When Chen Zimo arrived at the south gate, it was already evening, and the sky had begun to darken, like a gray curtain covering the stage of this heaven and earth, and a touch of sunset was like splashing ink on it.

He checked all the goods on the car according to the list, from medicinal herbs to blank various rune papers, especially when he saw those rune papers, he secretly thought in his heart: I happened to have a booklet in my arms to explain the drawing of the runes, and when the time came, I would ask Uncle Sun for some yellow paper, which could just be used for practice.

He made sure that the goods on the cart were correct, but a carriage that had been delivered to the governor's palace contained something like a box covered with a black cloth, and he did not think much about it when he saw that the seal on it was intact.

Chen Zimo locked the car door, was about to finish signing, and then send the things of the city defense army over first, when a team of people walked towards him.

"Linliang, why are you here?"

Jiang Linliang smiled and arched his hand: "That's the case, I just want to go to the city defense army to do some things, and the superintendent said that you have to send some military funds over, so I will come to you first and bring it over by the way, and you can go back to the house directly in a while, so that you can run more in this province." ”

"That's naturally good, the six carriages behind are going to be sent to the city defense army, you can take them and send them over, I'll go back first." ”

After handing over the things, Chen Zimo and the rest of the city gate sergeants drove towards the governor's mansion with the rest of the carriage.

On the way, he chatted with the sergeant next to him, and accidentally talked about Yu Bing.

Chen Zimo asked simply and relaxedly, "What do you think of Yu Bing's swordsmanship?"

The sergeant in the car laughed. "My lord, have you ever heard that there is a book in the Tianyi Pavilion of Tianqitai that gathers the rankings of Huazhou cultivators, called the Martial God List?"

Chen Zimo nodded and said, "Naturally, I have heard that all cultivators in the world dream of being on the list one day." ”

"That's it, Lord Yu Bing was on the list back then, and he was still in the top twenty-five, and he also reached the twelfth place on the swordsmanship list alone, and Lord Yu Bing was very young at that time. ”

"It turns out that he is so powerful!" Chen Zimo muttered secretly, he became more and more incomprehensible to this person, with such a powerful strength, how could he be an inconspicuous deputy captain in this small city governor's mansion?

"The people of the rivers and lakes call the twenty-two shadows, and the title of the twenty-two shadows is not in vain. The sergeant's face was full of pride, as if he was proud to have this man in the city.

But how many people know that after Yu Bing was defeated by Chen Ang with only thirty moves many years ago, he ran to a tavern in embarrassment, and secretly swore in his heart, I must defeat you, I must defeat you.

Then Yu Bing himself couldn't count how many times he challenged Chen Ang, big and small, but no matter how much progress he made and how hard he worked, he was defeated in his hands every time, no more than one move, no less than one move. He was angry, he was crazy, it was a kind of desperation that would always live in the shadow of a person, and he even felt that Chen Ang was playing tricks on him every time, every time.

It wasn't until later that he began to doubt himself. "Sword, I don't know sword, I really don't understand sword, so what have I been trying so hard to do in the past few years?" he muttered as he drank his wine.

"The sword, the sword that kills, yes, the sword is used to kill, the sword is used to kill, as long as the heart is cold enough, you can no longer hesitate, the sword can be fast enough, yes, that's it, I'm not cold enough, I'm not fast enough. Yu Bing burst out laughing, the maniacal laughter echoing through the tavern.

For several months, the rivers and lakes set off a storm of blood and rain, until one day, after he killed countless people with the sword in his hand, he found Chen Ang in the governor's mansion on a rainy night. "I've practiced fast enough, my sword is full of blood, and I won't lose again this time!"

A thunderclap sounded, and dazzling lightning illuminated Yu Bing at this time, only to see him unkempt and covered with blood.

Chen Ang stood in the shadow of the heavy rain, silently looking at Yu Bing, who was almost crazy in front of him.

"No, you're wrong, you're still far away!

Yu Bing sneered, grabbed the hilt of the sword and rushed towards the darkness, a sword light flashed, at this time the thunder started again, after the lightning, Yu Bing stood in place in a daze, holding a broken sword in his hand, and the other half pierced into the dirt not far away.

He was stunned in the rain at a loss, he didn't even see Chen Ang's sword swing clearly, and the words that pierced his periosteum sounded in his ears with thunder: You will never defeat me!

Chen Ang didn't say anything more, but put away his sword, and looking at him at a loss, Chen Ang walked over and patted him lightly on the shoulder.

The large and small shops on the West Street are scattered along the street, and the twilight afterglow faintly spreads on the red bricks and green tiles or the brightly colored pavilion cornices, adding a bit of hazy and poetic to the prosperous downtown evening scene in front of you. In the market, there are faces that are either long, elegant, fresh, or sophisticated, with sparkling cars and horses, and the flow of people is like weaving, and not far away there is a faint penetrating shout of the vendors, and occasionally a horse neighing, in which it is like being in a colorful and rich picture.

There is a restaurant in the most conspicuous place on the street, called: Jinpinke, this huge restaurant seems to be unremarkable, but this is indeed an unusual place, Huazhou has a special organization, here do special business, such as assassination, intelligence, claiming that you can kill anyone as long as you have enough money.

And the gold sellers in Heluo City are part of this organization.

A boy was led by his attendants to a room on the third floor, in which a gauze curtain was horizontal.

There was a wooden chair in front of the tulle, and the man sat on it. A bewitching voice sounded behind the tulle. "I don't know why Childe came?"

"You're a gold soldman, naturally you're here to kill someone!"

"Who?"

"Chief of the local governor's mansion, Chen Zimo!"

There was a crisp giggle from behind the curtain. "His head, the price is not low, 60,000 pieces!"

"This money, you underestimate me too much!"

"Childe misunderstood, I'm talking about 60,000 gold coins!" (one gold coin equals 10,000 coins)"

The boy was visibly taken aback. "It's just a captain of the guard, is it worth the price? 60,000 gold coins are enough for an ordinary person to live a dashing life, and the head of an ordinary court official is only a thousand gold coins!"

There was laughter from behind the curtain: "He's an unusual person, did Childe still decide to place an order?"

The man hesitated for a moment. "Okay, but I want you to break him to my bones. The man said resentfully.

Out of the restaurant, he turned into an inn, and a tall and thin middle-aged man stood in front of his door waiting for him: "Young master, where have you been?"

"I just went out and took a casual turn!" said the young man angrily.

"The master told me before we went out, to take good care of you, and also told you not to cause trouble, for the sake of a small chief of the guard of the Governor's Mansion, you don't have to be angry about this. ”

"I must kill him, let me lose face in front of so many people, no matter who it is, I will definitely die!" After speaking, he turned into the door and slammed the door angrily.

In front of the plum forest in the governor's house, Yu Bing sat on the stone bench in the pavilion, leaning against the stone table, lazily looking at the plum tree that was reflected by the moonlight, drinking the wine in the pot from time to time, and ordering the past to carve his appetizers, drinking to the end, he pulled out the saber placed on the stone table, with a crisp cangchang sound, the sword shadow flashed, he danced in the plum bushes, the sword shadow was like the wind, the sword intent was like water, the petals were flying, pieces were like his hatred, and also like his grief, the murderous aura suddenly rose, as fierce as the wind.

He has long known that in the eyes of everyone, he is a sword idiot, a person who is crazy about swords, a swordsman who used to be crazy, and an idiot who has long not known what a sword is.

Today, Mei Fang is still the same

The sky is high and the clouds are low

Sad and gloomy

Only the lone lamp is left in the cold snow

Ten years is blank

Turned into a cup of sacrificial wine

The days are walking day by day, and in a blink of an eye, winter has quietly passed, the wind rises, the wind leaves, and the Luochuan River outside the city quietly recovers to its original state, this winter seems to freeze everything, but it still does not thaw before the coming spring.

For a while, in addition to practicing every day, Chen Zimo was looking for Ling Feng to drink, or he was pulled out by Xiao Yun to play, but he never returned the hairpin to Xiao Yun.

One afternoon, Chen Zimo and Lu Lingfeng were sitting in the courtyard drinking wine, when Sun Yun walked in with an angry face. "Well, you drink here every day to hide from your leisure. ”

"Isn't there nothing to do!" Chen Zimo said to Xiao Yun with a smile on his face.

"Alas, recently, I don't know where the demon beasts came from, scourge the people around the city everywhere, and make my father anxious every day. ”

Lu Lingfeng also continued: "I also know something about this, the city defense army has sent many times to encircle and suppress, but unfortunately the monster is elusive, and even the shadow has not been found." ”

"Yes!" Chen Zimo said lightly.

Sun Yun suddenly smiled smartly. "Why don't we go and have a look, in case we can get rid of that demon beast!"

"What!" Chen Zimo glared at Sun Yun.

"Let's go out and have fun!"

"No, it's too dangerous, and the Overseer won't say yes. ”

At this time, Sun Yun put on a pitiful expression, staring at Chen Zimo with big watery eyes. "Brother Zimo, let's just go out and have fun! Besides, so many people can't touch it, and we won't meet it. ”

Chen Zimo really couldn't stand Xiao Yun like this, so he could only reluctantly agree. Lu Lingfeng could only shrug his shoulders. "Xiao Yun, then Zimo and I must always prepare and set off in two days. ”

"Okay!" Sun Yun saw that she agreed, and jumped out of the yard happily.

Seeing that Sun Yun was no longer bothering them, he continued to push the cup and change the cup and drink.

And the gold salesman in the city also got into a figure.

"That kid is going to leave the house in two days, and he is going to Nanshan to catch strange beasts. ”

A woman's voice continued: "Keep an eye on him, just leave the city and look for an opportunity to do it." ”

"Isn't that little money a bit out of order?"

The woman smiled faintly. "It's not just that one person who bought his life, he just took the son's money conveniently!"

Chen Zimo, who returned to the house in the evening, cleaned up, first of all, he had to bring hundreds of finished yellow paper talismans that he had drawn for a while, as well as simple healing and hemostatic medicines, and he simply cleaned them up and fell asleep.