Chapter XI

In Jicheng, the houses are close to each other, and the streets are connected. The traffic is busy, people come and go, and Guiguzi and Zhu'er are dazzled.

Mo Zhai was calm and sophisticated, following behind them, for fear of getting separated.

Since Yin Zi agreed to go down the mountain in Guigu to practice, everyone prepared and walked out of Yunmeng Mountain under the advice of Yin Zi, Huangyan Zhenren, and Chang Sangjun. On the same day, they arrived at Dongyu Village.

When Madame Wang saw them returning, she was so happy that she hurried to cook on the fire. But when I heard that they had to travel far away, my heart became heavy again. If you think about it, even if Yin Zi agrees, you know that you have good intentions. I could only tell you a thousand times, and handed over the clothes and silver to Zhu'er, and then said goodbye with tears.

Along the way, the three of them chatted and flew freely.

The more you walk, the more you walk through the village, the wider the road, and the more pedestrians you walk.

Herds of cattle and sheep, grazing in the wild. The smoke is faint, and the chickens and dogs are crowing. Long clothes and short shirts, both men and women. The brocade car is full of sorrow.

Guiguzi and Zhu'er asked left and right, and Mo Zhai was overwhelmed.

On this day, they came to Jicheng, the capital of Yan Kingdom, and the two of them were even more excited. The people found an inn, put away their luggage, and ran out into the street. Although Mo Zhai was a little tired, he was worried that they would cause trouble, so he could only follow behind.

Zhu'er looks at it here, touches it, and feels very kind. Guiguzi is also curious about many things that he has never seen, and asks for the price.

After walking down a street, both of them felt hungry. When he asked Mo Zhai, he was even more hungry.

The three of them went into a small shop and sat down. I asked for three bowls of mutton soup and a few flatbreads, and ate them.

"Brother Mo, this Yan Kingdom capital is really full of flowers, it's an eye-opener!" Guigu did feel something, after all, this was the first time he had seen it in person.

"Yes! This Yan has been like this since King Wu's fiefdom. It has abundant real estate, quaint people, and an increasing population. Because of the distance from the Central Plains, there were not many wars, but it was only the attack of the Hu people in the south and the northeast a few years ago that they made a big move. Now Yan Kingdom is also a peaceful country, but I heard that the royal court has been changed repeatedly. ”

"Look at the people are still happy!"

"After many years of war, how can you not think of peace!"

"Look!" Pearls pointed to the street and stood up.

A group of soldiers opened the way, and a general in armor sat on his horse and slowly passed by.

"It's so majestic!" Pearls smiled and returned to her seat.

"This is the national capital, the prince and the minister, the generals and soldiers are indispensable!" Guigu said to Zhu'er. "If you are in the capital of Zhou Tianzi, you can't say how grand you will be!"

"That's the original!" Mo Zhai sighed. "Now Zhou Tianzi has been snubbed in front of the palace, and it's just a decoration."

The three of them went out of the shop and watched again in the street.

As they were walking, the crowd suddenly scattered and ran away, leaving only the three of them standing curiously on the street.

In front, several people were fighting with swords.

If you look closely, it is a young man fighting a few strong men.

Although the young man has some martial arts, it is difficult to resist the siege of a few people, and he is defeated and retreated. A middle-aged man who was bleeding next to him shouted: "Childe, go quickly!" ”

The young man tried to get out several times, but the strong men pressed closely, and the sword had left several wounds on the young man's body. The young man gradually lost his strength, but he still fought back desperately.

"How can there be such a bully!" Before Zhu'er finished speaking, he jumped out.

The sword that was slashing at the young man was blocked by Zhu'er with a sword, and the young man was saved. After a few moves, the strong men were beaten to the back.

"You dare to hit the lord of the prince's mansion!" A strong man gritted his teeth. "You don't want to live anymore!"

"I don't care what your house is, it's not okay to do this, is there any royal law? Get lost! Otherwise, I'll break your legs. ”

The strong man waved his hand helplessly, and several people stumbled away.

Guigu and Mo Zhai hurriedly helped the young man up.

"Thank you for saving this brother!" He clenched his fist at Pearl.

Pearls are dressed in men's clothes and smiling smugly.

"I have something to ask for." The young man said urgently. "Help me settle the wounded in a hidden place, I need to leave in an emergency!" After speaking, he took out a hard object from his sleeve and stuffed it into Guiguzi's hand, got up and ran.

Guigu looks at Mo Zhai. "What should I do?"

"Save the wounded first!" Mo Zhai looked at the big man who fell to the ground and was anxious.

Guigu stepped forward to look at the wounds of the wounded, tore off his clothes, and tied and pricked them. Then, pick it up and go.

At the gate of the prince's mansion, the gate is open.

At the foot of the stone steps, two rows of soldiers stood on either side, their left hand pressing their swords and their right hand pressing their waists, their legs crossed, trembling with majesty.

In the middle of the door, two lieutenants checked the passers-by.

Two carriages came slowly and stopped at the door. The attendant picked up the curtain, Zhu'er, Guigu, and Mo Zhai got out of the car.

"What a big house! And the guards are guarding it! Zhu'er laughed.

"Zhu'er, you should be more stable when you see Ji Gongzi in a while! Lest people be ashamed that we have not seen the world! Guigu reminded her.

After saving people on the street yesterday, Guiguzi carried the man to the inn. He went out into the street again, bought some medicine and a cloth belt, and bandaged him when he returned.

After careful questioning, I learned that the person I saved just now was Ji Zhi, the sixth son of King Yan of the Dynasty, and the injured person was his family's guard White Eagle.

The sixth prince was originally in the border city of Yan and Zhao, but the prince had outstanding military achievements, played the king of Yan, and sent a general who guarded the border to take over on the grounds that it was unfavorable to the people.

When the sixth prince got the news that the prince wanted to abolish King Yan, he wanted to go back to the capital to report to King Yan, so he was chased and killed by the prince's mansion.

Mo Zhai reminded Guigu and Zhu'er: "Waiting for the royal court, there are many nobles right and wrong, it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, don't set yourself on fire, or leave early." ”

The two also felt that they should, but they just had to arrange this white eagle.

The three of them walked for a day, physically and mentally exhausted, and rested early.

When I open my eyes again, the sky is bright.

After the three of them washed up, had breakfast, and were thinking about how to deal with the injured and hurry, the shopkeeper brought in an old man.

After the old man gave the salute, he said that the master had an invitation, and told them that the master was Ji Shan, the eldest son of the prince, and the car outside was ready.

Zhu'er was taken aback. "I'm afraid that the prince is because Zhu'er beat his family, so he wants to arrest us!"

Guigu looked at Mo Zhai's inquiring eyes, and said firmly: "Okay! Let's meet the aristocratic son! See what he does? ”

The old man smiled. "The old man is the head of the prince's mansion, and the son was afraid that the three of them would have scruples, so he let me come. My son-in-law said that when he heard that Mo Zhai of the Song Dynasty was coming, he should be invited! ”

Guigu and Zhu'er smiled. "It turns out that Brother Mo has become famous!"

So the three of them got into the car.

Under the leadership of the head of Gongzi's Mansion, Guigu and Mo Zhai were in front, and Zhu'er was behind, and entered the palace.

After a long road, turn right and enter another courtyard.

The main house is tall, surrounded by a circle of houses, in the middle is an open space, and the shelves next to it are full of weapons, of different lengths.

At the entrance of the main room, two samurai stood.

The governor turned back and saluted. "Please stay and wait for me to repay my son."

He turned and went into the house.

"Brother Mo, look at this courtyard, it looks like half a military camp!" Guiguzi asked suspiciously.

"Brother Guigu, don't you know, all princes, princes, and nobles can raise soldiers, and draw Ding according to households in wartime." Mo Zhai said. "Sometimes some ministers have more soldiers than the royal court, and some have to raise some people."

"What is a housekeeper?" Pearls asked.

"Someone who gives advice or is famous."

The door was opened on both sides, and the steward gave salutes inside.

"Childe has invited Mo Zhai and two strong men!"

As soon as the three of them entered the door, a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes was already waiting.

"I have heard Song people Mo Zhai for a long time, please come today, Ji Shan is polite!"

Mo Zhai was informal, and said casually: "Mountain ranger, the son is invited, I'm afraid to be uneasy!" ”

He pointed to Guiguzi and Zhu'er next to him. "The old year-old friend, Guigu, his junior brother Wu Zhu!"

Gongzi Jishan gave his hand, and Guigu and Zhu'er also learned to arch their hands.

The maid came over and guided the three of them to their seats.

"Yesterday, the family told the prince that there were warriors who could injure a few strong men. The prince wanted to add to the crime, but Ji Shan has always loved to make friends with the warriors of the world, so he will deal with it on his behalf. After checking, a few people didn't know the inside story. I asked Mo Zhai again, and I felt lucky, so I took the liberty to invite. "Himeyama looked sincere." Stop Chu from attacking the Song Dynasty, with 300 disciples, but reject 30,000 troops, and become famous all over the world. I am fortunate to be here today, and I hope Mo Zhai will teach me! ”

"Lao Yu and his friends traveled by, and when they encountered the blue sky and white sun, there were people who had no king's law, gathered people to kill people, and only then did they help. As soon as Childe mentioned this, Mo Zhai wanted to know if this person had committed a capital crime, lest we fall into the abuse of others. Mo Zhai asked knowingly, wanting to hear how he explained the prince's usurpation.

Ji Shan was not ashamed or angry, but said calmly: "The prince Nan Keqiang Qi, Dongping Hu Yi, outstanding meritorious service, and hundreds of officials are convinced. But there are also people in the royal court, who are arrogant in vain, singing happily every night, and not thinking about the hunger and suffering of the people, so they don't care about the subjects of Yan State. Now all the princes are fierce, eyeing each other, how can those who are not virtuous keep the peace for a long time! The prince just follows the way of heaven. ”

"Mo Zhai only knows that great love can make the people live in peace, which is the royal road and humanity. All the people in the world can love both, and if they don't attack, wouldn't they be harmonious with nature! ”

"But among the candidates, which one is not accumulating strength and stealing hope for other countries, how can we talk about love and love, not attack! Mo Zhai's heart of fraternity, it's too early! However, I admire the truth of the Mo family. He bowed his hand to Mo Zhai. I heard that the ink master has superb swordsmanship, Ji Qing has been practicing swords since he was a child, and he loves to make friends who learn swords, can you teach you a lesson or two? ”

"Childe is polite, learn from each other's strengths, Childe must be a man of temperament, and Mo Zhai obeys his fate."

Several people came to the courtyard.

Many samurai had gathered there, some fighting, some in groups.

Seeing Gongzi Ji Qing coming, they all stopped and stood aside.

"Ji Qing invited all the best warriors of Yan Country to the house." His pride was palpable as he spoke. "What do you think, sir?"

"Let's talk about it after the competition!" Mo Zhai traveled all over the world, and saw a lot of warriors, not to mention that his disciples were all first-class warriors.

"Brother Mo, let me come!" Guigu looked at Mo Zhai. "We're about the same age." He turned to Ji Qing. "What does Childe think?"

Ji Qing was not polite, and swung his sword. He actually wanted to show his swordsmanship, and also let Mo Zhai transmit his martial arts in the Princes.

Guigu drew his sword to greet each other, and the two swords exchanged swords, from slow to fast, attracting the applause of the watching samurai from time to time.

After Guigu took Changsangjun's medicine, his internal strength increased greatly. But in order to save some face for Ji Qing, he only used three successes to accompany him.

Ji Qing finished his mastery, and when he saw that there was no move that could make the other party unable to parry, he knew that the other party's swordsmanship was profound, and he admired it even more, so he closed his momentum.

"The strong man of the Ghost Valley has superb swordsmanship, Ji Qing has learned it! Guigu Zhuang, this warrior has a sword formation, I don't know if Guigu Zhuangshi dares to try it? Ji Qing smiled, he knew that no one had been able to break the Killing Sword Formation he had refined.

Guigu also smiled. "Then take a look at Childe's sword formation."

Zhu'er was about to step forward to stop her, but Mo Zhai pulled her back and said with a smile: "He is familiar with the gossip formation!" ”

Ji Qing raised his sword, and twenty-four warriors had already set up a sword formation around Guiguzi.

At a glance, Guigu knew that this was set up according to gossip, each layer had a birth door, three layers turned to each other, and the birth door changed, and it was not easy for ordinary people to go out.

Ji Qing's sword shook, and twenty-six sword lights churned.

Guigu relied on the skills of internal force and gossip yin and yang, leaping, flipping, rolling on the ground, flashing, and blocking. Although the samurai's sword moves were deadly, Guiguzi did not hurt people, but only knocked them down with the palm and back of the sword, making it difficult for it to become gossip.

In a moment's work, two floors have been broken. The third-layer samurai saw that they could no longer win, so they made the last move, looking at death as if they were at home, and more than a dozen samurai stood on their chests, and at the same time jumped to the Guiguzi inside from all sides, and the two sharp swords above also rushed down.

Guigu was shocked, this is a desperate fight with the enemy, and ten people can be put to death by the other party, and there is no way to live.

It's too late, it's fast, Guigu retracts his qi and exerts his strength, a handstand, his hands and feet sword exert force at the same time, he shouts, and uses a huge internal force to shake more than a dozen samurai out at the same time.

This style stunned those present.

After a while, cheers were heard from all around.

Ji Qing didn't expect that Guigu had such a profound miraculous feat, this was the mercy of his subordinates, otherwise, these dozen people would have to die under the sword.

He threw his sword on the ground, stepped forward, and gave a deep salute.

A dozen samurai fell to their knees on one knee, their hands clenched into fists, their heads bowed to their knees.

Mozi knew that this was the greatest etiquette of a samurai.

Ji Qing pulled Guigu with one hand and Mo Zhai with the other, laughing and walking towards the house.