Chapter Ninety-Six: Taihu Lake Seeks the Sword

Xue Zhu no longer paid attention to the sword master on the stage, turned around and bowed to Mo Wuya and said, "May I ask Madam, I don't know what the name of this sword is, and who forged it?" ”

"It's not a sword." Mo Wuya said, a little playful.

Xue Candle was stunned.

"But it's a sword." Mo Wuya said again, there are some sellers.

At this time, people pricked up their ears to hear what the iron rod of the sword, which was not a sword, but a famous sword.

"It's called the Dragon Tendon Slash, and it's my mother's sword." A childish voice parted the crowd, ran to Mo Wuya, opened his hands, jumped up, hugged Mo Wuya and shouted: "Mom, Mom." Mo Wuya hugged Zhan Chi with both hands, and cried with joy: "Chi'er, my mother misses you so much." ”

"Chi'er misses you too."

Zhan Wuxian came over and said, "Chi'er, who brought you here?" ”

"My aunt won't let me say it."

Mo Wuya sneered, caressed Zhanchi's little brain and said, "My good son." ”、

Zhan Wuxian raised his eyes to look around, looking for Zhong Wurong's figure, and shouted, "Senior Sister Wurong, come out." ”

I saw a figure floating down to the sword platform and stopped the three old men who were about to slip away: "What, don't talk about swords anymore?" Come on, how much benefit did you receive from Lao Lu? ”

"You...... You're talking nonsense. The old man in the middle was angry: "You don't want to spew blood, you must have evidence when you speak." ”

"Yes, junior sister, these are old-timers, don't come up and say it like this." Zhan Wuxian said: "There must be evidence." ”

"Nope." Zhong Wurong said: "I guessed, I just wanted to trick them, but I didn't expect it to be unsuccessful." ”

"You...... You're unreasonable. The three old men said angrily: "Let's go, the sword conference will not be held." ”

Seeing this, everyone present had no fun to watch, pointed and pointed, and slowly dispersed.

Zhan Wuxian asked Zhong Wurong: "Senior sister, aren't you and Chi'er in the Ghost Valley, why did you come to Chaoge?" ”

"yes." Mo Wuya said: "I went to the Ghost Valley once, but I didn't find you, and I didn't see the senior uncle and senior brother. ”

Zhong Wurong said: "Don't mention it, now the master and senior brother are in retreat and practicing all day long, and that little white ape, since he can understand the wordless heavenly books, his habits have changed greatly, and he no longer plays with me and Chi'er, and studies those wordless heavenly books every day." A few days ago, it was also in retreat and cultivating, what kind of retreat is a monkey, really. Since then, there is nothing interesting in the ghost valley, so I took Chi'er out of the valley for a walk, and I heard that there was a sword conference here. Alas, senior brother, why did you come to Chaoge? ”

"I forged a sword with the two seniors of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye in Yunmengze, because I needed the Southern Underworld Divine Fire and the Northern Underworld Essence Water, so I went to the North Sea to find the Northern Underworld Essence Water, and Li'er went to find the Southern Underworld Divine Fire. A few days ago, Li'er returned to Yunmengze and found that the two seniors of Ganjiang and Mo Xie were gone, so Li'er searched for hundreds of miles around Yunmengze, but the two seniors were missing. Later, Li'er traveled all the way north and joined me, and after explaining the situation, I considered that the two predecessors of the cadre and Mo Xie regarded the sword as an idiot, and maybe they would come to participate in the Song of the Dynasty Sword Conference. So I and Li'er rushed directly from Handan to Chaoge, hoping to find the two seniors, but who knows that they still don't see them. ”

"It turns out that you are looking for a cadre, Mo Xie." Zhong Wurong said: "I heard the master mention them, but they have already retired to the rivers and lakes, I didn't expect them to come out again this time, they must have seen good material for sword casting." I think they will be wounded by the sword sooner or later. ”

"Don't talk about anything else, have you seen the two seniors?"

"No, if I did, I'd have to do two tricks with them." Zhong Wurong said: "Alas, senior brother, you just said that you went to find the Northern Darkness Essence Water, and Senior Sister went to find the Southern Darkness Divine Fire. Did you find it? Take it out and take a look? ”

"These two things are not trivial, only when you see the two predecessors of the cadre and Mo Xie can they be released, and you can't see them now."

"Stingy." Zhong Wurong glanced at Zhan Wuxian: "If you don't look at it, you won't see it, what's rare." ”

"It turns out that several of them are famous swordsmen, and Xue Zhu is really lucky to see a few of them today." Xue Zhu bowed to Zhan Wuxian, Mo Wuya, and Zhong Wurong.

Zhan Wuxian also saluted: "This Mr. Xue's opinion on the sword on the stage just now made Zai Xia very admired, because we still have to find two sword-casting masters, Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, so we will take the first step." If you have the opportunity, you are willing to talk to Mr. Xue about swordsmanship. ”

Xue Candle said: "The two swordsmen of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie are the world's first-class sword-forging masters, but I wanted to visit them for a long time, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity." Xue Candle said again: "Chaoge's sword conference is getting more and more fake, I don't think the two sword casting masters will come here." I heard that there has been an unknown sword qi in Taihu Lake recently, will the two sword casting masters be in Taihu Lake? ”

"yes, you're pretty smart." Zhong Wurong said: "I guess the cadres and Mo Ye must be in Taihu Lake, they want to capture that sword qi to forge a sword, what do you say, senior brother?" ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "It's very likely. The world's swordsmiths will travel the world, looking for the sword qi lost in the world, and collect them to forge famous swords, so collecting sword qi is a necessary skill and unique hobby for swordsmiths, as long as they hear where there is sword qi, they will not let go. There is a sword qi in Taihu Lake, and the two sword-casting masters of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie will definitely rush to Taihu Lake quickly, so as not to be taken by others. Without further ado, we will rush to Taihu Lake to find the whereabouts of the two masters. ”

Xue Candle hurriedly said, "A few swordsmen, can you take me with you?" Let me also see the demeanor of that sword qi. ”

"Take me with you, too." At this time, Lu Xianqi climbed up from under the sword platform and said: "Woman, sell me your dragon tendon chop, I am willing to pay 100,000 gold, how about not a million gold?" ”

"Go, it's none of your business." Mo Wuya said as he glanced at Zhan Wuxian and Zhong Wurong, then picked up Zhan Chi, three lights and shadows flashed, and the four of them disappeared on the sword platform. At this time, Zhan Wuxian's voice came: "Mr. Xue, Zhan has something important to do, and it is a long way to go to Taihu Lake, so it is not appropriate to go with Mr. Dai, we will have a period in the future, and we will meet again." ”

Taihu Lake, in the territory of Wu State at that time, according to legend, Xia Yu, the ancestor of China's water control, was ordered by Emperor Shun Yao Chonghua to control the floods in Taihu Lake, and dug three main waterways, Dongjiang River, Loujiang River, and Wusong River, which communicated the channel between Taihu Lake and the sea, and dredged the flood water into the sea. Sima Qian's "Historical Records" wrote: "Yu governs the water in Wu, and leads the canal, three rivers and five lakes. ”

The water surface of Taihu Lake is vast, 200 miles from east to west, 120 miles from north to south, 36,000 hectares wide, the smoke and waves are vast, and the white waves are in the sky, so it is not easy to find two people. Zhan Wuxian cut some bamboo on the shore of Taihu Lake, made a bamboo raft, and boated on Taihu Lake with Mo Wuya, Zhong Wurong and Zhan Chi to find the whereabouts of the cadre and Mo Xie. All the way to Jinwusi, except for the vast water surface is the mountains and forests on the shore, the islands in the lake are dotted, of different sizes, and from time to time there are fish from the lake out of the water, and there is nothing else.

"Shirt, Chi'er is sleepy, let's go to the island in front of us to rest for one night, and tomorrow we will find the two seniors of the cadre and Mo Xie, right?"

Zhan Wuxian nodded, and then paddled towards a small island in front of him.

Grunting, Zhong Wurong's stomach began to scream again, and she said, "I'm so hungry, you guys go first, I have to find something to eat." After speaking, he took a bamboo pole in his hand, stepped on the white waves, and looked at the swimming fish in Taihu Lake. Zhong Wurong smiled and showed off his harvest to Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya: "I have grilled fish to eat tonight." ”

At this time, a white light suddenly shot out from the bottom of the lake, flying three feet away from the bamboo pole in Zhong Wurong's hand. Zhong Wurong felt that his hands were shaken, and then he was half lighter, and then looked at the bamboo pole in his hand, which had been broken into two. said that it was too late, it was fast, Zhong Wurong stretched out his right foot, and gently caught the bamboo pole that fell, and then with another force, the bamboo pole flew up, Zhong Wurong reached out to catch it, and two gray lights and shadows suddenly flew out from behind her, and took Zhong Wurong's bamboo pole away. Zhong Wurong flew up and grabbed behind the bamboo pole, and she looked up at the two gray shadows, which turned out to be two people. Zhong Wurong was angry and shouted: "Alas, you are blind, don't you see me fishing?" Stop! Zhong Wurong flew after him.

Zhong Wurong has followed Guiguzi Wang Xu to learn art for many years, and he has the true legend of Guiguzi, and he is also a master in the rivers and lakes, but chasing the two gray shadows in front of him is always a distance apart, and he can't catch up no matter how he chases. Zhong Wurong saw that the two gray shadows in front of him were not fleeing, but chasing the white light in front of them.

At this time, Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya had already gone to the island, and Zhan Chi had just fallen asleep in Mo Wuya's arms. The two of them also saw the white light and two gray shadows. Zhan Wuxian was worried that Zhong Wurong was in danger again, and said, "I'll go and see what's going on." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the white light had already circled Taihu Lake and flew towards him, the speed was so fast, like flying lightning, and the lake behind Bai Guang was flooded with high waves.

"Shirt, be careful, catch the sword." Mo Wuya threw the dragon tendon slash to Zhan Wuxian. Zhan Wuxian took the dragon tendon slash and immediately turned it into the shape of an iron umbrella to block the white light. I saw that the white light flew in front of the dragon tendon slash, drew a graceful arc, bypassed the dragon tendon slash, and went straight towards Mo Wuya.

Since Zhan Wuxian was in front of him, he devoted all his attention to blocking the white light, and when he saw the white light change course and go towards Mo Wuya, Zhan Wuxian was shocked, and it was too late to turn back. The white light flew to Mo Wuya's side with lightning speed, Mo Wuya subconsciously protected Zhanchi with his whole body, but the white light stopped in front of her, gently circled around Mo Wuya, and then wrapped around her arm. Mo Wuya felt a trace of cold air soaking through his clothes, and there was a cold feeling.

At this time, Zhan Wuxian had come to Mo Wuya's approach, he was holding the dragon tendon in his hand to prepare for the unexpected, and the two gray shadows had also landed, and it turned out to be the two swordsmiths of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie. Then Zhong Wurong also arrived, seeing this scene, he had forgotten the past, and he didn't know what the white light was going to do, whether it was auspicious or fierce, and several people didn't dare to make a sound.

Only now did a few people see clearly, the original white light seemed to be a wisp of white smoke, soft and ethereal, as if it were real and illusory.

Zhan Wuxian said softly: "Two seniors, ...... is this?" ”

The cadre said: "This is the sword qi of Tai'a Sword, I have been tracking it for many days." ”

Zhong Wurong said: "Why does it always swim around Chi'er?" ”

"It turns out that the child's name is Chi'er......" The cadre seemed to be talking to himself, and his eyes instantly moistened.

Zhan Wuxian said: "That child's name is Zhan Chi, and he is a dog below. ”

The cadre stared at Tai'a Sword Qi and Zhan Chi, and said, "I see, I see, no wonder I haven't been able to catch it." Tai'a Sword Qi has been looking for its owner, and it seems that Chi'er is it. As soon as the words fell, I saw Tai'a's sword qi soaring into the sky and disappearing into the sunset sky.

"It seems that Chi'er is not either." Mo Evil Dao.

"Let it be." The cadre said: "Don't force everything, I believe that Tai'a Jian will definitely find its owner." ”

Mo Ye nodded, she walked into the red, and suddenly turned back to the cadre and said, "You think it is like it too, don't you?" Her tears fell uncontrollably.

"Hmm!" The cadre also nodded.

Zhan Wuxian felt a little strange and asked, "Two seniors, ...... are you?" ”

The cadre waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, when I see Chi'er, I think of our child." ”

Mo Wuya said: "Are the children of the two seniors the same as Chi'er?" ”

Mo Ye nodded and said, "Can I hug Chi'er?" ”

"Of course, you can treat him as your own child." Mo Wuya entrusted Zhan Chi to Mo Ye.

"No, it won't." Zhong Wurong said: "Chi'er is only a few years old, at your age, the child won't be the same size as Chi'er, right?" ”

Mo Xie looked at the cadre, and said: You still say.

The cadre said: "If you count our child, he must be eighteen years old this year, he looked exactly like Chi'er when he was a child." It's a pity, it's just that we're too obsessed with swords, and our children ...... Don't mention it. ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "The two seniors must have unspeakable secrets, if they don't give up, I am willing to let Chi'er recognize the two seniors as their father-in-law and mother-in-law, I don't know what the two seniors think?" Zhan Wuxian looked at Mo Wuya again: "Ya'er, what do you say?" ”

"Of course it's good, to be able to worship the two seniors as father-in-law and mother-in-law, that's Chi'er's blessing."

Hearing this, the cadre said excitedly: "Really? He also ran over and stroked Zhanchi's tender red face: "Great, great, isn't it evil." Mo Xie nodded happily, speechless with joy.

A bonfire is lit and the smell of grilled fish wafts through it.

Zhan Wuxian said: "When did the two seniors leave Yunmengze and come to Taihu Lake? ”

The cadre said: "Since you and Li'er have been looking for the Northern Stygian Essence Water and the Southern Stygian Divine Fire respectively, the two of us have nothing to do in Yunmengze, and we have calculated where the sword qi in the world is, and the sword qi that can be called a famous sword already belongs, only the Tai'a Sword sword qi is still wandering around, and I haven't found its owner." One day, I watched the sky at night and found that Tai'a sword qi appeared in Taihu Lake, and you and Li'er would not come back in the near future, so the two of us discussed going to Taihu Lake to capture the sword qi and use it for sword casting. We found traces of Tai'a sword qi in Taihu Lake, and captured it several times, but it was always a failure, until we met you today. I thought that Chi'er was the owner of Tai'a Sword, but looking at the situation just now, Chi'er was not, Tai'a Sword Qi was waiting for its real owner to appear, and that person would definitely appear near Taihu Lake. ”

Zhong Wurong said: "Then if Tai'a Sword Qi is captured by the bad guys, wouldn't it be a pity?" ”

"No, it won't." The cadre said: "Even if I join forces with Mo Ye, I can't capture Dao Tai'a Sword Qi, I believe that no one in the world can capture it except Nanyin Saint." ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "What are the two seniors going to do next, do you still want to capture Tai'a Sword Qi?" ”

The cadre said: "You have returned to the Central Plains, and you are with Li'er again, I believe that you have obtained the Northern Darkness Essence Water and the Southern Darkness Divine Fire, we set off early in the morning to rush back to Yunmengze and start forging swords." ”

Zhong Wurong had no interest in forging swords, so he said goodbye to everyone and went back to the Ghost Valley alone, without mentioning it.