On this day, Wuxian and Mo Wuya passed by Handan City, and saw that the pedestrians inside and outside the city were weaving, and the traffic was busy, so it was not lively. It is said that he is happy to return to the Central Plains, but the two of them are depressed and worried.

Zhan Wuxian looked into the distance, seemed to think about it, and said: "The two predecessors of the cadre general and Mo Xie have disappeared, although we have obtained the Southern Spiritual Fire and the Northern Spiritual Water, but without the two seniors, we still can't forge the sword, even if we return to Yunmengze, what's the use?" ”

Mo Wuya hugged Zhan Wuxian's left shoulder, leaned his head on his shoulder, and said softly: "Maybe the two seniors will also go back after we go back." ”

Zhan Wuxian knew that this was Mo Wuya comforting him, in order not to make his wife sad, Zhan Wuxian sighed: "Maybe you are right, along the way, you followed me to eat and sleep, and you didn't have a full meal, just passing by Handan City, why don't we go to the city for a good meal, rest for a day and then go back to Yunmengze?" ”

Mo Wuya smiled: "My stomach has been rumbling for a long time. ”

When the two came to the city, they saw a restaurant from a distance, and the plaque said "Stone to transport". The front door is crowded with people, bustling, and there are many diners, and it seems that business is very prosperous. Mo Wuya Nahan: "It is said that this is a restaurant, it should be called 'Food to Luck', and the name is also similar to food, why is it called 'Stone Luck', is it possible that this family is made of stones?" ”

"I think people have their own reasons for taking this name, and now the important thing is that we hurry up and eat our stomachs." Saying that, Zhan Wuxian pulled Mo Wuya over.

As soon as they reached the door, a man walked in front of them and fell right in front of them. Zhan Wuxian said: "No, is it touching porcelain?" Then he saw the man lying on the ground, trying to stand up, but he didn't know how to put his feet. Zhan Wuxian helped the man up, straightened the man's legs with his left foot, and said, "This man, are you okay?" The man glanced at Zhan Wuxian, not only did he not thank him, but he was also very angry: "Who asked you to help me, didn't you see me walking, I hate it." The man shook his hand and walked forward crookedly. Zhan Wuxian looked dizzy, and smiled awkwardly at Mo Wuya: "There is really everyone in the world." As soon as the words fell, I heard an "oops", and the man fell to the ground again at the corner of the street.

Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya walked into the restaurant, and when they looked up, they understood why the name of the restaurant was called "Shi Laiyun". It turned out that the wall in the lobby of the restaurant was not a carving, but a sword. When the guy in the store saw someone coming in, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Two guest officers, please." The word "please" has a long sound. The guy led the two of them to a corner table, "I'm sorry for the two, there are many customers in the store today, and there is only this one seat, so you should be careful." ”

Zhan Wuxian bowed his head and said, "It's okay, we'll leave after eating." ”

"What do you want to eat?"

"A few side dishes first, and then a pot of wine." Zhan Wu Xiandao.

"Guest, don't you try our signature dish - charcoal-grilled beef."

"What's so special?"

"Nothing else, the main thing is that my beef is marinated in the ancestral method, and when you eat it, you must use a sword to penetrate the beef and grill it on a charcoal fire, and then with a variety of condiments, and then eat it after the meat is cooked, and the delicious aftertaste is endless." The guy said with a self-absorbed look.

Zhan Wuxian thought it was funny, the first time he heard that beef should be eaten on skewers with a sword, so he said, "Okay, then have a serving." ”

People come and go in the restaurant, and after a while, the guys in the store will step on Qi, the roast beef is really worn with a short sword, and the two ends are on both sides of a bottle of copper tripod, and there are charcoals in the ding, which is roasting on the fire, and the sound of barbecue comes to the nose.

"Slow down." The guy turned around and was about to leave.

Zhan Wuxian stopped him and said, "I want to ask you something, don't delay you." ”

"Look at what you said, customers are our food and clothing parents, you can ask if there is anything."

"This way of eating meat is very novel, I wonder if it is unique to your store?"

"It's really unique to our store, and I'll tell you the truth, the owner of my shop traveled from south to north, learned from Hu Ren, and with some improvements, this dish sells the best in our store."

"I see, it seems that your boss is also a good sword man." Zhan Wuxian said: "I see that other restaurants have carved things hanging on the walls, why do you have swords hanging in this restaurant?" ”

The guy glanced at Zhan Wuxian, a little unimpressed, probably everyone who came to his store had asked like this, so he said, "I think you must not be a local." ”

"Good eyesight." Zhan Wuxian complimented.

The guy smiled and said: "Guest officer, it's not that I have good eyesight, all the locals know that my boss has a good sword, but whenever he hears that anyone has a sword, as long as he sees it, he is willing to buy it no matter how much it costs." Because my boss's surname is Lu, people have nicknamed my boss 'Lu Haojian'. This fame spread more and more, and during this period, many swordsmen held swords for my boss to appreciate, and most of them were bought by my boss, so I also made a lot of good sword friends. The sword hanging on the wall is the best sword my boss has ever collected. ”

Zhan Wuxian looked at these swords hanging on the wall, they were all mortal, and even some were inferior. Zhan Wuxian asked, "Your boss spent a lot of money on these swords, right?" ”

"No, my boss used to have such restaurants in Yangzhai, Handan, and Taoyi, and after a few years, there was only this one left. But I don't know if my boss will move spells, this restaurant is getting less and less, but making more and more money. The man shook his head in confusion.

As a ranger, I heard that there is such a good swordsman in Handan, and he is also a businessman, Zhan Wuxian is also very curious, and has the intention to meet him, so he asked: "I am also a swordsman, and I want to meet your boss and learn from the sword." ”

The guy said: "It's not a coincidence, in normal times, as soon as I hear that you are a swordsman, my boss will definitely come forward to greet you, and this meal can be freed, but now my boss is not in Handan." ”

"That's a real misfortune."

"I see that you are really a good sword person, let me tell you, my boss went to Chaoge, it is said that on the fifth day of May this year, Chaoge will hold a sword conference, called Chaoge on the sword, and then the world's well-known swordsmen and swordsmen will go, how could my boss miss such an opportunity, he would have already left."

"Song on the sword?" Zhan Wuxian remembered the sword conference of the Confucian Mansion five years ago.

"yes, this is the second time." The guy said in a matter-of-fact manner: "The first time was held five years ago by the old man Kong Xuan to determine the ownership of the Chengying Sword, and at that sword conference, not only the Chengying Sword appeared, but also the Chunjun Sword of Yanling Jizi, the seven-star Longyuan Sword of the Nanyin Holy High Disciple Exhibition and the Dragon Tendon Slash of his beloved wife, as well as the Chixiao Sword of the world's first sword demon boy to defeat the enemy, and it was a gathering of good players from all walks of life. At that time, my boss didn't know about it and didn't go to participate, and afterwards my boss regretted it and vowed to participate in the next session. It is said that many well-known swordsmen in the world will attend the meeting, saying that they want to evaluate the ranking of the world's famous swords, and there will be many strange swordsmen at that time. My master heard about it and set off ten days ago. ”

Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya looked at each other and smiled, Mo Wuya said, "Then do you know us?" ”

The guy shook his head: "I don't know. ”

"Then why are you so familiar with the matter of the sword of Chaoge?"

"I listened to what my boss said, but in fact, I don't know what the famous sword is, and I don't know any of the people he mentioned."

Zhan Wuxian said: "Thank you, little brother, I have seen a lot today." ”

At this time, someone shouted for the guy to serve the food. "You use it slowly, I have to be busy, and it is important to eat." The guy turned and went.

Mo Wuya said: "Shirt, do you think the two seniors of the cadre and Mo Xie will go to the court?" ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "The two seniors love swords like crazy, and the two seniors won't know about such a grand event as the song and the sword, I think they will go." If the two seniors don't go, we can also inquire about them. ”

"Well, without further ado, we'll leave for Chaoge after dinner."

"Don't worry, you've been following me for a long time these days, I see that your face is a lot haggard, and it's not too late for us to rest here for one night and then go."

"Then how can it be done, what a pity it would be if we went late and missed the Chaoge Sword Conference and didn't see the two seniors."

"It doesn't matter. There are still three days left before the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and two days from Handan to Chaoge are enough for the two of us. ”

Hearing Zhan Wuxian say this, Mo Wuya knew that he cared about himself, so he nodded: "Well, listen to you." ”

On the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month, Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya came to Chaoge, this ancient city is like this era, it is even more dilapidated than five years ago, there are ruins everywhere, there are few pedestrians on the street, and there is no sign of holding a sword conference at all.

Zhan Wuxian stopped a pedestrian on the street and asked him where the sword conference was held, the man looked Zhan Wuxian up and down, looked impatient, and said, "I haven't heard of the sword conference." Now that the common people are almost out of food, who cares about what to sing and talk about. ”

Zhan Wuxian smiled bitterly, speechless, and had to watch the man leave in a hurry.

Mo Wuya said: "You shouldn't believe what that person said, at first glance, he is not a person in the rivers and lakes, of course, he is indifferent to the matter of the Sword Conference, and it is not surprising that he doesn't know." The Sword Debate must be somewhere in the Song of the Dynasty. ”

Zhan Wuxian listened to the man's words, and his heart was inexplicably sad, but after listening to Mo Wuya's words, he suddenly thought of a place, and the two of them said in unison: "Confucius Mansion." The two of them galloped away.

Now the front of the Chaoge Confucius Mansion is overgrown with weeds, and the walls are dilapidated, which are completely integrated into the ancient city of Chaoge, witnessing the cruelty of the years. There was a man squatting in the doorway, with a sackcloth in front of him, on which were placed a dozen swords, the scabbards were gorgeous, painted with gold and jade, and the end of the hilt was embedded with a jewel, or red, or green, or purple, it was really colorful and shining. The man Sword Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya came over, immediately got up to meet them, and said, "The two of you are here to participate in the Sword Conference, right?" ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "Exactly." ”

"What a coincidence, I still have the last two places, so I'll give them to two."

"What slot?" Zhan Wuxian was a little suspicious.

"I don't think you two have swords on them, how can you participate in the sword conference without a sword? That would be too much of a loss of identity, and it would be looked down upon. ”

"How?"

"On the sword conference, on the sword conference, only with a sword can you have face, if you don't have a good sword, you are ashamed to participate in the sword conference. Isn't there already a dozen people who have bought peerless swords from me, hanging them around their waists, and the one who has a face, everyone else has to look up to it. Don't say it, I knew you were a good sword man at first sight, I told you, you must not tell others, as long as you buy a sword from me, I will give you a famous sword secret, buy one get one free. My swords here are all famous swords in the world. ”

Zhan Wuxian suddenly felt funny when he heard this: "What famous sword do you have?" ”

"There are famous swords in the world." The man said in a matter-of-fact manner: "I won't tell you the truth, I have spent a lot of effort to find these famous swords. Look at this black one, do you know what kind of sword it is? ”

Zhan Wuxian shook his head.

"It's Zhan Lu Jian. There is also this blue sword, which is the famous Seven-Star Longyuan Sword, do you know, five years ago, there was a person named Zhan Wuxian who used this Seven-Star Longyuan Sword to kill Gongzi and defeat the enemy, it was really a kill. There is also this white one, which is the pure Jun sword, and this red one, which is the Chixiao sword. To tell you the truth, this was the sword of King Chu Ling back then, and since King Chu Ling hanged himself, the Chixiao Sword has disappeared......"

"And how did you find it?" Mo Wuya interrupted him and asked.

The man seemed to know that Mo Wuya was asking this question, and said confidently: "I have spent a lot of effort and several brothers to die before I got it from the mouth of the Snake King in the White Snake Valley, thinking of my dead brothers, I ......" The man actually shed two tears.

"If you don't keep such a precious sword, why do you want to sell it?" Mo Wuya continued to ask.

The man sighed and said, "You think I'm willing to sell, I can't help it." In order to collect these famous swords, I spent all my family wealth, abandoned my wife and children, and found my family in ruin, and my brothers have not been buried to this day. Now that I have figured it out, no matter how good the sword is, it is something outside my body, and in order to bury my dead brother, I have no choice but to cut my love. Pick a sword, gentleman. ”

Although he knew that this was the seller's trick, Zhan Wuxian still said, "How much do you sell for this Seven-Star Dragon Yuan Sword?" ”

"At first glance, you are a person who knows the goods, and among my famous swords, it is the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword ......for sale," the man hurriedly covered his mouth, and the last few words "the best" fortunately did not come out. The man continued to look at people with a smile: "I mean this Seven Star Longyuan Sword is the most famous among these famous swords, if you want to buy it sincerely, I will sell it sincerely, I don't ask you for a high price, I only want you to have the lowest price, I dare to say that there is nothing cheaper than me, you will give ten gold, how about it?" ”

Zhan Wuxian smiled and said nothing, Mo Wuya took his hand and said, "Shirt, let's go." ”

"Don't go, what price do you want to offer, let's hear it, and if the price is right, you can take it."

"One gold." Zhan Wuxian blurted out, and his tone was non-negotiable.

"You give a higher point, one gold is too little, this is a famous sword."

"Let's go." Mo Wuya said.

"Okay, see if you are sincere, one gold is one gold, and I sold it at a loss." The man quickly covered his mouth, and then smiled. His 'selling at a loss' fully exposes the origin of his swords.

Mo Wuya said: "It's too expensive to buy a sword for one gold, so let's see that you are hard enough, I will give you one gold and you will give me the Zhan Lu sword too." ”

"Eldest sister, this can't be done, I won't lose a lot, you can add more."

"Let's go."

"Okay, I'm afraid of you, I've never seen someone buy something like this, just one gold." The man said with a bitter face: "If you add half a gold, I will give you a copy of the "Famous Sword Secret Sutra", to tell you, it records the ancient famous swordsmanship, which is rumored to be created by the Yellow Emperor, but it is a rare treasure. However, the façade is written in ancient Chinese, and if you can understand it, you will be invincible in the world. ”

"Then why didn't you sell the Sword Sutra but also the famous sword?" Zhan Wuxian asked curiously.

Who knew that the man sighed: "Alas, people nowadays don't know the goods, even if there are really good things in front of them, they turn a blind eye, but pick those worthless things, no way, business is not good these days." We little people are not like those princes and generals, we all have a good father, and we are born with a noble bloodline and enjoy it. We people have worked hard all our lives, it's better to do it casually, I only have to do some small business......" The man felt that he had said too much, and immediately changed his words: "After talking about it for a long time, do you buy it or not?" ”

Zhan Wuxian smiled, took out two golds, and said, "I also want the "Famous Sword Secret Sutra". ”

As soon as the man saw the gold, he immediately smiled: "I'll give you this pure jun sword again." ”

"No, you might as well keep it." Zhan Wu Xiandao.

Then the man took out a wooden box from the dilapidated wooden box behind him, five inches wide and one foot long, without any ornamentation on it, but it was a little worn: "The Secret Book of Famous Swords is in the box." Together with the Seven Star Dragon Yuan Sword and the Zhan Lu Sword, they were handed over to Zhan Wuxian. ”

Zhan Wuxian put it away without opening the wooden box, and after the two left, Mo Wuya asked, "You still buy those swords when you know they are fake?" ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "There are too many little people like the hawkers in the rivers and lakes just now, usually they are oppressed by the nobles, and they have no ability to resist, and it is very difficult to make a living in the cracks, so buy him two swords to help him." ”