Chapter 9: The Wind and Snow of the Literati and the Rough People
"Eight Pole Sword, control Eight Pole Strength, one sword to break the sky!"
The hill shook a few feet high, and the fourteen-year-old boy slashed it out of a large hole with a sword.
"Yes, now Jianwei is barely one of ten of my masters," the old man nodded solemnly.
"Phew!" the young man with sword eyebrows smiled and said, "Master, would you like to have a face?"
"Don't believe it, don't believe me, I broke this mountain with a sword, do you believe it?" the old man blew on the three hairs on his forehead.
"If you don't believe it, if you have the ability, just come!" the young man folded his hands around his chest.
"Come, give me the sword!" said the old man, standing up.
"Whew!" the young man put his sword into the sheath, and the double dragon coiled around the inky black scabbard.
"Eight Extremes Sword...... ......The old man pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword and said slowly.
"Break the sky with a sword!"
The old man shouted loudly and drew his sword out of its sheath, but before the sword came out, there was a pop, and a touch of red erupted from his mouth, and the man fell to the ground.
"Master!" the young man hurriedly helped the old man up, "you...... How are you?"
"I didn't ...... It's okay......" The old man wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "I was excited for a while, and my blood was surging, so it was no big deal." โ
"How is that possible?!Are you a fool for me?No matter how excited you are, you won't vomit blood!" The young man's heart was like a mirror, "Master, are you hiding something from me?"
"Hey......" the old man shook his hand, "it's okay, don't make a fuss." โ
"Master, don't lie to me, no matter what, you won't vomit blood, you must have something to hide from me!"
The old man knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to say, "I'm sick." When the master was young, he was in a hurry, and he went crazy when he practiced swords, messing up his pulse, resulting in unstable qi and blood. After so many years of accumulation, it is now about to explode completely. When I was young, I was able to rely on my body to resist hard and resist this qi and blood pressure. Not anymore, I'm completely old. โ
"Master, why don't you tell me all the time?"
"Hi...... Tell you what to do? No one can cure the madness. Since I can't change it, then I don't need to tell you," the old man.
"No, it's necessary, it's necessary, it's very necessary!" said the boy, "you won't be allowed to move for the rest of the day, I'll do everything." It doesn't matter if it's hunting, cooking, or whatever. I will collect medicine for you according to the recipe in the book to stabilize your qi and blood. It may not be curable, but I believe that it can be more or less effective. โ
"Alas...... Don't waste your efforts," the old man was impatient.
"No, you must listen to me!" the young man said in a sonorous voice.
"Stinky boy, still mind me?!" the old man scolded.
"This matter has nothing to deal with, if you don't listen to me, I will cut off my own hand first!" the young man was categorical.
"You!" the air was silent for a moment, and the old man agreed to the boy's request.
He didn't want to say anything like "then you're broken". He is old, since he wants to be filial, then let him be filial. I don't have much time left anyway, so it's okay to live the rest of these days in a proper manner.
So in the following days, the young man went up and down the mountain every day, collected medicine everywhere, and boiled medicinal soup for the old man. It's often sweaty, but it's also tireless.
But the old man's complexion did not improve because of the medicine, and it was still getting worse day by day.
The few strands of gray hair on his head were visibly falling out with the naked eye, and his eyes were getting cloudier and cloudier day by day.
The young man felt that the medicine he picked was not good enough, and the medicine he collected was not enough, so he went up and down the mountain more diligently, almost crazy.
But one day, the old man was still paralyzed, and his whole body seemed to be drained, and he could no longer stand up.
He didn't give up and still took the medicine.
Deep down in his heart, he actually knew, knew that there was no point in doing this, but he still did it.
Some things don't have to be meaningful to do.
There are often things that make sense when you do them.
He should still practice swords. Even now, even if he doesn't practice swords, the old man will no longer be able to scold him.
He tried to make the meal as delicious as possible each time, so that the old man would not be left without food.
He no longer quarrels with the old man.
But the old man still died.
"Qi Qi, the master can't accompany you anymore, the master is leaving. Everything that should be taught to you has been taught, and you have to walk the road by yourself in the future. โ
"Don't cry, what are you crying about? Dajun's child, it's not good to cry. โ
"The master just goes to a very beautiful place, where the master will be very happy, and the master can always watch you. โ
"Okay, okay, don't say it, the master is leaving. โ
"Qi Qi is the best child in the world. โ
"Qi Qi is the best. โ
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At the dinner table, Qi Qi said, "Brother Yuntian, in fact, I don't want to join the dart shop, but I plan to protect a dart with you, get some honorarium, and then I will leave." โ
"It's good here big brother, don't go!" Guan Yuntian.
"Brother Yuntian is very good here, but I don't like restraint, and I still prefer the vast rivers and lakes," Qi Qi.
"Really leave with a dart?" Guan Yuntian.
"Well, just go with a dart," Qi Qi.
"Okay, I won't force you. People have the right to make their own choices, and forcibly intervening is not beautiful," Guan Yuntian.
"Thank you, Brother Yuntian," Qi Qi.
"Three days later, there was indeed a dart. It is to transport jewelry for the big merchant Wang Jiajia in the city. You can participate, and the honoraria is expensive, but after all, you have just arrived, and the brothers still can't trust you. If you want to join the Bodyguard now, you have to leave something important to you. With this thing as collateral, we can get you involved. After the bodyguard is over, we will return this thing to you as it is," Guan Yuntian.
"Okay!" Qi Qi agreed very simply, and then he was a little difficult. Of course, he has valuable things, but it is precisely because they are so valuable that they cannot be used as collateral casually.
"What?" Guan Yuntian asked when he saw Qi Qi was very embarrassed.
"Brother Yuntian, can you not take it? I swear to you, I will not do anything unrighteous when guarding the bodyguard, if you disobey it, your soul will be destroyed!" Qi Qi.
"If the oath had worked, we wouldn't have died so many brothers that time," Guan Yuntian joked.
"This ......" Qi Qi hesitated.
"If you don't want to, you can, I won't force you. But this dart, you definitely can't participate," Guan Yuntian.
"Brother Yuntian, is there really no other way?" Qi Qi asked.
"What do you think of us Longteng? This is a rule that all the brothers of Longteng agree to, if you want to, then do it, if you don't want to, we don't force it. Although you are a person with strong martial arts, with you, we must be more sure of this dart, but as a big brother, I must not trample on the rules set by all the brothers for the sake of safety, worrying that the bodyguard will make mistakes and damage my prestige!"
Qi Qi was silent for a while, and then gritted his teeth and agreed, "Okay! Since Brother Yuntian is so loyal, I don't have the reason for my mother-in-law." I agree to Brother Yuntian's request!"
After this matter was finalized, Qi Qi handed over the white-sheathed sword he was carrying to Guan Yuntian.
Guan Yuntian is also a person who knows weapons, and he can see at a glance that the white sheath sword inlaid with two lifelike doves on the scabbard is not extraordinary, whether it is the exquisite workmanship of the sword or the sharpness of the blade, it can be called the best.
"This sword is worthy of a magic workman!" Guan Yuntian fully affirmed.
"Please also ask Brother Yuntian to take care of it, after the bodyguard is over, I will take this sword back," Qi Qi said.
"Naturally!" Guan Yuntian said loudly.
After the matter was negotiated, Guan Yuntian led Qi Qi to visit the dragon dart shop up and down and met the brothers.
After getting acquainted with everything, it was also dark.
After eating.
"Qi Qi, I'm afraid you're not familiar with this Nanxun City, right? It's okay, big brother will take you for a walk. It just so happens that I may not have gone out for a long time to breathe, and I am so bored," Guan Yuntian said.
"Where are you going?" Qi Qi asked.
"Go and enjoy the wind and snow," Guan Yuntian smiled meaningfully.
Qi Qi, Guan Yuntian, Zhang Hu, and some of Long Teng's brothers, a total of seven people, left the dart line.
When Qi Qi and the seven of them stood under the plaque of "Xuanyin Qinfang", Qi Qi asked Guan Yuntiandao, "Brother Yuntian, is this what you are talking about?"
"Of course!" Guan Yuntian said with a smile, "Could it be that you have other opinions about Fenghua Xueyue?"
"The reciprocal music is the wind and the snow," Qi Qi said.
"Haha, this is your scholar's wind and snow, but it's not us rough people," Guan Yuntian asked, "Could it be that Brother Qi Qi is still a chick?"
"Big brother, it's better not to put this kind of thing on the table," Qi Qi Yanyan.
"Haha, let's go in!" Guan Yuntian laughed.
Coming to the piano workshop, Qi Qi couldn't help but be shocked by the lively atmosphere of this full house. It's just that the men and women who behave frivolously, and the thick fat on the women's faces, really don't make him too interested in this kind of place.
The piano workshop has a second floor, the hall on the first floor is full of banquets, and to the north is a stage covered with a red carpet, on which some lightly dressed women are playing the piano or dancing.
Stairs leading to the second floor are located on the east and west sides of the stage. Guests who can sit on the second floor are either rich or expensive. On the second floor, the viewing experience is superb. The whole piano workshop has a panoramic view, and most of them are the children of officials and businessmen, with excellent upbringing, and the environment is not as noisy as the first floor.
Qi Qi, Guan Yuntian and others chose a seat in the middle of the west side of the first floor, ordered wine and food, and ate, drank and had fun.
"Brothers, the girl on that stage is good, right?" Guan Yuntian threw a slice of braised beef into his mouth and said with a smile.
There were six women on the stage at the moment, three in the front and three in the back.
The girls in the Xuanyin Piano Workshop are all very good, the three girls who play the piano are dazzling with their ten fingers and plucking the seven strings, the whole person is like a high-spirited general, and the short and high sound of the piano rushes to the ears of the spectators like a wave, making the whole hall very high-pitched.
Although the three dancers did not pluck the strings, their graceful dancing like water snakes were not tugging at the heartstrings of the men?
They are well versed in the men's hobbies, the dresses they wear are as transparent as gauze, the beautiful scenery inside is looming, they dance here, the eyes of the spectators follow here, they dance there, and the saliva of the spectators is also thrown there.
And he just opened a big hole in the placket, revealing the beautiful scenery like clotted white jade.
The girls' eyes were also like fox charms, and they hooked the souls of these men.
After looking at it for a while, Zhang Hu got up and said with a flushed face, "Grandma's, I can't do it anymore! These are really too capable of twisting, I have to find one, and the samadhi in my stomach is really hot!"
Guan Yuntian and the others laughed.
After Zhang Hu left, Qi Qi couldn't hold back. But it's not because of the charming girls, it's because the atmosphere here doesn't deal with him.
After sitting for a while, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I got up and stood up.
"Childe ......"
A delicate voice floated to the ears like a feather.