Volume 1 Never with a Sword Chapter 27 Three Trials

Everyone has a love for beauty, and no matter what happens, handsome guys and beauties can always get preferential treatment. The story of the talented and beautiful woman has been passed down through the ages, who wants to see the story of the village husband and the foolish woman? Of course, the Oiran is angry and sinks into the treasure chest, of course, it is the embodiment of affection and righteousness, if the old prostitute of the remnant flower does this, can it still be elegant? Xizi's heart is certainly pitiful, but Dongshi follows his heart...... Earth is very dangerous, so let's go back to Mars as soon as possible.

The term "Appearance Society" is very well coined, and it hits the nail on the head to the human nature.

This is just an example of appearance, in fact, appearance is just the most common criterion, voice, personality, talent, ability can be regarded as the standard. Above the standard line, people will be tolerant; If it falls below the standard line, people will deal with it seriously. The most typical is Daji in "Romance of the Gods", when she wants to cut off her head, several executioners in a row can't bear to do it. People always remember how beautiful Daji is, how tyrannical the king is, and at the end they have to sigh "blushing and thin", but they forget that the beautiful Daji is an accomplice to the tyrannical king.

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Remembering the North City, Hongdou City.

When passing through an alley, Tu Shi smelled a strong smell of blood. He looked down and saw that the scattered bloodstains on the ground were almost hidden by the night, but he had learned the tracking technique from Orion Chai Hu's fur, and it was not difficult to track the bloodstains.

"The government handles the case, quickly avoid!" Several catchers hurried over with scabbards on their waists. The head catcher nodded to Tu Shi (after all, he was the one who brought Tu Shi back to the yamen): "We are chasing that person, have you found anything?" ”

"That's blood." Tu Shi reminded: "That person is nimble and has short knives, I'm afraid that the long knives of several people will not be able to be used in the alley." ”

The head catcher affirmed: "He is already injured, and there are many of us, so we can deal with him empty-handed." ”

Are you sure? Tu Shi was skeptical. That leprosy ugly man can kill five people in a row, maybe he is a practitioner, and he is just an ordinary person, and the two are not at the same level at all. But it's not right, the knights who come to Yibeicheng are quite sensible, and the more famous they are, the less they dare to commit murder on the street...... Could it be that the ugly man is not a person in the rivers and lakes, so he does not need to abide by the unspoken rules of the rivers and lakes? Then he is really bold enough, and he dares to be arrogant without martial arts.

"Hey, I'm running into you again! We're really fated to do it! ”

Tu Shi turned his head and saw the left liar squatting on the side of the road, and sighed in his heart: This is not fate at all, you are specifically squatting on me! Do you have to pester me, as for me? Isn't it just a matter of asking you a few more words? Sure enough, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves!

The left liar is actually quite handsome, not the handsome of the beautiful men, but the handsome of the sunshine boys. It is difficult for this kind of person to associate with a "liar", but Tu Shi knows deeply that the two postures that liars like to put on the most are pitiful and sunny, which can instantly disintegrate people's defensive psychology. So Tu Shi cautiously took a step back: "What do you want to do?" ”

"You asked the price this morning, and you haven't said whether to buy it or not!"

"How can I afford it!" Tu Shi roared, really unable to control his temper: "Are you kidding me?" Wouldn't it be good to honestly set a price for that pile of? ”

"Extraordinary goods naturally have extraordinary pricing. Or do you just like the usual goods? If others don't know the goods, don't you know the goods? The left liar stood up, pouted, and seemed to want to crouch to the ground.

Tu Shi took a step back: "Why are you pestering me?" Do I look like a good deceit? ”

The left liar spread his hands: "It's not that I'm going to pester you, it's the bull's nose that wants to pester you." I just don't want him to get his way. ”

Bull's nose? Seems like this is a contempt for Taoist priests, right? You won't point fingers at liars, will you?

"He didn't pester me. Even I didn't know in advance that I would go to Du's Wine Shop, and it was impossible for him to know, but it was you, you who appeared with me. Do you dare to admit it? ”

The left liar smiled even more, as if he saw a stubborn little kid: "You only see the appearance." All right! It doesn't help to say more to those who are suspicious, just wait and see how things develop. As he spoke, he raised his chin and motioned to Tu Shi to look at the mouth of the alley.

Tu Shi subconsciously turned his head and saw a person walking out of the alley where the fast catchers had just entered, it was an ugly man with leprosy covered in blood. The leper and ugly man was also stunned when he saw the two big living people, and then his tone was fierce: "Okay, boy, we are really destined!" ”

Why are so many people related to me today!

Tu Shi pulled out the broken sword, and the sword had already changed from a "broken iron sword" to a "scrapped iron sword": "How are those few catchers?" ”

"Do you still need to ask? Knife by knife, click, click. The ugly man looked at the liar on the left and licked his lips: "There's another one here." ”

The left liar waved his hand again and again: "I was just passing by, and it has nothing to do with me." Although he said this, he stepped forward as if he were afraid of his life, and came closer to the wicked.

How could an ugly man with leprosy and dysentery let go of such a good opportunity and threw himself away. The left liar groaned, fell straight back, and didn't move - he was actually playing dead?! The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he looked like he was smiling, damn it, you're dying and laughing! People are maniacs who kill people without blinking, and they can't escape by pretending to be dead, cover their ears and steal bells and fart!

Seeing that the ugly man with leprosy and dysentery was about to do it again, Tu Shi did not hesitate and stabbed the ugly man in the neck with a sword. The ugly man immediately dodged and said with a smile: "You're not afraid of death?" ”

"I'm afraid."

Tu Shi stood in front of the left liar, pressed the sword, and did not hesitate.

"But I'm sure I'm not going to die at your hands."

This is a battle that Tu Shi is unfamiliar with. He has killed poisonous snakes, killed boars, killed bobcats, killed toads, but never killed people. He developed the instinct of attacking the enemy's weak points in the novice village, and when he struck, he would inevitably aim at the throat, heart, eyes, major arteries and other parts, and every time he stabbed out with a sword, he realized that he was dealing with a living person. So when he achieved the effect of a sword, looking at the other party's painful and distorted face, his hand went limp.

Then he was stabbed in the right arm to warn him not to be soft. The person in front of him is even more terrifying than a poisonous snake and beast, after all, a poisonous snake and a beast kills people from instinct, and bad people kill people with malice. He stripped himself of all unnecessary thoughts, staring intently at the opponent's weapons while looking for an opportunity to attackβ€”a simple but not many people could carry it out.

Then the other party fell before he fell, no surprise to him. The leprosy ugly man shrank into a ball and stretched out his hand to Tu Shi in pain: "I was wrong, spare me, spare me...... I don't want to die yet......"

Tu Shi gasped, and only then did he have time to stop the bleeding in his right arm: "You killed a lot of people, have you ever asked them if they want to die?" ”

"From now on, I will change my ways! Aren't monks often saying, what puts down the knife and becomes an immortal on the ground! I don't dare to kill anymore, so please be merciful and spare my life! "The ugly man with leprosy and tears flowed together, and his feelings were very sincere.

This is a multiple-choice question.

Option A, kill the leprosy and ugly man, so that he will no longer harm others; Option B, spare the leper and ugly man, and see if he will change his ways-

No, there were no multiple-choice questions from the start.

"It's 'put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot.'" Tu Shi smiled bitterly, smiling bitterly at the fact that he still hoped that there were options to choose from, which was really stupid enough. He raised the broken "butcher knife" and stabbed the leper ugly man in the neck, cutting off his trachea and major arteries. The other party clutched his neck helplessly, struggled, and then died.

After savoring the mood carefully, Tu Shi was a little shocked: he didn't have any special feelings after killing people as described in the novel. There is no guilt, no fear, not even exaltation. He seems to have just finished his job, and except for being a little tired, everything is uneventful. Could it be that he is actually a perverted murderer?

Anyway, it's over.

But life is like a drama, and when it ends, it will give you a twist immediately. The right liar stepped out of the alley without warning, with a cold face, and said to Tu Shi: "You are still not good enough." ”

Not good enough? Are you accusing me of not destroying the body? What the hell are you all about?

"What do you mean?"

"My name is Hai Qingzi." To Tu Shi's question, the Taoist priest avoided answering, but opened the green cloth package he was carrying, and held it with his hand, which was still a clay cup with a gap in the mouth of the cup, a pair of black wooden chopsticks, and a set of white porcelain dishes with spoons, except for a yellow gourd that lost a piece of lacquer in the east and ground a layer of skin in the west.

The Taoist priest first picked up the clay cup and threw it on the ground in the same way, conjuring up a mentally retarded Xiao Ming with open teeth.

Tu Shi was dumbfounded.

The Taoist priest picked up another set of utensils. A pair of chopsticks fell to the ground and became two big black man guards, the spoon became a young man, the bowl became a bent slave, and the saucer became a handmaiden who wept and endured silently.

Tu Shi stared blankly at the corpse of the ugly man.

The Taoist priest did as he wished, and pointed to the corpse. The ugly man with a leprosy face turned into a yellow-skinned gourd.

Tu Shi was stunned for a few seconds, and then reacted: "It's all ......"

"Yes, they are not living people, they are all my tests for you, a total of three tests, and the results of the trials determine whether you can become my disciple." The dummy turned back into utensils, and Hai Qingzi admitted calmly: "First try, see if you will be obsessed with foreign objects; The second try is to see if you dare to stick to the concept in your heart; The third try is to see if you can avoid cause and effect. If one of these three tests passes, he is a dragon among men; There are two tests passed, which is a rare qualification in the world; If the three tests are passed, there will be a chance for Jin Dan to point directly and ask for immortality, and one day he may be able to jump out of the Three Realms and not be in the Five Elements. ”

Tu Shi remembered the allusion of "Ten Tests of Lu Dongbin". Could it be that this person in front of him is an immortal? He finally understood what the left liar meant by "the bull's nose is pestering you", and he really couldn't see the appearance clearly.

"On the first attempt, you can ignore the temptation of yellow and white things, do not take ill-gotten gains, and have a heart that is beyond the mundane; The second test is that you can stand up for someone you don't know, who is not afraid of power, and who is indeed determined. Unfortunately, you failed on your last attempt. This man is heinous, coarse in speech, ugly in appearance, brutal and ferocious...... If you can still spare him from dying, it can prove that you are mediocre and peaceful, and you are not involved in killing and robbery. ”

"What kind of logic is this?!"

"People will always hate and love someone for various reasons. I deliberately created this person so that he could gather all the ugliness of the world, and it was undoubtedly 'not a pity to die'. No ordinary person will forgive him, you just have to forgive him-"

"So that means I'm not ordinary? No, that just means I'm not normal. ”

Tu Shi recovered from his initial shock and shook his head, "I don't agree with your last sentence. If it's not a pity to die, why not kill? I could resist not killing him, but if he wanted to do evil again, I had to kill him. ”

Hai Qingzi patiently continued to explain: "The murderer is always killed, you kill him, his descendants seek revenge on you, if it is repeated, cause and effect entanglement, the killing karma in your hands will only increase, and finally the karma will be entangled, so that your body will disappear and turn into ashes." ”

"Even if his relatives and friends avenge him, I will kill him as long as he is guilty. As a friendly reminder, even if you create a beautiful woman who captivates the country and the city, it is useless. ”

"Guilty, innocent...... If you judge right and wrong with human law, you can only be a human being for the rest of your life, but you can't become an immortal. Hai Qingzi just looked at Tu Shi with sighing eyes: "You have Taoist roots, but you have a Legalist heart, which is too murderous and hurts the heavens." Taoism is quiet and inactive, naturally, the three tests have not been passed, I can't accept you as a disciple. ”

"Haha, then I'll take it!"

Tu Shi and Hai Qingzi looked at the other side together, it was the left liar who pretended to be dead.