The pen that Li Sheng was holding at this time was found by him at a stall. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info As soon as he saw this pen, he liked it very much. But he was destitute, and he had not even a penny on him. After a fierce ideological struggle, Li Sheng finally exchanged a very precious jade pendant left to him by his father for this pen.

After getting this pen, Li Sheng felt that he had picked up a treasure. Although this one is old, it is still very easy to use. Generally, the barrel of the pen is made of bamboo or jade, and the tip of the pen is made of the hair of animals such as sheep and wolves. However, after repeated research, Li Shang couldn't see what material this item was made of. From this point of view, this pen must be a valuable treasure.

It's a pity that even if there is such a treasure in his hand, he can only let it hide in this poor alley. Li Sheng sighed lightly and put away the green pen. At this time, Xiao Lu walked up to him and sat down, and asked, "Brother Li, what happened today, why do you have these injuries?"

Li Shang looked at Xiao Lu and knew that he could see that the injuries on his body were beaten by others, so he said: "I met a few old people on the street today, and we had a discussion. Nothing. ”

"Oh......" Xiao Lu nodded suspiciously. He saw the painting that the woman had just made, so he asked again, "Brother Li, who is the swordsman you just mentioned?"

Li Shang smiled slightly and explained: "He, he was a very famous swordsman hundreds of years ago, and he was called a swordsman because of his chivalrous spirit, and later he ......."

The next morning, the woman came and returned the umbrella and came to fetch her paintings.

"I'm sorry for the interruption. The woman said to Li Shang.

Li Shang responded with a smile: "It's nothing." In fact, we took advantage of such a masterpiece for free. ”

"Gong ...... Zimu praised. When the woman said "Childe", it was obviously a little unnatural. The words of such a beggar-dressed man are inconsistent with his identity. Li Sheng just smiled and didn't care about these details.

The woman went to collect her pen and ink and paintings. At this time, she saw the poem that Li Sheng wrote on the ground yesterday, so she turned her head in surprise and asked, "You wrote this?"

"It's a graffiti work, and I laughed. Li Sheng replied.

After the woman whispered the poem "Linjiang Immortal" a few times, she suddenly said to Li Shang: "Can you inscribe this poem on the painting I made yesterday?"

"It's a great honor. ”

Seeing that Li Sheng agreed, the woman handed him the pen and ink. Soon, Li Shang inscribed the words on the painting. The woman had to admit that Li Sheng wrote a good hand. The font is fresh and elegant, and it doesn't seem to be tacky at all.

"Good words, good words. I really didn't expect that there would be such a master in this remote place in Yuzhou City!" the woman couldn't help but admire.

Li Sheng shook his head again and again, and said, "I'm just a down-and-out scholar." ”

"But I don't think you're ordinary. The woman said with a serious face.

Li Sheng smiled and said, "Yes, I am indeed not an ordinary person. However, my life now is not as good as that of an ordinary person. ”

The woman didn't know what had happened to Li Shang, and she didn't know why he was so down. In the woman's opinion, there should be no reason for a person like Li Shang to fall to this point.

Li Sheng looked at the "Swordsman Picture" and said: "Back then, Dugu's predecessors were tired of the world and drifted away, which was really chic. Alas, there are few people in the world who can be in such a state. ”

"Yes," the woman nodded in agreement, "In the world, there are always many worries and sorrows. However, no matter how troubled you are, life always has to go on. ”

"What's the point of that, is it true that people are born to experience suffering?"

The woman asked rhetorically, "Isn't it?"

When you think about it, there is some truth to this. If you haven't experienced pain, how can you understand what happiness is like?

After a moment of silence, Li Sheng sighed: "It's a pity that there are too many ignorant people in the world. I'd rather be a beggar and be free than walk around with these people. ”

"Why are you so bothered?" The woman could see that although Li Sheng said it easily, her heart was very heavy.

Li Sheng chuckled: "I am such a person. I'd rather go into exile than do this!"

In the morning, the two talked a lot. Before you know it, it's noon.

"Brother Li, it's time to eat. Don's voice could be heard in the distance.

The woman said to Li Shang: "It seems that I should also go." We are also fated, this painting, let's give it to you. ”

"Thank you. ”

Soon, Don Jr. returned. He walked in with a bowl of leftover rice and said to Li Shang, "Brother Li, eat quickly...... Hey, this girl is too. The woman smiled and nodded at Xiao Tang, glanced at the bowl of leftovers, and left. After eating the so-called lunch, Li Sheng lay down on the straw mat and rested.

Closing her eyes, Li Sheng recalled what happened two years ago. If he had chosen again, he would have done it again. Not for anything else, but for one's own heart.

In the evening, Xiao Lu and Xiao Tang came back from outside with injuries. Li Sheng was very strange, so she asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Xiao Lu didn't speak, but Xiao Tang complained: "We also let people beat us." A group of people who came out of nowhere, we didn't say we stole their stuff. Isn't this a deliberate attempt to find fault!"

Li Shang quickly thought of what this person had done. Hmph, villain's move!

"You still don't want to go out these days. Li Shang said.

"Brother Li, this Yuzhou City is nothing, when are we leaving?" Xiao Tang said.

"Leave ......" Li Shang thought of the woman who had just known her for a day and didn't know her name, and said after a moment of silence: "Let's go in a few days." ”

The next day, none of the three went out, and naturally they didn't have anything to eat. In the morning, Li Shang was telling Xiao Lu and Xiao Tang about "Strange Tales of Immortals and Demons", or reading poems to them. Before they knew it, they had forgotten about hunger.

No one expected that near noon, the woman came. She carried a lunch box and a scroll of paintings into the shed. Li Sheng stood up and said, "You're here." ”

The woman nodded, handed the lunch box in her hand to Li Shang, and said with a smile: "It's noon, I have prepared some meals for you, please don't dislike it." ”

"How can you dislike it? It's too late to thank you. Li Sheng took the lunch box, only took out the wine in it, and gave the food to Xiao Lu and Xiao Tang. Xiao Tang happily took it, and Xiao Lu asked, "Brother Li, don't you eat?" Li Sheng replied, "You eat first." ”

Li Sheng and the woman sat on a straw mat facing the sun. He poured his wine and looked at the scroll that the woman unfolded. In the painting, a few plum blossoms open in the wind, which is extremely gorgeous. A lonely moon hangs in the night sky, shining on the plum in the snow. There is a poem attached to it: "The candle in front of the window is red and snowy, and a few plum blossoms are reflected outside the curtain." Only then did I feel that the cold clouds dispersed, and the wind blew in the secluded path of the small garden. ”

"You like plum blossoms too?" asked Li Shang.

"Yes," said the woman, "does not compete with the crowds, but blooms alone in the cold wind." May's arrogance and otherworldliness are exactly what I aspire to. ”

"Yes, plum blossoms are comparable to those flowers that bloom in the warm breeze of spring? After the storm, they were devastated. The plum blossom is in full bloom in the wind, no matter how fierce the wind and snow are, it will not move. As he spoke, Li Sheng raised his glass.

After drinking the wine in the cup, the woman said: "In the cold wind and snow, plum blossoms can temper a stronger will." It's just that it has to endure too much pain and loneliness. ”

"So what? Even if you perish in pain and solitude, it is better to live in comfort and pleasure. ”

The woman smiled. Pouring the glass full of wine, she said to Li Shang, "It's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Me too. ”

One is a down-and-out beggar, and the other is everyone's daughter. It is a great spectacle for two people with such a gap to drink, talk and laugh here, appreciate paintings and recite poems.

At the invitation of the woman, Li Shang inscribed a poem "Drunken Flower Yin" on this plum blossom picture.

"The candlelight of the Winter Pavilion is scattered, and the snow is lightly scattered. The secluded path is fragrant late, the jade belt is Luo, and the drunken bead curtain is chaotic. The cold and frost are swept by the wind, and the plum blossoms in the small courtyard are displayed. The shadow moves the long steps, the waning moon is in the sky, and the world is far away. ”

The shadow of the sun is slanting to the west, and the glow is all over the sky. It's time for the woman to go. When Li Sheng asked the woman's name, the woman did not answer, and only left him two lines of poetry: "Luomei dotted the makeup, and the snow danced in the clouds and a few fragrant ......" The woman did not say the last two sentences of the poem.

The cold moon condensed the empty flowers and muttered to herself, listening to the words how long the night is when you lie alone.

When the sun completely set, Li Sheng was still standing at the door, looking into the distance. After seeing the woman leave, he didn't move.

"Hey, Xiao Tang, did you say that Brother Li had a crush on that girl? Xiao Lu whispered to Xiao Tang.

"It should ...... They've just met......" Don said with some skepticism.

"Haven't you heard of love at first sight......

"You two, don't guess. At this time, Li Shang came to the two of them and said, "Let's think about what to eat tonight." ”

"Oh. ”

After living for more than 20 years, Li Sheng finally met someone who could talk to him, and he was naturally happy in his heart. As for what Xiao Tang and Xiao Lu talked about, he really didn't think about it.

It's a pity that he won't stay in Yuzhou for a long time......

In the days that followed, the women would always come here to taste wine and paintings, and recite poems against Li Shang. Here, there is no difference between the two of them, the difference between men and women, and the love in their chests.

However, on this morning, a few uninvited guests suddenly came. They are the people Li Sheng met on the street that day. The leader is the young man, Li Tong.

Li Tong stood outside, sneered and said, "Yo, it seems that you are in a good mood." ”

"That's nature. With beautiful women every day, can you be in a bad mood? One of the people next to him answered.

Li Shang sneered in his heart, these people are really boring!

The other person walked up to Li Shang and said with a disdainful expression: "Just by you, you are also worthy of being with Miss Luo?"

Li Shang stared at the man's eyes and replied, "Worthy or not, you are not qualified to say!"

The man was furious, and suddenly slammed his palm on Li Shang's chest, knocking him to the ground.

"Why do you hit people casually?"

"That's it, Brother Li didn't provoke you. ”

Seeing Li Shang being beaten, Xiao Lu and Xiao Tang walked out and said dissatisfiedly.

When the rest of the people were about to make a move, they saw Li Sheng spit in their direction and said, "Phew, what are you going to do besides bullying the weak?

Li Tong really couldn't stand the fact that Li Shang, who had fallen so far, was still so arrogant. He was furious, and he was about to rush up and beat Li Sheng severely. But at this moment, a man in white suddenly appeared in front of Li Shang.

"Is this the purpose of your martial arts practice?" the man in white asked the men.

No one saw how the man in white appeared. To have such a speed must be very human. But Li Tong's anger had overwhelmed reason, and he didn't think too much about it. He pointed at the man in white and said, "What kind of thing are you?

The man in white shook his head lightly and said, "It's really incurable......" he said, waving his hand. Those few people suddenly felt a wave of qi rushing towards them. In an instant, they were knocked against the wall not far outside.

The pain in his body made Li Tong wake up. How could someone who could beat them without the slightest ability to resist be an ordinary person. So Li Tong left with those people in embarrassment.

The man in white turned to look at Li Shang. At this time, Li Sheng saw the true face of the man in white. This person is about twenty or thirty years old, with clear eyebrows and a kind face, which makes people feel very comfortable at first glance.

"Thank you for your help. Li Sheng stood up and hugged his fist at the man in white.

The man in white still looked at Li Shang, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Yes, there is potential." ”

"Are you ......," Li Shang asked with some confusion. The sudden appearance of the man in white before, as well as his performance in repelling Li and others, all proved that he was by no means an ordinary person. Only, how could he suddenly appear here?

"I've been keeping an eye on you for days. ”

"What?" Li Sheng was even more surprised.

The man in white smiled and said, "I came here that day when your blood dripped onto Qingfeng, that is, the cyan pen. After a few days of observation, I have decided to take you as an apprentice. ”

"Take me as an apprentice?" Li Sheng was even more surprised. The person in front of him seemed to be a few years older than himself, so how could he take himself as an apprentice? Thinking about it again, this person must be very unusual if he is so good. But why did he take himself as an apprentice? Was it because of the pen?

"Yes. The pen you have on you was left by an old friend of mine. Your blood dripped on it that day, making it recognize you, and at the same time I felt its place. Since you can get its approval, and I think you are also a person of fate, I have decided to take you as an apprentice. "Humane in white.

My blood dripping on the pen? Li Shang thought about it carefully and finally remembered. That day, he met Li Tong on the street and was beaten, and the blood should have flowed to the pen at that time.

"But, I don't know who you are?" Li Shang said.

The man in white smiled: "Once, people called me a swordsman. I think you've heard of it. ”

Musketeers?

"Are you Dugu Yu?" Li Sheng said in a lost voice.

"Yes. I know you're a little bit unconvinced. However, you only get one chance. I'll give you a day to think about it. After a day, if you don't worship me as a teacher, I'll leave, and of course I'll take back the pen. After speaking, the figure of the man in white gradually faded until he disappeared.

This, listening to his tone, how can it feel like a threat?

"Huh, Xiao Lu, Xiao Tang, what's wrong with you?" Li Sheng suddenly found Xiao Lu and Xiao Tang who had fainted on the ground at some point.

"They're fine, just passing out for the time being. When you've thought about it, they'll wake up naturally. At this time, the voice of the man in white came from Li Shang's ears.

"It's the first time I've seen someone to apprentice like this, ......"

All day, Li Sheng waited for the woman's arrival. But she didn't come until nightfall. Li Shang thought to herself, she shouldn't come. didn't see the woman, Li Sheng was a little disappointed. Maybe in the future, the two will not have the opportunity to meet again......

The next day, Dugu Yu appeared in front of Li Sheng on time.

"Is it decided?"

"It's decided. I worship you as a teacher. ”

Dugu Yu smiled: "Okay, then let's go." ”

"Wait, Master. Before leaving, I would like to ask Master to come up with a name for me. ”

"Oh?" Dugu Yu was a little puzzled.

"I think this departure will be a big change for me. In the future, I will be a new me. I want to go into the future with a brand new name. ”

"Hmm...... What do you think of the name 'Yichen'?"

"Dust...... Okay, from now on, my name will be Li Yichen. ”

After changing his name, Li Yichen followed Dugu Yu and left here.

Prior to this, Li Yichen had left a letter to Xiao Lu and Xiao Tang, and a poem "Appealing to Heartfelt Love, Poetic Painting" to the woman.

"The spring water of Huaqiao is misty, and the drizzle sends cold. Tonight, the wind and the moon are willows, but the wine is not good. Walking on the old way, walking in the dust, silent. Poor alleys, looking back at the reunion, the painting is still happy. ”