The scale of the water spirit house is not large, the top day can do ten tables of meals, the best three, respectively, "four fragrance pavilion", "four snow pavilion" and "four rain residence".

Siyuju is the elegant house where Li Muxian Duan Fakuang is located, the three sides of the window are planted with pears, peaches, and apricot blossoms, and the door is a curtain of beads, which is to divide the predecessors of "pear blossoms with spring rain", "peach blossoms fall like red rain", "courtyard deep apricot blossom rain", "bead curtain twilight rolling west mountain rain" meaning. Sixiang Pavilion is a small building near the water, it is said that it is to make a pavilion with agarwood, sandalwood as a column, musk and mud as a wall, your Excellency plants peony all over the place, it is called four incense, Li Muxian originally ordered the four incense pavilion, but was taken by others first. As for the place where there is a noisy fight now, it is the "Four Snow Pavilion".

The four snow pavilions are the only places open to the water spirit house, a pavilion is set up in the flower forest within a radius of dozens of steps, and the surrounding pears, plums, begonias, wood rhinos and all kinds of flowers and trees are planted, that is to take the "pear blossom white snow fragrance", "mud rouge snow", "falling plum fragrant snow raccoon moss", "snowflakes cut goose yellow" fun, this is a very elegant place, but at the moment it is a mess, the scolding is endless, there are several people tearing each other apart, it is really Sven sweeping the floor, can not bear to see.

"Meng Shu, you Sven scum...... Ouch, you're slapping in the face again! ”

"The surname is high, you are the well-dressed beast, you and this surnamed He were a nest of snakes and rats back then, and the teacher was looking at you...... If you talk about talent, even a five-year-old child will slap your face swollen! ”

Li Muxian frowned and looked at it for a while, after all, he didn't know the point, and after shouting a few words from Xiao Er next to him, he realized that today it was the Jinshi surnamed Gao who took the lead and invited him to a small gathering in Beijing in the same year, but for some reason, he specially skipped Ding Gongwei and Meng Shu. As a result, Meng Shu heard about it, so he came to the door to make trouble.

"What's going on? How do you live? ”

Asked this, this guy was a little confused, scratched his head and said: "It's so small that I don't understand, this table was originally eight masters, and the old man Meng arrived late and didn't sit down, so he stood there and said that I have a mystery and everyone is happy, so today's table of eight jinshi, what are the two sentences of "The Book of Rites"...... Then, the old man surnamed He changed color, jumped up and scolded him for being rude, but Master Meng put a whole pot of hot oil tea on his face...... And then, that's it......"

"...... Book of Rites?"

Li Mu Xianfang groaned, but he heard Duan Fa Kuang next to him say: "Its number is eight, and its taste is sour!" Immediately understood, unconsciously applauded and laughed: "Good, good, good out!" ”

Talking and laughing, look at the sky is dark, although Meng Shu is young and vigorous, but in the end he suffers from the loss of people who are lonely, and he is rushed up by the other party's elders and followers, caught with his hands and feet, and beaten on the ground, that He Jinshi is the oldest, and he was the most seriously injured before, and his face is full of bubbles burned by hot oil, and he does not dare to crowd forward at the moment, so he only jumps on the periphery and scolds: "Good fight...... Hit it heavier...... I called the master until even his mother-in-law couldn't recognize him! ”

At this time, the sky was already dark, and Li Muxian didn't bother to look at it anymore, so he instructed Xiao Er: "Go and disperse them...... Do you really want to kill someone? Then he asked Master Duan to say, "I wanted to listen to a few songs today...... I was defeated by this group of guys. ”

He arched his hand again and said, "That thing...... It's going to be hard. ”

Saying that, the two of them dispersed, and Duan Shikuang did not call a carriage, but only wrapped the piano on his back with a piece of black cloth. Walking silently along the long street, looking from afar, it is really indescribably lonely and lonely.

The anti-real building is near the south gate, but the water spirit house is in the east city. With the huge size of the imperial capital, if you walk like this, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get home in the second half of the night, Duan Shikuang walked all the way, but he didn't realize that it was already a time, but he only walked more than half the way.

It is already deeper, and there are few pedestrians on the road, but there is a big mansion on the left side of the road, which is still noisy, and it is also one of the famous restaurants on the top of the imperial capital, called the copper tile house. Duan Shikuang walked silently along the outer wall, as if he didn't hear the hustle and bustle inside at all, suddenly a gust of wind blew, floating clouds covered the moon, and when the jade plate was bright again, Duan Shikuang's figure was gone.

The "fame" of Tongwaju is still different from most of its peers in Beijing, although the reputation is extremely loud and the business is excellent, but when other people talk about it, they will always have some strange colors.

Think back then, the copper tile residence at the beginning of the imperial capital, when the name was not established, all over the left near the same industry to taste the dishes, at that time there were only four dishes, the first served up three, a taste of moxibustion tenderloin, a taste of cooking goose paws, that are ordinary to the dishes, and then a hump is precious, but in the capital is nothing but nothing, but in his hands, it is made a delicate and abnormal taste, even those old gourmets are full of praise. Later, some people often commented that the Tao was that if the copper tile was good, it would be accepted, and the fourth dish would not be served again, and today's name will definitely be able to go to the next level.

The fourth dish served at that time was to eat monkey brains alive. A table with a round hole dug in the middle will be raised, and the head of the monkey will be placed in the hole, and it will be tied to wood, and the skin will be shaved and shaved in public, and the top of the body will be poured into it, and the skull will be skeptical, and the guests will be presented with a silver spoon for their own use.

…… In the account of the participants: "When it was time, there was an uproar. ”

In the end, about a third of the guests tasted the fourth course and gave it a higher rating than the first three, but more guests got up angrily and left without eating. After that, the method of why the Tongwaju dishes are so exquisite has also slowly spread: such as the system of the loin, which is to put dozens of live pigs in the courtyard, with a long pole to chase wantonly, let the pigs scream and run, until they are tired to death, then break the back to take the meat, in the words of the owner, "then the essence of the whole is extracted in the back, and it is extremely sweet." The remaining meat is all fishy and tasteless, unbearable to refill and cook, and discarded. "When Tongwaju opened that day, there were only a few tables, but more than 50 pigs were used! Other cooking goose paws pouring humps, etc., are probably like this, all of them are killed alive and abused, and the food is discarded, which can be said to be tyrannical to the extreme, and extravagant to the extreme.

…… With such a reputation, most of the people who cherish feathers will not come, and no one will boast of recommending the dishes here, and occasionally talk about it, it must be frowning and shaking their heads, and even the road is too crippled, as for why this shop is doing better and better in such a situation of rats crossing the street, and the store has nearly doubled in a few years, so it is not enough for outsiders.

It was late at night, and another table of guests happily got up, each with their own hands, each with a different path, and the only common denominator...... No one will see them come out at the main entrance. On the contrary, there should be no road behind the store, but suddenly three or four drunken men came out, each with open arms, and the loud voice was scared and killed. This is the design that the owner of Tongwaju has always been proud of: since the reputation of this store is not good, then ...... Just let the guests not see each other!

The night breeze blows, the river gurgles, and the sound of the piano is faint, as if there is still nothing. But a few drunks have drunk to seven, seven, eight, eight, and eight, and can they hear the sound of the wind or the piano? Standing in a line by the river, while defecating, singing loudly, hoarse and ugly, it is really indescribable.

Ten paces away, separated by a wall, is another alley that zigzags into the streets of the rest of the world. The alley is very narrow, only a little more than two paces wide, and if two people are walking opposite each other, one of them must turn sideways.

…… The sound of the piano is faint.

"This piano is called rat fear."

Standing with his left foot and his right foot crossed over his lap, Duan Fakuang stood at the end of the alley, slowly stroking the Yaoqin on his lap while introducing the other party in a low voice.

"This is the piano collected by Mr. Hongjing back then, and the original name was 'Falling Flowers and Flowing Water'. Then one night, when he heard the cry of a rat and was afraid that the piano would be bitten off, he lit the lamp and got up to see it, and found that the piano had indeed been bitten off a string, but the broken string rebounded, but the rat had been strangled to death, so it was changed to its current name. ”

This is a very old piano, the paint has been stripped off, like a black stone, as for the "broken strings", but there is no clue.

"Back then, Mr. Leng Xuqin, the Tao was 'Nine Virtues and Sixteen Laws', and the nine virtues were strange, ancient, transparent, quiet, moist, round, clear, even, and fragrant. The sixteen dharmas are light, loose, crisp, smooth, high, clean, clear, void, secluded, strange, ancient, tangy, medium, harmonious, sick, and xu. This piano is made of sunken wood, the lacquer decoration is gone, and it has bloomed to kill the machine, and it has the three virtues of "strange, transparent and quiet", and it is most suitable for light, loose, brittle and slippery...... The little old man tried hard, but he had to bother to correct the shortcomings. ”

While speaking, he plucked his right hand lightly, the sound of the piano rose slowly, and the whimpering was difficult, like a flowing spring under the ice, as if intermittent and discontinuous, but when he was about to be inaudible, Duan Fakuang suddenly raised his fingers, agitated back and forth, and suddenly heard the sound of the strings turning urgently, like the wind!

"Bump, bump, bump."

At the other end of the alley, the middle-aged man who had been standing still like a statue since just now suddenly turned sideways until the melody suddenly increased, and the eyebrow-level long stick in his hand leaned out like lightning, and in an instant, three balls of stick flowers with the size of a bowl were shaken out at the same time. And at the same time as his stick shook out, the void continued to spin muffled, as if something was flying at high speed and was shattered by him.

"Nine Introductions, Twelve Exercises, Twenty-one Miscellaneous Songs......"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man lowered his body, leaned forward with the tip of his stick, and put on a posture of attacking and defending.

"I thought that this 'ancient music line' had long been broken, but I didn't expect that the sound of Daya was not in the temple, but in the grass!"

"But I have never offended Your Excellency, so is there any misunderstanding?"

His speech was not fast, but it was very sincere, and when combined with his infectious and penetrating voice, it was really very convincing, and it seemed that in order to match his speech, he stared at the old man opposite him very carefully, and slowly lowered the long stick on the other.

"In the Lower Hucheng River, friends from all walks of life have not given up, and have always begged for a living on the trade road in the west, what Your Excellency is looking for...... Is it really down? ”

With his explanation, the long stick was slowly put down, seeing that the stick head was about to be on the ground, Duan Fakuang didn't hear it, pressed his hands on the piano, and suddenly listened to the sound of the piano again, sometimes lagging, sometimes wooden, sometimes glue, sometimes grid, crisp and strong, and abnormal hearing resistance.

The music is vibrating!

Seeing that the tip of the stick had reached the ground, Hu Chenghe's right hand shook suddenly, and he used a one-armed dancing stick to move like a gun, and in the blink of an eye, he had fired thirteen blows in a row! But at the same time, the old man's hands were flying, and the sound of the piano was also changing rapidly.

"White horse. In the world of decay and chaos, there is no way, no Kuang assist, and it becomes a trend to follow the rules...... I can't take it! ”

The music vibrates the air, as if there are countless shields and guns flying, although Hu Chenghe's stick method is urgent, but it is always lightly set aside at the last moment, and it is useless.

“…… Hum! ”

Compound with both hands holding the stick, a stick flower on the top of the head, Hu Chenghe stick method changes again, wide opening and closing, fierce abnormal, but it is already the number of "Zen sticks" in Buddhism.

But the sound of the old man's piano also changed, desolate and lonely, but it was not spoken.

"Walking in the morning and picking the morning cold, I don't know his heart and listen to slander, lonely and parting to destroy the lungs and liver, why Gu Huang Tianxi is scared. The pain is different and the grace is biased, who said that Gu Xi knows that I am wronged...... Frost! ”

As the sound of the piano rushed to the climax, the previous depression broke out instantly, and the sound burst out, like ten thousand arrows fired together, Hu Chenghe had no choice but to take the offensive and dance the stick into a shield, so that this wave of chaotic arrows could be resisted.

While blocking the arrows, Hu Chenghe also kept retreating, and while the arrows stopped for a while, he also seized this opportunity, turned around, and fled in a hurry!

“…… Can't go! ”

The sound of the piano changes again, and it is as lush as the layers of mountains, and the mountains are stacked on top of each other, and there is no way back.

"Yin Dao is muddy, soaked and annoying. Zhu Zi is compatible, and there is no separation. Confused, slanderous. The torture of the heat makes me feel sad. Innocent shackles, who declares it...... Restraint! ”

With the old man's rapid wave of his ten fingers, invisible sound waves poured out from the piano one after another, becoming invisible chains, surrounded layer by layer, Hu Chenghe did not have time to turn the corner, the way was blocked, and he had no choice but to turn around and retreat.

"Don't you give you a way to live...... Then let's die together! ”

As if forced out of the ferocity, Hu Chenghe roared, no longer protecting himself, strode forward, holding the long stick for three points and seven points with both hands, exerting force, and killing directly!

The tip of the stick was enough to shatter the old man's throat, but after all, it was still a fraction of a second, piercing the wall next to him, and the force of this blow was really amazing, and it actually pierced the brick wall nearly a cubit thick!

Lost his hand, the long stick in his palm was also trapped by the wall, looking at the exhaustion of mountains and rivers, Hu Chenghe's face suddenly appeared a sinister smile!

“…… Die. ”

With a twist and a pull of his right hand, the long stick was divided from the middle, and the cold light flashed, and it turned out to be a three-foot blade!

This eight-foot long stick is just a cover-up, Hu Chenghe turned his wrist, and finally showed the full picture, a four-foot long handle and a three-foot blade, but it was a pair of black and white killing swords!

In the muffled sound, the sword vomited, and the blood flew!

At such a distance, Hu Chenghe believed that no matter how wonderful the old man's manipulation of the air was, it would not be faster than his own piano, and he did not miscalculate this...... However, I missed a piano!

Almost at the same time as Hu Chenghe drew his sword, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, the old man held the piano with both hands, with the greatest strength, and waved it violently, snatching between Hu Chenghe's strength, it had already smashed on his face, and the remaining strength was not weakened, and he took his whole person to fly up and hit the wall hard!

"What I'm going to kill is indeed not Hu Chenghe."

This was a life-and-death blow, Hu Chenghe's skull was immediately shattered by nearly half, and his cervical vertebrae were also smashed to a dent of more than half an inch, his hands and feet were stiff, and he had no strength to struggle.

"I always knew who I was looking for."

Holding Guqin in his arms, the old man lowered his head and said, "You are Hu Chenghe, but not only Hu Chenghe." Yin and yang are separated, and the sword is out to decide life and death...... You are the descendant of the 'Three Yin Sword Gate', the first Yin and the first swordsman among the shadow killers, you are ...... Yin and Yang Sword! ”

It was impossible to answer, Hu Chenghe's body finally twitched, no longer moving, the old man shook his head slightly, and was about to leave with the qin, but suddenly stopped.

“…… The third uncle's treasure knife is not old, which is gratifying. ”

Very mature voice, but so ordinary that I can't hear any characteristics that can be summarized, a big man turned out from the alley where Hu Chenghe wanted to escape before, put his hands behind his back, and slowly approached.

"You are?"

Squinting, the old man couldn't see the person coming, only a mocking mask.

"When you saw that crane, didn't you already know who was coming, Third Uncle? And the traces exposed all the way, so that I can chase after you, isn't it you, the third uncle? ”

Stopping twenty steps away, the person who came arched his hand and said lightly: "Little nephew Duan Jizu, I have seen the third uncle." ”