Chapter 183: A Good Pair of Swords
"Lord Xia!" Lan Yiting almost exclaimed.
How famous the name of Jinyiwei was in the Ming Dynasty, Chen Hanyu knew it for a long time. If the masters in it are placed on the rivers and lakes, they are definitely at the top of the same realm, and their strength is only strong and not weak. In addition, he had long heard that the current supreme leader of Jinyiwei was the commander Wang Gongxiang, followed by the deputy commander Xia Yining mentioned by Ou Xintong just now. These two people are said to be peerless in the realm, among which Wang Gongxiang has been in the peerless realm for twenty or thirty years, and his strength should be the master of the vast majority of peerless middle-grade in the rivers and lakes, and he is experienced, and his adaptability and various means are lacking in ordinary people in the rivers and lakes. Even Ou Xintong himself once said that with Wang Gongxiang's strength, it was more than enough to deal with ten people like him Ou Xintong.
As for Xia Yining, it is said that the time for him to break through the peerless mid-grade is about the same as Ou Xintong, but Ou Xintong also has a very high evaluation of him, saying that he himself is far inferior. Whether there is an element of Ou Xintong's being too humble in this, Chen Hanyu does not know, but Xia Yining is definitely also a master in the peerless middle grade, and it is said that he is good at using a long whip, which is indeed very suitable for Lan Yiting's current situation.
In the past few days, Hangzhou City has been particularly lively, and the triennial Tianjiao Auction Conference has made many people in the rivers and lakes come here from thousands of miles away.
Tianjiao Pawnshop is the largest chamber of commerce force in contemporary times. The ram who is known as the shop owner is rich and rich, and has deliberately added a gift reward link in this auction meeting, and anyone who spends more than a certain amount at the auction conference can get the secret reward of the Tianjiao pawnshop. Among them, the top-notch reward product "Heavenly Fragrance Life Dew" is said to be boiled according to the ancient method, and in addition to quickly treating various serious injuries, it is said to have a miraculous effect on reviving the dead. Therefore, the number of people who came to participate in the auction this time is unprecedented.
Of course, in addition to the much-anticipated Tianjiao pawnshop, some small traders and individual merchants also take some of their valuable gadgets and set up stalls in the streets and alleys to sell. Because the government did not dare to offend the Tianjiao pawnshop, it only sent a few officials to rectify the street style, and turned a blind eye to some small merchants and vendors who were to be cleaned up in the past.
"Eh, two young heroes, come here to pick up the sword?" A small trader saw Yang Xiaocheng and Zhen Yingying glance at his sword shop a few times, and hurriedly came out of the shop.
"No need...... Zhen Yingying said and was about to move forward, but the vendor didn't give up, so he ran directly to her and stopped: "Eh, this girl, don't be in a hurry to leave! Our shop is also a time-honored brand in Hangzhou, and there are many swords suitable for women!"
Zhen Yingying's face sank slightly, and she was about to say: "Get out of the way!" but heard Yang Xiaocheng say: "Yingying, since you're here, let's go in and have a look!"
Before Zhen Yingying could speak, Yang Xiaocheng greeted the vendor again: "Shopkeeper, do you have a better sword here, these at the door are really unsightly." ”
"Hey~ connoisseur!" the peddler heard Yang Xiaocheng say this, and his smile immediately piled up, "Come on, come on, I'll take you to see the good swords hidden in the shop, and all kinds of first-class famous swords are satisfactory to you." ”
It's just that he said this to ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, but who are Yang Xiaocheng and Zhen Yingying? I only heard Zhen Yingying sneer: "Let's go, there's nothing to see." As he spoke, he walked directly past the hawker, and the hawker wanted to stop him again, but he saw that Zhen Yingying's body seemed to move slightly, and he didn't see how fast it was, but he made the hawker pounce.
"This ......" The peddler's face changed suddenly, even if he didn't know anything about martial arts, even a fool could see that the other party was definitely someone he couldn't afford to mess with.
And just as Zhen Yingying walked a few steps, a young man dressed as a scholar came up: "This girl, but you are choosing a blade to take advantage of?"
"Huh?" Zhen Yingying glanced at the young scholar in front of her, and saw that although he was dressed as a scholar, he had a certain true aura of exercises.
However, Zhen Yingying didn't care about this, because this young man was just a first-class middle class, and he couldn't threaten her.
And at this time, Yang Xiaocheng also came over. Now Yang Xiaocheng and Zhen Yingying are both transfigured, and they don't show the obvious sect mark, so the young man in front of him should not know their true identity.
When the young man saw Yang Xiaocheng and Zhen Yingying standing together, a faint smile appeared on his face: "This son has a simple appearance, he should be the girl's crush." ”
Zhen Yingying's face sank suddenly: "If you want to talk nonsense again, believe it or not, this girl knocked your chin down?"
When she said this, the young man's face also changed, and she hurriedly said: "The girl is embarrassed, Xiaosheng has lost her eyes, and she is rude......
"Less nonsense. Zhen Yingying directly interrupted the young man's words and said, "What do you want to say." ”
The young man had a smile on his face again: "That's right, Xiao Sheng got a pair of good swords a few days ago, which should satisfy the girl." ”
The young man's reaction made Yang Xiaocheng's expression look a little unnatural, and he secretly said in his heart: "This person can't be a liar......, right?"
"A couple?" Zhen Yingying heard the mystery in the young man's words, "You mean the double sword?"
"Yes. The young man nodded and said, "There are a few long-swords that can be used in one hand, but the twin swords are more beautiful, and the materials of the sword are more rare. Eh, girl, you can take a look first, if there is a match, then I can sell it to you at a low price. ”
Listening to the young man boasting over there, Zhen Yingying glanced at Yang Xiaocheng and said, "Do you think he is reliable?"
"Not very reliable. Yang Xiaocheng told the truth.
Zhen Yingying turned back to look at the young man: "I'm sorry, I'm not good at making double swords, it's better for you to leave the sword to those in need." Saying that, Zhen Yingying was about to leave again, but the young man continued: "Girl, if you miss this village, you won't have this shop!"
Seeing Zhen Yingying's footsteps, the young man continued: "Don't you think about it? Even if you don't have a match, you won't lose it!"
didn't want to be under the soft grinding and hard bubbles of this young man, Zhen Yingying actually agreed to go with him. The young man was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said that he would lead the way in front, and let Zhen Yingying and Yang Xiaocheng follow behind.
Seeing that the young man had already walked in front, Yang Xiaocheng muttered in a low voice: "Why do I think this person has bad intentions?"
The voice of what he said was very small, and the young man would definitely not be able to hear it, but Zhen Yingying heard it clearly, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "What, the dignified Songshan disciple will also be afraid?"
When Zhen Yingying said this, Yang Xiaocheng's face sank and said: "Go and go, what is there to be afraid of." ”
"Then let's go!" Zhen Yingying chuckled and took the lead in walking towards the young man. In fact, to be honest, Zhen Yingying is really not afraid of what the young man will do to her, no matter how she says it, she is also a master who has entered the top of the middle grade realm with half a foot, and she has experienced a lot of winds and waves, so she will not be afraid of such an unknown first-class boy.
However, having said that, Zhen Yingying has always been vigilant. Be careful to make the Ten Thousand Year Ship, and now she has no long sword on her body, only a pair of silver hooks. To be honest, Zhen Yingying is actually not good at making hooks, the people of the Five Spirits Immortal Sect still mainly practice swords, and masters like Li Yanhui who are also proficient in music skills are a minority after all. Most people, even if they can use other blades, are definitely not as easy as using a sword.
But then again, with Zhen Yingying's current strength, even with her bare hands, she can easily deal with such a first-class master. And there is a Yang Xiaocheng behind her, although Zhen Yingyingbi doesn't want to trouble him much, but with this guy by her side, she can still feel an inexplicable peace of mind.
The young man's residence was not very far from here, and the three of them soon arrived at the gate of a small courtyard. I saw that the courtyard was not very large, there were only two houses in the courtyard, and there was almost no difference in appearance, and the symmetrical divisions were on both sides of the courtyard.
The young man led the two to the door of the house on the left, took out the key from their bodies and opened the door. Zhen Yingying looked around, and suddenly asked, "Is there anyone else living in this small courtyard besides you?"
"This ......," the young man hesitated, "there used to be, but the house on the right was also empty for a while. ”
As he spoke, the young man had already opened the door, and at the same time as he entered the door, the young man said: "Come in, there is only Xiaosheng alone in this room, and it has not been cleaned for some time, I hope you two will not dislike it." ”
He was talking to himself, and the man had already entered the house. Zhen Yingying originally planned to follow up, but she glanced at the house on the right a few times, and then whispered to Yang Xiaocheng: "The house on the side doesn't look like no one lives, this guy should have something to hide from us." ”
Zhen Yingying should also want to tell Yang Xiaocheng the results of her observations. However, Yang Xiaocheng seemed to be mistaken, and immediately looked at the house on the right vigilantly: "There is no murderous aura, there should be no danger." ”
Seeing Yang Xiaocheng's serious expression, Zhen Yingying couldn't help crying and laughing: "Don't be so nervous, I don't think he looks like a bad person." ”
Yang Xiaocheng was stunned: "Didn't you just say that he had something to hide from us?"
"......" Zhen Yingying turned around and walked towards the house.
When he entered the inner room, the young man did not mean to avoid suspicion, and reached out and twisted the lamppost on the left side of the room in half a circle, and a dark wall immediately opened, revealing a secret passage.
"Come in!" said the young man, as he walked into the secret passage. However, at this time, Yang Xiaocheng suddenly said loudly: "If you dare to be unfavorable to Yingying, I will not let you go in the first place." ”
He suddenly said this, and even Zhen Yingying, who was in front of him, was unexpected. And Zhen Yingying then blushed, glanced at Yang Xiaocheng with disgust, and then quickly looked away.
The young man turned around, there was no anger on his face, and said softly, "How dare I, both of them are masters of peerless learning, how can someone like me compare?"
After the young man walked down the secret passage, Zhen Yingying looked at Yang Xiaocheng with a slight gloom, and scolded softly: "Idiot, who wants you to protect?"
"I ......" Yang Xiaocheng was about to explain, but Zhen Yingying looked a little impatient and said: "Okay, okay, let's go down quickly!" Saying that, she ran into the secret passage first, and Yang Xiaocheng was stunned for a moment, and said to himself: "I should have said something wrong!"
However, this secret passage is actually not deep, and the three of them walked a short distance inside, turned a corner, and saw a small dark room.
There was no one in the darkroom, and a large area in the middle was empty, except for rows of wooden storage shelves on the side.
After the young man entered the dark room, he walked directly to the wooden frame in the second row on the left-hand side. Zhen Yingying looked at the young man, thinking that there was still some mechanism hidden on the wooden frame, and she didn't want the young man to directly pull out a long wooden box from the wooden frame, and then turned around and walked back.
The eyes of the two began to look at the wooden box, and saw that the appearance of the wooden box was quite clean, and the texture should not be bad, but the wood looked like it was many years old, and they didn't know what treasures were hidden inside.
"This is what you call a good sword?" Zhen Yingying asked in a slightly questioning tone.
Zhen Yingying's doubts have her reason, generally the sword is either placed on the sword frame with the sheath or hidden in the sword box. The sword that the young man was talking about was in a wooden box, which looked like a box for collectibles.
"It's all here, is it necessary for Xiao Sheng to lie to you again?" the young man kept his smile on.
Zhen Yingying hesitated, reached out and gently pushed open the hidden lock on the wooden box, the secret lock opened as soon as it was touched, and then Zhen Yingying flipped her palms and lifted the entire box lid up.
At the same time, Zhen Yingying also added twelve points of caution in her heart. There is a kind of hidden weapon mechanism in the rivers and lakes that is hidden in the box and launched at the moment when the lid of the box is opened. Therefore, the moment Zhen Yingying lifted the lid of the box, her hands immediately launched two palms. In this way, if there is really a hidden weapon sprayed out, it will also be pushed back by Zhen Yingying's palm strength, which will be reflected on the young man himself.
However, it turns out that this time it was Zhen Yingying who thought too much. The lid was lifted directly, and there was nothing out of the ordinary.
And when she saw the contents of the box, Zhen Yingying's pupils shrank, and she couldn't help but exclaim.
"What's the matter, I didn't lie to you!" Looking at Zhen Yingying's surprised expression, the young man smiled slightly.
Zhen Yingying seemed to have just recovered from her surprise, and reached out to get the things in the box. But she was halfway through her hand, and suddenly stopped again, and looked up at the young man with some suspicion in her eyes.
The young man knew that Zhen Yingying still didn't trust him, sighed, and reached out to take out a light blue short sword from the box. It is said that it is a short sword, but in fact, it is one or two inches shorter than the average long sword, and it should be considered relatively long among short swords.
But I saw that the sword body was glowing with a light blue halo, and there were also lines in the form of orchids depicted on it. The hilt of the sword is like a white orchid, with blooming flowers and budding flower bones.