Chapter 2 The Swordsman Xiahou
Guobei County is not big, the area of the city is never more than five miles, but the jurisdiction is enough to be hundreds of miles wide, originally in Zhejiang is also a big county, under the jurisdiction of six towns and more than 30 villages, but these years of natural disasters and man-made disasters, coupled with the endless exploitation of the previous county order, now most of the villages and towns are abandoned, only a dozen villages remain, and there is only one town left.
The background of the Liaozhai world is mostly vague, but in the movie, it should be the background of the Ming Dynasty, and the cultivation system of this world should be similar to the Maoshan Taoism in the zombie world, which is not the same as the orthodox cultivation of truth, Zhuo Ao After breaking through the Jindan, the Dao Ji that he cultivated back then was assimilated into the true yuan and hidden in the Jindan, but this world did not suppress and reject himself, from this point of view, at least the current Zhuo Ao in the Tribulation Period has not yet reached the peak level.
Yang Yansi walked on the streets of Guobei County, feeling the gaze of the people around him to avoid the plague, and there was a little bad feeling in his heart, looking at a few shameless and even complacent officials behind him, Yang Qilang had the urge to reflexively correct these officials on the spot, but thinking of what Zhuo Ao said at the beginning, he must not let himself use force against mortals without authorization, and he suppressed this idea alive.
"Stop!" There was a sudden commotion ahead, and Shichiro turned his head to look, only to see four or five strong men being chased by a swordsman, one of whom was holding a package in his hand, and it seemed that he had stolen someone else's finances.
"Eh, sir, what are you doing?" Seeing that Shichiro was about to step forward, a servant hurriedly said.
"When the street is burglarized, as a servant, should you be indifferent?" Shichiro turned his head. frowned.
"These are people in the rivers and lakes, and the rivers and lakes have their own rivers and lakes. Those of us who are errands are inconvenient to meddle. "A few strong men are not easy to mess with. They are full of gangsterism, and they are all the kind that have killed people, and a group of officials obviously don't want to conflict with these people.
"Ridiculous!" Qilang snorted coldly, stepped forward and kicked down the thief holding the burden, snatched the burden, threw it to the swordsman, and said in a deep voice: "You guys, steal on the street, follow me back to the yamen!" ”
"Wait!" The swordsman said coldly, "They can't go with you. If you dare to steal my things, you will have to pay for your life, this errand official made a righteous move, and I Xiahou Bo thanked me first, but the affairs on the rivers and lakes are still solved by us Jianghu people ourselves, and the government is still not involved. ”
"Since the matter has appeared in the territory under our jurisdiction, it is under the control of its own government, and it is not right to steal. But sin is not unto death. Shichiro frowned.
"Hmph." Xiahou Bo smiled proudly: "But today, this person, I have to kill!" ”
Before the words fell, the sword was unsheathed. In an instant, the cold light shone brightly, and a little starlight included several bandits along with Shichiro. It's all shrouded in it.
"Presumptuous!" Xiahou Bo's swordsmanship cultivation is not low, and he has reached the perfection of his skills. He has even stepped into the realm of the Tao in half a step, among mortals. It is already considered to be the pinnacle, but compared with Qilang, after all, it is too far behind, and it is easy to peek through the truth in it, this Xiahou Bo is just a false trick for himself, intended to intimidate, but against a few thieves, it is a real killing machine, if he is allowed to kill someone under his nose, then there is no need to mix up the waves.
With a cold snort, the cold light flashed, and the cold stars in the sky dispersed, Xiahou Bo was stunned to see that only half of the sword was left in his hand, and Yang Qilang on the other side coldly withdrew the spear, and said in a deep voice: "Take it away, go to prison!" ”
"Yes!" Seeing that the new head of the general squad was shot at once, several officials behind him cracked the swordsman's sharp moves, and there were a lot of rules, and when they heard this, they hurriedly stepped forward to tie up several bandits and escort them to prison.
"I didn't expect that there would be a character like you in this small county." Xiahou Bo looked at Yang Qilang and said in a deep voice.
"Hmph, what is this?" Yang Qilang turned his head to look at Xiahou Bo, before the shot, he didn't use his true qi, he just won by moves, although Xiahou Bo was powerful, he was still a mortal after all, and Yang Qilang was not a character on the same level.
"Xiahou Bo, I see that your martial arts are not bad, it is a pity to wander the rivers and lakes, I can recommend to my family, with your ability, you will also have a turn in the future, it is better to glorify your ancestors than to fight and kill on the rivers and lakes." Zhuo Ao first arrived here, there was a shortage of manpower, he was a fierce general on the battlefield, and he couldn't always be a team leader, this Xiahou Bo was also very powerful among mortals, if he could bring it back to take over his position, Qilang would also be happy to be idle.
"With your martial arts, why do you want to be that court eagle dog? Wandering the rivers and lakes, unrestrained, isn't it happy? "Xiahou Bo is known as the number one swordsman in the world, and he has only lost to Yan Chixia in martial arts all his life, and now he suddenly sees a character whose martial arts are even better than Yan Chixia, and he also has the heart to make friends.
"Hmph, my lord is different from ordinary corrupt officials and corrupt officials, I can't hide it, under the command of my lord, I am the most unsuccessful one, General Zilong, Marshal Xu Da, any one of them is a hundred times better than me." Shichiro said proudly.
"My lord?" Xiahou Bo glanced at Yang Qilang unexpectedly, although the people are not living well now, and corrupt officials are rampant, but there has not been a situation where the princes are divided, and the general officials are commensurate with adults, but few people call people by the lord: "I would like to see who is sacred to this person who can make a master like you willingly loyal." ”
"Okay, come with me." Shichiro nodded and said casually.
"Shichirou's talent is the best among your seven brothers, there is no doubt about that." At this moment, Zhuo Ao was also bored in the county government, and walked on the street with Da Lang and Shi Fei Ming, this time he entered the secret realm of a Chinese ghost story, in addition to his three wives and Shi Fei Ming, among the generals, he only brought Zhao Yun and Xu Da, two generals, and Erlang, San Lang and Wulang of the Yang family did not bring it.
"Your Majesty...... That's what the lord said. Da Lang habitually spoke, halfway through the words, but was glared back by Zhuo Ao, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Lao Qi's martial arts talent is the best among our seven brothers, but his subordinates don't understand, if he is allowed to charge into battle, he is a good hand, but why let him be a team leader, Shuxia thinks that it makes sense to hand it over to Shiro or Liulang at this time, Qilang has a reckless personality, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to take on a big responsibility." ”
"Shiro and Rokuro both have the talent to be commanders, let them do this. Some are overkill, and Shichiro has a temperament. It's not wrong to put it on young people. But you calculate, he has been practicing for more than 200 years, and he is still a child, and several of your brothers, even including me, are too accustomed to him on weekdays, he has talent, and he is destined to be alone in the future. If you don't go through some experience, in this life, no matter how high your cultivation is, you are just a pioneer, and you can't take on important responsibilities. It doesn't necessarily take much force, but it does require patience, and in my opinion, it is the best opportunity to hone him. Zhuo Ao smiled.
"The Lord is wise." Da Lang smiled bitterly. Letting Qilang take care of those trivial things, it really makes Zhang Fei embroidery, I'm afraid it's more uncomfortable than killing him.
"You also have to step up your cultivation. The purpose of our coming to this world is to relax. The second is also to give you more time to break through, after all. Although we have now unified the world, this is only the beginning, our enemies will only be stronger in the future, if you can't keep up with the pace, and step into the divine realm in the future, not only can you not open up territory for me, but will become a burden, the water of the divine realm can be very deep. Zhuo Ao laughed.
"Don't worry, my brother will not let my lord down." Da Lang nodded solemnly.
"Concubine Cheng, how does it feel to come to this world?" Zhuo Ao turned his head, looked at the concubine with a calm face, and smiled.
"The resentment is very deep, and in this Guobei County, there is an aura that makes the concubine very bored." Shi Fei said softly.
"Lord, my subordinates also feel this way, but it's not as strong as the concubine said." Da Lang nodded.
"Well, you and I have also had some days and have seen extraordinary, but in the past, our opponents were either powerful warriors, even if they knew some spells, most of them were magic and the like, and I haven't seen demons and monsters, but this world, it's worth your trip." Zhuo Ao laughed.
"Are there really ghosts in this world?" Da Lang was surprised, he had seen the undead, but most of those undead were unconscious, and they were far from the legendary demons and monsters.
"I don't dare to say anything about other worlds, but this world is a lot, in two days, we will go outside the city, and when the time comes, I will show you enough." Zhuo Ao laughed.
"This horse is mine! The villagers commented, I was in a hurry just now, I went to the toilet, how did I come out, this person shamelessly took my horse for himself, in this world, is there any royal law? While a few people were talking and laughing, a group of people suddenly gathered in front of them to watch the excitement.
"Let's go, let's see." Zhuo Ao looked over there in surprise, and saw that Shichiro and a strong man were also watching the excitement outside the crowd.
"Shichiro, what about the other officials? How did you bring someone back? Da Lang looked at the strong man behind Qilang in surprise and frowned.
"I just captured a group of thieves, and I asked them to take them to prison." Qilang smiled and said: "It's this Xiahou Bo, who has a bit of force and good swordsmanship, I think the lord has just taken office, and it is the time to use people, so I brought him and let him take my place, which is not bad." ”
"Nonsense, you sassy boy, I think you're trying to be lazy again!" Da Lang glared at him fiercely, and then looked at Xiahou Bo, but saw Xiahou Bo staring at the moment, looking at Shi Fei Yan, his eyes were a little straight, he couldn't help but feel unhappy in his heart, and snorted, and his voice implied the true yuan, which woke Xiahou Bo up.
"In Xiaxia Houbo, I saw that this team leader has good martial arts, and he has great respect for the magistrate here, so let's take a look at what kind of character can make such a hero willing to bow down." Xiahou Bo hugged his fists at a few people, but there was no embarrassment on his face.
"You practice swords?" Zhuo Ao's eyes swept over Xiahou Bo's empty scabbard, and said indifferently.
"Not bad." Xiahou Bo nodded, with a bit of pride in his eyes.
"The sword heart is not pure, and the concentration is not enough." Shaking his head, Zhuo Ao said indifferently: "People have also seen it, you can go." ”
Xiahou Bo couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and looked at Zhuo Ao: "You drive me away?" ”
Although he didn't think about going to the yamen on an errand, he always thought highly of himself, and in the past, he refused to be solicited by the imperial court, but now it is reversed, which makes him a little uncomfortable.
"Yamen recruits people, martial arts is not the only criterion, you have too much air in the rivers and lakes, compared to the kind of people who fight if they don't agree with each other on weekdays, and they hang swords on their eyebrows, and their eyes are unruly, obviously they are also the kind of brave and fierce people who are fierce and competitive in the rivers and lakes, Yamen, not for you." Zhuo Ao said indifferently.
"Ha~" Xiahou Bo was unhappy in his heart, and sneered: "Originally, I, Xiahou Bo, didn't disdain you, a little official with sesame mung beans, I originally thought that I could make such a character work, and I must be a great character, but now I look at it, I am just a faint official who judges people by his appearance." ”
"Not convinced?" Zhuo Ao looked at Xiahou Bo, pointed to the two people who were still arguing in front of him, and said, "If you can solve this case without using force, I will retract what I just said and apologize to you." ”
"What's so hard about that?" Xiahou Bo sneered, pushed away the crowd and walked in, pushed the two apart, grabbed one of them, and said with a fierce expression: "You said, this horse is yours, what evidence is there?" ”
"Of course there is, this horse is a good horse, the saddle was also specially built by me, and there is a mark of Youzhou Racecourse on the horse's back, you can see it at a glance."
"Well, that's right, this horse is yours." Xiahou Bo glanced at it, it was indeed correct, and threw the reins of the horse to him.
"Wait, this hero, this guy must have looked at my saddle in advance at my convenience, and only said so, how can it be used as evidence, on the back of the horse, there is also my bag, which contains a piece of clothing, and a few books of poetry, all of which I bought not long ago." The other was unconvinced.
"You fart, this bag, obviously you just put it on."
"This ......" Xiahou Bo was a little dumbfounded. (To be continued.) )
PS: I'm sorry, I went to the grave yesterday, and then I almost lit the mountain, extinguished the fire all afternoon, and wrote a chapter after I came back, and the eyelids fought to burst, so yesterday there was a little more, but Lao Wang is a part-time amateur writer, counting on me to make up for it until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month, and I can only thank you for a few hundred words every once in a while to compensate, and I don't know if the installment payment is acceptable