Chapter Twenty-Three

The curfew in Jinling is in vain, Taicheng and the capital are quite strict, the night patrol soldiers can be seen everywhere, once the emperor sent Xiang Jingling King An Zishang back at night, but also worried that he would be scolded when he met the city patrol division. But outside the capital, there is another world entirely, the lights in the city are bright, the painting boats on the Qinhuai River are like weaving, and the cup is changing, and it is full of prosperity of singing and dancing.

From this point of view, the emperor's life may not be as happy as his subordinates!

Xu You and Qingming walked slowly along the riverbank, Qingxi has always been known as the Qingxi of Jiuqu, the water of Zhongshan Mountain, the south into Qinhuai, and then into the Yangtze River, nine songs and ten times are like the jade belt around the waist of the beauty, and the desire to talk is also resting, making people forget to return.

Maybe it was because he didn't speak for a long time, Qingming asked with a smile: "Lang Jun feels that he was rejected like this by Zhang Xuanji, and he is indignant in his heart?" ”

Xu You sneered: "Even the emperor, it's not like who's girl can get what he wants, where is the indignation?" Besides, Zhang Xuanji and I haven't seen each other for many years, and the little goodwill accumulated earlier is afraid that it is not as deep as the water in this green stream, and it is inevitable that it will dry up and dry up over time. I was obsessed with it in my heart, just because I was too constrained by the constraints of the world when I heard the truth in Taolin, and I didn't say a word to deal with it, and I was afraid to break his heart. Today, it seems that she is elegant and elegant, and she has long been out of her mind, wouldn't it be better to have two ponies like this? ”

Qingming said: "Although I don't know about love, I also know that Lang Jun is in a hurry to explain so much, could it be that he is a thief?" ”

"You don't know how to have no friends?"

Xu You suddenly stopped, changed the direction of walking, walked to the bank of the Qinhuai River, stood under the willow tree, picked a leaf, looked at the nearby painting boat, and said with a slight smile: "Qinhuai scenery, the first in the world, I don't know if there is a beautiful woman?" ”

Qingming's expression moved slightly, followed closely by his side, and said: "Qin Huai's Cui Yuanjiang and Feng Zhong'er are known as the beautiful crowns, and their complexions will not be too bad if they think so. ”

"Glamorous crowns...... Another day, when you board the boat to visit, but you don't know how to kiss Fangze? ”

"With Lang Jun's literary brilliance, it's not difficult to think about it." Qingming said lightly: "The scenery is ahead, the beauty is looking at it from afar, I don't know if Lang Jun has any verses?" ”

Xu You smiled and said: "There are naturally poems, let me think about it for a while......" He paced back and forth a few steps, and said: "Pear blossoms are like snow willows like smoke, and spring is on both sides of the Qinhuai bank." A makeup building is covered by the water, and the pink shadows of every house are Chanjuan. How is this poem? ”

Qingming is the Book of Changes, and immediately see that Xu You's feet fall into the fire Ming Yi hexagram, this hexagram is the image of the phoenix's wings, up and down, everywhere murderous opportunities. said casually: "Poetry is good poetry, but it should not be a scene." ”

"Oh? Let's hear it, why not? ”

"It's only early autumn now, where are the pear blossoms like snow and willows like smoke, isn't it a strange thing?"

"Strange things happen every year, and there are a lot of them tonight." Xu You laughed and said: "After knowing each other for so many years, it turns out that you also know poetry, since you understand, why don't you take this riverside willow as the theme and make a poem?" ”

"Poetry, I don't understand!"

Qingming's figure disappeared, and the next moment appeared among the lush trees, and the surrounding air seemed to be squeezed by some kind of invisible squeeze, rapidly collapsing into a point, and then flashing across the sky like a meteor, shooting silently to the ground.

"You can kill, but you know a little bit about it!"

In the eyes of ordinary people, Qingming's attack was weak and weak, and even the speed was not fast, at least it was visible to the naked eye. But under Xu You's divine light, he had insight into all things, but he knew that Qingming's control of the true qi had reached the subtle realm, without any superfluous movements and moves, and condensed the true qi into the sharpest state, as thin as a silver needle, but indestructible, almost irresistible.

Sure enough, in the midst of a bang, a person broke out of the ground, covered in black, unable to see his face, holding a knife behind him in one hand, the blade was dark, and there was no reflection of moonlight, revealing a smell of silence and death.

Flying five feet high, his toes were on a willow leaf in the canopy, and he gently borrowed his strength, but it was like a cannonball, swinging his knife at Xu You with a thousand momentum.

Before the person arrives, the sword wind has arrived!

There was a faint harsh grinding sound in the air, Xu You narrowed his eyes stimulated by the fierce knife wind, the skin on his face trembled like a wave, and it was accompanied by the sharp pain of scraping his bones, but he did not look flustered, and took three steps back.

Bell, bell, bell!

Qingming took Xu You's place, Su Tie's knife was unsheathed, the knife light flickered, and he blocked thirty-four blows in a row, without taking half a step back, and the surrounding three feet with his feet as the center of the circle, the grass and trees were all withered.

Neck and neck.

Little Grandmaster!

In today's world, although the little grandmaster is not as rare as the big grandmaster, it is by no means the weeping willows by the river, which can be seen everywhere, with the nobility of Gu Lu Zhu Zhang's gate, in addition to the Zhu family's martial arts, it is still difficult for the other three families to find a small grandmaster to sit in, not to mention that there are small grandmasters who are willing to condescend to be assassins.

Qingming is an exception among the exceptions, he was born as an assassin, but he has followed Xu You for many years, and he rarely assassinates. In the final analysis, assassination cannot be put on the table, this world naturally has its own rules of operation, with the little grandmaster's anti-heaven force, if he really deliberately kills a person, unless there is a great grandmaster himself, or there is the intimate protection of the little grandmaster for twelve hours, otherwise, sooner or later, the soul will be scattered. In order to avoid falling into this almost inexplicable situation, all forces with small grandmasters are more cautious, because assassination can easily offend public anger and become the target of public criticism, resulting in inability to gain a foothold.

But tonight, a little grandmaster who is good at concealment, if it weren't for Xu Youshen's vision of everything, and even Qingming wouldn't have found his traces, such a powerful character, but I don't know which side it came from?

The Prince, the Heavenly Master, or the Six Heavens?

The tide of battle has changed again!

Qingming suddenly slashed at the assassin's feet at an extremely strange angle, forcing him back in the air, and with a flick of his robe, eight black iron eggs flew out.

Even Xu You didn't know what he was doing with this iron egg, and he had never seen it, but it must not be a good thing, if he touched it with a knife, maybe there would be a surprise.

The Assassin's thoughts were similar to Xu You's, leaving an afterimage in the air and dodging unscathed. Eight iron eggs were distributed in all directions above and below him, left and right, and were stimulated by the true qi laid in advance, and they shattered in all directions, emitting light blue smoke, which completely diffused.

Since entering the little grandmaster, he has become a great success, and the body has become a world of his own, and the external breath can be perfectly transformed into the internal breath, this kind of poisonous smoke cannot play any role at all, but it can make him have a momentary delay when converting inside and outside.

This kind of lag is almost imperceptible, and one ten-thousandth of a second is enough for Qingming!

The sword is as bright as a dragon!

The assassin snorted, flew backwards, and regained his footing on the canopy. Qingming chased after him, but the distance between him and Xu You was seven feet.

Sou!

Arrows burst through the air.

Xu You has experienced the assassination of the four arrows, they can be regarded as the masters of good shooting in the world, but compared with the current arrow, it is like the gap between a child and a giant, with the same cultivation at this moment, not only can not hear the trembling sound of the bowstring, nor can he feel any danger and killing opportunity, until the arrow appears five feet behind him, Shenzhao Technique has insight into its existence.

Fortunately, there is a divine illumination technique, otherwise, below the little grandmaster, even if it is the peak of the sixth grade, it will be killed by this arrow!

Xu You's mind was racing, pretending to be affected by the strength of Qingming and the assassin's confrontation, and his body staggered and fell into the river, shouting: "Poor Kou Mo chase!" ”

Qingming turned around at this time, and seeing that he couldn't catch up, he shot out a short dagger with his fingers, grazing the corners of Xu You's clothes and crashing into the arrows. The short dagger shattered, and the arrow still had unabated momentum, heading straight to Qingming's heart.

It's killing two birds with one stone!

The assassin in the canopy exhaled at the same time, and with his sword in both hands, he roared down like the heavens and the earth!

Fortunately, Qingming's body technique was wonderful, his waist was suddenly broken, Su Tiedao gently picked up, and sent the true qi into the arrow, mixed with the original owner's strength, changed direction and ran to the assassin who came from above, and then with the strength of the force, his body suddenly returned to the shore, grabbed Xu You's arm, and rescued him back to the shore.

has not yet stood firm, and the sword wind behind him has risen again.

The assassin was so angry that Qingming used his companion's arrow to block him, and he used all his strength with this knife, and the ripples caused by the blade could be faintly seen cutting through the air.

At this moment, with a bang, the sound of the piano suddenly started, as if it was playing from the depths of Xu You and Qingming's souls, which could hook people's hearts and seize people's minds.

Xu You frowned slightly, although he didn't understand the rhythm, he could also hear that this was one of the most famous pieces of music in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Gong Hou lead!

"The public did not cross the river, the public actually crossed the river, fell into the river and died, and he will be the prince!"

In just sixteen words, madness, fearlessness, pain and death have exhausted the desolation of the world and the warmth and coldness of human feelings. No matter how Xu You couldn't have imagined, there was a little grandmaster who could use this eternal swan song "Gong Hou Yin" to enter the martial arts, which not only made the enemy's mind lose and his actions were delayed, but also boosted the morale and determination of his companions.

However, Xu Youdao's heart is subtle, he changed his life against the sky in the illusion, his heart is resolute, he almost does not think of a second person in the world, and the impact of Gong Hou Yin on him is minimal, and he can even deliberately use this as a game to capture the opponent in one fell swoop. But the problem is that he can't make a move, and if he makes a move, he exposes the mystery of cultivation and recovery, which may attract the jealousy of the royal family, as well as unpredictable consequences.

Qingming's chances are not as good as Xu You, but he has become a furnace since he was a child, and he has stolen the opportunity to re-establish himself under the light in ten thousand deaths, and the green ghost law is even more all-encompassing, and he knows a lot about this trick of manipulating people's hearts with music rhythm, but he has been completely sobered up by the confusion of a breath.

But this breath made the assassin's sword intent reach its peak, and Gangfeng almost broke through Qingming's protective true qi, stirring the back of his neck into trembling particles.

Qingming didn't look back, and the Su Iron Knife gently swung back!

Like a knife cutting tofu, Su Tiedao first split the assassin's knife in two, and then broke three inches into his chest.

The assassin's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe that the treasure knife in his hand was broken like this, but after all, as a little grandmaster, he still had a life-saving stunt, and the true qi of his whole body gathered in his chest, and suddenly leaked out, violently shaking the Su Tie Dao out of his body.

His body flew upside down, three mouthfuls of blood spurted out of his mouth one after another, Qingming was about to chase, and three arrows were shot at Xu You, and at the same time, the sound of the piano rose again, he had to stop, he didn't dare to be careless, the tip of the knife swung the arrow, and then looked at the black-robed assassin, who was gone.

didn't have time to hesitate, Qingming pulled Xu You, fell obliquely into a painting boat that happened to pass by from the river, and hid in the empty room on the second floor. ”

Qingming couldn't hold it back, a trace of blood overflowed from his lips, Xu You held his veins, and the incomparably pure Taoist Yuan Qi was sent into his body, and between his breaths, the internal injuries had been completely gone, and he was full of vitality.

"Who wants to kill Lang Jun?"

Xu You's eyes were deep and cold, and he said: "It's nothing more than three, and whoever benefits the most is the mastermind!" ”