From ancient times to the present Chapter 1: The heroes of troubled times cherish each other
Huashan, south of the Qinling Mountains, north view of Huangwei. It is known as "a road from ancient Huashan, the first mountain in the world". The heroes of Mount Tai, the show of Hengshan, the wonder of Hengshan, and the uniqueness of Songshan are fascinating, but they are obviously not in line with the personality of the people in the troubled times.
On this day, on the peak of Huashan Luoyan Peak, a man faced the sea of clouds in front of the peak and stood with his hands, this person was in his thirties, burly, rectangular face, a neat short beard under his chin, his eyes were shining, he was wearing a cyan cloth robe, and he carried a single knife with a sheath on his waist. The wind on the summit of the mountain is swaying, the forest is dashing, and the robes are grinning in the wind.
The man stood silently on the edge of the cliff for a long time, opening his mouth to breathe. But seeing that his chest cavity bulged slightly, this breath was endlessly long and terrifying, and only after the tea did he turn to spit, and let out a long howl. This roar is like a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring, endlessly, the sea of clouds churning and the mountains responding. On the top of the peak, hundreds of beasts are running, and the perching birds are frightened, and the internal force is amazing.
This man's name is Zhou Tong, a native of Tongguan, Huazhou. Studied under the world's first master "Jintai", learned an amazing art industry, joined the army after leaving the school, and repeatedly made military exploits. However, because of his strong resistance to Liao, he did not agree with today's political views, and he was greatly disappointed in officialdom. Then he retreated bravely from the rapids, away from the temple battle. began to travel the world, devoted himself to martial arts, and made a great name in the rivers and lakes, and was nicknamed "Iron Arm Golden Knife".
Today, passing through Huashan, I saw that the mountain is dangerous and the peaks are showing. I thought that I had stepped on all the famous mountains and rivers, but I had never been on the Huashan Mountain in my hometown, and I was interested. I climbed the mountain and went all the way to the highest south peak. After climbing to the top of the South Peak, Luoyan Peak, standing on the top of the peak and looking into the distance, I saw the sea of clouds surging under my feet, and the blue sky could reach out and touch. This state of mind of "being at the top of the mountain and seeing the mountains at a glance" is not full of pride, and he looks up to the sky and roars.
After the whistle, Zhou Tong turned around and went down the mountain. Presumably, he hadn't yet appreciated the steepness and wonder of Huashan, so he didn't walk the main road, but went down the mountain along a sheep intestine path that was probably stepped on by the woodcutter of Orion. The mountain road is rugged, the strange stones are like tigers, the pines are like Jiaojiao, and there are thousands of walls in some places, and there is no way to go at all.
But Zhou Tong galloped and jumped, clapped his palms and pedaled, and he was as light as an eagle falcon. The cliffs and ravines that others were shocked by others were as straight as a smooth road in his eyes, and it was like walking in a leisurely garden.
After half an hour, down to the middle of the mountain, the mountain road became gentle, and Zhou Tong also slowed down his pace and walked down the mountain road.
I couldn't walk for a while, and suddenly heard the sound of gold and iron clashing coming from the pine forest around me, accompanied by a few screams.
Zhou Tongyi is tall and bold, he has always been good at fighting, and when he hears the voice, he knows that someone is fighting in the pine forest. Hurriedly followed the sound, walked into the forest, and walked a hundred and ten steps. Seeing that there were a few people fighting in the clearing in the forest, he didn't know the details of the two sides, and it was not easy to rush into trouble, so he chose a stout pine tree, hid behind the tree, and only showed his eyes to peep.
I saw that there were a total of five people fighting in the forest, one person against four people, and it was still a situation where less won more. The lone man was about twenty years old, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a hanging nose and bright teeth, and a circle of blue stubble from the upper lip to the lower chin, slightly adding a frosty color. The tall figure, wearing a white robe, and a single knife with a thick back and a thin blade in his hand, makes it like a thunderbolt, and the knife skills are fast, but the footwork of the body is light and agile, and it is very elegant!
Seeing the young man in white who was like a dragon when facing the enemy, and his chic posture was like a shock, Zhou Tong secretly praised "What a young man with a lofty spirit!" I just don't know whether it's good or evil, if it's a decent person, you have to make friends! ”
Looking at the four of them again, they were already injured, and the screams they just let out must have been caused by them.
Looking at it for a moment, Zhou Tong is not surprised! He is a master of knife skills, he is very knowledgeable, and he has traveled all over the world over the years, and he has seen many famous sword masters, but he just didn't see that this young man in white has inherited the knife master. I only felt that his sword technique was like the eight potentials of breaking the edge in the army for a while, and after a while, it was like the broken mountain knife technique of the Divine Sword Gate, and after a while, it was like the Bodhi knife technique of Shaolin Temple, and in just a while, the kung fu actually changed four or five kinds of knife techniques. The moves are plausible, the meaning is similar but the shape is not similar, quite a knife intention, to its moves, to the taste of turnips!
On the other hand, the other four people stood in the four corners of the southeast, northwest, and northwest, trapping the white-clothed young man in the middle, and the attack and defense were also moderate, quite disciplined. The moves used advance and retreat are orderly, but it is like the technique of the four elephants in the army.
It's just that the white-clothed young man's knife law is really treacherous, when he attacks forward, he is like a dragon probing his claws, and he must save the enemy when he attacks it, and when he sweeps back, he is like a tiger flicking his tail, anticipating the enemy's first opportunity. One person and one knife are like three heads and six arms, forcing the four people to be in danger, and the formation is scattered.
The four were dressed differently. The fat man dressed as a merchant in silk and satin was covered with sweat on his face, making a broad-edged iron sword, with a half-foot-long gap on his chest, and the placket was already oozing with blood.
On the west side, a thin black man with a beard with a hideous face had a hideous face, and his left hand made a single whip, and his right hand was drenched in blood, and an iron whip was discarded on the ground, which was a wounded finger and could not hold the whip.
The horse-faced man in the south who looked like a woodcutter made a two-toothed steel fork, his steps were vain, his yellow face was like gold paper, a wisp of blood was still seeping out from the corner of his mouth, and his moves were scattered, thinking that he had suffered internal injuries.
On the north corner is a sturdy man in a black suit, with a straight blade, the bun on his head has been broken, and the blood is flowing all over his face, but he doesn't know it, and he still wields a knife and fights hard.
After a moment of fighting, the white-clothed young man slashed at the horse-faced man with a fork from the bottom to the top. The horse-faced man pulled out and retreated. The young man in white moved forward, and the blade chased after the horse-faced man, but his back couldn't help but show some flaws. The fat man dressed as a businessman waited for an opportunity, holding his sword high above his shoulders with both hands, and was about to cut off his back with all his might. The young man in white did not move his head back to his shoulders, and his left foot was like a steel whip, kicking backwards, hitting the fat man's lower abdomen.
The fat man had a pain in his abdomen, and he couldn't help but bend down. The body of the young man in white has turned around with this foot, followed by the right foot to the ground, the person has rotated sideways in the air, the knife slashed towards the fat man's neck with the rotation of the body, the knife light like a training flashed, the fat man's head flew up, and the headless corpse fell to the ground.
After the young man in white killed a man, he did not stop, jumped high with a knife in both hands, and cut off the head of the man who made the whip. The black and thin man only had a whip in one hand, and when he saw the young man in mid-air, he looked like a god, and his heart was already cold. Gritted his teeth and made a move to "raise fire to the sky" and block the iron whip on his head. How can I catch up with the following, one hand to both hands, and the heart is weak to the strength. I saw the blade touch the iron whip, "Dang!" With a loud bang, the whip smashed on the black and thin man's head as if it had been hammered, and the white-clothed young man's knife continued to slash down, slashing at the whip, until the iron whip was embedded in the man's head. The thin black man fell to the ground on his back, blood oozed from his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, and he was already dead and could not die again.
Two people have been killed in a row, and Zhou Tong secretly smacked his tongue behind the tree, and said in his heart: "I originally wanted to fight the grievances, but I never thought that there were few people and one side was strong in martial arts, and there was no such thing as being outnumbered." But walking in the rivers and lakes, those who are not traitors and evildoers are not allowed to kill without permission, this young man is bold and ruthless, and I don't know what the road is? If you look at those two people again, you will not be spared, and you must find out what is the reason for the two sides to fight for life and death, and it is not my generation's work to see death and not save them. ”
As soon as he thought of this, he stopped hiding, stepped out from behind the tree, and walked forward. At this time, the two sides of the fight were already strong and weak, and the young man in white stood in the forest with a majestic knife, looking at the other two with a mocking expression like a raccoon cat and mouse on his face, his eyes full of contempt.
The yellow-faced man who made the fork and the black-clothed man who made the knife looked at each other, and they knew that this battle was by no means spared. Each nodded his head, his face showed determination, and he let out a roar, and raised his knife and fork to attack the young man.
At this time, Zhou Tong had already appeared. When the young man in white saw someone walking into the forest, he looked sideways, and two cold and lightning-like eyes turned around Zhou Tong a few times. opened his mouth and said: "If you are a Song person, please leave." If it is a Xixia dog, he will come to the death quickly, and the master will be overtaken today. ”
When Zhou Tong heard this, he looked at the other two, only to see that the two of them did not open their mouths to defend, but their faces were more fierce. I knew that this trip to the troubled waters was wrong. As the young man in white said, if the other party is a Xixia person, the Song and Xia countries have been fighting for many years, and treating the Xixia people does not need to pay attention to whether it is a great crime or not.
Zhou Tong secretly said ashamed in his heart, but fortunately he didn't rush to help. He bowed to the young man in white and said: "This little brother, who is from the Song Dynasty down here, came because he heard the sound of fighting in the forest, since the little brother is here to kill Xifan, please continue, and never disturb it." With that, he stepped back, indicating no malice.
But when he had the intention of making friends, he refused to leave, and he felt that this young man was enough. Painting snakes is enough, but it is not beautiful. He retreated to the tree where he had been hiding and stopped to watch.
When the young man in white saw that he was not leaving, he did not say much. Raising the knife, the three of them fought together again, and the remaining two Western Xia warriors were determined to die, and there was no way back between the moves, and the moves were all routines that ended up together. But at the end of the strong crossbow, he was unable to wear it, and after a while, he was stabbed by the young man in white and let it go neatly.
After the battle, the young man in white put his knife into the sheath and leaned over to carefully search the bodies of the four people. In a short time, four iron waist plates engraved with words and a letter were found from the belts of the four people.
The young man tore open the seal of the fire paint, took out the letter inside and read it, his sword eyebrows frowned slightly, and his face began to become solemn.
Zhou Tong had the intention to befriend this young man, and when he saw that the fight was over, after he finished reading the letter, he walked to the other party again, hugged his fists again and said: "Young man, I didn't know that I was punishing foreign enemies just now, don't blame me." ”
The young man in white waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and suddenly asked, "I heard a long howl just now when I was tracking these people, but was it from Brother Tai?" ”
Zhou Tong smiled slightly: "That's watching the sea of clouds and blue sky at the top of the peak, I feel something, I can't help but roar, don't laugh at the young man." ”
The young man in white clasped his fists and saluted: "How dare I laugh, that long howl from the peak to the middle of the mountain has the tendency of thunder." It can be seen that the internal force under the foot is amazing, don't blame the kid for being unreasonable just now. ”
Zhou Tong saw that his tone was humble, and he became more and more happy, and said with a smile: "Where can I meet the strange, it's too late to be happy to see a young hero like the little brother, I am Zhou Tong of Shaanxi, I don't know where the little brother is from?" ”
The white-clothed young man was stunned when he heard this, and then asked in surprise: "Dare to ask, but Zhou Tong Zhou, who is known as the 'Iron Arm Golden Knife'?" ”
Seeing that this young man had heard his name, Zhou Tong was even more happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's a contemptible person, like a fake!" ”
The young man in white was also happy to see that the world-famous figure was so kind, and said: "My name is Li Qingcang, and the word is far-reaching." Jiangnan West Roader's. ”
Zhou Tong was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself, "This young man's martial arts are so superb, he may not have such attainments when he was young, why have he never heard this name in the rivers and lakes?" ”
He is also an experienced and sophisticated person, and after being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold Li Qingcang's palm and praised: "Forgive my brother, I am lonely and unheard, I don't know when such a heroic figure came out of the southern martial arts."
Li Qingcang was even happier when he saw Zhou Tong so straightforward, and said with a smile: "If Brother Zhou hears the name of the little brother and looks up to him for a long time, then the little brother will definitely not regard Brother Zhou as a friend in his heart, I just came out to explore the rivers and lakes, and I didn't know that there was a person like me in the rivers and lakes, and Brother Zhou didn't hear that it was natural." ”
After speaking, the two looked at each other and laughed. After laughing, Li Qingcang pointed to the corpses of the Tanguts and said, "These Xixia dogs, I have been searching for many days, and today I finally ended them up here." If they were allowed to cross the Hengshan Mountains and enter the territory of Western Xia, they would inevitably have to spend a lot of more time and feet. Today's matter is over, and I know Brother Zhou again, I'm really happy, why don't you and I go down the mountain and have a drink? ”
Zhou Tong was overjoyed, slapped his palm and laughed: "I also have this intention, today I see my brother's sword skills are magnificent, and I am really happy to slash the dog!" Add another young hero to my Great Song Wulin, and you should drink it even more! I am the host here, I don't get drunk today, I don't want to save my money, brother. ”
Li Qingcang is also free and easy, and after hearing this, he smiled and said, "Then bother Brother Zhou!" After that, the two went down the mountain together.