Episode 16: The Praying Mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind
A few days later, in a desolate northern town, the streets were deserted, only the "whirring" north wind swept up the loess and various detritals on the ground. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At the entrance of the town, a woman in orange floated in, adding a touch of beauty to this gray town. The woman in orange arrived at an arms shop in the blink of an eye, and said in a bright voice, "Is Zhang Yao here?" ”
Before the words fell, an old man walked out of the shop, hunched on crutches, kind eyebrows, coughed twice before asking, "Who?" ”
The woman in orange stepped forward unhurriedly and said, "Old man, please take a look at this knife." As he spoke, he took out a small flying knife from his waist and handed it over.
The old man held the flying knife in the palm of his hand, studied it carefully for a while, and then raised his eyelids to look at the woman in orange.
The woman smiled: "This knife is blunt, I want to ask the old man to help sharpen it." ”
The old man did not speak, but put the knife on the huge whetstone and sharpened it with a "swish".
The small flying knife was sharpened in a short time, and the old man tried the blade and said, "Knife, it's okay." ”
The woman stepped forward and was about to take it, but the old man put the knife back and said, "What about the reward?" ”
The woman smiled and took out a silver ingot, and the old man glanced at it, "hummed", and shook his head silently.
The woman was surprised: "What? Isn't such a small flying knife enough? ”
The old man sneered a few times and said, "Of course it's not enough, how many things have you broken in my shop, how can this bit of silver be enough to compensate?" ”
The woman listened and nodded: "So you already know." Then we won't hide it. Come out, you guys. ”
Under an order, more than ten strong men in white clothes rushed out around the shop, led by a white-clothed white shirt and a scarlet cloak, which was Wan Kui, the leader of the White Horse Gang. He glanced at the orange woman, and the orange woman knew - their search was nothing.
The woman in orange is Yin Hongyan, she came to this town with the White Horse Gang, and according to the clues provided by Li Jinyun, the "magic sword" was recast in the hands of this old man named Zhang Yao.
Wan Kui suggested that Yin Hongyan first attract Zhang Yao's attention in the front, and he would take people to the back to search directly. For such a suggestion, Hongyan did not hold out much hope, but she did not object, but acted according to the plan.
"Old man, don't pretend to be confused, quickly hand over the 'magic sword' and save your flesh and skin from suffering." Wan Kui saw that there was only one hunchbacked old man, so he boldly threatened loudly.
Zhang Yao didn't raise his eyelids, and said unhurriedly: "Where did you come from, a bastard, so impolite?" ”
Wan Kuiden was furious: "You old thing......" Before he could attack, he was stopped by Yin Hongyan.
"Old man, we are really for your good, that sword is a hoodoo, it is better for you to hand it over to us for safekeeping." Hongyan persuaded in a gentle drizzle.
Zhang Yao looked at Yin Hongyan and said, "Is it auspicious to hand it over to you?" Girl, don't set yourself on fire. ”
Yin Hongyan wanted to say something, but Wan Kui preemptively said: "Don't talk nonsense with him, go!" Before Hongyan could stop it, as soon as Wan Kui waved his hand, the dozen or so strong men "hula" and immediately surrounded Zhang Yao and drew their knives.
In this fight, Wan Kui was stunned, this little old man who he didn't pay attention to was actually divided by two with three strokes and five times, and he knocked down all his subordinates with his bare hands in a few faces.
Seeing that Wan Kui was about to be knocked to the ground with a palm, Yin Hongyan raised her hand, and three flying knives rushed towards Zhang Yao, Zhang Yao had no choice but to dodge, and Wan Kui escaped. Wan Kui, who was waiting for death with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and saw that Zhang Yao had accepted the recruitment, but turned around and ran away, not caring at all about Yin Hongyan, who had saved his life, Hongyan had to smile bitterly on the side.
Zhang Yao didn't chase Wan Kui, but only said to Yin Hongyan: "I know, the girl is good at kung fu, and I don't want to embarrass you, so you can go too." ”
Yin Hongyan said with a smile: "Thank you old man, but if I, Yin Hongyan, escape, will it not damage the prestige of my Divine Sword Sect?" ”
Zhang Yao's jaw said: "The girl is so ambitious! Then you're welcome. With that, he took out a pair of iron sledgehammers from the corner and held them in his hands.
When Hong Yan saw it, she frowned slightly, and also took out her long knife and fought with Zhang Yao. Hongyan's knife was light, and she didn't dare to touch Zhang Yao's sledgehammer, so she could only flicker and move, trying to win by skill. Zhang Yao also saw Hongyan's scruples, so he accelerated the rhythm and danced his arms, not giving Hongyan a chance to breathe.
Seeing that Zhang Yao was defending tightly and there were no gaps, Hongyan immediately changed her tactics, shook a knife, jumped three meters away, and turned around and threw seven flying knives. Seven golden lights, straight to Zhang Yao, are "desperate seven kills", Yin Hongyan used this golden knife for the first time, it turned out that this golden knife was extremely light and sharp.
Zhang dodged and swung his hammer, dodging as best he could, dodging three, two of which were knocked down, and the remaining two were firmly nailed into his shoulders and thighs. Zhang screamed and fell to the ground. Hong Yan smiled, she knew that no one could dodge these seven golden knives, she wanted to capture Zhang Yao alive, so she had room to start.
At this moment, Hongyan suddenly felt that there was wind behind her, she was afraid that it was not good, and she was about to withdraw, but her shoulder had been hit, and when she turned around, she saw a burly old lady, wielding a pair of silver sledgehammers, and jumped over.
The old lady came to Zhang Yao's side first and checked the injury: "Old man, are you okay?" ”
Zhang Yao gritted his teeth and said, "Old woman, I don't care, do it quickly, kill this girl." The old lady nodded.
At this time, Hongyan just took this opportunity to take a breather, she looked strange, didn't she hear that Zhang Yao still had such a wife?
In front of him, Zhang Yao and his wife had already opened a posture side by side, four sledgehammers, two black and two white, viciously pounced on Hongyan. Hongyan's heart sank, she knew where she could be the enemy, so she had to look for an opportunity to escape while fighting.
But Zhang Yao and his wife are entangled with Hongyan to death, and they must put Hongyan to death. At this moment of crisis, a man joined the warband, and a sword held back four sledgehammers. When Hongyan saw this person, she was a lot more settled, but Zhang Yao and his wife opposite were shocked.
"Black and white, long time no see!" Someone said.
Zhang Yao and his wife gritted their teeth and squeezed out four words: "Shangguan Duxue? “
Indeed, the person who came was Twilight, the Twilight Snow who made Hongyan wait for two years!
Hongyan and Twilight Xue, with a sword and a sword, also cooperated tacitly, but Hongyan was injured in the shoulder and gradually lost her physical strength, but Zhang Yao's injury was more serious, and the blood had stained his clothes red.
The old lady knew that the longer she dragged on, it would be bad for her, so she stepped up her moves to force Hongyan alone, and the sickle had already understood his wife's intentions and tried his best to trap Twilight.
Seeing that Hongyan couldn't parry it, and this hammer was about to be in the center, Twilight Xue shouted anxiously, raised her sword to forcibly separate Zhang's double hammers, concentrated her strength on the tip of the sword, and stabbed at the old lady with the rotation of the sword.
"Danger!" Zhang sickle screamed and pushed his wife away hard, but he fell down with a sword.
"Let's go!" Zhang Yao said with the last of his strength. The old lady hesitated, sighed and fled.
"A line of flying red?" Hongyan blurted out, and then her eyes went black and she lost consciousness.
When Hongyan woke up, she was already in an inn, and the wound on her shoulder was bandaged, and Twilight was standing by the bedside, quietly watching her.
"Twilight, did she escape?" Hongyan asked eagerly.
"Ah, yes. But it doesn't matter, I'll meet it later. Twilight said with a smile.
"If you kill Zhang Yao, you won't be able to ask about the whereabouts of the 'magic sword'." Hongyan sighed.
Twilight smiled and said, "That's not Zhang Sickle, it's the black evil of 'Black and White', it's my enemy." ”
"What? Not Zhang Yao? And what about the sickle? Hongyan was surprised.
Twilight shook her head: "I don't know, when I followed the 'Black and White Twin Evils' to this town, it was an empty town, and there was no one in the weapon shop, so the black evil was pretending to be Zhang Sickle in the shop, waiting for you to take the bait." ”
"How so? Did we leak the news? Hongyan pondered for a long time and had no result, "By the way, I haven't seen you for a few days, but you have already practiced 'a line of flying red'?" No wonder he dared to attack the enemy. Hongyan quipped.
When Twilight heard this, she immediately blushed: "No, just now I was only thinking about saving you, and somehow I used a 'line of flying red'." ”
Hongyan giggled, and the laughter made Twilight's heart flutter, and he was so happy for the first time in two years.
After breaking up with Hongyan that year, Twilight Snow tracked the whereabouts of the enemy while practicing alone, and he found that the enemy was hiding in the mountains, so he waited at the mountain pass. It wasn't until someone went into the mountain to find the "black and white" that Twilight Snow secretly followed them out of the mountain.
"By the way, I found this under your golden knife." Twilight suddenly thought of something, and took out a piece of tissue paper from a pair of sheets and handed it to Hongyan, "I think this is for you." ”
Hongyan took it and looked at it, and there were four lines of small words on the paper: The magic sword is reappeared, who will compete with it, the bloodbath event, and dominate the rivers and lakes.
How could this note be under the golden knife? When did it put it under the golden sword? And who put it? They have no enmity with the "black and white", why should they ambush themselves? Where is the real Zhang Yao at this time? Hongyan was full of doubts, and said softly: "It seems that there are other masters." ”
"Don't think about it so much, let's get some rest first." Twilight said distressedly.