Chapter 24: The Fall of a Superstar

The sunset of the long river is the point of Venus, and the pedestrians of the ancient road are solved by the saddle horse.

Longmen Ferry outside Luoyang City, dead wood and lonely geese are blizzard.

"Someone! Feed your horse! ”

The half-hung wine guise, in the northern dusk in winter, will always drift up fine pieces of silver snow unconsciously.

On the official road outside Luoyang City, there is a dusty stack.

The wheels ran over the frosty dead grass, and the horses carried the pedestrians in an endless stream.

Even if the weather is bad, businessmen still need to walk the rivers and lakes and beg for food.

There are also a lot of hard-working people who carry baskets and baskets on their backs and sell along the way;

There are also many petty officials who are dressed in snow on their shoulders, beat horses and whips, and are in a hurry to get on the road.

The wind and sand and ice crystals hit the face, and they are not able to withstand the weight of life.

"What about the sissy? Is it completely deaf inside? Come on, come on, come out and lead the horse for grandpa! ”

A group of people dressed as rangers, without getting off the horses, drove straight to the door of the Longmen Ferry Inn.

The shopkeeper hurriedly came out to greet him: "Grandfathers, please, the good wine and good food have been prepared for a few of you." ”

Lifting the heavy cotton curtain, ten big men entered the hotel wrapped in wind and snow.

It only caused the people inside to look up for a while.

This kind of scene, on the rivers and lakes, is commonplace, and it is not to be seen.

When the curtain was lowered, the narrow and cramped shack, in the flames of the red star floating from the charcoal brazier, regained its warmth again, and people withdrew their eyes and continued to eat, drink and eat.

Everything is like a lake after a rockfall, and it is calm and serene again. Those who snore continue to snore, and those who stroke continue to snor.

"A few grandfathers, a few grandfathers, the small shop has good shochu and good beef." Xiao Er smiled all over his face and helped arrange the seats.

"Hurry up, take care of the horses, my brothers still have a way to go." A subordinate-looking man said as he dusted off the snow on his hat and pulled the brazier over.

"The countryman of Niangpi is slow with his hands and feet, and Lao Tzu is dying of hunger! Slippery on! Another big stout man also helped.

"Get more wine and meat, and cook another pot of soup cakes!" One of the dwarves also packed up and sat down. "Are there any rabbits other than beef? Roast a few and come up! ”

"Grandfathers, there have been several snows in this weather, and there are indeed not many rabbits, and there are no more in the store, why don't you give a few roast a few fat chickens to try?" The shopkeeper nodded, and his waist was about to roll into a circle.

"What kind of bird doesn't in this ghost place? The poor don't even have rabbits! The dwarf slapped the table. Let's go! Hands and feet are neat, chicken and beef hurry up! ”

"What about you, you will drink the peanut side dish first, and you will be hit immediately, and you will be hit immediately." Putting down the two jars of wine, Xiao Er hurried away.

"Brothers, drink less, the weather is bad, if you drink too much, you will fall off the horse, and there is still work, don't delay it." One of the big guys finally spoke.

The words are reasonable, although everyone is rude, but they still listen to their ears.

Xiao Er walked around the ruler cabinet and returned to the back kitchen.

Waiting for him here is the crow Sima Jue, and their master, Guiguzi.

"How?" Sima asked.

I saw Xiao Er wipe the cigarette ash off his face with his sleeve, revealing Su Ziyun's handsome face.

"Can't be wrong, it's them."

"With children?" Guiguzi is more concerned about the safety of the descendants of the Yang family.

"I haven't seen it." Su Ziyun recalled slightly.

"What then? Are you still fighting? "Sima Jue didn't really want to make a move.

Because, the purpose of the Guigu faction's action is mainly to smash the plan of the Finger Pole Star, and start with the two children of the Yang family to spy on the inside of the Finger Pole Star. It's not a simple fight.

"They have horses, and they put them in the backyard, isn't there some kind of mystery?" After Sima Jue thought about it, he spoke.

"Okay, Xiao Jue, you and Master Wei will go to the back first. Ziyun continued to contain. ”

"Obey the teacher's orders!" The two teenagers spoke in unison.

Ziyun, holding a large plate full of meat, holding the wine jar, smearing soot on his face, appeared for the second time.

And Guiguzi and Sima Jue climbed out of the window and jumped into the backyard stable.

Ten horses were tied inside, and Xiao Jue and Master checked separately, one left and one right.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier.

Xiao Jue pried open the boxes on the horse's back one by one.

It's all ordinary bedding and tools, and there's nothing unusual about it.

When I opened the third box, I saw a child bound by ropes.

The five flowers were tied up, and the cloth was stuffed in the mouth, so he could only twist his body and make a stumbling sound.

"Master has found it!" Xiao Jue shouted excitedly and untied the rope with his hand.

As the rope slid to the ground, he suddenly heard Guiguzi shouting: "Be careful!! ”

I saw that the kid was holding a blowpipe on his untied hands, and at a very fast speed, he spit three darts at Sima Jue.

The old man was agile, and he pounced in an instant, pushed Sima Jue aside, and desperately blocked the front with his body.

The space is narrow, and the coral iron crutch can only move left and right, and two of them are opened, but the last life-killing dart is impossible to dodge, and there is nowhere to retreat, and it is right in the chest of Guiguzi.

"Little ones! The big fish is hooked! ”

As the children shouted, the ten men in the house smashed through the doors and windows, drew their swords, and slaughtered them, surround the stables.

Su Ziyun also took out the folding fan, and without taking off the disguise, he jumped out and fought with it.

Snowflakes have been fluttering all over the sky, obstructing the line of sight, Su Ziyun's body is weird, his moves are smart, and he will not fall behind at all.

The boy took the opportunity to load the blow dart and fired three darts at Sima Jue again.

The ink feather fanned, and the dart fell to the ground. With vigilance, it is difficult to succeed again.

Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the boy grabbed a horse that had not yet had time to check, smashed through the fence, and fled.

"Master, how are you, Master?" Sima Jue saw that Guiguzi fell to the ground, panicked, and hurriedly leaned over to check.

"Chase after him, don't let him run." Guiguzi pulled out the poison dart on his chest and pointed in the direction where the child had fled. "For the teacher, he will hold his breath and breathe, and the one who carries it on the horse is the Yang bloodline......"

Sima Jue only reacted at this time, and hurriedly jumped on a horse and rushed out.

In the heavy snow, the Yin Yang Dao robe chased after the horse, closely behind.

Sima Jue performed his riding skills and bit the distance closer inch by inch.

The boy did not show weakness, and while driving the horse and galloping, he kept turning back and firing darts.

Seeing that the distance was gradually shrinking, the child suddenly rolled his eyes and had a plan, aiming the blowpipe at Xiao Jue's mount.

A dart flew, and the horse's target was too big to dodge, and it hit the forehead and fell.

also knocked Sima Jue to the ground.

"Bastard!" Sima Jue struggled, got up from the snowdrift, and wanted to chase again.

"Hahahaha!" There was laughter from afar, and the voice of a child, which was originally like a silver bell, sounded as an abomination like a demon at this time. "Open a yang fight with me, you can't !! yet"

Sima Jue still didn't give up, and as soon as the ink robe was displayed, countless crows were shaken out. "Ink Killing Array! Peck him to death! ”

But suddenly a strong wind blew up, mixed with ice and snow, and blew all the crows to fall into the snow.

The voice also rode away from the horse, until it disappeared into the snow-white expanse of heaven and earth with the figure of the other party.

Sima Jue still didn't give up, step by step, chasing on foot, but the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and it had completely taken away his vision.

And the snow on the ground is getting thicker and thicker, until it is deep in it, and it is difficult to move an inch.

Sima Jue was still struggling to move forward, and his body was also covered with snowflakes, and it was biting cold, and he couldn't move.

In the end, he was exhausted and fell to the ground.

Until he lost consciousness, he was still silently chanting: "Master...... I'm going to have to catch up with ......."

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When Sima Jue woke up again, he found that he had returned to Longmendu.

The shack was empty and silent.

Only the charcoal in the brazier made a sound as it burned.

The Master lay beside him, his face serene, as if he had fallen asleep on a normal day.

Su Ziyun stood by the brazier, staring at the dancing flames with lost eyes, but his soul didn't know where to throw it.

"Ziyun...... Ziyun ......"

He felt weak and dizzy.

"Senior brother, are you awake......" Su Ziyun didn't move, not even blinking his eyes, as if he had turned into a statue.

"Master...... How is his old man......" Sima Jue felt faintly bad in his heart.

"Master, he's an old man...... Immortals went to ......"

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Sima Jue felt like the world was spinning in an instant, as if the world had collapsed in front of him.

"How is that possible? How can it be? His old man is the number one master in the world, and he is the twenty-third generation of Guiguzi. Sima Jue's smile is uglier than crying.

Su Ziyun did not answer.

"It must be the two of you who have teamed up to trick me again, and his old man is resting in peace, isn't it?"

Su Ziyun still didn't answer.

"You talked? Sub-cloud. ”

"He's an old man, ...... gone," Su Ziyun just whispered.

"Bastard! How do you take care of his old man! Why don't you come to the rescue? Don't you know how to heal? ”

Sima Jue roared like a rout.

"Those ten good hands, all with tattoos on their bodies, are stealthy and mobile people, good kung fu, and they are desperate to entangle me and delay time......"

"Don't you have a white bird? How not to use it? ”

"I used it!" Su Ziyun stood up suddenly. also yelled loudly. "I used it! I used all my skills! I used pigeons, fans, halberds, and even thunderbolts! I used all the skills I could! Finally rushed to the Master's side while he still had a breath! ”

"Darts are poisonous!" Sima Jue rethought the process from beginning to end, only to find out. "Didn't you find the antidote?"

Why are you so stupid? Shouldn't such a simple thing be noticed earlier?

"It's Minyi's Red Scorpion! The toxicity is too urgent, the antidote needs to be taken, it's too late! Su Ziyun's voice was hoarse, and his voice changed.

"Then why don't you think about it! Or, those ten! Xiao Jue was emotionally out of control, and she didn't know whether it was anger or sadness.

"I've searched all ten of them! I touched them one by one! No! No! Got it? Nothing!! "Su Ziyun is not to be outdone." It was you who recklessly fell into the trap, it was you who did not recover the leader, and you were the one who should die! It's you! Got it?!?! It was Master who exchanged his life for you! Before he died, he said that he expected you to encounter a blizzard, so I will definitely save you! Do you know!!! ”

Su Ziyun spoke incoherently.

The hut was quiet again.

Sima Jue choked speechlessly, and a tear slowly slipped down his cheek.

After Ziyun vented, he was also like a deflated ball, sat back, only gently picked up a piece of dry firewood, and stirred the fire.

And so, after a long time.

In the room, only the sound of beeps and flames could be heard.

and the howling wind outside the house.

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Sima Jue's ancestor is the illegitimate son of Sima Dezong and Gong'e.

Because he is half of the common people's blood, his family has always been unpopular with the world.

But after the fall of the Jin Dynasty, as the royal family of the previous dynasty, counting several generations, they were all burdened by blood, and they were expelled and slaughtered all the time.

Passed down to his generation, he has become a lonely person.

It was Guiguzi who discovered his talent, took it under his disciple, and took him back to Qingxi Yunmeng Mountain.

It is not an exaggeration to say that grace is recreated.

But now, there is no one who can guide and correct him......

There is no one to judge the victory or defeat between him and his junior brother......

Because of his old man, he was killed.

"Before he died, did Master say what to do next?" After Sima Jue recovered his strength, wrapped in felt, and sat by the brazier with Su Ziyun, looking at the stars outside the sky through the corner of the collapsed shack.

Ziyun shook his head.

"And what are you going to do next?"

Ziyun was silent for a while, then replied, "I want to take Master's body back for burial." ”

"Don't you want revenge?"

"Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge."

"But in 10 years' time, where will Polestar's plan go? What will that damned imp look like? ”

"Whoever it is, we're going to uproot it, right?"

"Of course."

"Then there's no need to rush for a while, let's go back and bury the master first, and then go out of the mountains to explore the world again, as long as we meet the Finger Pole Star, see one, kill one." Su Ziyun said what he thought.

"But...... With such a delay, the two children of the Yang family will be used by Polestar, and I don't know what will become of the world's affairs......" Sima Jue actually disagreed with Su Ziyun's thoughts in his heart.

In Sima Jue's logic, it is useless to kill one or two people, and more importantly, it should be to bankrupt their plans.

So, Sima Jue persuaded: "People can't be resurrected after death, but I must be responsible for my mistakes." I had heard the voice of the child, who called himself Kaiyang, one of the Seven Stars, and now all the way south, he would definitely be able to fight again. This time, be well prepared, you and I will definitely be able to take revenge when we join forces. ”

"No, no, no, Master's bones are not cold, and he should return to the Ghost Valley." Su Ziyun's thoughts were inconsistent. There is no need to make things too complicated, people are the fundamental, they are the source, as long as the people are cleaned up, whether it is the pole star or the compass, they will all be disillusioned into smoke. "What we need is to endure humiliation and cultivate our own strength in order not to fall behind in the confrontation, isn't the lesson of this time painful enough?"

It seems that the master is not here, so we can't talk about it......

Sima Jue thought so and looked at the sky.

A shooting star, like a teardrop, slipped from the sky......