At night, the cold moonlight shone on the earth, and a new tomb had appeared in the clearing in the maple forest, and there was a tablet on the tomb, on which were five words carved by sharp swords - "The Tomb of Yan Thirteen".

On the tombstone made of granite, there are only these simple five words, because no matter how many words are used, it is impossible to depict his life full of sorrow and legend, and it seems that this peerless swordsman has really been buried here for a long time.

And for the people of the rivers and lakes, he has never reached the peak of swordsmanship, but now he is still buried in the loess like others.

The autumn wind is sorrowful, Xie Xiaofeng's mood is also gloomy, retreating bravely from the rapids is a kind of courage, and he doesn't seem to have this choice now.

Tie Kaicheng had been looking at him, and suddenly asked, "If he dies, can he really die without regrets?" ”

Xie Xiaofeng nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Tie Kaicheng said again: "Do you really believe that the poisonous dragon he killed will not be resurrected in you?" ”。

Xie Xiaofeng said: "Never, because he is him and I am, our kendo is different." ”

"But you already know all the changes in his swordsmanship, and you have seen his last sword." Tie Kaicheng argued.

"I'm not the only one who has seen this sword, but you only ask me this question, because you already have the answer in your heart." Xie Xiaofeng said with a smile, "In your heart, if there is anyone in this world who can use that sword in the same way, that person is of course me." ”

Tie said honestly: "It must be you." ”

Xie Xiaofeng changed his words and said, "If he is really dead, then I will not be able to use the sword again for the rest of my life." ”

Mu Yi asked curiously, "Why?" ”

"Because there will also be a poisonous dragon in my heart, and once there is enough to threaten my status, my poisonous dragon will also appear, so I should have cut off my thumb." Xie Xiaofeng said very terrifying words, but there was a smile on his face, "I would never do this before, and I would rather die than do it." ”

Of course, as long as you give a thumbs up, a swordsman can't hold a sword, and this is the end of a swordsman.

"I think I know why Yan Thirteen chose to retire, because once a poisonous dragon appears in your heart, another dragon will come out of the mountain to devour you, and if you are safe, then Yan Thirteen will really be 'dead'." Mu Yi looked at the lonely grave and said in surprise.

"That's true." Xie Xiaofeng nodded, "I've figured it out now, as long as a person can find peace of mind, no matter what he sacrifices, it's worth it." ”

Tie Kaicheng was silent for a long time, as if he was still chewing on the taste of his words, and finally he couldn't help but ask: "Is it worth sacrificing your own life?" ”

Xie Xiaofeng's voice was calm and serene: "I don't know, but I know that there is a saying in the rivers and lakes that sacrifice one's life for righteousness." I also know that if a person's heart is not at peace, it is far more painful to live than to die. ”

Of course, he is qualified to say this, because he did have ordinary painful experiences, and I don't know how many painful experiences he received before he broke free from the shackles of his mind and was liberated.

Seeing the calm look on his face, Tie Kaicheng finally let out a long breath and muttered, "Now where are you going to go?" ”

Xie Xiaofeng said: "I don't know, I don't know, maybe I should have gone home to see, but before I go back, maybe I will go around and walk around." ”

He smiled again: "Now I am no longer the unparalleled swordsman in the world, Third Young Master Xie, I am just an ordinary person, and I don't have to torture myself like he used to do." ”

What kind of person a person is and what kind of person he wants to be is usually decided by himself.

He asked them again, "What about you?" Where do you want to go? ”

Tie Kaicheng groaned and said slowly: "I don't know, maybe I should go home and have a look, but before I go back, maybe I will go around and walk around!." ”

Mu Yi thought for a while and said, "I'm also going to walk with you for a while, and then I'm going to start my Ranger Road." ”

Xie Xiaofeng smiled and said, "That's great." ”

The three of them began their aimless wandering.

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I don't know how long they walked, but a simple and simple town appeared in front of them.

At this time, the clear sunlight was shining on the splendid earth in front of them.

Although this is a small town that they can't name, they know that this is the only way to get to Mount Tai. Although they said that they were casual to look at and walk around, they still embarked on this road.

Sometimes the relationship between people is like a kite you put out, no matter how high or far the kite has flown out, there is still a thread that connects it. It's just that this line is like a thread tied to a sword in the river, and it is usually invisible to others.

Of course, there is also an inn in this town that is not too big or too small, and of course this inn also buys wine.

Tie Kaicheng suddenly asked: "Have you ever seen an inn that doesn't sell alcohol?" ”

Xie Xiaofeng said with a smile: "No, the inn doesn't sell alcohol, it's like not putting salt in the stir-fry." Not only can't get along with others, but also can't get along with yourself. ”

"This is the bulk of the source of income, and it should not be impossible to live in the foundation." Mu Yi replied with a smile.

But this town is really strange, and the strangest thing is that this inn not only sells wine, but also seems to sell medicine. The smell of medicine blowing in the wind from the inn was stronger than the rich aroma of wine.

The three of them walked into the inn with curiosity, they had been on the road all night last night, and now it was time to rest

When he entered the door, Tie Kaicheng smiled sincerely: "Have you ever seen an inn that sells medicine?" ”

Xie Xiaofeng hadn't opened his mouth yet, and the shopkeeper had already rushed to say: "Medicine is not sold in the small inn, but a guest fell ill here two days ago, and his friend was decocting medicine for him." ”

Tie Kaicheng said: "Is he suffering from a sudden illness? ”

The shopkeeper sighed and said, "That's really a sudden illness, a good person, all of a sudden he is sick and dying." ”

He suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly explained with a smile: "But his kind of illness will never be passed on to others, and the two guest officers can just live here with peace of mind." ”

But sudden illnesses that can make people sick and dying all at once are usually contagious to others. Most of the people who have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time have this kind of common sense.

Tie Kaicheng frowned, stood up and paced to the back window, and saw a young man in the small courtyard fanning the medicine stove.

When cooking medicine for a friend, he usually doesn't have a blade on his body, but this person wears a sword and holds the hilt of the sword with his other hand, as if he is always defending against someone's plot to surprise attack.

Tie Kaicheng looked at it for a long time, and suddenly called: "Xiao Zhao." ”

This person jumped up all of a sudden, the sword was already out of the sheath, and when he saw Tie Kaicheng clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the head of the dart." ”

Tie Kaicheng deliberately pretended not to see his tired appearance and smiled: "I'll just drink outside, and when your medicine is ready, how about you come and drink two glasses with us?" ”

It turned out that Xiao Zhao's name was Zhao Qing, and he was originally a Zhao Zi player of the Red Flag Dart Bureau, but he was very motivated since he was a child, and he actually invested in Huashan a few years ago. Although it was because of his own efforts, half of it was because Tie Kaicheng was cultivating him with all his might. Tie Kaicheng invited him, of course, he would not refuse. He came very quickly.

After two glasses of wine, Tie Kaicheng asked; "Who's that sick friend of yours?"

Zhao Qingdao: "It's one of my senior brothers. ”

This made Tie Kaicheng a little surprised, after all, Huashan's disciples were still very capable of fighting, so he asked, "What disease does he have?" Isn't it an epidemic? ”

Zhao Qingdao: "Yes...... It's a sudden illness. ”

He used to be a cheerful young man, but now he was talking like he had some secret that he didn't want others to know.

Tie Kaicheng smiled and looked at him, although he did not expose him, it made him more uncomfortable than exposed.

Zhao Qing's face began to turn a little red, he had never had the habit of lying in front of the head dart, he wanted to be honest, but there was a stranger next to the head of the dart.

Tie Kaicheng smiled and said, "Mr. Xie and Nie Xiaoyou are my friends, and my friends will never betray their friends." ”

Zhao Qing finally sighed and said with a wry smile: "My senior brother's illness was stabbed by a sword. ”

Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that the illness stabbed by a sword is, of course, a sudden illness, and it must be painful and fast, but this makes people interested, after all, there are not many people in the rivers and lakes who can provoke Huashan's disciples.

Tie Kaicheng asked, "Is it your senior brother who is sick?" ”

Zhao Qingdao: "It's Senior Brother Mei who I'm looking for." ”

"Mei Changhua? How can it be? Is it Ouyang Yunhe or Li Zhenzhen? Mu Yi's brows furrowed, this person has a bit of friendship with him, and his strength can definitely enter the top ten among the younger generation of Jianghu.

Tie Kaicheng was also moved: "Is that the 'Divine Sword Shadowless' Mei Changhua?" ”

He was indeed taken aback, Mei Changhua was not only a very optimistic disciple of the head of Huashan, but also a famous swordsman in the rivers and lakes. With his swordsmanship, how could he be "sick" under someone else's sword? Just as Mu Yi guessed, Tie Kaicheng also wanted to know who that person was.

So Tie Kaicheng asked again: "Who made him sick?" Is it the same as Nie Xiaoyou's guess? ”

Zhao Qingdao: "It's a new disciple of the Diancang Sect, and he is very young. ”

Tie Kaicheng was even more surprised, and Mu Yi and Xie Xiaofeng's faces also showed surprised expressions.

Everyone is a swordsman, so they naturally know that the prestige of Huashan's sword killing is far above Diancang, not to mention that this is the next new disciple of Diancang Sect who defeated Huashan's first disciple! How is this possible?

Zhao Qing also saw their doubts, so he continued: "We originally went to Huashan to attend the meeting, but when we met him here, he suddenly clashed with my senior brother, and then he had to fight alone with my senior brother to win or lose. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then sighed: "At that time, we all thought that he was crazy, and we all thought that he was looking for death, but we didn't expect that Senior Brother would actually be defeated by his sword." ”

These words mentioned the nature of the three people, and Mu Yi opened his mouth and asked, "How many moves did they distinguish the winner from?" ”

Zhao Qing's face became even more embarrassed, and he hesitated for a long time before lowering his voice under Tie Kaicheng's gaze: "It seems that there are less than ten moves." ”

A beginner disciple of Diancang was able to defeat Mei Changhua within ten moves. This is not only incredible, but also a very humiliating thing, no wonder Zhao Qing hesitated and didn't want to say it. What's more, Mei Changhua has always been proud and conceited, and there are inevitably many enemies in the rivers and lakes, and of course, he has to guard against others taking the opportunity to seek revenge.

Zhao Qing said again: "But his swordsmanship is not exactly Diancang's swordsmanship, especially the last sword, which is not only spicy and strange, but also old, and it seems that he has at least ten years of hard practice." ”

"Everyone will wonder if he will be an art teacher, the question is who his mentor is." Mu Yi continued.

Zhao Qingdao: "We all know that it must be, but we can't see his path." ”

Xie Xiaofeng suddenly asked, "What kind of person is he?" ”

"He is very young, but he is very sophisticated, and although he rarely speaks, the words he says carry a lot of weight." Zhao Qing slowly recalled, after saying this, he thought about it again, and said slowly, "It seems that he is not the kind of person who will duel with others if he disagrees, this time he must have made a move because he wanted to seek fame in the rivers and lakes." ”

Xie Xiaofeng seemed to think of something: "What's his name?" ”

Zhao Qingdao: "He is also surnamed Xie like his predecessors, and he calls himself Diancang Xie Xiaodi." ”

Xie Xiaodi, it is Xie Xiaodi! These three words have suddenly become famous all over the world recently.

However, during this time, Xie Xiaofeng and the three of them were all on the way, so they didn't notice the news, and today they finally noticed it.

According to Zhao Qing's description, Mei Changhua was unjustly defeated, because in just five days, he stabbed Mei Changhua, defeated Qin Duxiu, and even Ouyang Yunhe, the number one master among the disciples of Wudang's juniors, was defeated under his sword.

The rise of this young man is like a miracle.

"Xie Xiaodi." Xie Xiaofeng seemed to be choked by something, and he couldn't say anything about the second half of his sentence.

Mu Yi's face changed and changed, and in the end, he could only praise: "Xie Xiaodi, what a good name." ”

Zhao Qing didn't know why, so he ate silently after speaking, and Mu Yi and the three of them also found a room and began to rest after eating.

When Mu Yi opened his eyes, it was already very late at night, and he walked into the small courtyard after a brief tidying up, because he saw the light of the lamps and candles in the courtyard, and the corresponding thing was naturally a strong aroma of wine.

Mu Yi walked out, and sure enough, he saw a long table standing in the small courtyard, with lamps and wine on the table, and there were two people sitting at the table, they were naturally Xie Xiaofeng and Tie Kaicheng.

"Sit down, it looks like your stamina is still a little worse." The third young master made a gesture of please.

Mu Yi naturally found a vacant seat to sit down.

After Mu Yi sat down, Tie Kaicheng groaned in his wine, and suddenly smiled: "I guess you must already know who Xie Xiaodi is by now." ”

Xie Xiaofeng didn't answer his words directly, but sighed and said: "I only know that he must be anxious to become famous, because only after becoming famous, can he dispel the shadow that weighs on his heart." ”

Mu Yi naturally knew what his shadow was, whether it was his two parents who were too famous and powerful or the painful memories that had been suppressed for a long time, everything was enough to crush a young man. However, Xie Xiaodi is not an ordinary young man, so Mu Yi is not worried that he will be crushed, after all, his parents are those two.

Tie Kaicheng said: "He deliberately asked for trouble with the children of those famous families, I originally thought that he wanted to compete for the leader of the alliance of Taishan." ”

Xie Xiaofeng said with a smile: "But he didn't do that, the child who has followed her since he was a child will naturally not be a fool who doesn't know the severity." ”

"Because he knew that his prestige was not enough, he still embraced Li Zhenzhen to the throne of the alliance leader, and he was really a young man with a heroic appearance." Mu Yi nodded and said, "I know the advance and retreat, I know the gains and losses, and I don't know what conditions Li Zhenzhen promised him." ”

Tie Kaicheng smiled ambiguously: "That was a few days ago, and the latest news I received today is that Xie Xiaodi has married the new alliance leader Li Zhenzhen as his wife." ”

"Good fellow, I never thought he could do this!" Mu Yi said in surprise, "But this is indeed a good method." ”

Tie Kaicheng smiled and nodded: "Now I know that he is far from what we imagined to be much smarter, the first time I saw him, I thought he was just a willful young master." ”

The corners of Xie Xiaofeng's mouth raised slightly, he naturally knew who the younger brother was, and Li Zhenzhen was of course also a smart person, of course she could see that their combination was good for each other, the younger brother married Li Zhenzhen, no matter how you say it, it is not a bad thing, after all, he has no outstanding background now.

"I've been thinking about it, I don't know how Mrs. Murong will feel when she hears the news from him." Mu Yi suddenly spoke, "Although Mrs. Murong is very powerful, I feel that this is something she can't calculate. ”

Xie Xiaofeng nodded, because he didn't know that the junior brother would choose this way to enter the rivers and lakes, presumably Murong Qiudi would do the same.

But now he has mixed feelings in his heart, and he can't even tell what he feels in his heart.

Tie Kaicheng smiled suddenly: "Actually, we don't have to worry about them, there will be people like them in every generation of the rivers and lakes, when they are struggling to climb up, they may do whatever it takes, but when they become famous, they will definitely do it well." ”

And that's true, because they're all smart and won't easily lose their hard-earned fame. Maybe it's because there will always be people like them in the rivers and lakes that they can maintain balance.

Because they will definitely check each other down, and that relationship is like the world must not only have tigers, leopards, lions and foxes, but also rats and gnats to maintain a natural balance.

Xie Xiaofeng suddenly sighed and said, "It is indeed not easy for a young man who has neither a prominent family background nor parents to rely on, to become famous. ”

Tie Kaicheng said: "But young people should have such ambition, if he is climbing up, no one can say that he is on the wrong path." ”

Xie Xiaofeng said: "Yes. ”

"That's true..." Mu Yi was about to say something, but suddenly heard a large number of footsteps outside the courtyard, which made the three people on the table frown at the same time.

Just as they were frowning, the courtyard door was kicked open, and a group of menacing young people broke in, shouting and asking, "That one of you is Xie Xiaofeng?" ”

Before Xie Xiaofeng could nod, Mu Yi stood up: "He Xiaoxiao trespassed into the house in the middle of the night, and you are also worthy of calling the third young master's name?" It has defiled the weapons in your hands. ”

Hearing this, a young man pulled out his sword and pointed at Mu Yi with the tip of his sword: "Whether you are Xie Xiaofeng or not, pull out your sword and win with me." ”

Xie Xiaofeng said with a smile: "This is the young man in the rivers and lakes, it is better to become famous and step on the predecessors, I am Xie Xiaofeng, this is my eldest disciple, you should pass him first." ”

Mu Yi silently took off the hidden blade stick behind his back: "You don't need a sword to beat a dog, the gentleman's soldiers are not to deal with this kind of person, you can go together." ”

These young people are just to become famous, in order to defeat the famous masters, so they naturally rush to the top, but the long stick is a weapon suitable for group battles, and Mu Yi's combat power is much higher than them, this battle is destined to be a massacre.

After just a few dozen breaths, the young man in the field fell to the ground.

After the other party's fiasco, the third young master only said one word: "Get out." ”

When they heard this, they left at once, faster than they had come.

Tie Kaicheng smiled when he saw this.

They are all young people, passionate, reckless and impulsive, and do things with no regard for the consequences. But there can never be a shortage of such young people in the rivers and lakes, just as there can never be no fish in the sea. It is this group of young people that can always maintain fresh, exciting, and vivid colors in the rivers and lakes.

Tie Kaicheng said: "You don't blame them!" ”

Xie Xiaofeng said: "Of course I don't blame them. ”

Tie said honestly: "Is it because you know that when they grow up, they will definitely not do this kind of thing again." ”

Xie Xiaofeng said: "Yes. ”

He thought for a moment, and then said, "In addition to this, of course, there are other reasons. ”

Tie Kaicheng said: "What is the reason? ”

Xie Xiaofeng said: "Because I am also a Jianghu person. ”

People living in the rivers and lakes are like fallen leaves in the wind and duckweed in the water. Although they have no roots, they are bloody and righteous. Although they often live in suffering, they do not complain about heaven or people. Because they also have a colorful and rich life.

Xie Xiaofeng said: "There is a sentence that you two must not forget. ”

Tie Kaicheng and Mu Yi asked at the same time, "What words?" ”

Xie Xiaofeng said: "As long as you become a Jianghu person, you will always be a Jianghu person"

Tie Kaicheng and Mu Yi glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "We also have a message for you." ”

Xie Xiaofeng said: "What words? ”

The two smiled: "As long as you do Xie Xiaofeng, you will always be Xie Xiaofeng, even if you no longer hold a sword, you will still be Xie Xiaofeng." ”

"Looks like we're going to be separated after tonight." The third young master said when he heard this.

Mu Yi nodded: "The young eagle always has to spread its wings, and the most deserving spiritual master is handed over to me, and I will just walk the road myself." ”

"I have to go back to inherit the dart game, and it's time to go back." Tie Kaicheng muttered as he touched the scabbard with thirteen pearls on his waist.

"There will be a date later."

"There will be a date later."