Chapter 53: Fighting in the Teahouse

Jing Yuluo withdrew his hand, looked at him coldly, and sneered: "Lord Shen is so skilled, Qiu Feng is really born with the surname Shen, once it is in the hands of your father and son, no second person can grab it." ”

Shen Ruoyu asked politely: "It turned out to be Master Jing of Jinghua Inn." I have admired Your Excellency's name for a long time, and I have met Your Excellency twice, but I have never had the opportunity to officially meet you. Today is really a blessing for three lives. ”

Jing Yuluo said disdainfully: "This should be said by me, a nameless junior. Shen Rufeng's single bloodline, today I want to take a good look at the martial arts that Ling Zun has disappeared for more than 20 years. ”

As he spoke, the long sword in his hand was slowly drawn. Shen Ruoyu said quietly:

"The teacher is unknown. If it's just to teach my father's martial arts, then I'm sorry, Brother Jing, my father has passed away. I am not alone with him, and I do not admit his account. If you're looking for him, you're looking for the wrong person. ”

Jing Yuluo said: "What I'm looking for is you Shen Ruoliao." I'm just here to ask you, Lord Shen, why did you betray King Yan? You treacherous villain, you father and son plan to defile the autumn wind to the end? ”

His crusade was very loud, and all the guests in the teahouse quieted down, including the guests in the private room, who listened silently to the movement here, and the individual customers sitting outside looked at them in unison.

Shen Ruoyu was not in a hurry: "Brother Jing, you are from Beiping, dare to ask where your Excellency is from?" ”

Jing Yuluo said proudly: "You also know that you are from Beiping? I was born at the feet of this Son of Heaven, and my ancestors have been from Jinling for generations. ”

Shen Ruoyu smiled and said, "In this case, what qualifications do you have to teach me to betray King Yan?" How could you, a loyal citizen at the feet of the Son of Heaven, be so concerned about a prince who rebelled in the north? ”

Jing Yuluo said coldly: "I'm not interested in politics, and I don't have any interest in King Yan. But a man must be faithful and righteous, for his ruler to his king, and for his friend to his friend. You are a beggar who begs for food on the street, if it weren't for the second prince of King Yan who picked you up from the mud on the side of the street, if it wasn't for King Yan's heavy weapons and giving you a chance, would you be able to have today? As a result, now you are openly raising the banner of anti-Yan, which is a manifestation of loyalty to the court and loyalty to the Son of Heaven to any other person, but in you, it can only show your treacherous face when you see the wind and make the rudder lust for profit. ”

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the brocade guards are flying all over the sky, and the King of Yan has just raised his troops, and the people of the entire capital are full of righteous indignation.

Shen Ruoyu sneered: "You're so right, Master Jing. How can this kind of person let him continue to be proud and harm the Son of Heaven again. This matter can't be delayed, why don't you go find two patrols and arrest me quickly? Although I can't be convicted of any crime in the capital, as long as I am returned to the hands of King Yan, everything will be solved immediately. ”

"There is no need to alarm King Yan," Jing Yuluo said disdainfully, "I will now act for King Yan, for the second prince, and for the Son of Heaven, except for you, a traitor." ”

Shen Ruoyu turned around and sat down at the table.

"I don't have the heart to fight; We will not be accompanied. ”

Jing Yuluo didn't say much, and a sword stabbed at him. With a ping-pong sound, Hong Jiang stopped in front, and the glacier white crystal in his hand held Jing Yuluo's long sword.

"Why are you inexplicable, you come up and scold people, and if you can't scold, you will be beaten, what do you want to do?" Hong Jiang asked.

Jing Yuluo looked at him contemptuously and smiled in surprise: "Yo, isn't this the suitor of the Lord of Cheng'an, the rival of Lord Cheng'an's love?" Why, you should stand with me, right? ”

Hong Jiang said coldly: "If you are my brother, even if he is not, I can't see you being so domineering." ”

Jing Yuluo's face suddenly sank: "Stupid; I have nothing to say to you, get out of the way! ”

Hong Jiang smiled firmly: "If you want to hurt him, the county lord will be sad, do you still think I will sit idly by?" If you have a kind, you can let the horses come. ”

Jing Yuluo said: "My own woman is greedy for wealth and becomes someone else's wife, you are still so at ease, I have never seen anyone more nesty than you." ”

Shen Ruoyu couldn't bear it anymore, stood up suddenly, pulled Hong Jiang behind him, faced Jing Yuluo, and said quietly:

"I told you, I don't have the heart to fight. The mission given to me by the Son of Heaven is not to do it with a messy person like you. But you don't insult me, you also insult my brother and wife, you are a man who grew up in the capital, today don't blame me, a person from Beiping, for not giving you face. ”

Jing Yuluo didn't wait for him to finish, and the long sword had already stabbed straight at his face. The internal force is fierce, if Shen Ruoyu was not angry, he would have applauded him at that time. He didn't shy away from it, and the autumn wind was already out of the sheath, instantly pressing his throat. Jing Yuluo's side neck flashed, and the blade of the sword slashed diagonally downward. The autumn wind ignored it, and turned sharply, Jing Yuluo had no choice but to withdraw the sword, the autumn wind brushed his sideburns, and there was a chill in his ears. He was a little annoyed, and he took two quick steps under his feet, and slashed his backhand sword at his chest, but he spun over his shoulder halfway and attacked the back of his heart. Hong Jiang's eyes were fast, and the glacier inserted a bar horizontally, intercepting Jing Yuluo, and shaking his arm numb. Shen Ruoyu turned around, grabbed Hong Jiang unhurriedly, gently pushed, threw him aside, and said:

"It's none of your business."

Hong Jiang said: "There is a gap in his right forearm. ”

Shen Ruoyu said quietly: "His entire center of gravity is wrong, let alone his right forearm." However, Brother Jing's skills are rare and clean, very light and fast, I don't know where your Excellency is taught? ”

Jing Yuluo's face was stiff, and his expression became more and more disdainful: "Thank God, it's not Shen Rufeng." ”

He stabbed the tea table in front of him with a sword, and with a slight force, the side of the tea table flew towards Shen Ruoyu together with the teapot and bowl on it. Shen Ruoyu effortlessly stepped to the side, and Hong Jiang behind him was also forced to jump away; The tea table slammed into the pillar with a loud bang, and the tea set and the wooden table shattered at the same time. Seeing that the situation was getting more serious, the guests in the teahouse got up and left their seats one after another and fled out of the teahouse. The shopkeeper ran over in a hurry and screamed:

"Okay, two uncles, I can't do this business! Lord Shen, your martial arts are strong, and you can't show your skills in our small teahouse, you have a lot of them, let's dissipate your anger! Uncle Jing, you also raise your noble hand, if you want to go out to fight, you will do it with the guards of the Son of Heaven, and the small teahouse must not be closed down? ”

"Are you annoyed, how many mouths do you have?" Jing Yuluo roared, "A royal guard scared you like this? Haven't seen the world before? ”

"People are the commanders of Yu Linwei, where can we ordinary people afford to offend?"

Shen Ruoxiao also annoyed him, and said coldly: "Are you finished?" What did you smash, you don't care if this well uncle wants it. He is determined to smash your store, and he must have enough money to compensate you. ”

Jing Yuluo said fiercely: "I pay? How many copper plates do I have? The shopkeeper might as well wait, one day Lord Yibin, like his own father Lao Tzu, suddenly got tired of the women around him, and wanted to send the county lord to the flower boat of the Qinhuai River, I am sure that Yuchun Lou is willing to pay a sky-high price, and then someone will lose the money you paid for opening the teahouse. ”

There was no need for Shen Ruoxiao to be angry, someone was already angry for him. Before Jing Yuluo's words fell, Hong Jiang had already deceived him, and the glacier swept over, scolding:

"Humiliating the county lord, tired of you?!"

Jing Yuluo's long sword stabbed twice to block the glacier, lightly dodging Hong Jiang's angry sword blade, and sarcastically said with contempt:

"People are indifferent, you can't sit still?"

Shen Ruoyu looked at it coldly on the side for a while, estimating that Hongjiang's anger was almost sprinkled, so he leaned out of the autumn wind and gently picked it up, wrapping Jing Yuluo's long sword around his own sword. At this time, the entire teahouse was already staggering, and broken porcelain was all over the ground. The little two stomped his feet on the side, complaining bitterly. The tea guests had run cleanly, except for the three people who were fighting, only a thin and handsome literati was left sitting in the corner of the side, quietly watching the brawl without saying a word.

The autumn wind was covering Jing Yuluo's neck, but Shen Ruoyu suddenly withdrew his sword blade and swung it at the opponent's calf; just waved it demonstratively, but Jing Yuluo didn't parry, instinctively retracted his legs and retreated, but his center of gravity was still on a high place, and he stumbled back. Shen Ruoyu took advantage of the momentum and kicked on a table, the table slid towards Jing Yuluo, and hit him behind him, Jing Yuluo turned on his back on the table. As soon as he wanted to get up, the autumn wind was already on his neck. Shen Ruoyu looked at him and said coldly:

"I just reminded you that the center of gravity is wrong. If you're not convinced, try again. ”

He loosened the autumn wind. Jing Yuluo was stunned for a moment, and immediately broke up, swept his legs, and stood up in front of the long sword. Qiu Feng caught the blade of the sword, and Shen Ruoyu lightly jumped onto a table, condescending. Jing Yuluo was not to be outdone, and jumped to another table with him. Shen Ruoliao suddenly weakened his waist, as if he had pulled off his backbone, his body leaned back, and the long sword that swept Jing Yuluo in the autumn wind also pulled back. Jing Yuluo knew that he was playing tricks, and learned the lesson of the previous time, stepped up, bent his knees down, put his center of gravity low, and rotated his forearm vigorously to flip the blade of the sword. Shen Ruoyu pushed the boat along the water, spun around, jumped up, and gently flipped a few times in a row, turning the long sword in Jing Yuluo's hand even faster, and then the autumn wind suddenly withdrew, Jing Yuluo was taken aback, and the whole person followed the long sword, uprooted by the trend, and flew out of the window in a blink of an eye, falling from the second floor to the street below. He hurriedly used his waist and legs to touch the eaves of the first floor of the teahouse with his sword, but he didn't reach it, but he accidentally poked the blade of Qiu Feng's sword, with a strong elastic force, he turned over in time in mid-air, fell to the ground lightly, squatted slightly, and stood still.

Shen Ruoyu fell beside him, put away the autumn breeze, looked at him coldly, and asked:

"Are you hurt?"

Jing Yuluo knew that it was he who threw himself out of the window, and it was he who saved himself in the air. He asked proudly:

"Why don't you let me fall to my death?"

Shen Ruoyu said coldly: "When you come down from the second floor, you will be half crippled at most." ”

He turned and walked back to the teahouse. Jing Yuluo stood angrily on the street for a moment, then walked back to the teahouse and walked to Shen Ruoliao's side.

"Why did you betray King Yan?" He asked.

Shen Ruoyu said coldly: "What does it have to do with you?" ”

"It's related to the second prince, of course I have to figure it out for him."

Shen Ruoyu said: "I didn't even tell my daughter-in-law why." If you are willing, then please help me tell the king of Yan that his unfilial lord of Cheng'an and the guest of honor are ungrateful, and he will sever all relations with him from now on, and will do his best to cut down the feudal domain of the imperial court. ”

"Phew," Jing Yuluo scolded, "you and your father are really good all the way. ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "I don't need you to remind me again." If you are willing to be loyal to your second prince, I advise you to leave Yingtian and go to Beiping. A man who wantonly tramples on pedestrians, what support and opportunities can I, a beggar who asks for food, expect him to give me? The next time he told you that he picked up a piece of horse dung on the road and offered it to King Yan, it would be more believable. ”

Jing Yuluo found a place to sit down among the crooked piles of tables and chairs, and looked at Hong Jiang.

"What's the name of that sword?"

Hong Jiang was very strange that the first time the two met, the other party did not ask his name first, but asked the name of the sword. He replied:

"Glaciers. What about your sword? ”

Jing Yuluo didn't answer him, but muttered, "Glacier? It lives up to its name. Too pure, too loyal, so wholehearted, so consistent, so unswervingβ€”have you ever seen when the ice shattered? ”

Hong Jiang didn't know why, and looked at him blankly. "Ice shattering?"

Jing Yuluo said: "It's just like broken jade is a general feeling, but because it's ice, it's cooler and colder than jade, and he doesn't have a face-saving clean body like jade, he is born with a transparent and pure heart, so no matter what it is, it can't defile his essence and inside." When the ice is broken, it is very simple, and the jade will pity himself and choose the meaning of his breaking, but the ice can be broken without thinking and without hesitation, and he doesn't even think about what he is paying, because he is so pure that he can't even see himself, so he won't think about himself. If there is fire and blood, it will immediately melt him into a puddle of clear water, and it will pass away silently, without anyone noticing. ”

Hong Jiang opened his mouth in surprise and confusion: "What are you talking about?" ”

Jing Yuluo said coldly: "I'm talking about you." ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ I? Hong Jiang's face was blank.

Shen Ruoyu said: "He's talking about your glacier." The human sword is one and the same heart. Still, you'd better hope that what he's talking about is just ice shattering and has nothing to do with you. ”

Hong Jiang looked at the long sword in his hand in confusion, still not understanding what the two people were talking about. He didn't ask any more questions.

Jing Yuluo noticed that it was dark around him, and shouted, "What about Xiao Er? Why are the lights out? ”

The shopkeeper dragged a bitter gourd face and ran over: "Lord Shen, Uncle Jing, you two are done, my store is finished, what kind of lights are there, you two should please go back." ”

"Is this driving us away?" Jing Yuluo said coldly. He took out a treasure note and slapped it on the table: "Is this enough?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Master Jing, you are generous, but no guests in our teahouse dare to come again after this." ”

"You don't have to worry about this," an unfamiliar voice sounded in the corner, and all three of them were startled; The literati who had been watching opened his mouth at this moment: "Xiao Er, you go and get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and I will guarantee you a prosperous business in the future." ”

The little second quickly lit two lamps and brought them over, and at the same time placed the four treasures of the study on the table. The literati did not busied himself with his pen, but stood up, walked over to the three men and sat down, and said with a smile:

"Why don't the three of you fight? Looking down, the resentment between you has not been resolved? ”