Chapter 157: The Dust Settles (Part II)
Zhao Zheng found that his sister had lost weight, although she had only lost a little weight, but she couldn't escape his eyes.
Since my sister has lost weight, it means that she is not doing so well.
The only relative is far away from home, and the future is uncertain, how can he live well?
"My younger brother is not filial, and he can't be with his sister and serve in front of the bed." Zhao Zheng said apologetically.
"A good man has ambitions in all directions, if you stick to me all day long, you are really unfilial. You can make a name for yourself in the rivers and lakes and show your face for me, this is filial piety, and it is great filial piety. Shen Luoxia said with a smile.
"Thanks to my sister, I finally made a little famous."
"It's not a little famous, it's a big one. Zichu sword competition is a grand event in the world, attracting rising stars who are good at using swords all over the world, and it is amazing that you can make a name for yourself in this ring. My sister is proud of you as a younger brother. ”
"If I hadn't entered the Hongchen Inn and didn't recognize you as my sister, I wouldn't be where I am today. I can have this small success today, all thanks to my sister's cultivation. ”
"This is not my credit alone, the main thing is that you are talented and hard-working, and Song Kuaizui and they have also helped a lot." Shen Luoxia turned her head with a smile and looked at the guys around her.
Zhao Zheng patronized and talked to his sister, leaving these people aside, and now hurriedly seized the opportunity to salute and said: "Brothers, I am also here, forgive me for my injuries and I can't get out of bed to greet them." ”
"You don't have to come down, you just lie on the bed obediently, we are not outsiders, how can we pick on you." The smiling ghost king said with a smile. His smiling face was still as ugly as before, more ugly than crying.
"Yes, yes. It's all family. Blind and polite what. Song Kuai's mouth hunched. Said with a smile.
"Zhao Zheng, you kid is really bullish, you can defeat Kong Yunjie with such a big name, my slaughter will obey you!" Ren Qianqiu cocked his thumb and shook it twice.
"Brother Zhao, we've come to see you too, won't you forget the two of us?" Two other guys from the Red Dust Inn also came over.
The people at the Red Dust Inn are all up and down, and there is no one missing.
didn't wait for Zhao Zheng to reply. These people gathered around Zhao Zheng's bed and opened the conversation box.
Song Kuaizui is worthy of being Song Kuaizui, he said a lot and fast, and every word was ahead of others.
"Zhao Zheng, you have now become a hot celebrity, the whole villa is talking about you, friends on the rivers and lakes are brewing nicknames for you, some people call you 'Little Sword Fairy in the Sky', and some people call you 'The Rising Sun', I think the first nickname is good. The second one is a little too urbane. Song Kuai's mouth moved frequently, and he said quickly.
"I'd rather like the second nickname. I've just made a name for myself, and I'm holding the Zichu Sword in my hand, which is like the rising sun, which is very appropriate. Zhao Zheng said with a smile.
Song Kuaizui then asked Zhao Zheng a lot of questions, most of which were related to the ring match that had just ended. Zhao Zheng answered one by one, but the speed of answering was not as fast as Song Kuaizui's inquiry.
Ren Tuzi uses knives in the kitchen all day long, has a certain amount of research on weapons, and cheekily borrows Zichu Sword from Zhao Zheng to take a look.
Zhao Zheng couldn't bear to brush off the old man's good intentions, and grabbed the Zichu sword next to the bed in his hand, and now this sword has been equipped with the corresponding scabbard, and the edge has been retracted, but in his hand, he still feels cold. He asked Zi Chujian for advice, hoping to show Zi Chujian to Tuzi. Kezi Chujian didn't give such face, refused the matter, and at most only allowed Zhao Zheng to pull himself out.
Zhao Zheng had no choice but to retreat and take the Zichu Sword in his hand to look at the human slaughter.
"Boom!"
The sword was unsheathed, the edge was exposed, there was a bright flash in the room, the temperature dropped a lot, and people got goosebumps from the cold. The carved sword body reflects everyone's faces, like the frozen ice on a cold lake in winter.
You don't have to do anything, you can feel the sharpness of this sword just by looking at it!
"Good sword! At that time, we couldn't see clearly in the audience, but this time we finally saw clearly, this is really the best fucking sword I've ever seen in my life. The human butcher gave a thumbs up again, and this time he shook it three times, which was more than just now.
Others also came up to take a look, and one by one they were full of praise for Zi Chujian, pretending to be experts.
Probably because everyone was too close, which caused Zi Chu Sword's dissatisfaction, the sword suddenly trembled, and a circle of invisible internal force swung out from the sword body, bounce everyone around. This force is not light, it is not heavy, it is not heavy, it just pushes these people on their backs, but it does not hurt these people.
Song Kuaizui and the others screamed a few times, and they fell on their backs one after another, falling into a pile.
Even Shen Luoxia, who has profound skills, was forced to take two steps back.
"Zichu Sword, don't be rude!" Zhao Zheng snorted at the sword in his hand, held it tightly, and thrust it back into its sheath. After Zichu's sword was returned to its sheath, it slowly stopped and returned to silence.
Song Kuaizui and the others were lonely and unheard, and they didn't know that the top-grade sword had such incredible abilities, and they thought that Zhao Zheng deliberately embarrassed them, and denounced Zhao Zheng one by one.
Shen Luoxia still knew more, and saw that it was Zi Chujian who did just now, and reprimanded Song Kuaizui and others, explaining the reason.
After listening to the explanation, Song Kuaizui and the others had a little more awe of Zi Chujian, and they didn't dare to approach and offend at will.
After the small turmoil, Zhao Zheng vacated the space and asked about what had happened in the Hongchen Inn these days and what happened to these people on the road.
Song Kuaizui hurriedly answered, and told all the things that happened to Zhao Zheng in these days, in fact, they were all trivial things, and Hongchen Inn had a very stable life these days. It wasn't until everyone heard the passers-by of the hotel mention the list of fighters for the Zichu Sword Championship that the Red Dust Inn exploded, because there was Zhao Zheng's name in the list, which could be a big news for everyone.
In order to find out the truth, Shen Luoxia inquired about the matter with some friends in the rivers and lakes in many ways, and finally got several portraits of the beaters from a person, one of which was painted on Zhao Zheng.
The name and the portrait match, and the people of the Red Dust Inn determined that the Zhao Zheng who fought was the former shopkeeper!
Zhao Zheng participated in such a dangerous ring match. Shen Luoxia can still hold it. It was immediately decided to abandon the inn. Travel to Nam Gan Province to watch the fights.
Like this kind of lively and lively event in the rivers and lakes, naturally everyone wants to see it, and Song Kuaizui and others also asked to go with them to be a coachman for Shen Luoxia. If you want to go, he will also go, and there will be no disputes, so in the end, you simply decided to go together, and no one should fight with anyone.
After these people are gone. The Red Dust Inn was left unattended and turned into an Airbus Inn.
Without Shen Luoxia, is the Red Dust Inn still a Red Dust Inn?
Of course not.
Before leaving, Shen Luoxia came simply, drove all the guests in the store away, and burned the inn by the ancient road. She did this because she didn't want the inn to fall into the hands of someone else. There are many secret passages hidden in this inn, which are easy to arouse suspicion and inconvenient to give to outsiders.
When Zhao Zheng heard this, he sighed in his heart, and said with emotion: "That inn is for everyone. It's like home, and it's a shame to burn it down. I don't think it's better than this. I still have some savings in my hand, but it's useless, so I might as well use it for you to build a bigger Red Dust Inn. ”
"There's no need for that, if I want to keep the Red Dust Inn, why burn it down, and go back later. Since I burned it, I just don't want to go back. Shen Luoxia shook her head with a smile and said.
"My sister was so nostalgic for that inn before, why don't you want to go back now?"
"I wanted to wait for someone at that inn, but I didn't wait, and I was already disheartened. So I decided, since I couldn't wait, I just went out and looked for it. Shen Luoxia's eyes were like water when she spoke, making people feel that the long years had left something special in her eyes, what it was, but she couldn't tell people.
Many people know that Shen Luoxia is waiting for others, and many people have asked, but they have never asked the answer, not even Zhao Zheng.
Since you can't ask, there's no need to ask, let alone in this environment.
"Since my sister is tired of staying and wants to play in the mountains and rivers, then don't open any inns, if you want to go anywhere, I can accompany you when I recover from my injury." Zhao Zheng said with a smile.
"I'm with you too, I'll go wherever you go." Ren Tuzi hurriedly said that he spoke faster than Song Kuai's mouth this time.
Other people also chimed in, vowing to be Shen Luoxia's little buddy forever, never giving up, and making Shen Luoxia giggle.
On the same day, everyone chatted for a long, long time, and had a celebration banquet, during which everyone raised their glasses to celebrate, but Zhao Zheng drank not wine, but clear water.
……
Sword Casting Villa, Sword Shrine.
The sword is cold, and the sword shrine is even colder! The cold wind around it is like a steel needle, piercing into people's skin.
Zhao Zheng didn't feel cold, because the coldest Zichu sword was on him, and compared to the chill of this sword, the cold wind around him became worthless. What's more, his injuries have basically healed, even if the cold wind doubles, it can't hurt him.
In his hand, he held several truncated swords, half of which belonged to the Tiger Roaring Sword, and half of which belonged to the One Life Sword.
When a person dies like a lamp goes out, so does a broken sword, and these broken swords are like a pile of bones, giving people a sense of loneliness in the twilight.
These two swords have helped Zhao Zheng a lot, especially the First Life Sword, which has accompanied him for a long time. He has already had a special relationship with this sword, this is the first sword he has ever used, and this special status cannot be replaced even by the Zichu Sword. He came here with these broken swords in his hand, and it felt like he had come to bury his good friend, and a good friend who had died.
He didn't come alone, by his side, there was also the company of the sword slave. The sword slave looked as solemn as him, and the burial of the sword by the swordsman has always been a solemn thing.
On the circular platform, hundreds of swords were inserted, each with its own story, which was either exciting or sad and mournful.
Zhao Zheng walked to the edge of the platform, where there were very few swords, and he wanted to bury the two swords in a secluded place.
"The name of the sword is 'one life', the sword is three feet long, the sword body is one finger thick, weighs twenty-three catties, there is a mystery inside, and the military thorn is hidden, which was destroyed in the hands of Kong Yunjie. I am the master of this sword, and I bury it here today. ”
After saying that, he inserted four severed swords into the stone platform, two of which were sword bodies. Two of them were military spurs. Scarred sword body. The cold light is still there!
"The name of the sword is 'Tiger Roar', and the sword is three and a half feet long. The sword body is about half a finger thick, weighs twelve catties, and has six small holes on the sword body, which can divide the sword qi into seven, which is extremely mysterious. This sword, like the One Life Sword, was also destroyed by Kong Yunjie's hands. I hope it can be a companion with the Sword of Life, so as not to be lonely. ”
After speaking, there were several crisp sounds. The Tiger Roar Sword, which was broken into several pieces, was also inserted into the stone platform.
Zhao Zheng stood up, looked down at the truncated sword inserted on the ground, and mourned silently in his heart, not knowing whether to say thank you or say goodbye to these two swords.
Or, don't say anything at all, and keep it all in the word.
"Sword slave senior, let's go." Zhao Zheng looked away and didn't look at the two broken swords on the ground again.
Farewell, it should be a simple goodbye, and there is no longer any nostalgia. If you can't help it. These two swords should not be buried here.
The sword slave nodded, and the old man and the young walked down the stone platform side by side. Walk up the stone steps out of the sword shrine.
In such a solemn place, no one would want to gossip, and after walking out, the sword slave broke the peace.
"Boy, your strength is very strong, you have reached the Six Heavens realm, and among the young juniors, there are few opponents. But in this huge river and lake, you still can't make any waves. It's not that I underestimate you, with your current strength, it is not enough to protect the Zichu Sword in your hand, and when you break through the rivers and lakes, it is likely to be taken away by someone with a heart. After the sword slave finished speaking, he squinted at Zhao Zheng, because he was short, he needed to raise his head slightly to see Zhao Zheng's side face.
Zhao Zheng's expression was as usual, and he was not excited at all by these words, but said lightly: "What my predecessor said is that with the strength of my Sixth Heaven, it is not enough to protect a world-famous top-grade sword, and there will be many people who want to kill me and take away this sword, and there will always be some of them who are stronger than me." If I had just gotten this sword and someone else had taken it away, wouldn't I have become a laughing stock? ”
"If you don't want this sword to be taken away, I have some small ways to help you."
"I want to hear about it."
"The first way, you join the Sword Forge Villa."
"Thank you seniors for lifting up, but I don't want to learn how to forge a sword for the time being."
"It's okay, I can see that you are not the material to be a swordsmith at all, and there is a second way. The solution is for me to stay with you, deign to be your bodyguard, and then I will leave you when you have the strength to protect yourself. The sword slave's face was pale, "You have seen the scene where I killed Zeng Hui, but my bodyguard can't take care of it with money, you should really steal the fun." ”
Zhao Zheng didn't steal the fun, but smiled in front of him, and there was a smile in his words: "Being able to get the bodyguard of my predecessor is indeed a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes, and I am really grateful." Since the seniors have promoted me, I will not refuse, and after leaving your village, I hope that the seniors can raise their noble feet and walk with me. ”
"Okay, then it's decided, I've been in the villa for many years, I haven't set foot in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and I feel a little depressed, so I just took the opportunity to go out for a walk with you."
"I've already made a plan for the future, and my seniors should like those places."
"Where are you going?" The sword slave asked with interest.
"There are three main places I want to go, two small places and one big place."
"Where is the small place, and where is the big place?"
"A small place is Guilin Mansion."
"Guilin's landscape is the best in the world, a good place."
"Another small place is Black Wind Wolf Tooth Mountain."
"That is Xiao Jiuge's father's territory, his father occupies the mountain as the king, and he dominates one side, but it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, what are you doing there?" The sword slave frowned.
Zhao Zheng couldn't say anything, so he didn't explain immediately, but continued to follow what he had just said: "These are two small places, and I plan to go to a big place to go around, which is called Mount Tai." ”
"You're going to Tarzan?"
"Yes, that's where I want to go and I have to go."
"There is a Taishan faction on Mount Tai, could it be ...... Do you want to worship the Taishan faction? The sword slave speculated.
"The predecessor is so smart, I guessed it right at once, I just want to worship the Taishan faction and strive to be an elder of the guest qing." Zhao Zheng admitted calmly.
"Why did you go to the Tarzan Sect?"
"People go to high places and water flows to low places, why should there be a reason."
"This is also, the Taishan faction is famous all over the world, it is one of the five mountains, the Cangsong swordsmanship and the Panshan swordsmanship in the door are all unique, and it has a great attraction for martial artists who like to learn swords, and there is really no need for any reason to join the Taishan faction." The sword slave nodded.
"I have admired the Taishan faction for a long time, and I have long wanted to visit it. Now that my martial arts have achieved a little success, it is not difficult to worship the Taishan faction, and I just fulfilled this wish. ”
"This time the Zichu Sword Fight was held, the head of the Taishan faction and the three musketeers in the door were present, since you intended to worship the Taishan faction, why didn't you go to the set at that time? Now that they're all gone, you can't find them if you want to, so you can only go to the Taishan faction to find them. The sword slave was puzzled.
"I didn't have a good reputation before, and they were all on high terms, so even if I came to visit, I wouldn't be taken seriously. Besides, I don't want to enter the Tarzan faction empty-handed, so I have to prepare a small gift for the Tarzan faction before entering. Zhao Zheng explained.
"That's right, a few days ago, you were still an unknown junior, even if you went to meet the head of the Taishan faction, you might be closed. But now it's very different, you won Kong Yunjie, defeated the heroes, won the Zichu Sword in one fell swoop, and became famous all over the world, the Taishan faction will definitely attach great importance to you. ”
"I can't talk about paying attention to it, but at least I won't eat it closed-door, and I don't want to eat that kind of dim sum." Zhao Zheng smiled, and as he spoke, he had already left the sword mound full of twilight aura behind him. (To be continued......)