carriage and headed south along the official road.

The further south you go, the more you get to the core area of ​​the Yaoguang Continent, the more developed the economy is, and even the official roads under your feet are much wider. Rich merchants transporting goods and tourists on horseback can be seen everywhere.

Lin Rufei originally wanted to ride a horse, but she opened the curtain to see the glaring sun above her head, and retreated quietly into the carriage.Fuhua saw her young master's resentful expression very funny, handed the iced plum soup in her hand to Lin Rufei, and coaxed: "Master, don't worry, the weather will be cooler in a few months, when the time comes, young master Putting on a cloak and riding a horse is equally chic."

Lin Rufei drank the plum soup one after another, and asked how many days until he arrived in Henan.

Fuhua counted the days and said that if she traveled day and night, she might arrive in seven or eight days, but if she stopped and stopped on the road, it would take more than ten days.

Lin Rufei let out an oh, and said that there was no rush, anyway, she would go out for a trip, a few days at a time, and she could have a look at the scenery.

After walking for a few days at such a leisurely pace, the surrounding customs gradually changed.Southern Henan is not as open as the folk customs of Dajing, but the agriculture is very developed, and they like pasta.Lin Rufei has been eating rice all the way here, but when she arrived in the south of Henan, she found that noodles have become the staple food in many inns, most of which are pancakes or pasta, but fortunately they all taste good, Lin Rufei Fei ate quite happily.

It's just that Yurui is not used to it, and she mutters that she always feels empty in her stomach if she doesn't eat rice.Fuhua smiled and nodded her head, saying that you are here to take care of the young master, and you are here to enjoy the blessings.Yu Rui groaned and said that the son must also want to eat rice, and asked Lin Rufei if he wanted to.

"Yes, yes, yes." Lin Rufei coaxed her maid, "Let's find an inn with rice that night."

"Okay." Fuhua agreed.

After entering the city, they asked all the way, and finally found an inn with rice. The three of them went in and ordered some food, intending to spend the night here.

While Lin Rufei was sitting in the inn waiting, she heard a peddler yelling for watermelons outside, so she called Yurui to go out and buy one, and eat it as a refreshing fruit at night.

Yu Rui went out happily, but she didn't come back for a while, but it became noisy outside, as if someone had some dispute.Fuhua felt something was wrong, so she wanted to get up and go out to have a look, Lin Rufei also stood up and said, "Let's go together."

Fuhua nodded.

The two walked outside the door and saw that it was indeed Yurui who had had an argument with someone. She was arguing with someone with her head raised, probably because the quarrel was a little anxious, her fair face was flushed, and her hand was already holding the sword at her waist. Hilt—it seems that he wants to draw his sword.But the one arguing with Yu Rui was a tall man with sword eyebrows and eagle eyes, a tall and mighty figure, and a big sword on his back. At this time, his muscular hands were holding his chest, looking down Yu Rui stomped her feet angrily.Yu Rui was originally just a teenage girl with a petite figure, but now she stands in front of the man like a doll.

"Why are you so unreasonable?" Yurui gritted her teeth, "You bought them all, what else will others eat!"

"I came first." The man said.

"I can't just share one of them!" Yurui said.

"I came first." The man said again.

"You—" Yu Rui died of anger.

Seeing this, Fu Hua called out, "Yu Rui, what's wrong?"

"Sister Fuhua." When Yurui saw that Fuhua came with her young master, she immediately ran to Fuhua's side and said angrily, "Didn't the young master just say that he wanted to eat watermelon, so I came out immediately, who knows This man was one step faster than me...and he said he would buy all the watermelons, and I asked him to keep one for me, but he refused." The peddler pushed a small cart of watermelons, weighing a hundred catties, Yurui just wanted one, but he didn't agree with anything, and Yurui quarreled with him.The man didn't say anything else, just said four words: I came first.

Almost didn't turn Yu Rui over angrily.

After listening to the whole story, Lin Rufei thought it didn't matter. She waved her hand and said, "It's okay, he can buy it if he wants to. After we have dinner, we can go shopping on the street to see if there are other places to sell it."

Yurui bit her lower lip: "There are so many watermelons, can he finish them all? The weather is so hot, this watermelon can be kept for two days at most."

The man next to him heard Fu Hua's words and said, "Of course I can finish eating."

Yurui said, "How many of you eat?"

The man pointed to himself.

Yu Rui stared: "You eat alone? Can one person eat so much? I don't believe—"

The man spread his hands, making a gesture that you don't believe me, there's nothing you can do about it.

Yu Rui gritted her teeth and said, "I knew you were trying to trick me on purpose, hmph, if you finish eating so many watermelons, I'll pay for it for you!"

The man said: "Really?"

Yu Rui said: "Of course it is true!"

After the man heard this, he rolled up his sleeves, and he really planned to eat it. The melon vendor smiled happily. He also had a wink. He could see that these people were dressed in extraordinary clothes and had swords hanging from their waists. He knew that they must be I won't be reckless.So he helped the man cut up the watermelon beside him, and yelled: "How about it, my watermelon is sweet enough!"

The man said: "Not bad, sweet."

The watermelon broke through the emerald green skin, revealing the water-red flesh, with crystal sand inside, looking crisp and sweet, Yu Rui swallowed her saliva, smelling the sweet fragrance in the air, The eyeballs fell on the watermelon and I couldn't move it away.This man has a big mouth, and he can eat half a melon in a few mouthfuls, but the way he eats doesn't appear to be very rude, on the contrary, he has a wild taste.

Fuhua frowned, always felt that this man was playing with Yurui, frowned and was about to say something, but was stopped by Lin Rufei, who shook her head with a smile, and said: "Look It's okay for him to eat."

Floating flowers had to be.

The man ate melons at an extremely fast speed, and soon a pile of melon rinds piled up next to him. Those juicy watermelons entered his stomach, but they seemed to have entered a black hole without an abyss, and there was no shadow at all.The man's speed did not change from the beginning to the end, and the people around were dumbfounded.After a while, a lot of onlookers gathered near the watermelon stand. After the man ate one, the crowd would boo and cheer loudly, it was extremely lively.

Fuhua was almost dumbfounded. She had never seen a person with such a big appetite. Hundreds of catties of watermelon went into his mouth, but it was like a toothbrush, one after another, without even needing to take a breath. .In a blink of an eye, the watermelon stand bottomed out, and there were only a few left.

Did he really finish eating?Yu Rui stared blankly at the sweet potato rind, and looked at the man with the eyes of a monster.

Seeing Yurui's appearance, Lin Rufei felt that this was really funny.

"You...how are you so powerful." Yurui looked at the man in a daze, "Isn't it enough to eat so many melons?" She would be full after eating two teeth on weekdays. I can barely eat half of it...

The man seemed amused by Fuhua's question, a smile appeared in his eyes, and he shook his head.

"Oh, okay." Yurui gave up, raised her eyebrows, and said dejectedly, "It's my short-sightedness, there are really people who can eat so much... I thought you were deliberately troubling me." She had already given up Now, I plan to buy the watermelons from this stall with money from my purse.

Unexpectedly, when the man ate the last one, he patted his stomach and said seriously: "I'm full, I can't eat anymore."

There was a booing sound from the spectators, but the man didn't care at all, and turned to ask the peddler how much the watermelon he ate was in total.

The peddler said a price with a smile, and the man began to pay for the money happily.

"Wait, wait." Yu Rui said, "There's only one left, can't you finish it?"

The man said, "I can't finish it."

Yu Rui obviously didn't believe it, she bit her lower lip and said in confusion: "You...you really can't finish it?"

The man smiled and said, "I can't finish eating."

Although Yurui is young, she is not a fool. How can she not see that the man left one on purpose? She was a little confused for a while and felt very embarrassed. This man is a hooligan who deliberately finds fault.

The man paid the money, turned around and left, Yurui stared at the last remaining watermelon and a piece of sweet potato rind, and was stunned for a while, finally Lin Rufei patted her head with a smile and asked her to take the watermelon back .

This incident had a great impact on Yu Rui, the little girl was depressed all night, while eating watermelon, she remembered the appearance of that man during the day, and sighed that there are so many strange people in this world.

"Yes." Lin Rufei laughed, "They treat you like a child."

Yu Rui said: "I'm not a child! I'm already fifteen!"

For ordinary people, a 15-year-old girl should be betrothed to someone, but Yurui is a five-level swordsman, so the marriage is not urgent at all.

"Yes, it's fifteen." Fuhua sighed, "You also know that you are fifteen, can you be more prudent in doing things in the future, if you meet someone who doesn't give you face today, wouldn't you put the face of the young master lost it too?"

Yu Rui bowed her head and admitted her mistake, admitting that she was too reckless.

Lin Rufei didn't care, he smiled and said: "It's okay, anyway, they don't know me, and if they lose face occasionally, they won't lose a piece of meat. Besides, who would have thought that this person could eat hundreds of catties of watermelon in one go? "

Fuhua shook her head, saying that that person would not be a simple person, and the giant sword on his back was nothing ordinary.This kind of heavy sword is rare in the world, and the only one I have seen so far is the heavy sword in Gu Feiyu's hand.

"Oh?" Lin Rufei became interested, "Is he also a formidable swordsman?"

"It should be." Fuhua said, "I can't tell how deep his cultivation is, so he has at least seven realms of cultivation, or possesses strange treasures... In short, he will not be an easy person to provoke."

Lin Rufei showed a thoughtful look.

That night, Lin Rufei, who came back to the room, casually chatted with Gu Xuan about this matter.While listening to Lin Rufei's words, Gu Xuandu ate the freshly cut watermelon and said with a smile: "This watermelon is so sweet."

"Really." Lin Rufei said, "I'll try it too." As he spoke, he leaned over, took a small bite of the watermelon in Gu Xuandu's hand, chewed it and nodded, "It's really good."

Gu Xuandu lowered his head, looked at the tooth marks on his watermelon, and hummed with an unclear expression.

"What do you think is the background of that person?" Lin Rufei said.

Gu Xuandu thought for a moment: "Although I don't know that person, Jian has some impressions."

"Oh? You know his sword?" Lin Rufei became interested.

"Well." Gu Xuandu said, "The name of the sword should be Qianjun. It has a history of hundreds of years. I have seen the sword master who made the sword. He is a lecherous old man, but although the name of the sword is Qianjun, It's not the style of the epee."

Lin Rufei said: "Isn't it an epee?"

Gu Xuandu shook his head: "Qianjun has something special about it."

After Lin Rufei inquired carefully, she learned that although this Qianjun is just an epee in the hands of ordinary swordsmen, in the hands of swordsmen who recognize it, it will turn into thousands of tiny blades, turning into a sword array to crush the enemy. strangle.According to Gu Xuandu, Qianjun is a smart sword, which is quite different from its bulky appearance.

Listening to Gu Xuandu's description of Qianjun, Lin Rufei felt that this Qianjun was somewhat similar to the man he had seen during the day.They all look rough, but they are actually as delicate as dust.

While chatting, Lin Rufei fell asleep soundly with Gu Xuandu's company, and fell asleep until the next day when Fuhua and the others woke them up in a daze and had breakfast.

Today was also a hurry, so after dinner, Lin Rufei got into the carriage.

Fuhua swung his whip, left the small town and continued on. The carriage drove for a while, but heard the sound of horseshoes coming from the side. Lin Rufei thought it was someone passing by them, but didn't take it to heart.Unexpectedly, the sound of horseshoes followed them just like that.

"Who is following us?" Yu Rui asked strangely, "I'll go and see." She lifted the curtain of the car and went out for a while, then came back soon, with a puzzled look on her face when she came back.

"Who is it?" Lin Rufei asked.

"It's the watermelon-eating man we met yesterday." Yurui said, "...he's right behind us, do you want to stop and ask him what he's doing?"

Lin Rufei thought for a while and said, "It's fine to ask."

So Fuhua reined in her horse and stopped, as expected, as soon as their car stopped, the man stopped too.

Fu Hua stepped forward and asked him what he meant, he smiled and said, "You may not believe it, but I just happen to be on the way with you."

"Just by the way?" Of course Fuhua would not believe it, there is no such a coincidence in the world, "You should be faster if you are riding a single horse."

The man shook his head: "Although a single horse is indeed faster under normal circumstances, the sword I am carrying on my back is too heavy, and the horse cannot run fast."

Fuhua was at a loss for words, and didn't know what to do, she cast a look at Lin Rufei asking for help, Lin Rufei heard the conversation between the two, and waved at Fuhua, signaling her to come back.

"In this case, he can follow if he wants to." Lin Rufei said, "What if he really goes along the way."

Fuhua sighed: "This is too far-fetched."

Lin Rufei said: "It's okay, he should have no ill intentions towards us."

Fuhua had no choice but to leave him alone.

Just like this all the way, both sides are in peace, nothing happened, and they are getting closer and closer to Henan.After passing through a very desolate official road, Lin Rufei was about to reach the destination, so Lin Rufei planned to rest for half a day before continuing on the road.

But after they entered the city, the man who had been following them disappeared.

Lin Rufei arrived at the inn where she was resting, and casually ordered a pot of herbal tea, intending to cool off, and casually inquired about the He family from Xiao Er.

When Xiao Er heard that they came from the north, he was surprised and said, "Guest officer, did you come from the official road to the north?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Lin Rufei felt that Xiaoer's expression was different.

Xiaoer said: "Hiss...you didn't meet anything along the way, what's the matter?"

Lin Rufei and the three of them were all at a loss when they heard the words, not knowing what Xiaoer meant.

Seeing that a few people didn't understand, Xiao Er had no choice but to explain, saying that some powerful monsters had inexplicably appeared on the official road to the north recently, and they had eaten a lot of merchants, and strangely enough, they were not harmful to other places. If you are interested, you can only run rampant on that official road.For this reason, the locals dare not take that road at all. Only foreigners who don't know anything will take this risk.

"The luck of the guest officers is really great." Xiaoer was still sighing, "Just a few days ago, I heard that those who came from other places were eaten by those monsters, and even the bones were not found."

Fu Hua asked strangely: "Is there no one in the local area to care about such a thing?"

Xiao Er smiled wryly and said: "It should be there, but those monsters seem to be very powerful. The He family sent a few disciples there, but they were seriously injured."

Lin Rufei said: "So that's how it is."

"That's right." Xiao Er shook his head and sighed, "The world is not peaceful, all guest officials must be more careful when walking in the rivers and lakes."

"Thank you." Lin Rufei handed Xiaoer a piece of silver.Xiao Er happily took it, turned around and left.

After Xiaoer's words, Lin Rufei thought of the man who insisted on following their carriage these days. It seemed that his thoughts were really delicate, even for strangers who had only met once.

It's almost time to rest, Lin Rufei explained a few words to Fuhua Yurui, and then went for a stroll in the street outside alone. This small town is small, but the street is still lively, and you can see things you haven't seen before. A lot of rare gadgets.Lin Rufei's footsteps stopped in front of a small stall selling deep-fried pancakes. The deep-fried pancakes looked delicious. The dough was filled with chopped green onions and minced meat, and when fried in the oil pan, they swelled Open, exudes a strong aroma.Take it out with chopsticks, filter the oil, and eat it.

Lin Rufei bought one, and was about to put it in her mouth when she noticed a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye, the man who had been with them for a few days.

The man was still carrying the epee, and was looking at him with interest...the scallion pancake in his hand.

"Do you want to eat?" Lin Rufei asked reflexively when he saw him like that.

"It's not suitable, you just bought it." Despite the words, the man has already stepped forward and walked in front of Lin Rufei, looking at Youbing even more scorchingly.

Lin Rufei laughed: "It's okay, I'll buy another one." He handed the pancake to the man, and the man took it without hesitation, and opened his mouth to bite.He swallowed the pancakes with a big face in two mouthfuls. After eating, he still couldn't get enough, and said to the boss: "Boss, wrap it up for me." After saying this, he seemed to feel something was wrong. After thinking for a while, he remembered the Standing Lin Rufei pointed at him, "Leave one for him."

This scene was so familiar, Lin Rufei couldn't help laughing, and said, "Thank you." Remember to leave one for him.

"Don't mind, that's how I eat." The man said, "I have to eat to my heart's content in one sitting, otherwise I will feel bad and always feel uncomfortable."

Lin Rufei said, "By the way, I haven't asked your name yet?"

The man replied, "He Wanxiang."

Lin Rufei's eyes lit up when she heard the name: "Your Excellency is the He family?"

He Wanxiang said: "Forget it? What do you want the young master to do with the He family?"

Lin Rufei clasped her hands, saluted, and said, "I'm Lin Rufei from the Lin Family of the Kunlun Sword School."

He Wanxiang was slightly taken aback, as if he hadn't expected that Lin Rufei was actually from the Lin family, and there was some hesitation in his tone: "Mr. Lin... are you here to send the invitation to the Kunlun Sword Festival?"

"That's right." Lin Rufei smiled.

"That's really a coincidence." He Wanxiang said, "It seems that we are on the way, why don't we go together next time?"

Lin Rufei said: "Of course."

It is about a day or two away from here to the He family, so it is a good thing to be able to travel with the He family.