Chapter 20: The Eve Before Yesterday

I don't know how long it has been since the sun set, she didn't light the lamp, and Qi Wuwei, who had no leaves, could only sit on the chair and doze off with his arms crossed, Qi Wuwei actually couldn't sleep at all, but this attempt was constantly going on, but he could only keep yawning. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info she asked, "Are you asleep?"

Qi Wuwei said impatiently: "You heard me yawn one by one and asked me, 'Are you asleep?'"

She said, "People who yawn want to sleep, why do they want to sleep when they can't?"

Qi Wuwei sternly asked: "You don't light the lamp in the middle of the night, why do you ask me why I want to sleep?"

She said: "I can do a lot of things in the dark, you see I am listening to my father-in-law's snort right now, and when I have a child, I will listen to his breathing at night with my eyes open and not sleeping." ā€

"I can't see anything, I just know that you have nothing to do and want to chat with me, then the first topic, I must tell you that it is not so easy to listen to the breathing of your child after falling asleep at night!" Qi Wuwei said.

She seemed to acquiesce in Qi Wuwei's judgment, and asked directly, "Why? Have you ever raised a child?"

"Haven't you ever eaten pork and never seen a pig run?" Qi Wuwei said: "I used to bet with people on that mountain that a sleeping person is no different from a dead person except that he can pant for breath. But the man said, 'There is a difference.' I didn't believe it, so I made a bet with him. "On the mountain" is a special symbol of Qi Wuwei and her, representing that Qi Wuwei wants to tell about his past, Qi Wuwei will not say "that sect" or "that sect", if so, it will involve some meaningless grievances and hatreds, and Qi Wuwei's relationship with her will not be so complicated, at least "on the mountain" will not be like this when it becomes a symbol.

She asked, "What do you bet on?"

"I won't tell you if I die!" Qi Wuwei said.

"Okay, okay, you go on. ā€

Qi Wuwei said: "He took me down the mountain secretly, and in one night I saw all the examples of 'not sleeping dead' that I was given. Qi Wuwei paused, as if trying to recall those examples, and continued for a long time: "I only remember three, the first, the old man who wakes up frequently at night, the second, the person who has nightmares, and the third, a family that has just given birth. I remember the first one because I knew I would be as old as the old man and maybe sleep so restlessly, I remember the second one because I didn't think I had any dreams for a long time, and I remember the third one but I couldn't remember why, but I knew that I was most impressed by the third. ā€

She thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because most of you children in the mountains haven't seen your biological parents, or you're too young to remember when you leave your parents." You remember the third, you were born to remember. ā€

Qi Wuwei savored those four words, "I was born to be destined to ......" Qi Wuwei said: "I am destined to have a different bone arrangement from ordinary people, and I am destined to be able to eat, drink, and play without my fists and feet, I can afford to dance with a sword without sword moves, I can afford to hold a pen and paper, I can't leave a mob, and I can't put on a low posture and only leave arrogance." I should have been a waste, and I would have been driven down the mountain if I didn't leave, but it's a pity! That person just came, and I didn't be enough of the waste, and I didn't comfortably exchange cynicism for more 'waste' when my partner went out to practice martial arts in the sun, and that person just came! I really didn't have enough of the waste!"

She thought that Qi Wuwei's clumsiness in his gestures was always considered to be that he had never practiced martial arts, and Qi Wuwei's tallness was always considered to be empty. But if others are too offended, then there is really "nothing to do under the palm of the hand", she asked, "that person...... Is that the one you bet with?"

Qi Wuwei seemed to have forgotten what happened on the Wishful Treasure Ding, and rummaged through his body. She waited quietly, and suddenly heard Qi Wuwei's words, "Eh, eh, you hurry up!" The lights were lit, but she saw that the color of the soil had returned to normal in the heart of the Ruyi Baoding that opened the lid, and a leaf had grown on it, but the leaf was gray and white.

Qi Wuwei plucked the leaf and put it in the wine gourd, and replied, "It's him." ā€

"You must be very good friends. With him by your side, you won't be alone. ā€

"With him with me, I probably wouldn't even be able to go down that mountain. Qi Wuwei suddenly became alert, "Someone is coming outside!Quickly find a mask for Cang Hui to put on!" Qi Wuwei suddenly only remembered such a thing that needed to be prepared.

She took out a stack of identical masks from the drawer on the side, put them on Cang Hui and aligned Wuwei and said, "I'll go out with you." ā€

"Don't! Later, your father-in-law tied himself to the tree again!"

When Qi Wuwei came outside, he remembered that he forgot to bring a lantern out, but fortunately, there were torches in the hands of the people who came, and his faces were also clearly illuminated, it was the Feng family sisters and brothers. The siblings held torches in front and two horses behind them pulled a cart full of goods, many of which were sealed in various boxes. It's like a man who catches a dart in the night.

"You haven't been back for a long time, are you going to get these things?"

Feng Saburo replied, "Exactly! These are all sent by Xiao Hei to help him." ā€

Qi Wuwei asked, "What about the little black man?" Qi Wuwei's face suddenly darkened, and he couldn't see anything, and suddenly took a few steps back, and "Hei" took off his mask and said, "I'm here! ā€

"Dressed like this, people will see it and think you stole it. ā€

"I won't let anyone see it!" "Little Black" smug on his face, "Besides, it's all my house! ā€

Qi Wuwei asked him, "What are you doing here?"

"Xiao Hei" coughed and said: "Give it to the master and the second sister and third brother, the house has been sold, and I will be wandering the world in a few days!"

Qi Wuwei didn't look at him, only looked at the Feng family sisters and brothers silently, how could these two people just accept it. The Feng family sisters and brothers looked back at him, their faces were flat and they didn't feel anything wrong. Looking back at "Blackie", "What is your goal? Don't just spend the money from selling the house." ā€

"Xiao Hei" said: "The nearest goal, the millennium sword duel. ā€

"Huh?" Qi Wuwei suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that you are the heir of the An family?" Xiao Hei nodded. "The thing that Canghui did to take you in is worthy of his name as a "saint"!"

"Xiao Hei" smiled: "I won't affect anyone, this battle is just the only thing I do to the so-called family, and after that, 'I' am me and it's just me." Whether you are famous or not, you won't cause trouble to others!" he turned and left. Feng Erniang shouted: "Good boy, really don't come back to see your second sister and your third brother again?"

"Take care!" Xiao Hei arched his hand sideways, put back his mask and disappeared. Qi Wuwei watched him leave, thinking of the idiot, these two teenagers were the same age, but they were very different. After Jing Shuiyi's accident, Qi Wuwei never asked him about the idiot in person, but he was afraid that he was already lucky, but this is the rivers and lakes, but there is always no way to remedy it.

Qi Wuwei said to the Feng family sisters and brothers: "The carriage stopped on the side, the two of them went in first, and your master had an accident." Your hostess will tell you specifically. ā€

Feng Saburo asked, "What about you, Brother Wuwei?"

Qi Wuwei had already left, "I've been here long enough, what else is there to do!" The Feng family sisters and brothers watched Qi Wuwei leave. Qi Wuwei whispered to himself: "Go to find the Jing Evil, the matter of Canghui will never be so simple!"

......

"Shhh Standing on the gatehouse of Yantian Capital City, he didn't seem to be comfortable.

"Lord Wang, this is the second time you have expressed surprise in this way. General Yang said, "The first time was before entering the city, when you saw behind the walls of Yantianjing. ā€

"I have never seen such a majestic and wide wall, nor have I ever seen such a prosperous city. I don't know when such a miraculous city will appear in my homeland, but if that happens, every farmer and herdsman in Anlu will definitely abandon his hometown and become beggars in that city!"

General Yang and King Xun Zun laughed at the same time, only Qizichao had a stern face.

"What's so funny? everyone knows it, it's just polite!" a sentence came and broke the laughter of the two. Qi Zichao seized the opportunity to speak, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes! That's it!" He was already disgusted with his master's excessive modesty and his blind disparagement of his motherland.

"Isn't Your Excellency the prince of Xuning Mansion?" Adhering to the concept of "people should not be disguised", King Xun Zun asked the identity of the person who had always come.

"Alas, a little guy who runs errands for others to call is just the same status as the little brother next to you. Qizichao nodded approvingly, although he himself is a nobleman, but he is very recognized by the outspokenness and courage of the person in front of him.

"That strong man must be in the service of that prince!" asked King Xun Zun again.

He nodded, "Please come with me." With that, his figure flashed, and for a moment he didn't see any movement in his body, so he spun around in a circle and walked directly towards the exit.

King Xun Zun looked at General Yang in surprise, and General Yang only made a "please" gesture to the back of the departing man, and then left. Qi Zichao was already stunned by the man's seemingly inadvertent revelation, and King Xun Zun turned around and called out twice, "Zi Chao!" before he followed.

"Where did the strong warrior come from? Before we came, we had done some pre-study of Zhongzhou martial arts, and we had some understanding of Cang Hui and Sui Yusheng and other martial arts masters. "The guest did not want to be silent on the journey, and in his previous experience, an inquisitive guest would greatly satisfy the desires expressed by his host without incurring disgust.

King Xun Zun didn't expect that the person was very disgusted by this sentence, "I'm a person from Xuning Mansion, and I am a prince of Xuning Mansion, what does Zhongzhou Wulin have to do with me?"

"That'...... How should we consider the skills of a strong man, compared to the likes of Sui and Sheng?" The man casually uttered a sentence that made King Xun Zun fall into deep thought for a long time.

He stood still and looked at his feet, "Cang Hui can lift one of my shoes, and Sui Yusheng can't lift half of them." ā€

......

"Jackal, you're back. ā€

"Yes, the profane jackal has lived up to its mission, and the guests are waiting for you outside. ā€

"What do you think of him?"

"If it's a king, it's the same as returning to Sui and the like, and if this is a monarch, I'll kick him in the face when he comes near my shoes. ā€

"Well, you've got to put on a good face for them. Come out with me!"

"Isn't there a local kid surnamed Xiao?"

"He's got one person behind him, and I'm going to have to have two people follow me!"

......

A small table, two round stools without backrests, King Xun Zun sat on a round bench, and Qi Zichao looked hesitant, because the place where King Xuning met was on the second floor of a teahouse.

"Excuse me!" said a man who walked towards him with a clear purpose, and the young man who was waiting behind the empty stool quickly gave way of a seat. He lifted up his robe and sat down, dressed like the skilled man who had often mingled here.

"You don't blame you, do you, it means a lot to me! King Xuning said with a smile.

"Oh, I'm honored to hear your story." ā€

King Xuning picked up a cup of tea and said, "Hey, it's not a story...... I just want to say that this Zhongzhou, all the people gathered are capable people, don't look at any landscape and goods can be mixed in at this time, just say that the people who have taken root here are all a tyrant outside, but it depends on the size of the place where he dominates. Just like this tea, it is muddy, but there are a few tea leaves, which are clear at a glance. ā€

King Xunzun's eyes lit up, "Your Excellency means that you are one of these teas?" seems to be very sensitive to the politics of this other country.

King Xuning shook his head and drank the tea dry in one gulp, his mouth still chewing, "Not only can I drink this bowl of tea, but I can also chew the tea leaves in my stomach." ā€

King Xun Zun clapped his hands and praised: "What a wonderful metaphor, it has given me a lot of inspiration!"

King Xuning shook his head again, "When I was a child, I was bored to come up with such a paragraph, but it made the people in the palace wary, and since then, the palace has never let me out to play in this teahouse." ā€

"It turns out that when the prince was young, he could come out and play in such a place. ā€

King Xuning shook his head and shook it so much that he was about to faint, "Other princes won't, I just don't have any feelings for that palace, anyway, it's not my turn to inherit the throne, when the time comes, I can't take it away, and I still have feelings for it?" He continued: "And you see that the people in this teahouse, every guest, is carrying something above their heads, they have different statuses but they have to sit on the same high stool in a special place, and the security of the capital helps them avoid any possible conflicts." He took his place while he was out to go to the bathroom, and when he came back, he had to smile and find the next place among so many people, because the guest he had made an appointment was coming. Because this is a place where a person with enough ability can be arrogant!" King Xuning turned his head and looked at the desecrated jackal, and then patted the hand that King Xun Zun put on the table.

"Or there are people who have enough skills, they don't like Zhang Xian, they are very smart people. King Xun Zun was about to open his mouth to thank him, but King Xuning rushed to say: "I hate smart people the most!" When King Xun Zun was about to change his face again, he grabbed it again and said: "Joke." Hehehehehe......"

King Xun Zun was tortured by him a lot, and he would no longer take the initiative to start a topic. King Xuning had no choice but to ask, "How much does your guest know about the Millennium Sword Duel?"

Finally, it was the turn of King Xun Zun, and he shook his head.

"Yes, the millennium sword duel has only been held once in China before. There have been before, but it is too far away to investigate. King Xuning said, "This is a young man's game, and it is also a means for the several great families who rule the martial arts sword world to compete peacefully" Xun Zun Wang finally couldn't help but say: "Young people's game, what is the point of Zhongzhou's such a fanfare?"

"But most of the people who came to watch the sword duel couldn't see any shortcomings and flaws in the tricks of the children of the family who participated in the battle. Second, there is a precedent for the winner's family to prosper and dominate the rivers and lakes, and the loser's family has been in a slump since then. I will preside over this sword duel, and I hope that you can give you unique guidance. He looked back at the Guilty Jackal, "Take the trouble to take your guests to the inn!"

King Xun Zun and Qi Zichao couldn't wait to leave quickly, and hurriedly followed the desecrated jackal to leave King Xuning.

"Xiao ......"

"Xiao Mian Township, Lord Wang!"

"Oh, you'll have to follow me tomorrow, do you hear me?"

"Really, my lord, I'm so lucky!"

"Hehehe...... Don't get excited, don't get excited......"

......

"It's you......" On the eve of the thousand-year-old sword duel, Wu Xingxuan never imagined that this person would wait for him before his residence. He was on alert all over, not daring to slack off.

Lian Muhuo smiled, "Hehehe...... Do you want to say that the law and order in Zhongzhou is suddenly so bad, and such a person as me is actually let in. He held up his remaining hand and pointed at his smiling face.

"The martial arts thief Xu Yuanjue has just subdued the law, and people will naturally relax! But I will never do it!" Wu Xingxuan has no decline at this moment, his sword has also been reforged, and his whole person is like a new life, and it seems that he will no longer be afraid of anything.

Lian Muhuo said: "Yes! I'm glad to see you come back, welcome! I know about your return, and I'm here to give you an 'explanation', the one I promised." ā€

"You ......" Wu Xingxuan's eyes were full of strangeness to Lian Muhuan, "What are you going to do?"

Lian Muhuan said: "Tell me something about your son, and when I finish speaking, you will understand what 'confession' is." With that, he sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard, like an acquaintance, but with the same kind of decline as Wu Xingxuan at that time, Wu Xingxuan couldn't suppress his curiosity in front of the enemy and wanted to hear it.

"In the past few days, I have spent the past few days with Brother Sui Yusheng, he enlightened me and brought me back, asked someone to reforge my knife, and also told me about you. Sui Yusheng, Lian Mu 'Xiao', such a suitable name, I have never thought of any connection before. Wu Xingxuan is still standing, I don't know if he is still a little jealous and suspicious of his current "hustle".

"Shut up!" Lian Muhuan gritted his teeth, but as if he was pleading, "Don't mention those things!

"As you know, I didn't kill people indiscriminately. Lian Muhuan said, his words were like confessions to someone who could confide, "even after something like that happened to me." I can no longer use the name of 'Venerable Sword' with my junior brother to obtain financial support for my wife and daughter, but I have promised them a lifetime as a man to live a delicate life, and I must let them enjoy a lifetime of happiness!"

"That's when you started buying homicide?"

"Right...... At that time, I tried my best to take on some big evildoers as targets, and later the landlords and rich people who had many tenants in their families would also take some. I was willing to do it, and my money was slow but it was enough to sustain that life, and at first I even forgot about the shame for a while, because I no longer relied on fame alone to support myself, and I also paid for it, and I never worried about any regression in my martial arts. Lian Muhuan said, his smile actually seemed very real. He deliberately stopped for a while, not only to make any changes to this next, but also to simply want Wu Xingxuan to make a comment.

Wu Xingxuan didn't say a word.

Lian Muhuan continued: "Until one day, a man came to me, and he offered me a price that I had never dared to think of before, and gave me a condition that I had never seen before - to find and kill a person whose life was 'slaying the dragon'. He said that this person will kill the emperor and cause chaos in the world, and getting rid of him is exactly what I am looking for. Because the price was so tempting, and the clues he promised to provide would be specific to a certain person, I don't think I wanted to accept the deal. He turned and was about to leave. ā€

Lian Muhuan suddenly looked at Wu Xingxuan, "I opened my mouth and asked him what if I couldn't find it and couldn't kill this person." Hehehe......"

Wu Xingxuan understood that if the buyer was allowed to leave like this without the superfluous words of Lian Muhuo, maybe everything would be different.

He looked at me with a smile, his withered fingers drawing in front of me. And then it was gone. I can't tell what it was like, so I agreed to have lunch with my wife and daughter, but I had to look for the conditions he gave-" Lian Muhuan pointed at Wu Xingxuan, "Your son!"

"Why? Why Wu'er!"

Lian Mu hid his face and cried bitterly, "I don't know! I didn't know for a long time to figure out why I became like that, the farther I got from the dragon slayer, there was a pain that couldn't tell what was wrong with me, it hurt in my hands! It hurt in my brain! I hurt in my heart! I could have cut it off, but I wouldn't have hurt myself, and I didn't know where I wanted to hurt myself......"

"I know I'm going to have to kill the dragon slayer, or it'll stay with me for the rest of my life, but I've found out that I'm going to kill someone who has nothing to do with it...... When that pain came, I made a choice between my wife and daughter, who were pregnant with my son, and I regretted it for the rest of my life. said so, but Lian Muhuan's "pitiful" had been thrown away, and his face became hideous.

On the other hand, it seems that the decline of the newborn Wu Xingxuan seems to have made a comeback, Wu Xingxuan knows in his heart that his family's questioning of the rule of the royal family has begun for several generations, and he can't imagine whether the "genius of the knife world" destroyed by this "dragon slayer" and the bloody storm that caused many scenes are the retribution for what his family has done over the years.

"Do you know why I didn't stop killing after slaughtering the city you were stationing?" asked Lian Mu with a sinister smile.

"You...... Are you saying that Wu'er is not dead!" Wu Xingxuan said in surprise.

"That's right, and I'm very relaxed now, it's 10,000 times easier than when I take refuge in Buddhism and practice Buddhism, I want to tell you, your son is in this Zhongzhou! My dear junior brother doesn't want to see your hard work in vain, ha!"

......

In the blood, he picked up the recast treasure knife and held it with his backhand, and then used that hand to turn out the chivalrous order of the word "Mao" from Wu Xingxuan's arms. Lian Muhuan strode out of the small courtyard, and the fire broke out behind him.

"Your neighbor fell earlier and won't come to put out the fire. He muttered to himself.