42. II
The storyteller in the tavern is coming to an end to the story of the day, and the wind outside the tavern rises and stops, but what remains unchanged is that the sun in the sky still hangs in the center.
The coolies who came to rest were about to finish eating the peanuts, but the wine had already been drunk, they wiped a handful of plates, put the rest of the peanuts in their mouths, and listened to the suspense left by Mr. Storyteller and the shocking sound, no one was in a hurry to go first, they were discussing, that sword Ping Kunlun girl is really so powerful? Will she encounter any more strong enemies?
These things have nothing to do with them, but when life is boring, stories from afar are always more pleasant than life from afar.
After not sitting for long, the time for the coolies to go to work was approaching, and they reluctantly left their stools, opened the curtains, and prepared to continue what they had to do to provide for their families.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, the autumn wind that had been blocked out blew in their faces, and everyone was caught off guard for a moment, and then the people shuffled, tightened their cuffs, tightened their necklines, folded their hands around their chests, and slowly left the warm tavern.
Suddenly, the person at the front saw a group of people not far away, coming all the way against the autumn wind. After this first person found out, the people who followed also saw that group of people, not to mention that they were not slow, they were getting closer and closer. For some reason, everyone remembered Jiang Xiyi, the owner of Taixuanzhuang, and her thirteen family members that the storyteller had just said—a group of fourteen people, dressed in white and white horses, wearing long swords, and having a sassy demeanor, which was rare to see. There were already people in the crowd counting whether it was fourteen horses, whether it was fourteen people, and some people poked their heads out and walked back to see if the person who took the lead was a teenage girl.
But before they could see the man at the head of the group, or count whether there were fourteen or not, they had already turned over and dismounted, lifted the curtains, and walked into the tavern.
No one dared to ask, 'Are you Jiang Xiyi?' For all saw that these men were armed with weapons, some of them on their backs, some of them hanging from their waists, and some of them holding them in their hands. Although they have a short knowledge, they all know that those who are all swords and can carry so many weapons must be people from the rivers and lakes, and the people of the rivers and lakes are not easy to mess with.
The sound of horses' hooves swept over them, and a few neighs fell behind them, and their destination was also this tavern.
They had at least counted fourteen white horses.
The people who were already outside the tavern didn't see clearly who these people were headed by, but the people in the tavern saw clearly, and the person at the head was a little girl in white who looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, her pale face was almost bloodless, her eyes were as bright as bright stars, and there was a plain white hosta carved into a flower between her black hair, and those with good eyesight could faintly see that there was a little bright red in the stamens of the flower.
She's beautiful, but everyone's attention isn't on her beauty.
The old gentleman, who was talking in the tavern just now, was also drinking and eating meat at an empty table at this moment, his hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, and his face overflowed with excitement, because he looked carefully, this group of people, indeed fourteen people, except for the little girl at the head, everyone was wearing a sword.
Although he had told countless passages and seen countless people coming and going in this tavern, this was probably the first time he had recognized this person with his own eyes, and this person was the person in his story.
This person is, of course, Jiang Xiyi.
Jiang Xiyi never thought that she would break into such a big name, she just wanted to find someone, but people in the rivers and lakes always can't change the habit of pulling out a knife and doing it at every turn, if a person is too angry, he doesn't like anyone, and he always wants to provoke trouble and fight, then this person thinks this way when he sees everyone.
When those people saw Tianshu or Tianliang to ask, they saw that they were wearing swords beside them, and then looked at a group of people not far away, how did they think that these people were menacing, so they met unreasonable people, and it was inevitable that there would be a big fight.
If Jiang Xiyi went to ask people in person, those people would not dare to relax, because they saw the weapons of those people behind Jiang Xiyi. Weapons are also murder weapons, since you carry a murder weapon with you, that is, you must do it, since you are destined to do it, it is better to strike first.
So Jiang Xiyi became the head of the legendary Kunlun group of swords.
Once a person becomes famous, there will be a lot of troublesome things one after another, it seems that everyone knows that Taixuanzhuang and his party are dispatched, it must be fourteen people in white clothes and white horses, Jiang Xiyi is now in Kunlun No matter where she goes, even if she sits down a little in the teahouse, someone comes up to ask her if she is Jiang Xiyi.
Almost every month of the year, there are rookies who emerge, and there are often people who are dissatisfied with these rookies and want to teach them a lesson.
So her fame grew.
In fact, she doesn't care about her fame at all, and she doesn't care what others think of her, it's just that someone comes to provoke her, and it has never been her style to not do it.
After Jiang Xiyi glanced at the tavern, he paused at the drunken man, and then found an empty table and sat down. As soon as she entered, she attracted the attention of everyone in this tavern, but the man didn't look at her at first, and after Jiang Xiyi paused his gaze on him, the movement of drinking in his hand stopped, because he knew that someone was watching him, and that gaze was too cold, even if he didn't want to notice it.
Jiang Xiyi's seat was not far from the man, and the shopkeeper who ran the hall immediately greeted him, and after Tianshu ordered a few side dishes, the other tables also came to one table each.
The big man suddenly stared at Jiang Xiyi, two cold eyes turned on her face twice, Jiang Xiyi was not afraid, a pair of eyes did not shy away from looking straight over, after seeing his face clearly, Jiang Xiyi couldn't help but secretly applaud in his heart, this person can also be said to be a good man, a hero.
After the two looked at each other twice, they withdrew their gazes almost at the same time, and at this time, the shopkeeper held the food and put it on the table, and the two ate and drank separately.
However, Jiang Xiyi's chopsticks did not move twice, the curtain of the tavern was lifted again, and eight warriors walked in at the door, standing on the left and right, four people on one side, all eight people were holding spears in their hands, the spearheads were shining, and a small flag was tied to it, and the two white characters "Xixia" were embroidered on the four sides of the left head, and the two white characters "Helian" were embroidered on the four sides of the right head. Then a person walked in slowly, the person was dressed in a big red brocade robe, about twenty years old, with a hooked nose and a slight green beard on his face, which made people know two points at a glance, first, this person's status was extraordinary, and second, this person was not a Song person.
From the moment the man entered the door, his eyes were closely looking at the people at the table in Taixuanzhuang, he looked at the people one by one, as if he was identifying which one was the leader, and when he saw Jiang Xiyi sitting with his vest outward, he stepped away and said, "You are Jiang Xiyi, the owner of Taixuanzhuang?" ”
Jiang Xiyi didn't seem to hear it, and put the dish he had just picked up into his mouth and chewed it carefully, and didn't pay attention to it.
This man spoke in a loud voice, and the whole hall heard his words, the shopkeeper who ran the hall, the shopkeeper who was settling accounts, and the storyteller who was drinking all stopped their movements, wanting to see how she responded, and even the man raised his eyelids and glanced at this side.
The man waited, but did not get a response, and said angrily: "You yellow-haired girl, do you know who I am?!" ”
After Jiang Xiyi swallowed the food in his mouth, he said coldly: "Who are you?" ”
The man sneered and said proudly: "I'm a person from Yipintang, recently the general of Zhengdong wants to see you, you yellow-haired girl is good, you didn't wait for our general to come to the door, and even ran away, today we caught up with you, you can go with us." ”
This person said Yipintang, is the Xixia Yipintang, is a martial arts hall in the Xixia Kingdom, set up by the king, the hall recruited many martial arts strong people, excellent gifts, to teach them all the martial arts moves to the officers of the Xixia Kingdom, if you are interested, you can also throw yourself to the Western Xia, then have their own official rank, and this martial arts hall is called Yipintang because, whoever enters the ' The people of Yipintang are known as the first product in the world of martial arts, but the people who are the first in the world of martial arts are often proud and unwilling to come to the door in person, so the officials in the Yipintang will bring people to the door.
The man who was drinking heard the three words of Yipintang, raised his eyes again, and swept over to the people at the door, he was from the Song Dynasty, and the entire army of the Western Xia Kingdom was the commander of the Western Xia Kingdom, and the official title of the commander of their Yipintang was the general of Zhengdong, and the intention was obviously to reach the Song Kingdom.
Jiang Xiyi still didn't put down the chopsticks in her hand when she heard this, and after she took a chopstick dish, she said, "How do you know that the person you are looking for is me?" ”
The man said: "Sue me above, the person you are looking for is Jiang Xiyi, the owner of Taixuanzhuang, you are a group of fourteen people in white clothes and white horses, and you are a fourteen or fifteen little girl, and thirteen people behind you are wearing swords, you are not Jiang Xiyi, who are you?" ”
Jiang Xiyi slapped his hand and said, "Who sued you, I am Jiang Xiyi?" ”
When the man heard her say this, he hesitated a little and said, "Could it be that you are really not Jiang Xiyi?" ”
Jiang Xiyi asked rhetorically: "How did I ever say that I am Jiang Xiyi?" ”
The man was puzzled: "You really never said that you were Jiang Xiyi, but since you are not Jiang Xiyi, then who are you?" What do you do with this kind of battle? Don't you know that the Western Xia is looking for that person now? ”
Jiang Xiyi said: "I like it, I don't know." ”
The man was furious by Jiang Xiyi's neglectful attitude, and said, "You stinky yellow-haired girl is really too blind!" I'm going to teach you how to behave today, so that you don't have to suffer in the future!" “
After saying that, he reached out with his arm, and the horsewhip in his hand waved out, rolling towards Jiang Xiyi's heart.
Jiang Xiyi's body was motionless, her right hand was raised slightly, her sleeves waved, and a gust of wind swept in this tavern, and the horsewhip didn't even touch the corners of her clothes, so she returned the same way directly, and slapped the man's left arm with a 'snap', and her strength was not a trace or a trace of strength.
The man who was drinking next to him secretly applauded this trick in his heart.
Jiang Xiyi said: "You just left directly, why do you want to cause trouble?" Even if you get into trouble, why bother me? ”