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"What is the blood on the sword?" Lian Ruohan was relieved to see that there was no injury on Mantuo's body, and he was very puzzled where the blood on Mantuo's sword came from.

"It's funny, it's a wolf." Mantuo said, "I have fought with Yan Hao a few times, and each time it was a small victory, but it is not that my martial arts are higher than Yan Hao, but that Yan Hao has not done his best, and I have Xiao Wu to help." And Yanhao ranks third, which is not true, in my opinion, Yanhao ranks fifth and sixth. ”

Xia Xiang thought for a moment: "So, your martial arts are slightly inferior to Yan Hao, ranking sixth or seventh, so before Yan Hao and after Master, there are still three or four people?" The people of today, but the people of them? ”

"It should be, today's person is a woman." Manta nodded slightly, "I chased all the way, and after chasing for miles, I disappeared from her, and I knew that this person was at least above me." As I was about to return, she suddenly appeared in front of me and blocked my way. ”

"Even though it was dark and her face was covered with a black veil, I could still tell at a glance that she was a woman. She wasn't very old, and like me, she held a long sword in her hand, and stood quietly in the moonlight, like a phoenix-tailed bamboo. She had been practicing martial arts for many years, and she felt a chill when she fought with someone for the first time, "I asked her who she was, and she didn't answer, she stabbed with her sword, and I fought with her." As soon as I fought, I realized that the other party's martial arts were a little weird. ”

Eccentric? Xia Xiang and Lian Ruohan glanced at each other, the two of them didn't understand martial arts, although they were stunned, they didn't know what Mantuo meant by weirdness.

Mantuo saw the doubts of the two, and then said: "The so-called weirdness means that her martial arts are not orthodox Central Plains martial arts, but very similar to the tricks of the barbarian land. The Central Plains martial arts pay attention to opening and closing, and sway freely. In the Lingnan area and then to Hainan, the martial arts are mainly light and jumping. Her martial arts path is neither like opening and closing, nor moving and jumping, always the sword goes sideways, suddenly like a heavy sword without a blade, and suddenly like an antelope hanging on its horns, there is no trace to be found, which makes people incomprehensible. ”

Xia Xiang was silent, although he hadn't seen the other party make a move with his own eyes, but listening to what Mantuo said, this person should not be from the so-called barbarian land. Before the Han Dynasty, the barbarian land mostly refers to the ethnic minorities around China, after the Tang Dynasty, the territory of the land of China expanded, and many so-called barbarian lands were all returned to China. On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister.

The barbarians mentioned by Manta should be Huyi, the Hu people from the Persian food land outside the northwest. Since the founding of Bactria and the founding of the country, the country has been strong, the four seas have been subjugated, many foreign envoys have come to pay tribute, and there are also many foreign races who have settled in Bactria and are reluctant to return to China. The culture of the Chinese nation, which has evolved over thousands of years, was created in the Great Xia Dynasty, which far surpassed the Han and Tang dynasties in terms of territory, national strength and cultural strength.

"I fought with her for more than 30 moves, so I made a false move, took a step back, and asked her why she approached Xia Xianzun, was it a bad intention? The other party said that she was entrusted by someone to take Xia Xianzun's life, because Xia Xianzun was a corrupt official and dog official who did all kinds of evil among the people, and she wanted to take the head of the dog official. ”

"There is no head on the neck of the dog officer, it should be a dog head." Xia Xiang laughed self-deprecatingly.

Lian Ruohan said indignantly: "Is she a fool or a blind person, if Xia County is a dog official of the fish and meat people, is there a good official in Daxia?" Talking nonsense with his eyes open, empty martial arts, but no brains, it's really stupid. ”

Mantuo was amused by Lian Ruohan's anger: "Don't be angry with Lian Niangzi, she may be deceived by others, or she may be instructed by others to take people's money and eliminate disasters with others, but whatever she says, anyway, Xia Xianzun is a good official or a dog official, and the people's hearts are like mirrors." I asked her again, if Xia Xianzun is a big good official, if she killed Xia Xianzun, wouldn't she kill a good official by mistake? She said that no matter whether Xia Xianzun is a good official or a bad official, just kill it, anyway, if you are an official, the good ones are not much better than the bad ones, they should die! ”

Lian Ruohan sighed: "Why does it sound like a resentful woman who has been abandoned by you from the beginning?" ”

Xia Xiang shouted that he was wronged: "This official neither preys on the people, nor does he molest women from good families, let alone be unlucky." This official will never do such a thing. ”

Mantuo glanced at Xia Xiang with complicated eyes, and then said: "I asked her again who entrusted her, if someone pays her to kill Xia Xianzun, I am willing to add three times for her to kill the person who paid for it." However, she said that she promised to be loyal to others, and she would not go back on her word because of who contributed more money. I asked her who she really was, but she stopped answering and stabbed me three times. The sword moves are sharp and the moves are deadly. I knew that only a desperate fight could make the other party retreat, so I no longer hesitated and used the most powerful killing move. ”

Xia Xiang was shocked, and he had the impression that since he knew Mantuo, Mantuo was calm even if he fought with people, and he had never seen her use all her strength, which showed that the opponent he encountered this time was indeed tricky.

Mantuo's face became a little solemn: "Not only is she very good at swordsmanship, but her light skills are also higher than mine, and she can also use flying knives like me." I fought with her for more than half an hour, regardless of victory or defeat, she suddenly stopped and persuaded me to leave Xia Xianzun, otherwise it would be a pity to have a body of martial arts, I was too lazy to listen to her verbosity, raised my hand and threw out a flying knife, but after she blocked the flight with a sword, she turned around and ran. ”

"Don't chase if you run, don't chase after you." Although Mantuo had returned safely now, Xia Xiang still couldn't help but worry about her at that time.

"I don't want to chase either, but I can't chase it, she just runs back." Mantuo took another sip of water before saying, "I was worried that it would be unfavorable for Xia Xianzun to return the same way, so I chased after her and fired three flying knives in a row, but she dodged them." She was very good, and after a few breaths, the distance between her and me became farther and farther, and I was in a hurry, so I didn't care much, so I finished all the throwing knives on my body, and threw the long sword in my hand. Fortunately, she dodged the throwing knife, not the long sword......"

"She's hurt?" Lian Ruohan asked in surprise.

"Nope." Manta shook her head, "After the sword flew out, she was able to dodge, but she had to slow down, and I chased after her. In a fit of rage, she slashed at me, not only with her swordsmanship, but also with several flying knives one after another. I dodged most of the knives, but I couldn't dodge one of the ......"

"You're hurt?" Lian Ruohan was taken aback, and looked up and down at Mantuo, "Where is the injury?" Let me see. ”

"I'm fine, a little injury, it's okay." Mantuo waved his hand and continued, "Although I was stabbed, it was not a big deal, and I used a special move, the Immortal Fourteen Swords. The Fourteen Swords of the Immortal are to mobilize the power of the whole body, and use the fourteen sword moves in one breath, and there must be no moments of stay in the middle, and they must be done in one go, such as flowing clouds and water, and like clouds rising and fogging. ”

Although Xia Xiang didn't see it with his own eyes, he yearned for it: "If it is early in the morning, under the rising sun, in the forest where the morning mist is rising, the lady of Mantuo is like flying into the sky, and she casts the fourteen swords of the immortals, it will be beautiful, just like the heavenly immortals descending to earth......"

"You don't care about the injury of the Mantuo lady, you only know that you are cranky, and you really live up to the sincerity of the Mantuo lady." Lian Ruohan gave Xia Xiang a big roll of his eyes dissatisfied.

Xia Xiang smiled awkwardly: "The lady has to teach you a lesson." However, we have only secretly inspected the injuries of the Manta lady, and there is no major problem. ”

"Huh? Where is the wound of the Manta lady, why didn't I see it? ”

"Don't interrupt the Lady of Manta and let her finish." Xia Xiang returned Lian Ruohan with a dissatisfied look.

Mantuo coughed softly: "The Immortal Fourteen Swords are a trick passed down to me by my master, and I can't use them easily. Once used, the essence of the whole body will be exhausted, and it will take seven days to recover the qi, to say the least. But I couldn't care more about stopping her. Master said that looking at the entire Great Xia, there are only a handful of people who can complete the fourteen moves under the fourteen swords of the immortals. I originally wanted to kill her within fourteen moves, so as not to cause her evil again, but I didn't want to use three moves, but she exclaimed, she actually recognized the Immortal Fourteen Swords, and asked me who I was from Lin Shangxian. ”

"I didn't answer her, but I didn't care about sword after sword, and I had to put her to death. She finally couldn't resist it, turned around and fled, and said before leaving, you wait for me to come back, I will come to you again. If you are really a disciple of Lin Shangxian, I advise you not to follow Xia Xiang, a dog official, and insult your master's name. There was a look of doubt in Mantuo's eyes, "She should know Master, but Master has never mentioned to me that she knows a Huyi master." After she left, I couldn't hold back, once the Immortal Fourteen Swords were cast, they had to be finished in one breath before they could stop. The last sword was a sword flying into the sky, and I flew out with a sword, first cutting off a small tree, and then nailing a passing wolf to death. ”

"It's so dangerous." Lian Ruohan was frightened, and looked up and down a few more times, "Where is the lady of Mantuo injured?" Does it matter? ”

Xia Xiang pushed Lian Ruohan away and took out a knife shaped like a hairpin from the head of the mantle: "Lian Niangzi didn't even find out that the knife in the mantuo lady was on the head?" Fortunately, it only hurt the hair, not the flesh...... Hey, Damascus knives! ”

The knife in Xia Xiang's hand is the same shape and size as a hairpin, but it is very curved, like a crescent moon. The blade of the knife is covered with various patterns, like flowing water, which is wonderful and abnormal.

"What is a Damascus knife?" When Manta first heard the Damascus sword, he couldn't help but be amazed.

"Damascus knives come from Persia." Lian Ruohan knew a little about Damascus knives, and she was surprised by Xia Xiang's profundity, "Xia Xianzun has seen Damascus knives before?" ”

"First time I've seen it." Xia Xiang smiled implicitly, "There have been records in many books, and Mr. also told me that Damascus knives are made of Uzi steel, and they are covered with casting patterns, usually scimitars, and the unique smelting technology and forging method of Damascus knives have always been the technical secrets of the Persians, and they are not known to the outside world." Damascus knives are characterized by silk textures that are shiny and extremely sharp. ”

As he spoke, Xia Xiang gently slashed the knife in his hand across the table, and a scratch more than half an inch deep was immediately visible on the table.

"Damascus knives are extremely expensive, and most people can't afford to use them, let alone use them to make throwing knives that they don't want to throw away." Xia Xiang handed the knife to Lian Ruohan, "With the harmony of all irons, or extremely fine, the iron is also above...... Legend has it that the Uzi steel used in Damascus is second only to the steel refined from the boulders that fell from the sky. ”

Lian Ruohan took the knife in his hand, looked at it a few times, and was full of praise: "What a beautiful pattern, like clouds in the sky, and like ripples on the water surface." ”

"Could it be that she is Fang Shi Niang, one of the top ten masters of Great Xia?" Xia Xiang said thoughtfully, "Fang Shi Niang is known as Soul Chasing, which should mean that her martial arts win with femininity, follow her like a shadow, chasing souls and asking for her life, but listening to what Mantuo Niangzi said, this person's martial arts are strong. And Fang Shi Niang is the name of the Great Xia people, could it be that among the top ten masters, in addition to Mantuo Niang and Fang Shi Niang, there is also a woman? ”

"Stupid." Even Ruohanjing shared the same bed with Xia Xiang last night but did not share a pillow, and the relationship with Xia Xiang was much closer, and Xia Xiang was no longer as respectful as before, but more casual and intimate, "The top ten masters of Great Xia are talking about the masters of Great Xia, and the opponent of the lady is a Persian, and it cannot be classified as one of the top ten masters of Great Xia." ”

"Again, how did I overlook this?" Xia Xiang smiled, "The lady is also tired, hurry up and rest." ”

Mantuo nodded, showing a slight uneasiness: "She knows that I won't recover my strength within seven days, and Xia Xianzun must be careful these days." ”

"Don't be afraid, Xiao Wu should also come back, with him, send some more people, presumably she won't dare to act rashly. Even the lady, you accompany the lady to rest first, and I still have some official business to deal with. ”

After Lian Ruohan and Mantuo left, Liu Er came in to serve Xia Xiang, Xia Xiang finished washing, and just sat down, Cao Shujun and Cao Shuli came.

Xia Xiang briefly told the two about last night's incident, and the two were stunned, and they didn't care about talking to Xia Xiang at the moment, so they hurriedly went to visit the lady of Mantuo.

After breakfast, Ma Zhanguo and Ding Ke came to Guanxin Pavilion together to invite Xia Xiang to the county office. Xia Xiang, accompanied by the two, walked into the car, walked out of the Guanxin Pavilion, and walked towards the county office.

In the early morning of Zhending City, the sound of chickens and dogs barking came, and there was cooking smoke, although there was already the chill of early winter, but it was still full of peace. Xia Xiang walked along the Hutuo River, and saw that the shops on both sides of the river were open one after another, and the small merchants and vendors also began to get busy.

Passing by an inn, there is a wooden sign at the door, which reads "Staying outside the house of the cowman for a long time, only 50 Wen". Ma Zhanguo saw Xia Xiang's gaze on the wooden sign for a moment, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Xia Xianzun, this is an inn opened by Niu Yuanwai, it is said to be an inn, but it is actually a homestay. In Zhending City, there are no less than 100 homestays like cattle outside. ”