Chapter 054: Qinglou Compares Swords
Qin Shen was slightly surprised by the sudden change in Yunyan, but he didn't have time to think about anything else, and after taking a sip and drinking it, he invited the two of them to lift the curtain and step downstairs.
At the same time, the other side of the corridor stepped out of another pedestrian with great accuracy, and his eyes fell on the three of them.
Qin Shen knew that this should be today's opponent, and couldn't help but look at the other party secretly.
The leader is a middle-aged man with a short body and a big belly, although he is smiling, he can hardly hide his treacherous and cunning face, which makes people angry.
Beside him was a handsome young man of excellent medium stature and figure in a samurai costume and flat shoes, walking smoothly and without squinting, revealing endless arrogance and conceit in his outstandingness.
became famous at a young age, without hardship, how many people can stop their hearts? The corners of Qin Shen's mouth twitched slightly, and he was no longer interested in the few people who were behind the two of them who were difficult to see clearly, and secretly thought about how to deal with it later.
The reason why he was so cautious was because he was not completely sure, and he was full of confidence indoors, but he just wanted to reassure Gai Wu and the others in order to lead the upper body.
As for why he made this decision knowing that he might be defeated, of course, it was not that he really wanted to experience the feeling of the rivers and lakes on a whim.
In his opinion, if you compare the rivers and lakes with his life, it seems better to let the rivers and lakes continue to maintain a beautiful dream in his heart, but he also has his own unavoidable plans.
He has been learning swords with Qu Han for more than two months, and he has privately asked what level he can be regarded as a swordsman in the world with his current swordsmanship, and the answer he got is that Qu Han replied lightly: "Second-rate." ”
He didn't know what the level of the second-rate was, in this short few months in the army, in addition to fighting on the battlefield and fighting with Qu Han, he had never fought alone with anyone with a sword.
"If it weren't for your previous wrestling skills and contact archery skills, I'm afraid it would be difficult for you to reach the third rate!" Qu Han's words made him even more curious in his heart, and he was eager to find a real swordsman in the world to learn and measure himself, now that the opportunity was in front of him, how could he miss it?
Compared with curiosity, what is more important is that he knows that the sword is a kind of self-defense weapon that is easy to carry in this era, and whether the swordsmanship is superb is particularly important, as for how to make his swordsmanship continue to improve, in his mind, the only way is to keep challenging.
Now, with the keen perception brought to him by the Wind Trick, he believes that he has also reached the time to go further.
In just two corridors, the two groups of people who were moving slowly soon met at the staircase.
In this era, anyone wants to be ahead of others, this is a symbol of power and status, Qiu Zhen imperceptibly sped up his pace slightly, and when he was about to take the step, he didn't forget to throw a smug and teasing look at the three of them, but he just happened to look at Shang Gaiyan and Qin Shen extremely coldly, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and his feet were also stunned.
The three of them turned the corner of the stairs and took the lead in stepping towards the hall, leaving Qiu Zhen to stand still and his face changed again and again.
In the hall at this time, the two teams of followers drew their swords and did not retreat, the atmosphere was tense, the guests who had been drinking and having fun earlier had already taken the beauty in their arms and hid aside, and the servant servant was carefully avoiding the two groups of people who were nervous and nervous to withdraw from the desk, nervously and orderly to make room for the later competition.
Looking at this busy but not chaotic posture, it is a common thing to think about fighting in the Qinglou! Qin Shen sighed in his heart, and Wu Han motioned for his entourage to withdraw their posture.
At this time, Qiu Zhen and others also came to the hall, standing opposite each other, and the guests knew the opportunity to go around to the corridor on the second floor from one side, and stood by the railing, one was convenient to watch the battle, and the other was to avoid accidental injury.
The two biggest wealthy businessmen in Yuyang City made a big move, and they had more expectations in their excitement.
Staying home later or going their separate ways will be their biggest talking point to others.
In the whisper, the hall vacated a space of more than 100 square meters, and the surrounding and second-floor corridors were crowded with spectators.
Qiu Zhen looked forward to it arrogantly, imagining that he could extinguish the other party's prestige in front of so many people, and he was extremely proud in his heart, and looked back and couldn't wait to joke: "Brother Wu, how does this start?" lest the delay be too long and spoil the joy of the people. ”
Wu Han's disgusted eyelids rolled and he was about to speak, Qin Shen took the first step and said lightly: "My brother's swordsmanship is extraordinary, how can he challenge it by any person, and after passing this level first, it might as well be said." ”
"You? Who are you? I haven't heard of when Brother Wu has ......" Qiu Zhen said and looked at him disdainfully, but suddenly greeted the other party's cold eyes in return, and suddenly under the cold gaze, he was so frightened that he couldn't even take the words of rhetorical questions for a while, and hurriedly forced himself to calm down, and said incoherently: "You...... What qualifications do you have to fight with Chu Daxia? ”
After saying that, he immediately turned his head to avoid the eye-catching gaze and looked at Wu Han, and at the same time his heart suddenly relaxed, he secretly said What kind of person is this, his eyes are so terrifying, and he grinned to relieve the embarrassment of Fang Cai, and then he taunted Wu Han and said: "Brother Wu, could it be that he was hollowed out by someone to find someone to fight on his behalf?" If that's the case, I have some magic medicine, I wonder if Brother Wu needs it? ”
As soon as he finished speaking with obscenity, the entourage behind him let out a burst of unbridled ridicule.
"Boom!" The lord humiliated the ministers to death, Wu Han's entourage drew their long swords angrily, stepped forward, and the other party did not give in, immediately stopped laughing and drew their swords to meet each other, and the sound of the long sword out of the sheath was endless, and there was a great momentum of triggering.
Wu Han's face changed several times with a gloomy face, and when he made a sudden decision in his heart, Qin Shen ignored the tension around him and said lazily: "But I don't know if Qin Shen in the clouds is qualified to challenge you?" ”
Qin Shen? There was a commotion all around.
Hearing this name, Qiu Zhen was stunned and looked at it in disbelief, until he met his intriguing gaze, although it was no longer the previous cold killing intent, it still made him involuntarily feel a cold chill in his heart.
The shadow of the tree, the name of the man.
In this era of advocating individual force, the name Qin Shen has long since changed its flavor after more than 20 days of spreading among the people, whether it is an anti-Hungarian hero or a murderous maniac, it is undeniable that it has left a deep impression in the hearts of everyone, especially in border towns.
Obviously, Qiu Zhen may have listened to a different version.
However, isn't Qin Shen already dead on the battlefield? After everyone was slightly puzzled, they looked at Gai Yan beside him, and they were sure that the person in front of them was Qin Shen, so they all kept silent, and suddenly the hall was silent.
The legendary demon is not scary, what is scary is that the demon is standing in front of you alive.
Although Qin Shen is rumored to be an out-and-out hero of the Han Dynasty, who knows if he will kill people without blinking, he will kill everyone in a rage? It's better to be careful, so as not to get into trouble, everyone thought in silence.
Qiu Zhen also thinks the same.
And just when he was frightened and in a dilemma, secretly hating the unfavorable years, and didn't know what to do, Chu He took a step forward, clenched his fists and said indifferently: "It turned out to be General Qin, since the general is interested, he is willing to accompany him." ”
Seeing that he responded to the battle on his own initiative, Qiu Zhen woke up from his daze and stared at him dissatisfiedly, but in exchange for the other party's ignorance.
"That's very good. However......" stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Qin Shen gave Qiu Zhen a playful look in return with his fists, and continued: "I have always had a hobby in competitions, and without this, any competition would be boring for me." ”
"Hmm." Chu He didn't show the slightest curiosity or surprise and said calmly: "General, please speak." ”
Seeing that he was facing his preset questions, Qin Shen gradually attached importance to the other party in his heart, but he still smiled with that lazy look on his face, and explained: "It's not a special hobby, it's just that all competitions need to be colored." ”
Chu He nodded, frowned at Qiu Zhen, who was cowardly and unspeakable, and replied coldly: "But I don't know what kind of color the general needs this time?" ”
"Very little." Qin Shen shrugged his shoulders lightly and smiled, and said with his head towards Qiu Zhen: "As long as he eats all the so-called magic medicines, of course...... Not close to women! ”
As soon as the words fell, there was a lewd snicker in all directions, but it subsided sharply.
Everyone thought with a chill: This Qin Shen is really as vicious as rumored! You see that you want a man to be abolished in this conversation, ouch, I'd better watch the play quietly, so as not to provoke him to get into trouble!
Here, Qiu Zhen couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, opened his mouth to speak, and stopped.
He felt extremely innocent about his sudden and inexplicable involvement in the duel, in his opinion, Chu Heying's battle was just his own business, what did it have to do with him? I wanted to defend and forgive, but because of Qin Shen's power, I didn't know what to say for a while.
Chu He's face changed, and he immediately said lightly: "It's not too late to wait until the general wins." ”
Qin Shen smiled and said confidently: "I never fight uncertain battles. ”
"It's down there."
"Good!" Qin Shen glanced at the other party and nodded, "Just don't regret it later." ”
"If the general wins, what's the matter if you're overseeing it below?" Chu He's unhurried words were full of pride.
At this point, Qin Shen also knew that the other party, who had gone through countless decisive battles in the past ten years, was calm and difficult to disturb with words, so he stopped his sword on the ground with a "bang", and said solemnly: "Then let's start." ”
Chu He nodded, turned around and stepped into the distance.
Everyone knew that the battle was imminent, and hurriedly dragged the depressed Qiu Zhen to retreat to the top of the stairs, and only two duels were left in the wide hall.
Chu He stood proudly, his slender fingers pressed the hilt of the sword, and there was no other movement.
Qin Shen took a deeper look at the other party, his eyes sank slowly with the long sword in his hand, his mind was calm, and suddenly the extremely quiet and extremely sensitive touch seemed to spread out in every pore of his heart, making him feel unprecedented quiet and beautiful.
In this cuixiang building, where many people held their breath, he first heard the sound of his own breathing and heartbeat, then the sound of everyone's heartbeat beating due to nervousness, and even the movement of insects eating rats, and finally, he caught the only heartbeat that was as calm as himself.
He could feel that Chu He was still as immobile as a mountain.
As a person who has traveled the world for ten years and has never been defeated, Chu He knew when was the best time to make a move, and from the beginning to this moment, he found that although the other party closed his eyes to each other, he had no flaws.
Time passed minute by minute under the posture of the two sides, although they did not fight, but this compelling atmosphere of mountain rain was about to infect everyone, making the spectators so depressed that it was almost difficult to breathe.
Just when everyone was worried that they would suffocate to death before they could decide the winner, Chu He suddenly moved-
He hurried forward with a light step, and silently drew the long sword at his waist and swung it out.
Qin Shen kept feeling the calm heartbeat until it suddenly "banged" and suddenly opened his eyes, and at this time, the other party was just getting started.
Under the bright light, the cold light flashed, and the sword momentum slashed at the throat, Qin Shen flipped the long sword in the station, and swung towards the neck first, but saw that Chu He did not wait for the two swords to be lifted, the wrist of the sword moved at will, the elbow shrank and extended, and the change of move changed to stab himself in the ribs.
Seeing the ferocity, Qin Shen was worried that his strength would not be enough, so he hurriedly stretched out his left hand and held the scabbard in his hand to block it again.
At this time, Chu He's sword was already exhausted, and he snorted and didn't wait for the two swords to intersect, he suddenly withdrew his hand and stepped forward, straightened his waist, and stabbed the long sword in his hand with his strength, and continued to stab him in the left rib with great ruthlessness.
Under duress, Qin Shen had no choice but to take a step back, raise his sword and pick it up at the tip of the attacking sword, and barely swing away the opponent's long sword.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu He did not hesitate any longer, and slashed down with both hands that were like lightning in the middle of the drink, and then forced him to take a step back, and then turned his wrists to slash the other party from the other side without any pause, leaving him half a minute of breathing space, and in an instant, the Dao Dao sword shadow was overwhelming, completely enveloping him in the cold.
Accompanied by the sound of the two swords clashing with the "bell", everyone was shocked to see that Qin Shen's sword was dissolved one by one under the onslaught of the opponent's stormy attack before it came out of its sheath, although it retreated step by step, but it was safe and easy, and couldn't help but nod secretly and praise the murderous demon for being extraordinary.
Gai Yan and Wu Han frowned, and Qin Shen also knew that he was suffering.
He was able to see the move under the opponent's fierce attack thanks to the sensitive touch of the Wind Resistant, but now he is already tired of coping, and if there is no recovery momentum, I am afraid that he will be killed on the spot later.
Leaning back again, barely avoiding the other party's sharp sword that took straight to his chest, Qin Shen inevitably scolded Qu Han in his heart.
When he followed Qu Han to learn swords, he also asked why he only taught himself killing moves but not half a point of defense, Qu Han just asked lightly: Why defend in the duel in the army?
He still felt quite reasonable at the time, until this moment he finally understood that the decisive battle in the rivers and lakes was far different from the battle in front of the battle.
In fact, knowing that he didn't know how to defend, at first he didn't think about killing the opponent with an offensive blow, but the opponent's calm heartbeat made him understand that if he shot indiscriminately against a person with few flaws, he would only make himself more flawed, so he decided to use that sensitive touch to defend for a while first, and then counterattack.
However, the development of events was far beyond his expectations.
And at this moment, he was forced to the bottom of the stairs and had no way to retreat, and the situation was critical.
In the face of the long sword that came again, Qin Shen took the initiative to take a step back, stepped on the stairs and suddenly shrank and kicked hard, not caring about the beautiful and ugly image of the person who rolled out on the spot and broke away from the battle group dangerously, and at the same time-
With a "bang", he was already a few meters away, and suddenly got up, twisted his hand and pulled the scabbard of his sword to shoot at the other party.
Chu He avoided sideways, and when he was about to turn around to greet him, Qin Shen had already changed from defending to attacking, and rushed forward with his sword raised in both hands, and slashed at the opponent without hesitation.
Looking at the fierce sword, Chu He hurriedly turned attack into defense and raised his sword to block.
Qin Shen didn't wait for the sword to be used, his hands suddenly shrank back, and with the momentum of his body rushing forward, he turned into a flat stab, and when the opponent pressed the sword with both hands and was about to defuse his attack, he didn't wait for the long sword to stab out again, and his elbow turned down diagonally from the left side, finally forcing the opponent to take a step back.
With such a rough slash of a few swords, Chu He's earlier majesty was no longer seen, the swordsmanship was difficult to use, and the person was forced to go under the steps, and the situation was completely reversed.
Qin Shen struck while the iron was hot again, and the long sword slashed down from the right again, and at the same time flew out with his left foot and kicked the opponent's waist fiercely.
At this point, Chu He's left and right retreats were all sealed, and when he saw that he was about to be either dead or injured, he also knew it, and he suddenly shrank like Qin Shen, dodged it by a fraction of a millimeter from under the slashed long sword, and rolled into the distance with the help of the force of the steps.
Qin Shen sneered in his heart.
Letting the other party follow his old path is the result of his careful calculation, so when his left foot lands and his body is already facing the place where the other party got out, he rushes over without hesitation, and takes advantage of the moment when the other party has just gotten up and has not completely put on a posture.
After more than ten sword attacks, Chu He, who was not well prepared, stepped back more than ten steps in a row.......
At this time, there was also a pain in Qin Shen's left arm, and he didn't dare to dwell on it for too long, knowing that the wound might collapse, he took a step forward again, and shouted loudly and slashed with all his might.
"Ding!"
With a crisp sound, Chu He quickly dodged back, and the half-cut long sword fell to the ground and bounced several times, making a golden sound.
Qin Shen pointed diagonally at the ground with his sword in both hands, stopped his body and stopped pressing.
In a moment, Chu He's distracted broken sword fell to the ground, and a faint trace of blood appeared on his pale face, from his forehead to the center of his eyebrows.
"Don't forget about the lottery." Qin Shen looked at him for a while with a complicated look in his eyes, dropped such a sentence and turned away.
There was silence all around, and the needle drop could be heard, although the overall situation had been decided, but the name of the murderous demon undoubtedly added a little weight to everyone's hearts, and they were shocked by his might, and everyone really didn't dare to cheer and make noise.
"Ziyi is not only good at archery, but also extraordinary in swordsmanship." Looking at Qin Shen who came forward, Gai Yan Wu Han put down the big stone in his heart and laughed, and chuckled with relief: "Caitou is even more wonderful. ”
"Fluke, fluke." Qin Shen stretched out his hand to take the scabbard handed by Yunyan, knowing that this victory was indeed a fluke.
The three of them praised the humility again, and Wu Han smiled: "Let's not stand here and disturb others Yaxing, it's better to go back to the wing room first, and then celebrate." ”
"It's not early, why don't you go back home and make plans?" Qin Shenshi didn't want to stay here for even a minute or a second.
Wu Han nodded and agreed: "It's okay, someone is disturbing here, but it also delays the intimacy of the three of us." ”
At this time, the group had already stood up, and the three of them turned around and were about to leave, but they heard Yunyan on the side suddenly whisper: "General Qin, why don't you stay here and have a feast." ”
The three of them looked at her in surprise when they heard this, only to see her bow her head and say in a shy voice with a crimson face: "I also hope that the general will serve the slave family." ”
Qin Shen was stunned for a moment.
Throw yourself into a hug? Above? Still not on?